The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 13, 1922, Page PAGE 2, Image 2
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A XEARLY WAGE
A new plan for a minimum year- j
ly wage for the garment industry
"is being considered by the inters J
national Ladies' Garment Work- j
ers Union. It calls for an unem- j
ployment fund to which both em
ployers and employee would con
tribute.' r?n the ground "that it Ls an
obligation of the industry to pro
vide>4or^t^e regu^ar -workers a
guaranteed yearly compensation."
It seems that the average work
er is- idle about 100 days a* year.
The jgroponent of this plan believes
.thai if it is put into operation it will
heih^: t? stabilize the trade, and
will makr; it imperative for manu
facturers to work out . means of
making" it more regular and less
Seasonal in its employment.
Thoughtful employers would be ;
glad to obviate the seasonal na- j
tpre of the trade, because it would !
greatly , lessen, the labor turnover !
and utilize the machinery to better j
advantage. Frenzied rushes fol- i
lowed by idleness are good neither j
for a business advantage nor for
Jtae human beings engaged in it. :
WhetherJhe garment trades suc
ceed in carrying out this plan to j
a ^tiafaetory conclusion or not, it j
seems to have ? suggestion for the i
equally seasonal coal industry.]
Might not .the consideration of the!
^wiio'le "coal- biisiness on the basis'
of a yearly minmum wage serve j
as-a handle by which to take hold;
of the situation ?
MOTHER AULIAXCE
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-. The announcement that France j
and c Belgium ;had concluded "an ;
airtight pact for joint action in no |
jnatter what circumstances" camej
as Mother shock to people who I
Have hoped for an end of that sort J
of thing. -
How long ago it seems since the j
igte^.nijpoths of the war and thej
t?^^?g^tho" after the armistice.
^eiix7Jailiion? everywhere were.
tSSSiig^r' "no more alliances or!
b?^?c^s^of power" but a general
oo^ope^^^n for the benefit of all! j
T^r?^yjijhe League of Nations* of- j
fervidL promise of such a result,
conciliating as it did a soft of
alfjan?e ?' of all countries which
would eliminate partial alliances;
?^&jf?&fc of powers.
" l*Hai.' Jlope- seems to have failed, j
Eyeit?'-''?among members of the i
jLfiftB^e'/'pledged to stand by each j
otheiv'att? ? supposedly guaranteed f
in their rights by virtue of their j
membership, there has been one al
hans^owher after another. This
S,5Fea?3t-Belg2an pact* is^ simply the
. *?. .
j^?^^egahis emphasis ;:from the j
fietthat itT? the "?etfond alliance ar- i
ranged since tho opening of the j
Genoa -conference. The German-:
>?? *v ?. ? ? i
**j*i^*?^an par*, was probably more
s^ffificihi and full of potential;
trouble. There is a!sq a French- {
Polish, alliance, the alliance com-i
j^rrfidflg Czecho-Slnvakia, Jugoslavia j
anH lioumania and generally known i
'as the "Ldtle Entente", the Anglo
?jP^OBeh alliance and others of minor j
importance.
One thing at lea*t brings a note
fc'f "cheer. It is the fact that these I
Alliariees afe made* public, as pro-j
Tided by the Versailles treaty and j
as de-tnanded by modern sentiment, j
instead. of being kept secret ac-j
cording to the dark methods of the!
old diplomacy. Still,, the American;
public would rather not hear anyj
niore pfor the present. Every one;
*&thenvseems to postpone the gen- j
era! getting together on equal j
terms which forward-looking peo-.
pie now regard as the most desii*-j
ahle way of handling international j
33 airs.'
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M THE DOPE WAVE 1
Many people imagine that, be
cause- there has been considerable
agitat'Onv in this country against j
narcotic drugs and some corrective!
legislation has been enacted, the j
l-vil is greatly reduced. There is
?^le evidence of such improve
ment,
% f^v^m?st convincing proof of the j
spread of. deadly drug habits is the 1
consumption of opium and its j
!
i products. It was bad enough back
fin 1909. when the United States
j used 470,000 pounds of opium,
j many times as much as all Europe
j together, and nearly 30 times* as
j mux-h as Germany. France or Great
j Britain. Ten years'later, however,
j the American consumption had
I risen to 720.000 pounds, and those
I who keep track of the traffic say
j the increase still continues.
