The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 17, 1921, Page PAGE 2, Image 2
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The Sumter ?Watchman was;
founded- in 1850 and the True j
r 'Southron, in 1866. The Watchman j
and Southron now has the com- J
biaed circulation and influence of
both, of the old.papers. and is man
ifestly the best advertising medium
in Sumter. _._
PATTlIFrL TO THE KIXG.
... ; j
The^ clause in the Anglo-Irish
treaty which pledges the Irish to :
be "faithful to the King" brings j
out more clearly than ever before j
the Unique place which, the British
sovereign holds toward "his peo
ple." ,
To the British government itself
they'refused to swear allegiance.
They seem willing now, with a dif
ferent form of words, to swear al- j
legiance to King George and his |
successors, because the King is j
above the government in London ;
as he will be above the governmentI
in Qublin. Ireland will be on a
political equality with Great B.rit
ftlrv a^ with Canada, Australia and
1 he-other "self-governing domin
ions.1*
All of .there . countries together j
hitve now evolved into what Lloyd j
cieorge calls a "commonwealth of j
rations." In that commonwealth'
they are comparable, roughly, |
i*y the various states making up
1*\e American commonwealth. Just!
as none of our states, - however j
terge, is considered to "rule" the j
ethers, so Great Britain is not con- j
sidered any longer as ruling her j
sister nations.. The process of evo- j
lotion is not yet complete. British ;
leadership is still so dominant that J
in some respects it amounts to di- !
rect control over the associatedj
nations, But the equalizing process j
goes on steadily, and even now a ;
stage has been reached where, in ;
case; of definite disagreement, the ?
fcir&sh- no longer dare to oppose the j
Vu-ai of any other member of the j
. ,The British Empire, then, except, j
for its "possessions" and "colonies" \
inhabited .by 'politically backward j
?jW?Si is virtually a republic, of I
"Irnich the component parts are j
held together by the King-Emper- j
<>iv He is the keystone, of the arch.!
And a keystone is a very important;
part, of any arch, even though it]
may not appear to the careless ob
server to be doing anything im
portant It is the British King who
gathers up and holds together all
the national loyalties which make j
the Empire possible. Thus, though j
he is little more than a "figure- j
head,** his office is as important as j
any in the world.
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*&S& THE OLD CLOTHES OX. j
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The season Is at hand for going I
through trunks, boxes and closets j
to get out the winter wardrobe and j
jjut away summer things. Never j
has there been more occasion for j
weeding out every garment which j
can be spared and turning it over J
to the proper organizations to be j
naed for the needy. If local re- !
quirements have been met, there;
are wider fields which can ' be!
reached if the effort is made.
^There will be much want this,
tflnter. Those who have a surplus
Ql anything, fron; Lank ' notes to
Old shoes, will be urged to divide.
Kost of them v. ill respond nobly,
and more than one sacrifice will
be made by those who have no ;
surplus, for it is a generous old !
world. But there will still be pru
dent souls who will hoard away un
n*cded garments because at some
time they may be useful, or be-j
cause they varc too good to throw
away." This is not thrift, it is sti.t- !
gin ess: not virtue, but vice.
It is hoped that every Bishop-of
Bingen-minded miser who stores i
away clothing he does not need. j
while little children shiver and old
er folk go ragged and cold, will be
gnawed by the rats of remorse till
he sees the errot of his way.
COLLEGE SALARIES.
; So much has been said about the
inadequate salaries paid public
teachers that there is a general
idea that tKeir compensation is
a;bout the lowest in any line. This,
is not strictly true. College profes
sors and instructors in many cases
get even les*. for corresponding
work, although much' more is ex- ;
pected of them in the way of prep- j
aration and research.
Vassar is one of the colleges'
whose graduates are now trying
to raise endowment funds for the
purpose cf raisins salaries. At pre.
ent the highest salary paid a pro
fessor at Vassar is $3,600, the low
est $1,200. In no case do the cal
j aries include room and board. The
hope is to get them to range from
!$2,S00 to $3,000-.
Even the munificent amounts
hoped for would not seem very at
tractive to the. equally competent
if.
business man as the highest pos
sible reward of a life of self-sac
ricflcing and highly intelligent la
bor. . Yet these absurd salaries
have held in the past men and wo
men of the highest^ type. As in the
minisiry, the opportunity for ser
vice ha.? been the controlling force.
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NOT BY SAVING ALONE.
"Economy, thrift, insurance of
liabilities, are things that are in all
men's minds," sa\s an interesting
bit of advertising. "They have car
ried many a business over a difficult
period and started it on the up
grade again.' Industry will not dis
card these tried and proven coun
sellors. Cut lei us not forget that
never have they alone won a great
battle, built a great business or won
a great cause. They had to call
upon other equally valuable agen
cies?vision, faith, constructive ge
nius and alighting perseverance
that would never admit defeat.
