Watchman and Southron Pa&Hsned Wednesday and Satur day by -??fcteefct Publishing Company, * Suiiiter, S. Cm Terms: v^ttfc^ft pet anuGKi?in advance. v AdTertisements: C^^^r?r?, first insertion __$1.00 2&er3r"STSbs^ insertion __ .50 ; for' three months or I loader will, be made at reduced ;? 'rates, ;.; ^.communications which sub ie?v>. :privaie interests will s>e charged tor as advertisements. .ObJ^artea and tributes of re ?^?^-?iSfUl be charged for. . '^3&et Sumter Watchman was ? ^c??ed in 1850 and the True Southrjon In 1866. The Watchman 0^ SoothroS ;n?w has. the com t^|? escalation and-influence of JW^SS of tke old papers, and is man i&fely^ilxe best advertising medium Si^Si?nter, ? RE^OKTORIAIi HONOR. "Willis ~Vickery. a veteran of the Ohio bench, ad a law school graduating ^bs^m"tega* ethics", held up the aper. profession as a model of jess, saying: Jf VI' iave, been dealing with re tire for nearly 40 years, and &C? once have. I been 'double-cross es* or had a confidence broken by a They respect confidential religiously. The attorney iSbuld do likewise." . c^ig is worth remembering the \mit^iame somebody makes sl shal few remark about newspaper men being trustworthy. *^Oiie of the most curious miscon ?cptU>ns about newspaper work is /t&e; notion that a reporter or ..edi tor always tells all he knows. If Bl^wrspapjers did that, it might blow ? tife jq&isffL 'most any town. . CfeSSES HERE AND ABROAD Q3?uch improvement has been ~&fg^ in this country- in-the reduc tsjih; of fire losses. One American ^laT^cf about- 1,000,000 people ;j|pti&j? it was doing pretty well ^fe^y?ar? in view of its rapid growth r^a?^jnnitiplication of bxfiMings. in' .$?w^ng only 3.801 fire alarms. That & ft thought so until it learned that I>osd?n, with several times its IH9^?tion, got along last year with fire alarms, and was all wor ^?^Cfvertie size of those figures. cSj^'may be that Americans turn ij^.Sre alarms on: slighter pre tfaga the English do. Our fire jents may be more of gen ial ??irty organizations, to rescue ?r^>'*'aing boys and get the family tat down from the top ,pf a tele - i?feone pole, along with fighting conflagrations and putting out a t?oie m the garbage can. Still, ^ke tact ienrains that they have re rsarkably few fires abroad, compar -%3L'> with us. ^ Brick construction does it, some ^^fervers say.. But it's people that $$art firfes; and a careless person Can start.one even in a, brick house. COIXEGE FOR Bl \i j?&5 meat packers. are serious considering a plan submitted by Thomas E, Wilson for a packers' co!5*ege. "a great national educa Hofial institution, offering specializ ed collegiate instruction to young men "intending to enter the packing industry, with a technical researcl tjtate and an industrial mu seam." ' '. ? * ? . "The butcher business is cer Jzfnly making progress. It isn'1 since "packing." was as simple 4* ft?oeking a steer m the he? Sft an ill^smelBng country slaughter Iswfce and hawking the meat aboi ^fee town. ^''Various industries," says Mr. Wilden, "have their education! ieeders, but the packing industry. fchicn is the largest fo them, has S*me." -''That is true. and. suggestive. "Ifee-"steel industry, the railroad in ry, the automobile industry, t?* mltural industry, the textile r - and chemical industries, and num erous others, all drew heavily on colleges and technical training Schools. Why not the meat indus try, then? Surely it is as import ant to train people for feeding the world as for taking care of its other \ And along the same Hne the sug gestion is not inappropriate that jSdbfle in the business of creating : new schools of specialized technol it would be an economic sav ing to have special schools for the development and training of col lege ., athletes^?football, baseball. ? *^k?t ball and tennis stars?who wonlS not be handicapped in trie effort to attain proficiency in their chosen avocations by the necessity Qf giving considerable time to class work, as they are now supposed to do in the regular colleges. Both thb classical colleges and universi ties and the students who attend them, for the purpose of acquiring fctook learning and scientific knowl edge, from laboratory work, would "be. enabled to specialize on their courses. " Tue college presidents would cease to be pUshed into sec ond place by athletic eoaches, botb on the payroll and in publicity de partment, andthe students, who. by hard study, achieved proficiency would receive a measure of honor and acclaim. When faculty and i students desired to- obtain a thrill from watching the gladiators per form on- the gridiron or diamond they could buy a seat on the bleachers. The average college wottld lose notbing by dispensing with the sort of athletics that they now encourage and permit to over shadow the legitimate work of the institution, and the average stu dent?a large majority