Ways have been found to get
around all of "the corrective laws
! yet advised. The "dope" is not
j only Imported in regular ways and
j and then diverts to improper
purposes, but vast quantities are
I smuggled in. Methods of sales
manship are worked out with dia
bolical cleverness. The worst
phase of the whole ugly business is
said to be the systematic distribu
tion of samples of heroin, codeine, j
or cocaine among school children, j
They acquire the habit easily, and !
then they are customers for life.
liiere are hundreds of thousands
of recorded victims in the country. ]
and estimates of the total number i
i i
r~n into millions. The evil ought to
be taken more seriously by the pub
lic, the press and legislative bodies
than it has been taken so far.
THE HEDRE PROFITABLE j
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A "nature writer suggests ih?t ifi
i
you are going to have a hedge you j
may as well have one with money J
hanging from it ready for your J
picking. He proposes a hedge of j
currants, or gooseberries or black- J
berries or raspberries^ Some of the
latter, nowadays, are "everbearing",
and ? productive of desserts, even if
not of canning quantities, right
through the summer.
According to the American For
estry Magazine, a productive hedge
may be as beautiful as a non-pro
ductive one, and the non-productive
hedge is always a liability. It has
tc be cared for. cut and sprayed
just 'til? same as the productive one.
A berrj It edge along the outside
of one's estate is liable to be aj
temptation to' the pissing small
b<?y, hut if it is well cared for, it
will produce eno-igh for the house
hold besidies, ahd the hoy's gooot
will is extra.
ST*RE>VGTH OR GRACE? J
A public lecturer^ direetor of an
art school, said recently that
physical education should aim at
"strength for men and grace for
women." He objected strenously
to what he knew of modern physi
cal education for girls ahd women
in the high- schools and colleges.
Why in the world, he inquired,
should girls do stunts oh the
rings, jump the gymnasium horse
or twirl around on parallel bars?
And still more, why should girls
play baseball? Esthetic dancing, j
training in posture and grace were]
what they required. Let the other |
things* be left for the men.
In discussing these statements a
coftege senior who spends six hours
a week in gymnasium activities, in
cluding indoor baseball, said:
"Is there a real reason why a 1
graceful woman should not know I
h^tv to think quickly and act]
promptly and understand- team co
operation? Those are some of the
things baseball teaches women."
Said her father: "Is there any
reason why the round-shouldered
girl should not have her muscles
strengthened to a point enabling j
her to straighten her posture and j
maintain it correctly? As.I under- j
stand it. that is what man;' of the!
so-called stunts' enable her to do." j
Almost any phyiscal ' education
teacher will say that girls love the
"stunts" and spend their free time
before class playing with ap
paratus. They do not stand around j
in corners practising graceful ges- j
tu'res. Btit any physical education (
teacher who is awake to the pur
pose of her teaching, as well as its
method, knows that health is thej
first consideration, and that every j
bit of apparatus work, every game j
and daneirg step, properly under- I
stood and taught, does help to eul- j
tivate not only health but also grace i
both of body and spirit.
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?OMPERS A\i>-BOLSHEVISM
It is not surprising that Samuel j
Gompeis opposes strongly any rec
ognition by the United States gov
ernment of the Soviet government
of Russia. He has stood firmly
against allowing the American Fed
eration to be eaten through with
Botsiievism. He h;ja, at every turn,
opposed Red-ism with American
ism. It has not been en easy fight
for the veteran, nor is it over.
Mr. Gompers very \vi? ely urges
Americans to beware 11 "now-we
are-good" propaganda "poured out
of the Moscow machine into the
ears of the world." He does not
want the world to forget that it is
"?j.1 ily a month since Lenine said:
"We encountered the fight against
us by instituting terror, a threefold
terror. If it becomes necessary
3gain we will have it once more."
In many respects.' Though not
j all, Mr. Ompers is on firm ground,
j And in fact, the agreement of the
I powers to assist Russia with loans
j and materials does not say any
| thing about political recognition,
j The important thing in the Rus
[ siah muddle is to keep clear as to
i the exact situation. Nobody can
oust the Soviet government but the
Russian people. Nor can they do
i it until they are on their fe.er, nor
j can they get on their feet without
j outside help.
It's' going to be a ticklish course
I ? ... "in'-. ? ? ?
to steer nations and governments
through the mess without recogni
tion of the Reds as rulers of Rus
sia, but perhaps it cam he done.