"These qualities are essential,
and mark the men who will put
business?or ar.y business?back on
its feet. Men who know economy
and thrift, because they have gone,
unaided, through days that tried
their very souls, men who scrimp
ed and saved and borrowed to meet
a pay roll; men who overcame bit
ter sales resistance by patience and
good will; who solved factory prob
lems by working 18 hours a day?
these men know the value of a dol
lar?make no mistake about it;
and they know it better than those
who only know how to save it.
They know how to make it create
new wealth, new service, new pro
ducts and new opportunity for their
fellow-men."
This is gospel truth. But it uses
the word "thrift" in its narrower
sense, as if it meant saving alone.
It doesn't. Thrift means opting
ahead. The really thrifty person is
never a miser. He is one of the peo
ple with vision and constructive
power. The man who buried his
i
talent in a napkin "saved" it. But
the thrifty person was he who
had courage enough to use his
wisely, and thus turn it into ten.
ADVICE TO INVESTORS.
"Money well invested with an
average yield of say o per cent will
accumulate fast enough: and the
possessor of solid unencumbered se
curities who neither speculates nor
borrows feels strong and independ-1
ent and is in far beter condition I
to cope with the trials of life which
come to all."
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The late Col. Samuel T. Colt j
set this down in his will for the
guidance of his heirs. His recog
j
nized business acumen and his re
markable success make it more
than ordinarily interesting* He
was writing, vre may suppose, for i
average men and women.
A certain amount of speculation
is admittedly essential to modern
civilization. Without it fruit crops!
would spoil because . of seasonal;
markets and the farmer would;
have the bulk of his wheat on his j
hands most of the year. We would
eat eggs only in season. Bnt spec- i
ulation is, to put it mildly, a highly
specialized business, and most men
and women are not specialists and
can never hope to be. As a rule
they find it better, in the long run, j
to safeguard what they have, and ;
make it work for them at liberal
interest, than to reach out ambit
iously for more.
Most men and women, indeed,
work less in the hope of fortune
than in the desire to make adequate j
provision, present and future, for
those for who mthey care. To them
Col. Colt's advice cannot but
make a strong appeal. -
cottoVmarket
NEW YORK COTTON.
Ystdya
Open High Low Close Close i
Jan.I/.42 ?7.62 17.32 17.50 17.48 1
March.17.45 17.59 17.31 17.48 17.48!
May .... _ .17.22 17.34 17.09 17.27 17.28 ;
uly.16.84 16.94 16.69 16.88 16.90 ,
Oct.16.25 16.32 16.08 16.26 16.30;
Dec.17.75 17.75 I7.S0 17.73 17.70 i
NEW ORLEANS COTTON.
Tstdys
Or*n High Low Close Close
J*n.16.70 16.82 16.50 16.71 16.72
March i?.76 16.98.. 1K.6" Ib.JT. 16.84
May .16.63 16.85 16.57 15.73 16.75 j
July.16.40 16.51 16.26 16.40 IG.46 I
Oct.13.73 15.80 15.70 15.75 15.77 I
Dec. 15.4 J 16.72 16.41 16.65 16.73
Tone steady. unchaDged. Spots 15 7.". j
LiVEPODL COTTON.
January . ...f. . jo.50
March . . ,Q>4S i
May 10.3'J '
. . 10.27
October. 9.85
December 10.47
Tone uiet Middling lft.Good M d
dlins 11. li
Some people are so busy worry
ing about the general depression
that they haven't time tt. <:-> after ;
new business.
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A feminine boarder is like that,
also. The man of the house will
first endure, then pity, then em- j
brace.
American Legion
Quarters
Surfiter Post to Have Quar
ters in Elk's Building
At a meeting of the Sumter Post |
American LegioR which was hehl i
Monday evening in the office of Jno. j
B. Duffie. it was definitely decided
that the post quarters are to be lo- j
cated in the Elks* "building. Suit- |
able club rooms have been select- i
ed and a lease obtained on them j
effective January 1st. Work on |
getting these rooms in suitable j
shape is to soon commence and .a I
genera! house-warming is on the
schedule for the 9th day of the new i
year.
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Hood-Boykin Wedding.
A brilliant and beautiful wedding ;
was that of Miss Bessie Hood, i
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.
S. Hood, to Mr. William DeSaussure i
Boykin. which was solemnized I
Wednesday evening at the First j
Presbyterian church at 7 o'clock.
The church ' was a picturesque j
scene in the conventional green anfl
white. An effective background
was formed of native smilax upon
a white surface. Beautiful ferns
were placed here and there and
lighted tapers lent their beams to I
brighten up the altar.
Prior to the ceremony Mrs. H. M.
Stuckey played a beautiful musical j
selection, consisting of "Com- i
munion," by Flagler; "Land of the
Sky Bfeie Water;" Mid-summer Ca
price,'* "Offeratory," by Reid.