of the stu dent body of a great majority of th% colleges?would not be deprived of the opportunity for necessary ex ercise and physical development, for, as is weti known, only a chosen few, the gladiator types, now take any part itt the athletic, activities of the'colleges. The average student sits on the grandstand and cheers -they also pay admission lees to see the games to help support the teams that uphold the honor and prestige of the college. This is a day fo specialists, and it is about j time to begin specialfeng on col lege athletes, with separate and distinct schools for the training of fotoball and baseball stars. This would eliminate the evils of pro fessionalism in college athletics, do away with ringers and other shady practices in colleges and put sport on a purely professional basis, where it belongs. Then real college \ student, who is training his mind for a profession or business, could 'be required to take regular exer cise, sufficient to keep him physi cally fit. .' "Reports indicate a short crop of] Western, lambs," says a govern* ment buiiietin; but there's no short- j age of Iambs in Wall street. Henry Ford wants to buiuld a [street at Muscle Shoals 70 miles long. And when it's finished, no I doubt there will be a solid row of flivvers parked on. each side for th* [whole distance, ... * * . .* Russia stiurf? juit on her offer] to borrow money from any country that will wipe previous loans offj J the-slate. ..... I * * * 'Most anybody could buy about 1 as much for $75 now as he could J jfor $100 a year ago, if he had the $75. ;" * #. * May be a good way for the drys; to discourage this agitation for beer and light wines would be to let home brewers seil their pro duct for a. little while in the open market * * * When the returns are all . in, the allies will probably find that the! j indemnity they've collected Trom | Germany amounts, in round num bers, to 000,000,000,000 marks. CIVXLIZATIO X It is expJaintd that the tragic loss of life on the English liner Egypt when rammed in a* fog was due to the conduct of the Lascar crew. The East Indian sailors ter rified by their danger swept aside the women and children and seized the life preservers and lifeboats for themselves. The result was the death of scores of passengers who might have been saved along with the sailors themselves, if the latter had kept cool heads and shown true sportsmanship. Compare this sordid picture with that of the ship printer, a man named Genner. as the sip was sink ing. He had buckled on his life belt when he saw a woman unable to reach a lifeboat and possessing no belt. He took off his own belt and handed it to her, saying: "I can't swim, madam; but no mat ter. Tell my wife at Dover." The [woman was saved, and he was drowned. It is the difference between civili zation and barbarism. "Noblesse j oblige". And because the white ! race possesses this quality in high jest degree, the white race is su i jvreme. "He that sa^eth his life i shall lose it." COTTON MARKET NEW YORK COTTON. j Yestdyi Open High Low Clow Clo3? ;jan _ ?19.77 19.92 19.67 19.84 19.81 March .. .19.69 19.89 19.52 19.62 19.64 July _ .. . 28.65 20.89 29 35 29.46 20.65 lOct. _2C.20 20.34 19.96 20.13 20.25 ?Dec. .. _ .20.02 20.17 19.83 19.99 20.04 i Spot? 2* off. 2I<*. MEW ORLEANS COTTON. j YeatcSys ? Opes High Low Clone Close ? Jan. .. _ .19.28 T9.43 19.15 (9.22 19.30 March _ i 19.89 4 9.14 18.93 19.00 19.07 July .. _ .20.55 20.63 20.16 20.16 20.50 Oct. .19.80 19.92 19.55 19.65 (9.84 Dec .. .. .19.48 19.65 19.31 19.40 19,50 Spots unchanged, 20.5$). Liverpool Cotton. i January ._ . 11.25 j Marek .. f f.io : May ._ . 10.98 July . i -. 11.88 '? October.... 11.33 i December . ,_r ? . |f.32 Receipts. $.000: Sales 10.000; Middling. ; 12.1--.: Ciood Middling. 12.C0. j Political pie is never humble pie. jBethune Fantier Commits Suicide J. Clifton josey Fires Fatal Shot into Head Because of III Health Bethune, May 31.?The com rrronity was shocked this morning when it was learned that J. Clifton Josey, prominent farmer, who lived about six miles below here, had taken his own life/ Early this morning Mr. Josey went o?t to his barn to milk his cow taking his pistol along with him. Within a few minutes his son, who was a short distance away, heard a pistol shot. Going to\the barn, the son found his father's body lying in a pool of blood, the pistol lying beside the body and the bucket of milk on .the ground a few feet away. Mr. Josey fired the fatal shot through the head, the ball penetrating the brain. It is thought that bad health and financial troubles were the reasons .for Mr..Josey taking his own life. He was about 54 years of age and is survived by his wife and one son.; - \ ; .