Meantime, Mr, Gompers' warning
of the dangers involved comes not
i amiss.
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j A Cleveland scientist who has
been making' experiments with,
"ether drift*' says his results cast
doubt on the Einstein calculations.
It's a hard world for ordinary, un
scientific folks to grope about in.
If science isn't even positive that
it is relative, what in space is it.
anyhow?
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The woman who is thought to
have killed three husbands to get
the insurance money says she has
had ihree proposals since the death
of her last husband. Some m<m
will dare anything.
TOO FAT?
If you are a man of 50 years, and
you weigh 50 pounds roo much,
your chance of living to he 100 is
only half as great as it ought to
be. So says New York's health com
missioner, Dr. R. S. Copeland.
*T know, absolutely how to live
to be 100 years old. and I don't
practise what I know. There are
in this country 3,500 men and wo
men past iOO years of age. and
there is rio reason why the average
man should not attain the century
mark."
The great trouble with most
people is what Dr. Copeland con
fesses?they don't practise what
they know. Surely there cannot
be any large proportion left who
have not yet heard the gospel of
fresh air, sound sleep, exercise and
wholesome food, in proper propor
tions. A great many of them, in
fact, do not want to practise what
they know. They prefer the pres
ent pleasure or the present indo
lence to the more or less shadowy
future, with its very uncertain ben
efit of living to be 100.
More and more people every
year find out. however, that the
present pleasure is greatly en
hanced by good health, that present
indolence is far less enjoyable than
present exercise followed by well
earned rest. The excess baggage
which is a product of lazy living
and uncontrolled appetites is of no
good to the carrier or to anyone
else. When the pounds and puffs
have given way. to leanness and
power, when the will and character
have been strengthened by the ef
fect, then life begins to be worth
living again. And whether it con
tinues to 100 is a minor detail, not
because today is bad, as it used to
be, but because today is good.
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THF. TENANT'S IXXTXG
"Moving day" in ?w York is
said to have been a glum day for
landlords. There was a great pro
cession of tenants moving, with
their effects, to the suburbs. Large I
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numbers of flats are left vacant, i
Landlords have been obliged to j
compromise on rent and improve- j
ments.
Likewise in Chicago, where there
i's a sort of strike against landlords, j
with tenants refusing to pay high
rents and establishing tent colonies, j
Likewise, on a smaller scale, all'
over the country, wherever rents j
have been so high as to arouse gen -;
eral resentment.
The landlord has had his inning, j
Now it is to be the tenant's inning, j
He insists, reasonably enough, that!
rents must be deflated along with
other costs of living, and the big j
increase of building helps his
cause. Another year or two should
see rents quite reasonable again.
If the tenant is wise, however,
he will not press his advantage un
duly?as many a landlord did?
when he finds fate playing into his
hands. What is needed in the real
estate business is some preneral
agreement, in "every section and
every community, as to what is a
fair percentage of return on prop
erty. Then, with valuation es
tablished, rents rould be figured
out on a basis mutually satisfactory
to landlord and tenant. Very much
as Interest rates are adjusted bet
tween lender and horrower.
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There's many a rough neck in a
stiff collar.
BETTERMENT OF
;| r CONDITIONS
I i -Or
! Business Situation Compared
With That of a Year Ago
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! London, April 15.?Trade and
I industrial conditions in this country
i on the whole are, in the opinion of
;experts, steadily improving though
[somewhat slowly.
Xo big revival has materialized,
I but there has been a continuous
j betterment of conditions, a seem
| ingly healthy growth, that has sat
' isfied traders more than any sud
j den "revival" which might have
I been built on shifting sands and
j would have collapse, leaving matr
i ters worse than before.
' One or'landing indication of the
j trend of affairs Is that money is
i easier and more is being loaned,
j which indicates confidence in the
i trade situation generally,
j Encouraging reports come from
I various trades, notably coal, tex
| tile, and pig-iron. General living
j conditions have improved, com
j modities having dropped in price
and there has been a decrease in
unemployment, although it is still
large.