"Tiridella" was beautifully played
on the violin by Miss Teicher of
Sumter and Miss Pauiir.'? Hayns- ;
worth, who has a charming voice \
sang "Until," just before the pro- j
cessional.
To the strains of the wedding
march bridal paryt entered, the j
four ushers, Messrs. J. J. Williams.
a brother-in-law of theb ride, with
Mr. McWillie Boykin. a brother of j
the groom proceeded down the cen- ;
ter isle while Mr. Kenneth Forrester
and Mr. Cyril Schwartz came down I
the side isles and took their places
on the extreme ends of altar.
The bride was attended by six
bridesmaids entering in pairs and ;
coming by the center isle, while j
the groomsmen came separately i
down each side aisle and took their!
places behind the bridesmaids on a I
slightly raised rostrum in front of
which the bride stood.
The first two bridesmaids were j
Miss Helen Green of Columbia anci
Miss Ida Boykin, now of Columbia.!
Miss Green's dress \vas pale laven- |
der georgette with silver ribbon !
trimmings while Miss Boykin's dress i
was pearl grey over pink .with I
touches of silver ribbon and a;
bright pink nose gay at the waist, i
?They carried bright corral colored :
carnations tied with corral maline. i
Miss Teresa Chandler of Sumter
and Miss Lila Todd of Laurens were !
the next to enter. Miss Chandler's |
dress was a sunset taffeta over sil- j
ver lace and Miss Todd's was of
American beauty taffeta trimmed ,
with frills of the same material, i
Then came Miss Louise Williams!
and Miss Grace Reynolds, both of.
Sumter. Miss Williams wore a;
lovely gown of rose taffeta with
gold trimmings and Miss Reynolds' ?
dress was turquoise blue char- j
meuse, the only touch of color be- 1
ing a girdle of silver roses. All
the bridesmaids carried corral color I
carnation bouquets.
The groomsmen were Messrs. R.:
S. Hood, Jr.. and James C. Hood,
brothers of the bride. Mr. Oeorge
Rowland, cousin of the bride and ,
Messrs. A. B. Bradham, Raymond j
Blanding and B. F. Scott.
The dame of honor, Mrs. Robert
Plowden, a college mate of the
bride, was-gowned in cerise chif
fon with bows of self material as
trimming. She carried a gorgeous
armful of Killarney roses.
The two little flower girls were '
little Gussie Williams, a niece of the j
bride and little Ann Katherine
Lcmmon, the bride's little cousin.
They were like airy-fairies in their j
frilly dresses of pale yellow organ-1
die with huge bows of yellow maline j
on their hair. They placed rose
petals in the path of the bride.
The ring bearer, little Charles j
Crow-son, son of Mr. W. J. Crow- |
son, Jr., of Sumter, bore the two j
wedding rings on a little satin pil- !
low. He was a perfect little page
in his white satin suit.
The bride entered with her fath- |
er, Mr. R. Hood. She was a I
picture of youthful loveliness, her i
brunette type of beauty being en- !
hanced by the elaborate wedding
gown which was made from a silk }
hand-embroidered shawl that was !
the wedding gift of the bride's j
grandfather to her grandmother,
and was mode under his direction ;
in China. ;
The groom entered from the
vestry room with his best man. his!
brother, Mr. A. Hamilton Boykin. ?
Rev. Dr. J. P. Marion perform- I
ed the impressive double ring cere
mony, the bride and groom each
receiving a ring. The groom's ring j
was the wedding ring of his father j
and was made from the gold worn i
on his grandmother's* person dur- j
ing the war.for safe-keeping. Out of;
this gold she had wedding rings
made for each of her six sons.
The bride's mother was beautiful-j
ly gowned in black lace over pea- i
cock blue satin. She wore a corsage ;
of rocc-colored carnations.
The groom's mother. Mrs. W. D.
Boykin. was exquisitely gowned in
black lace and Charmeuse.
Immediately after the ceremony
!h~ wedding party went to the
bride's home where a large re
ception was tendered the bridal
party.
Receiving in the reception hall
were Mrs. C. <'. Rowland and Mrs.
W. E. Minis, aunts of the bride.
They were both gowned in black j
lace and satin.
The biid" and groom with the
wedding party received in the liv
ing room. This room wns a bowery
of green smilax* with touches of
yellow lamp and bushing tapers.
Punch was served in the recep
tion hall by .Miss M: .cha Williams j
and Mrs. Paul Aughtry.
In the drawing room the large!
and beautiful display of wedding
presents were placed. This'hand
some collection attested the popu
larity of the charming young
couple.
Mrs. Earle Rowland and Mrs. J.
J. Williams received the guests in
the dining room. In this room the
color scheme was green and white.
The wedding table was covered
with a beautiful iilot cover. White
maline was draped from chande
Iair to the table and caught with
bows of maline and bunches of
lilies. A beautiful mound of white
carnations formed tho centerpiece.
A pretty white wedding bell hung
froni the center of the chandelier.