- \ \ LIBERTY BONDS REACH PAR ? For First Time Since Date of Issue?Much Trading Fol lows New York, May 31.?For the first time since the date of issue, all Liberty bonds today sold at par or better. Heavy trading in Lib erty bonds at highest prices and transactions embracing several lots of $1,000,000 were the outstand ing features of the bond market. Continued ease of money and in vestment buying^ by individuals and corporations in anticipation of June interest and dividend disbursements gave stimulus to the day's exten sive purchases of these war flota tions. Maximum and minimum quota tions of these bonds so far this year afford ? interesting compari sons. The high of 100.06 for the 3 1-2 s compared with a low of 94.48; the first 4's of 1932-47 sold as low as 98.10 and as high as 100.10.; the second 4 l-4*s of 1927-42 ranged from 95.80 to 100; the third 4 1-4's of 1928 from 96.82 to- 100.04 and . the coupon fourth 4 l-4*s, in. which dealings often have been . very large, ? rose from 95.72 to 200.04. At the low quotations of last year most of these bonds were yielding from 5 to almost 6 1-2 per cent. On the present basis of val ues the 3 1-2's net exactly 3 1-2 per;cent, and the 4*s and 4 1-4's. from 4-to 4 1-4 per cent. In fine, predictions of treasury officials made-early in the year that all of Uncle Sam*s-war flotations soon would reach par, or better, have been fulfilled. ROPERTOBB CHIEF DEPUTY Major Jones Announces Selec tion of Acting Head Deputy to. Succeed Bradley ? Columbia,-June .l.r?Maj. John F. Jones, collector of internal reve nue, yesterday announced the ap pointment of W. F. Roper as act ing chief deputy collector. Mr. Roper fills the vacacny caused , by withdrawal from the service of W. R. Bradley, who held the place for several years. When Mr. Brad ley was made acting collector no chief deputy was. appointed to succeed him. Mr. Roper has been chief of the miscellaneous and sales tax depart ment for a number of years and is well fitted for his new work. He has been with the revenue depart ment for seven-and one-half years. He is from Trenton. CALL ON PRESIDENT [James H. Manning Out For Reserve Board Job Washington, May 31.?Senator E. D. Smith called at the White House today with former State Senator James H. Manning, of Latta, S. C, who is a candidate for the addition al position on the Federal Reserve Board, which was created by the recent legislation initiated by the South Carolina Senators. President Harding was very cordial. He told Mr. Manning that geographical consideration might not weigh in his favor in connection with this position, but that his claims would receive the most careful considera tion. Since they bring booze by air plane, the upkeep of the overhead is what makes it expensive. Love laughs at knocksmiths, I An Englishwoman has launched 'a crematiop campaign; but there are lots of British not dead yet. A rolling: stone can't swim When a man goes fishing or plays golf while1 his wife goes to church you know who's noss. As a general-thing the man who says he hears the call of duty means that he hears money talk ing. A Russian train arrived a week late. They use a calendar for a time table in Russia. The "obey" is being taken out of marriage rites. Some take it out of the prohibition law also. A hair breadth is .00017 of an inch. That's the distance autos are said to miss pedestrians. Fish caught this year are not as big as those caught last year: hut they will bo next year. To-day's Best Jokes and Stories Another Labor Shortage. Two Irishmen died and. (because of the lives they led) one went to heaven and the other in the oppo site direction. About three days after their departure, Mike, wor ried as to the condition his friend might be in, called down: "What are ye 'doing, Pat?" "I'm shoveling coaL" "Do you worruk hard?" "Not very. We have, shifts. I worruk only about three hours ev ery day. What are ye doin' ?" "Faith, an' I'm sweepin' off the golden stairs." "Do ye worruk hard?" "Yis, very hard. About eighteen hours a day. We're very short handed here." A certain judge, after passing sentence, always gave advice to prisoners.- Having before him a man found guilty of stealing, he started thus: "If you want to- succeed in this world you must keep straight.. Now, do you understand?" "Well, not quite," said the pris oner: '*but if your honor will tell me how a man is to keep straight when he is trying, to make both ends meet,.I might." Somewhat Similar. "Did you ever, hear anything so . perfectly wonderful?'