In seeking for an unbiased state
ment regarding conditions from an
authority, The Associated Press
turned to Robert Skinner, the
American Consul General in Lon
don. In response Mr. Skinner gave
j the following statement:
"While governments undoubtedly
{continue to have their very serious
difficulties of a political nature,
j there are signs of improvement in
I business which is much less de
pendent upon the activities of gov
ernments than might appear to-be
the case. The recovery of trade
is taking place very slowly and tin*
I evF-ntfuily but to realize that it is
?recovering, it is only necessary to
I recall, for example, the state of thijs
; country just one year ago.
"At the moment there was- much
j political and industrial unrest,
j troops in large numbers were on
I active service, the coal industry had
j closed down and dependent lines
iwere necessarily affected. Prices
jwere high, unemployment was
much greater than at present and
; the psychological factors disturbed,
j "It seemed a year ago as though
! Great Britain had lost her foreign
! coal market; but today it "'s obvious
I that this has been recovered to a
great extent.
"The Manchester Chamber of
Commerce tells us that hopes of a
moderate revival of trade with In
dia have been realized and that in
quiries from India, and China have
i been numerous. Egypt also has
j placed a fair number of orders.
I South America continues quiet.
I "India, for many ye&rs the great
j market for British cotton goods,
I has become herself a manufactur
er of such goods.
"China has become more or less
ja manufacturing country absothing,
'say, 100,000 bates of American cot
jton last year. South America nota
jbly Argentine and Brazil have,-be
jgun to manufacture textiles and
j generally all countries give signs
' of interest in domestic man.ufact
i ure. While this shifting of. pro
j duction from one place to another
{creates certain difficulties, on the
other hand,, far...from indi
! eating depression it suggests the
1 reverse condition.
I Britain and United States ex
ports from.thercity.of London are
suggestive. For the three months
j ended March 31, 1922, declared ex
j ports from London to the United
j States aggregated 17,870.399 plus
merchandise valued at .$1,272,589
which was invoiced in American
currency only, as against exports
for the same period in 1&21
[amounting to ?7,201,675.
i "If we remember how prices have j
tdropped since a year ago we shall
i at once see that not only has there
j been an increase in values but still
I greater increase in quantities. The
: large single items of these exports
I which show increase are: leather.
I precious metals, gums, linens, scrap
jmetaJ, aluminium, linseed oil, and
i copper concentrates.
'?One hesitates to pick out these
cheerful symptoms for purposes of
j optimistic discussion because it is j
I always very dangerous to prophecy;
I and yet he would fail to recognize
I the prevailing indications as most
! encouraging. ? ;
Boarders realize there's no place
j like home when they see strawber
i ries on'the market and prunes on
j the table.
Some women brag about the men
j they could have married because'
I the fish that gets away seems the!
I biggest.
I Two married people can live
I cheaper than one single man in
I love.
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I In England, a Ford license is
! more than $100. They don't like a
I joke.
I Money doesn't talk as much as:
i people who have money.
For the sake of his professional
pride, it's probably a good thing
.Texse James died before our time.
; Some people think they are in-j
i tellectual just * because they skip'
I the sport page and read the scan
i dal stories.
j In some instances there is suffi
cient evidence to convict the wo
man, and in others the woman in
I good-looking.
; Xot enough married men leave.
I their business cares at the office.
? and too many leave their good
? manners there.
The equator, they say, is not
where it was.' Perhaps it got too
hoi there.
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j Cost of living is said to bo drop
I ping about one per cent a monih.1
: First 100 months are the hardest. H
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The man who has been kicking
j about the coid weather will t?ffii be
I kicking about the hot weather;" ?
I To-day's Best Jokes
?nd Stbries
- Hinr to executives: Ypup can't
j develop a spirit of team-work and
I your ego at the same Time.
j ?'? m
j The most appropriate place for
ja male person to wear a wrist
watch is on his wife's wrist.
Success is largely a matter of
marrying the right woman and let
t'rig nature take it's course.
The length of time between strike
and settlement depends upon the
length of time between meals.
^
Tt isn't a moral sense that makes
I flapper seem offensive. It is har
I dening of the arteries.
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j Hell doubtless has its draw
backs, hut there probably won't be
j any smell of Turkish cigarettes
i there.
The average American never
j feels truly impotant unless he is
! spending more than he can afford.
What has become, of the old
fashioned young man'who felt wild
and wicked when he smoked a
cuneb?
j It's much easier to impress the
j neighbors than to impress the
man who makes The' loans at the
bank.