Burning white tapers in silver
candlesticks carried out the color
scheme.
Delicious cream and cake was
served by pretty young girls, Misses
Helen and Daisy China and Flor
ence Hurst. Mrs. Marion also as
sisted in serving.
The young couple left for a short
wedding trip, their destination still
remaining a secret.
Miss Hood is the youngest daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Hood of
Sumter. She is a most popular
girl having been elected as maid in
Palmafesta some time ago. She is
most talented and accomplished.
Mr. Doykin is p. capable young
business man of Sumter, being con
nected with the Commercial Bank
and Trust Company.
The friends of this young couple
are glad to know that they will li\e
in Sumter and they will hi at home
to their friends at 317 W. Calhoun
St.
Out-of-town guests were:
Mr. Wilbur Thornhill of Char
leston; Dr. John Corbett, Camden;
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Marye; Mr. and
Mrs. Willie S. DePass, Miss Agnes
DcPass, Mr. Lam ehrt, Messrs. Dc
Loach and B. B. Clark, all of Cam
den.
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Farming Program
Schedule of Crops Recom
mended For Boll Weevil
Cor.ditions
After careful consideration,
the following schedule of crops
for an average one-horse crop
has been agreed upon, and is
recommended for use under
boll weevil conditions. It is
intended, of course, that each
individual farmer shall make
such minor changes as the
needs of his farm require. The
number of acres of the given
crops and the number of cows,
sows and poultry, should be
multiplied by the number of
acres in your farm.
.The acreage and estimated
average return, and the num
ber of livestock per one horse
form is as follows:
5 to 6 acres of cotton,
estimated value (5
acres. .. ..$230.00
C acres of corn, with
velvet beans, at $30.. 210.00
5 to C acres of oats and
wheat. (1 acre wheat)
followed by pcavine
hay, at $30.00.ISO.00
1 acre sweet potatoes. _ 100.00
1 acre Irish potatoes.
followed by peanuts 100.00 j
1 acre snap beans, fol
lowed by peanuts .. 120.00
1 acre in sorghum, su
gar cane and similar
crops _ 50.00
2 acres in tobacco, or
some substitute money
crop ._ 200.00 1
And live stock as fol
lows:
1 cow, increased to two
as soon as feed is
available, estimated
value of milk and
cream, one cow_150.00
1 sow and pigs.100.00
Flock of poultry, 20 to
25 . 40.00
Estimated total yield per
one horse farm, under
this plan ..$1,300.0L?'
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Endorsed by Bankers
Columbia, Dec. 15.?The South
Carolina Cotton Growers' Coopera
tive association has received notice
that groups one. two and seven of
the South Carolina Bankers' asso
ciation have indorsed the coopera
tive marketing of cotton ;in South
Carolina. The resolution adopted
by each of the groups urge the
farmers to sign the contract and
call upon the bankers, merchants
and business men generally of the
state to assist in the campaign.
Meetings will probably be held
at an early date of groups three,
four, live and .-?x and the plan will
be submitted to them. Ollieials of
the marketing association are
hopeful that these groups will fol
low the actio:: of groups one. two
and seven. Harry G. Kammer
president of the association, pre
sented the plan to the members
of g? two at .a meeting at YV-i'l
liston. i^. C. Ilamer, chairman of
the campaign committee, presented
ii to the members of group seven
at a meeting in Columbia and to
the members of group one at a
meeting in Charleston.
The executive council and the ag
ricultural committee have already
indorsed the plan and if the four
remaining groups have this step it
may be said that the plan has the
unanimous indorsement of the
bankers of the state, in his speech
to tiie executive council and a num
ber of other representative bank
ers of the state gathered in Colum
bia to consider t;:<- matter of'get
ting money fro n tne war finance
corporation. Anguc VF. XIcLean. :?
representative of the corporation,
indorsed most heartily the eooper
ive marketing idea and told of
heavy loans which the war finance
corporation had made to the Texas
Cotton Cooperative Marketing As
sociation, tli.it organization having
established ;? credit of $15.000.000
u i: h ; he corporation.
It's hard to keep up with running
?xpenses.
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Address of
Father Mahoney
i
? Delivered at Annual Christ
I
mas Fund Meeting at City
Opera House Sunday
Afternoon
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j The motive which prompts us to
i assemble here today is one of the
' most noble that instinct, cither hu- i
' man or religious can suggest to
I us. As I look out into this vast
I and splendid audience and remcm- !
! ber the thought which calls us
j here, I can but feel what a blessing j
i it is for us to live in this cosmo- i
1 politan city, where the lines that |
! are merely social can be cast aside,:
j where nationality can be forgotten, j
and where the dogmas of all r*1
. iigion3 can be blended so har
j moniously in the sweet thought of
j charity. It is a note which has its
! response in the heart of every no
i ble man, for we all know that the
j true secret of happiness consists
I not only in what we do for our
j selves, but in the measure of hap
I pin ess which we give to others.