"Another thing that encourages
us to awake ahd breathe the early
morning air is the early-morning
I fly.
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j "Habitual law-breakers are usu
| ally mental defectives." We some
times fear this is true of habitual
, law-makers.
j Christ healed the woman with
; ah issue of blood. His spirit can
h'ea.l those who suffer from issues
of Hat currency.
The financial wizard usually
: winds up by getting free board and
clothes, and that is considerable
Accomplishment in times like these.
1 Willie Willis: "Pa, what do they
? mean when they say a woman is
dressed in the 'height of fashion'?"
' ? Papa Willis: "About an inch
above the knees, my son."?Town
Topics.
- Boy to His Dad: "Dad, can you
sign your name with your eyes
shut?"
.His Dad: "Certainly."
Boy: "Well, then shut your eyes
and sigri my report card."?The
Boys' Magazine.
"Why the golf sticks? I didn't
know you golfed?"
"I don't. These are merely to im
press a hank president. I'm going
to strike him for a loan."?Louis
ville Courier-Journal.
t." "How is it- you have such a good
met :ory, Xorah?" her mistress in
quired.
"Well, mum, I'll tell ye. Since
me childhood never a lie have I
told, and when ye don't have to be
taxin' yer memory to be remcm
berin' what ye "told this' one or
that, or how'ye explained this or
that, shore ye don't overwork it
an' it lasts ye, good as new, tell ye
die!"?Chrlsitna Advocate.
The conjurer was producing eggs
from a top-hat. He addressed a
boy in the front row.
"Your mother can't get' eggs
without hens, can she?" he asked.
"Oh, yes," said the boy.
"How's that ?" asked the con
jurer.
"She keeps ducks," answered the
boy.?Rural Life.
"Robert," said the mother stern
ly to her offspring who had .just
broken a window with a baseball,
"I'm going ? to give you a good
whipping?hot because you broke
the window, but because you broke
your promise to me that you would
stop playing ball near the house."
"Aw. ma." whimpered the boy,
"can't you do it. for breakin' the
window? Dad'11 have to lick some
body for that.?American Boy.
.Mother (apropos of young son):
Well, wliat's keeping you from tak
ing hold of the youngster and mak
ing him behave?
Father: Xo, no: not armed in
tervention?an economic penalty.
Take away his dessert.?Le Rire
(Paris).
Mrs. Worth had just learned that
her colored work-woman. Aunt
Dinah, had at the age of seventy
married for the fourth time. "Why.
Aunt Dinah.'" she exclaimed, "you
surely haven't married again!"
"Yassum. honey. I has.' was Aunt
Dinah's smiling reply. "des' as
of'en as de Lawd takes 'em, so will
I."?Ladies' FlOme Journal.
Mrs. Skinner (across fence): 'if
1 had the family skeleton you have
I wouldn't parade it before the
neighbors."
Mrs. Sapp: "Xo, you wouldn't.
If you had a family skeleton you'd
probably sell it to a medical
school."??Boston Transscript.
Jr was a wet day, and as the
.pretty girl entered the crowded
car a man rose to his feet.
"No. you must rmt give up your
sent: I insist."' said 11 iyoung wo
man.
"You may insist as much as you
like, miss," was the reply. "Im get
ting out here!"?Erie Review.
"A" Operator: 'Has -Marjorie
an"? education along musical lines?"
"ii" Operator: "I should say so!
Name any record and she can tell
you what'? on the other side."?
Telephone Review.
A Japanese boy came to the home
?Of a minister in Los Angeles re
cently and applied for a position.
; Now'_it happened that the house
i hold was already well supplied with
: servants. so the minister's wife said,
j "I am sorry, bmSwe:' re?lry' haven't
j enough wor?c to keep another boy
busy."
"Madam." said the Oriental po
; litely. "I am sure that you must
! have. You may not know what a
! little bit of A-orV it takes to keep
I me employed."?Tokio Times.
j Patron of the Arts: "Eighty
? five francs? That's'rather expen
i sive for the work of a painter who's
: still alive."
j Art Dealer: "Well, 7/ou might
; give me the money, and I'll see
! what ran be done about it."?Le
: Matin.
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I .
i The Bo.ss: "I'm afraid you are
j not qualified for the position; you
'don't know anything about my j
business."
Applicant: "Don't I. though" ij
! am engaged to your stenograhper."
i ?Boston Transerint.
"I want." said the very plain j
I girl, "a book entitled 'Cultivate
"Tour Natural Beauty.' "
"Here it is." said the clerk, who
wanted to be- sociable. "Are you i
I getting it for a friend?"
i And the very plain girl put her j
j purse hack into her bag and went !
; right, out. ? Philadelphia Retail!
i Ledger.
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I Willie (to his father who had j
; recently married the second time):
j "Ther's a shop in the High Street
i just like you. daddie."
Father: "Shop like me? What
do you mean?*"
Willie (getting near to the door):
"Why, it's under entirely new man
iagement."?Edinburgh Scotsman.
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"You had a f orty-dollar ga?: bill!
i last month," said the dry agent,
j "The wife has-er-been doing: a
I little canning," said the home dis
j tiller.
"Hum. I want to sample -some of
II he stuff."
"Wife," called the home distill-;
i er, in quavering tones, "open a can
1 of salmon for the gentleman."?
! Birmingham'Age-Herald.
!': He (lingering in the :hall): And,
'! dearest, we shall grow old togeth
j er, you' and F.
i Pier Father's Voice: Well, you
j needn't start doing it down there,
i need you??Boston Transcript.
1 1
I "When Is your daughter think
! ing of getting married?"
I "Constantly.* ?The American Le
j gion Weekly. ':
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Mrs. Baring: "Do you know, j
( Mr. Jolly, that your wife is the j
! most tactfnl woman I ever met?" j
I Mr. Jolly: "She's a marvel, j
j You'll hardly believe it, bitt she has]
j managed to keep an Irish cook and i
j an English housemaid for your;
! years.'?Judge. ? ? ?
I ' ,
I "The slump in business doesn't i
I seem to worn,' MacTavish in thej
j least."
j "On the contrary, he's tickled'to !
1 death because he has so much more j
j time- for golf.""'
j Bilton: "What do you consider;
j the meanest act a man can do aj
I woman?"
! ? Mrs. Bilton: "Will her a fortune j
I payable at the age of 3;"."
j
The latest fad in the United
! States is for men to carry photo
! graphs of their wives inside the
j crowns of their hats.- An enter
' prism0- firm is specializing in extra
! large rowns for the. State of
I Utah.?Eve.
Algernon (city cousin): "What J
! has that cow got the bell strapped !
! 'round her neck for?"
j Bobb: "That's to call the calf!
; when dinner's ready." ? Home j
i Chronicle.
! " i
"So you've been speculating in j
?the market, have you?"
"Xot at all; I always lose my'
i money on sure things."?Judge.
! "1 wonder how China feels about
the peace conference?"
"All broken up."?Judge.
j First Italian: "Oh, looka data;
j bird on da rubber plant!"
j Second Ditto: "Sure: he' gutta- j
i perch a,"?Harvard 'Lampoon.
"Papa, if I was twins would buy '
the other boy a banana too?"
"Certainly.-my son."
"Well, pap, you surely ain't go
ing to cheat me out of another;
banana just 'cause I'm all in nn^i
piece? "?The Futurist.
"A lobster in a hurry, waiter." j
"Yes, sir; I'll attend to you right
away."?Boston7 Tr?nscript.
Tn a small town a man is known ;
by the things he tries to conceal, j
As a rule, a grouch is just the;
triumph of a yellow streak ovex j
good nature.
It occurs to us that whatever j
may be the matter with the world]
it isn't gray matter.
Civil service enables efficient men!
to hold their jobs on and on until]
the other party gets into power.
The headlines indicate that thej
list of hazardous occupations mav j
vet include that of h*'ir\K a husband, j
France isn't alone in her trouble.'
A lot of credit men in the country;
know how to .sympathize with her. j.
Hardins smokes a corncob pipe.]'
Bel his wife is mad.
We don't know how much edu
cation there is; but it isn't enough.
Some of these new drivers think
a train ought to take to the woods;
when it sees them coming.
WANTED?You to come to the!
Service Barber Shop. Just been j
put In repair. All new and clean.
Opposite the postoffice. L. E.r
Cubbage, J. L. Mooneyham. !
Funeral Held Fop Charles Wood.
The following is a clipping tak
en from the Wilmington Dispatch.
The deceased is a brother of Mr.