The proverb "Charity is its own j
' reward," is so true that the school ;
j boy understands it as perfectly as j
the most learned philosopher.
The most of us have been bless- !
cd by God by what we may justly
call the abundance of His goodness.
Our health, our homes, our families,
j these and many other assets of hap
j piness prompt us to pause in the
i attitude of gratitude and as we
' recall in our appreciation, the un
? seen hand which has blessed us,
we can but sometimes remember
that Providence has not thus bless
ed all of us.
J Charity is then our theme of to
; day. Charity with its thought of
! others. Charity with its deeds of
j kindness and love.
And if there is any time when
! the word "charity," especially ap
I peals to us. it certainly is at this j
< season, when the whole craves to ,'
j be happy.
We are passing through what we 1
I consider to be a period of depres- I
sion and melancholy, and while!
absorbed in the thought of our j
prosperity of the past, we seem as
j il were, to forget that God gives
and God takes. The vision of the!
i world beyond the seas is enough j
j to prompt us as an American peo- !
? pie to fail on our knees before j
; Him, who sits on Heaven's throne, i
, and pour cut from the very depths ?
j of our hearts, the prayer of grati- }
I tude.
Is there one of us who can be- j
! hold the frame of the starving babe.
I can see the tear in the eye of a |
i mother, and can. witness the dis- j
tress which weighs down nations of j
I an old world and will not praise !
j God for His blessings to us.
j The man who has not charity j
j thinks of none other than himself, i
! We arc a blessed and a fortu
j natc people, and in the enjoyment j
j of plenty, we owe it to God and !
' ourself to be thoughtful of others. .
i For every good deed there is an i
j impulse, and do you not know that j
, the cheerful giver is blessed? Ex
ample teaches us when all else
j fails.
j When we wish to become perfect j
i in any art or science, we strive !
J to become so by the imitation of j
: the most perfect of models. The !
artist and the sculptor are not un- !
! mindful of a Raphael and a Mich
! acl Angelo, the musician hears
I again the sweet strains of a Mozart, j
' and if we would have our names '
j written on the page of future liter- i
: atiire. we must not be content to j
j read alone the authors of the day :
I in which we live, but we must |
' me ander back through the past to \
; hear again, the orations of a Cicero j
j and Demosthenese. to hearken I
. to the voice of a Horace, and to Iis- i
' ten to the sweet lines of a Virgil !
I and a Homer. And this is not I
j only true of the higher walks of j
j life, but it may be applied to every j
i avocation.
j In our nature there is an innate j
j trait to imitate the example of oth- j
j ers. In the history of the past, an j
j abundant example is given us of |
! the world's marvelous charity. The
i true and perfect model of God and
j the well-nigh perfect example of
I God-loving and God-fearing mc:i.
: These are the examples which
j bring to our community the idea
! of doing good for others.
The spirit of charity has been
difused throughout the world well
nigh since its beginning. God show
I ed his love for man even when
j Adam forgot his God. The ex
ample of divine charity has in- j
(spired men in the doing of good in
all the ages of the past, and this
I world has its measure of joy. of j
I happiness simply because man to a j
j great extent has been obedient to j
, our Common Father, who said j
j "Love one another."
j Every man who believes in God j
j I presume, and I feel justly so. be- j
j lieves also, that God gives to us j
j three gifts, which are commonly)
called the theological virtues of
I faith, hope and charity.
Faith is that virtue by which we !
: believe in God. and through which j
I we accept submissively all wo feel j
! to be Mis teaching. I
Hope is that virtue through
j which we trust in God. our ambi- >
I tions are centered in it and when ?
j life becomes dark and dreary, we i
i look through the mistic veil of
hope to God. the Giver of all things. ;
and in the midst of all disappoint- '
j menrs, we always feel that eternity \
I wili give us what time has denied.
But when we are tow-lied by the
finger of in*1 Angel, who will <-:i!l
us to the urea: beyond, then faith
! is no more, for in eternity, we shall
see Cod face to face and what
faith in this life prompted us to be
lieve shall then be revealed to u>; in
:111 its reality. Faith then will be
for us unnecessary, for we shall
I then know Cod as God knows us.
And when our life that is but tern- j
I poral. is no more, nur life eternal
shall be'the end of hope in its real
jhcation or disappointments,
j \<>! only will theologians who,
I ofttimes differ with me accept this
theory but every reasonable man
sees the loui<- of such a conclusion,
j Bui charity has its origin in the \
very nature of God and like Him,j
had no beginning. for God and
charity always were, and like God.:
charity always will be. It is love!
in all its perfection. God is Him
self the golden link of charity, one !
wirb the blessed in Heaven and!
with tho faithful on earth. Time,
shall not change it and eternity
shall not sever it.
To us, charity is the habit given
to us by God through which we
love Him purely for himself and j
ourself and our neighbor for the!
love of God.