F. A. Wood of Sumter:
Funeral service for Charles E.
Wood, for 40 years a member of
Wilmington's police force, who died
Sunday afternoon following a
stroke of apoplexy, was held from
St. Andrew's Presbyterian church
yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Interment was in Oakdale ceme
tery. The service was conducted
by Rev. .J. E. Purcell, pastor of St.
Andrew's church, assisted by Rev.
J. A. Sullivan, pastor of Calvary
Baptist church.
Mayor .lames U. rowan, com
missioner of public safety, made a
most impressive talk at the church.
He paid a beautiful tribute to the
deceased and he was profuse in his
praise for the entire police force.
Mayor Cowan had previously di
rected a. letter to the entire force
calling upon them to attend the
funeral, and practically the en
tire force responded to the notice.
In addition there were hundreds of
other friends of Mr. Wood who
went to pay their respects to the
memory- of Wilmington's oldest po
lice officer.
Many beautiful flora! designs, in
cluding one sent by the po?cc de
partment, were placed on the
grave. The pallbearers were May
or James H. Cowan, Commission
ers J. E. Thompson and R. C.
?Cantwell and Chief Claude C.
V?shwell, honorary, and apt.. W. C.
Wo?l?rd. Sergeants W. R. Ap
pieberry and E. J. Grimsley, and
Officers S. H. Fulford, J. S. Bryant
adn E. Z\T. Sessoms. active: Record
er's court, which was in session
yesterday afternoon, recessed for
the funeral hour.
Mayor Cowan's letter to the police
department with reference to the
death of Officer Wood under date
of May ??, reads as follows:
"One of' our comrades In arms
has- fallen. One who yesterday
was in our midst, companionable
end apparently in the full bloom
of health, has answered the final
summons.
"Charles E. Wood has entered
info eternity. Last night attentive
to duty, faithful to his trust and
alert to* protect the lives and
property of a great city. Tonight
he lies silent and lifeless. Truly, in
the midst of life we are in death."
"'He was a patriot to his duty,
a br?ve warrior in the perform
ance of that duty and a sentinel
who was always alert at his post.
He was a credit to the Wilmington
police force'and his memory is not
ohly sweet to us personally, but, in
the manner in which he lived up to
his trust, sets up an example
worthy of emulation and adds lau
rels to the history of the force,
which we love and in which we
take pride.
"A veteran in the service, yet he
was always a youth in vigor and in
spirit in the discharge of his duty;
whether in the heat of summer or
the " bleakness of the Winter?and
no matter the hardships, no.mat
ter the danger. A valiant soldier
has gone to his eternal slumber.
"There is a great bond of friend
ship and comradeship that links
the brotherhood of policeman.
Perhaps, it obtains its greatest
strength because' they face dangers
and endure hardships together and
stand shoulder-to-shoulder in the
front line trenches in protecting
the safety of the public and in ad
vancing the weal of the commun
ity. Only those who have served
in the great ranks can appreciate
the difficulties that beset the path
of the policeman, the obstructions
that"he encounters and must over
come, the rigors of weather that
he must meet. Yet he must always
'carry oh,' no matter the trying
Circumstances and nd matter if
people just fail to understand. For
that reason' above all others, no
doubt, the tie of brotherhood is
stronger. So when the Grim Reap
er makes his visitation a message
of deep grief is sent to the hearts
of the entire force and a remem
brance of keen sorrow is left with
them.
He who always has a kick coming
finds it eventually arrives.
Generals' names in the Chinese
war sounds like a juggling team.
SAVANNAHTO
BE BRIDGED
! Chatham County, Georgia,
Votes Bonds For Half
Cost of Bridge
Charleston, May 10.?Chairman
I R. Gr. Rhett of the state highway
! commission. today echoed the satis
i faction felr here over the success
Iful outcome of the Savannah
j bridge bond election yesterday, as
?this assures the Chatham county's
I share toward the building of that
I $600,0<FO span over the Savannah
j river, an important link in the
I coastal highway route. The Char
I lest on-Savannah highway, most
l ly sand^-grave], win. it is' said, be
Icompleted before the bridge is
J ready for use. South Carolina" and
('federal aid will provide the rest "of
j the-funds for the bridge.' - "
j Federation of Music Clubs Oftei
I Prizes to American Composers.
j Peoria. 111., May 4.??s a sfim
j ulus to American composers, the
j National Federation of Music Clubs"
.today announced a prize compe-.