Early history relates to us la- 1
mentable limitations in the first
principles of charity.
To the Greeks and the Romans, j
a human person had not inherent;
worth. He was important only as
a citizen. The majority of the sub- j
* cfcs of these two great powers be- j
ing slaves were without any legal
rights. The poor were whether!
slaves or freemen, were treated
with contempt or pity akin to con- j
tempt. The poor, therefore, lived j
in an atmosphere of discontent, j
while Stoicism discouraged all;
sympathy. Human wretchedness
was regarded as a minor evil, or as ;
no evil at all. Gifts to beggars j
were few and usually for motives I
entirely selfish.
Although Athens and Rome have ;
received from some historians a j
tribute of praise, authorized rec
ords conclusively prove that such:
praise came from the pen which j
loved flattery more than truth.
In the annals of justice, it is re- !
corded that Hebrew charity was the;
first of a high order, being prompt- j
ed by obedience to God and genu- i
ine pity for the unfortunate. One j
of its ideals was thus expressed in
the words of Jehovah "There shall
be no poor among you."
Owners were warned that their
possessions were from God and
they were but stewards. The wi- j
dow, the orphan, the blind and the j
lame were objects of special com- i
passion. The poor were permitted j
to gather for themselves, portions j
of the crop left in the field by the
reaper. Labor was raised to a high
er dignity, heathen principles grad- i
ually vanished and the first true j
glimpse of ,a nation practicing;
God's idea of charity is given to!
us in the home Judiasm.
The nations of the world mul-!
tiplied and human ambitions be- j
came more and more diversified. To j
many of the people of the then ?
known world, Morality passedij
through an epoch of decline. Am- !
bition, averice, selfishness and in- !
human weakness became the popu- ;
lar idols of many. Respect for oth- J
ers' names, for others' goods grad
ually declined under the reign of
the Ceasers and brotherly love by!
many was scorned and considered j
cowardly in the eyes of men. i
Charity among many was at the j
pinnacle of its decline.
The God of the Jew became also
the God of the gentile, and for the
first time in the then four thou- i
sand years, history of the world,
the God-fearing Israelite and the
God-fearing Christian became one j
at least in the bond of charity.
With the dawn of Christianity,
charity began its real conquest, j
In Christ we have the true ex-1
ample of brotherly love. During j
His earthly reign. He is pictured 10 j
us in the cast of the Good Shep- j
herd, the Father of the Prodigal, j
the Good Samaritan, the Curer of j
the Lepers, the Joy of Caina and i
the Comforter at the grave of Laz
arus and at the bier of a widow's i
son. These and many other ex- j
amples, prove to us that the heart J
of the Son of God throbs in ac- j
cord with all humanity, be it in joy.
be it in sorrow.
His example was naturally ef- :
fective. From Bethlehem to Cal- :
vary He is to us the perfect mod-v
el of charity, and His words to us j
are "Come follow me."
Pagan persecutions dimini-h and I
the inhuman barbarisms of the Ro- i
man empire submitted to the soul-J
stirring teaching and example of {
the early Christian.
Christ came to conquer not the j
body but the soul and the heart of
men. He sends his Apostles into ;
this work of conquest. They come i
not with a clamor of arms or the j
tumult of warfare, but imbued with
the spirit of Him, who said "Love !
your enemies, do good for those j
who hate you and pray for those
who persecute you, that you may [
be called the children of your Fath- !
er who is in Heaven."
We cannot love God unless we
love our neighbor, neither can we j
love our neighbor unless we love !
God.
Charity is a virtue and with God
and man operates vice versa.
The obligation to perform acts'
of charity is taught in us both by
Revelation and by reason. Under i
the former head may be cited the j
words of Christ "Thou shalt love
thy neighbor as thyself. As you <
would that men should do to you, !
do you also to them in like man
ner." and particularly the descrip- i
tion of the good from the bad at
the final judgment.
Reason tells us we ought to love
our neighbors since they are chil
dren of God, since they are our
brothers, members of the same
family and since they have the
same nature, dignity." destiny and
ne6ds as ourselvees.
To be a real Christian there must
be interwoven into every word and ;
thought and deed of ours, the fibre
of charity.
God has given to each of tis a
conscience and every man who
does what this conscience tells him
to be right is as good as any man
in all the world. It is not money
nor is it family nor is it position,
no. and it is not creed, that makes
us Christian men and women, but
it is t lie desire to love God and >
love our neighbor. Do not judge
Christianity by deeds of men. but
by the principle laid down by
i 'hrist.
None of us are perfect. If we
were, we would be angels, net m? n.
So there is not one of us privileged
to look for the mote in the broth
er's eye. God knows we are frail
and for this reason He said "Bear
ye one another's burdens/'
To many of us there is a picture
of a good meiner, who now per
haps sleeps in her silent grave. tk::t
i
we shall ever remember. It brings
us back to tender years of. our.
childhood when she look us to
her knee and taught us the sweet
prayer of the Saviour Kimself. I
Daily did we say "Our Father Who
art in Heaven," and each time did |
we repeat "And lead us not into
temptation." Little did we know ?
what temptation was. When the ?
age of inquisitiveness dawned, we '
looked into the kindly face of our ;
mother and said "Temptation, j
what is temptation?" and the very [
innocence of a child forbade her j
answer. Time passed when that
conscience dawned, and then we !
learned life is indeed a warfare, '
and the goal not of time, but a
happy eternity to strive for. And ;
yet it is so much easier to do evil !
than good. We can but s"e a ? dace i
in the words of the .Master Who
spoke to us of love and charitv
and the help we can thus mutual
ly render.
Christ loved all men,' but if in j
life He showed a single preference i
it was for the poor and the sinner. !
And so the maxim of **"?e gospel
is, there are three virtues, faith, \
hope and charity, but the greatest
of these is charity. It is the co.
nerstone of both Judiasm and i
Christianism.
The spirit of the gospel regards j
it as superior to any other traXt of ?
religion.
Its excellence appears from the
fact that the love of our neighbor
is.akin to the love of God, and that
our neighbor is to be lo*-*ed as
ourselves.
We are approaching the great
festival of Christmas, the day that
especially appeals to our charity. I
No true man can be happy in ;
plenty if he knows his brother is j
in want.
Sumter has given to the State an J
example of her generosity and what .
has been done for our poor and
suffering has come not from our
hand alone, but from our very \
heart.
As I said, it is a privilege to live j
in such a community where Pro- ;
testant, Jew and Catholic can unite |
and be one, at least in charity and j
where those who have wherewith j
to give remember God's worthy i
poor, net only during life but even i
in their last will and testimony. j
Let us then as a community fos- j
ter unity and brotherly love. They j
are the secrets of individual and ?
civic happiness. And as we seek '
happiness, let us do so through the
channel of charity pointed cut to j
us by God Himself.
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Make Things
Hum, He Says
Orange. N. J., Dec. 13.?
Thomas A. Edison, who recently j
accompanied Henry Ford on an in
spection tour to the government's
water power developments at Mus
. cle Shoals, Ala., today declared
the automobile manufacturer could j
"make the Muscle Shoals project:
hum. not only getting his rental, j
but a good profit for the people." i
"Fretilizer, which he would
manufacture, is in great demand |
in the south," said the inventor,
"in northern Alabama, I saw cotton
fields with short stubby plants. .
stunted for lack of fertilizer. What
the people need is a cheap ferti
lizer. The price is too high now. j
The crop would be doubled and j
employment given to about a mil
lion people if the Ford project at i
Muscle Shoals went through.
"One part of the plant is prac- j
tically ready for operation, except
for the completion of the cam, j
which Ford wants the government j
to build before he leases the prop- j
erty. The government says the \
"dam would cost $45.000,000. Ford
estimates the cost at $30,000,000. I
think Ford's figure is about right.
'?Ford will guarantee to take
profit of only S per cent in op
erating the plant. Who else would
want to do it for that? If the pro
tit exceeded S per cent, the price cf
fertilizer would be reduced."
Mr. Edison emphasized that his
connection with the plan was ad
visory.
"Ford has a bright mechanical
mind." he said, "but is weak in
chemistry, and that's where I
come in."
Washington, Dec. 15.?Attorney
General Daugherty announced that
governors would be asked to call
conferences of federal district at
torneys and state prosecutors for
the purpose of bringing about a
greater co-operation.
? Q 9 ? ?
Washington. Dec. 15.?The con
sideration of the naval ratio is un
derstood to have been completed
by the big chrcc following a meet
ing taken to forecast the complete
agreement on limitation of naval
armament as regards the United
States, Great Britain and Japan.
Wake Forest. N. C. Dec. 15.?,
The college officials are trying to
learn the identity of the students
who hazed Ralph Patterson, of
Fayetteville, by binding and gag
ging him. cutting his hair and
blackening his scalp.
Montross. Ya.. Dec. !?">.?The
prosecution continued in the pre
sentation of evidence against Rog
er Hastlake who is charged with
wife murder.
Chicago, Dec. 15.?The injunc
tion banning the checkoff system
of the collection of miners' dues re
cently issued by Federal Judge An
derson was ordered recasi by fed
eral court of appeals. It was re
manded to Judge Anderson with in
structions to enter preliminary in
junction while the case is being
argued.
The man who figures figures
never lie doesn't figure on price
tags left on Christmas gifts.