[tition for musical productions,
i which will be performed at the
j thirteenth biennial festival of ths
?organisation at Asheville, X. C, in
i.lnne. lf?23.
j The prizes total $2.900, and are
I divided into ten classes including
a lyric dance drama, for which
$1,000 is offered. ?400 for the lib
retto and ?<;00 for the- compo
j sition.
] The competition is open to all
? American citizens, it was announcr
I ed by Mrs.. Helen Harrison Mills, of
this city, editor of the Official Bul
letin of the federation. Mrs. Mills
stated that Mrs. Edwin B. Garri
gues, chairman of the division of
American Composers, Philadelphia,
i*a., was sending out detailed infor
mation concerning the competition.
The list of prizes follows:
! Class 1?Lyric, Dance, Drama?
j $1,000.00. ($400, Libretto?$680,
; Composition, open to any American
citizen).
Class II?Chamber Music-^foGO.
(Poem, "Spring in Sicily" by Cecil
Fanning).
Class III?A One Act Opera?
$500.
Class IV ? Women's Chorus?
$250.
Class V?-Trio for Violin, ViOlin
j cello and Piano?$150. ?
j Class VI?Chorus for Unchanged
(Children's Voices?$100.
j Class VII?"Violin Solo?$100.
Class VIII?Federation Ode?
$100.
Class IX:?Violincellb Solo?$100.
I Class X?Song?$100.
?9F o ? ? ? ?
j Products of American Industry.
{? Washington. Mat 4.?American\
productive industry's output reach
ed the enormous total of $87,000,
! 000,000 in gross value in 1919, Cen
isus Bureau statistics show. < The
I unprecedented total, undoubtedl3J|
I due . to some extent to the higjflg
I prices prevailing in that year, ?
an increase of 186.7 per cent,? ?
$5C,000,000,000, over 1909 wj|
! year's products has a gross vaut^
I Of $30,400,000. The stat?- - of
j productive industry, whi.~ em
; braces manufactures, farm products
1 and mines and quarries products.^
[as .announced by the Census Bu-*
j reau for 1919, follow:
Manufactures, gross value, $62.
j 418.078,773, compared with $20,
j 672,05LS70 Tor 1909.
! Farm products, gross value,
j $2L425,623,614, compared with
! $8,494,230,307 for 1909.
I Mines ? and quarries products;
[gross value, $3,158,463,966, com-,
j pared with $1,238,410,322 for-1909.
With a war in China, that fa
mous open door is marked "Exit/*
?i? ? ? ?
Any boy can tell you that an ap
ple a * day "won't" keep the doctor *
away if it is a green apple.
666
%
Cures Malaria, Chills and
Fever, Dengue or Bilious^
Fever. It kills ih& germs..
CONDENSED REPORT OF THE CONDITION 0*P ?
THE FIRST NATIONAL ~BANK
OF SUMTER, S. C.
AS the call of the Comptroller of Currency at the, close of buStae&tf
May r>. 1922
RESOURCES . LIABILITIES
Loans and Discounts.$ , 780.240.07 ! Capital Stock .._._.$ 100,000.00
Overdrafts . 1,667.96 0 , ?; ,C?AAi'A?
United States Bcims.. 111.000.00 (earned) .... 1,0,000.00
Other Securities_ 27.330.12 I Undivided profits
Banking House. H',000.00 j (earned) . 25,650.63
Cash in vault and in j Circulation -. 49,100.00
Banks . 1.60?48.15 } deposits .- 799,145.57
5 per cent. Redemp
Bills Payable. None
tion Fund. 2,500.00 ! Rediscounts . None
Total.S1.123.S96.20 j Total .$1,123,896.20
DEPOSITORY OF THE
Cnited Slates, Postal Savings Fund. County of Sumter and City of Samte*
We solicit Accounts of Corporations, Mau-facturcrs, Merchants and
Individuals.
I
The National Bank of South Carolina
Of Sumter, S. C.
The Most Painstaking SERVICE with COURTESY
c apital $300,000 Surplus and Profits $230,000
STRONG AND PROGRESSIVE
Give ns the Pleasure of Serving YOU.
The Bank With the Chime Clock.
C. G. ROWLAND, Pres. EARLE ROWLAND, Cashier