While riding in the smoker you
oooasionall> get acquainted with a
man who isn't a federal agent of
some kind;
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Yon can say one thing for Lloyd '
:?iorge. He ca*h bent any man on j
arth thinking up ways to postpone
he inevitable
Chamber of
Commerce Notes
Secretary Reardon Spends a
Day at Pinewood?It Pays
to Read Advertisements
Secretary K. I. Reardon spent*
several hours in Pmwc?od 'Wed
nesday talking up the Carolina
Products company of Sumter, the
Sumter Canning company plan of
organization, and incidentally dis
cussing the program of diversified
farming, and sweet potato curing
and storage houses with the farm-,
?is and other business men of that
section. He reports that Pinewood
and vicinity are intensely interested
in the Sumter County Board of
Progress and the Sumter County*
Camber of Commerce programs for
diversification, and many were glad
to learn that Sumter will be so ful
y prepared to buy and manufacture
so much truck, wheat, potatoes,
hogs, poultry, butter-fat, corn,
peas, and other farm products. He
told of the money to be made by
those who will keep cows for the
purpose of selling butter-fat to the
Sumter Creamery company, and
spinach, tomato* s, snap beans and*
sweet potatoes to the Sumter Can
ning company, and advised diversi
fication of crops and also the
planting of limited acreages of to- .
bacco where conditions for tobacco
nre suitable. One of the things the
Sumter Chamber of Commerce is
stressing is the planting of sufficient
wheat, if possible to supply Sumter
county.with all the flour it needs?
anyhow for ev< ry farmer to pro
duce enough wheat to supply his
own family and his farm hands and
their families. He told of Sumter's
modern wheat mill of the Sumter ?
Roller Mills, of Sumter's numerous
concerns that purchase farm pro
ducts now and of the demand in
Sumter for chickens, turkeys, sui- .
neas, eggs, etc. He was satisfied
that Pinewood is intensely Sumter
and Sumter county in spirit and
loyalty and predicts that this sec
tion is going to give the older sec
tions of. Sumter county a run for
their money in showing how to get
rid of "Old Man Hard Times'* by
putting "Old Man Hard Work" af
ter "Hard Times" to run him out
of this county by diversification
and thrift, and the never say die,
do it now, Camecock county spirit,,
of determination to win out over
all obstacles to a normal prosper
ity.
A close observer of Daily Item'
advertisements has called our at
tention to an article in this paper
which stated that a farmer came to
town with a dozen hens and could .
not sell them despite the fact his
prices were within reason, while in
the same issue of that pa
per and previous issues thereof
were several want advertisements
stating that Mr. Mike Goldberg
and Mr. L. C. Strauss were in the"
market for one tho'sard hens, one?
thousand turkeys and one .'housand
guineas, and the writer ah c knows
that Mr. C. L. Stubbs was trying
to buy one hundred hens at niar^
ket prices.
The writer thought that perhaps
ff those farmers who have poultry,
corn, peas, oats, hogs and other
farm products in volume sufficient
to warrant being hauled to Sumter
would use the Daily Item to let it
be known that they have 'arm pro
ducts for sale that the buyer and
the producer will get together
quicker and there will always be
a certainty that farm products can
be sold. Mr. L. C. Strauss com
plains to the Sumter Chamber ofv
Commerce that he can not get: a
sufficient number of bushels of peas
nor near as many turkeys, hens and
guineas as he wants although he
has shipped more than two hun- '
dred turkeys this past five days. If
the farmers will only read the ad
vertisements in the various news
papers, their local papers especial
ly, they will very often find want
advertisements for farm products
of many kinds. Consumers and
dealers watch the marketing col
umns of papers for farm products
while looking out for barganis. Why
not advertise what you have to sell
as well as advertise for what you
want.
Every story has it--: little moral,
and the moral of this little observa
tion is "if you are in any kind of
business or profession and you want'
to sell something, no matter wheth
er it be farm products, your mer
cantile commodities, your brain,
ability, your organization, or your
community, sell them through the
newspapers. Read the local papers
if you area subscriber: if you are
not a subscriber don't read them,
don'f borrow your neighbor's paper,
subscribe for yourself, then you will
keep abreast with what is going
on and ?*.ith what is wa.itod cith
er for sale or for purchase.
A man w ho doesn't read his local,
papers is bound to be a slow goer*
and get hit if he tries to compete
with the fellows who read every
th:ng in lite papers, advertisements
and all. and then kicks because he
can't" lind anything else to read
about.
lakes America
J. C. Squire, editor of the Lon
don "Mercury." is a booster for
Amertca. Shortly after he landed,
here, recently, he met a man who
promised to pay him an old debt.
<^?-traeted in France during the
war. Then to show there was real
prohibition in the land, just when
he was wishing he had something
to drink. a chance acquaintance
presented him with a bottle of
whiskey. He says this country is
"op hole."
Chatham, Mass.. Dec 15.?The
freighter Schodack struck on shoal
in snow squall while enroute to1*
t*oston. Thirty men are aboard.
The Shodack was floated and is
[>roceedim; to Boston.
-c?c?c~
Berlin. Bee. 15.?Germany in- ;
ornied guarantees committee that
t is Impossible to pay reparations
lue January 15th and ask for a
Moratorium.