.' exclaimed1 the daughter of a Cleveland heating and ventilating engineer as the phonograph ground out the last notes of, the latest thing in jazz. "No." replied her father, "I can't , say I have, although., I once heard a collision between :.a trucklo?d of empty milk cans and a freight car t filled with live chickens." Ethel has a powder .puff That . lets, her put on just enoiign " So Harold's, coat wpn't get . all white As they discuss the moon each nighC They AH Advertise* A hen is not supposed to have Much common sense or tact. Yet every time she. lays, an egg ? She cackles forth .the fact, A rooster hasn't .got a lot Of intellect to show. But none, the less, .most roosters have . Enough good sense to crow. The mule, the most despised of beasts. < Has a persistent way Of letting folks know he's around By his insistent bray. The busy ifttle bees they buzz, Bulls bellow and cows moo, ' The watchdogs bark,, the ganders . quack, And doves, and pigeons coo. The peacock spread's his tail and squawks, . * Pigs squeal, and robins sing. And, even serpents know enough To hiss before they sting. But man, the greatest masterpiece That nature, could devise, Will often stop and hesitate Before he'll advertise. . f ., A Lesson to Husbands. The man had been out in the cold all day and his feet were very ehilly indeed. So he opened the cook stove oven and put .his sock-/ feet inside. Pretty soon there was a loud snapping noise, and his socks tightened at the toes. Removing his feet from the hot oven and taking off his socks ?s rapidly as he could, the man found large white, irregular-shaped ob jects attached to his toes. Ah ha! His corns had popped! ?Farm Life. Retired But Tired "I've farmed for thirty-seven years," said Siwash Siltenborn, "and spent my time at grooming steers and coaxing tardy corn. I'm calloused how on hoof and hand and lame in back and mind; I'm ; weary of my square of land and this (eternal grind. It's harrow, har jness, haul and hitch, it's hammer, hoe and hay: it's plow, and pull, and pack and pitch, it's pail, and plod, and pray.' I've earned my time on Easy Street, my day on beds of idown, so soon I'll turn my weary feet toward softer times in town!" So Siwash sold his ancient land, its stubble, stock and sod, and ' banked in cash. I understand, a fair and tempting wad. He settled in a cozy shack with not a tap to do. except to sally forth and back, and smoke a pipe or two. He gets his mail at ten o'clock, at or.e, and three, and five, and drones about the price of stock, of honey in the hive. He stops in-at the black smith shop, the lumber yard and store, to tell the village clerk, or cop. about the days of yore! "That was the life!" he tells them all. "Twas busy, full and free: 'twas pep and go both spring and fall?it was the life for me? There's nothing like the farm. I swear, the pumpkins and the pens, the kick ing colts and brindle mare, the meadows and the hens! Search this old globe from head to heel and no better job you'll find?but this old aimless loafing deal is sure an awful grind!"?rJ. Edward Tufft in Farm Life. ? ? ? The hard surface roadway on the Mayesville road will be completed to the city limits before the tobac co;season opens, but the section between the. terminus of the city asphalt near the tobacco warehouse on East Liberty street and the city limits where the county highway, begins, will remain in its long standing bad condition unless some* thing is done to improve it. Is m possible for the city to pavo thisj section without next few months? Would the abutting property o%vn crs agree to have the paving done under the same conditions that prevailed when the balance of the city paving was done? The con tractors who are working on the j Mayesville road could probably do the work cheaper than anybody else, being on the ground. First MoveToward Railroad Strike Leaders of Union Getting Ready to ? Call Oat Nearly Half Million Workers Detroit, May 30 (By the Asso ciated Press).?The executive councit of the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees and Railway Shop Laborers this afternoon unanimously adopted a resolution instructing E. F. Grable, the president, to send out strike ballots .to all members of the or ganization and all non-union work ers of the crafts affected by the wage cut ordered by the railroad labor board Sunday. President Gr?bel announced .the ballots would be sent out immedi ately and that if the workers de cided to strike in protest against the cut, the walkout would be ef fective about July 5. He estimated 4.78,000 members of the union and about 72,000 non-union workers would be asked to vote, virtually every railroad in the country with the exception of short lines and electric roads being affected. The resolution adopted by the executive council which is compos ed of the officers of the union speci fied the ballots should ask whether or not the workers were willing to accept the cut and declared if they were not "the union will use the full economic powers of the organ ization to resist the reduction of wages ordered by the labor board." President Grable said afterward he expected the returns would be in by July 1, explaining in case of a strike vote he was empowered to cajl the men out and he fixed July 5 as the tentative date by which arrangements could be com jpleted to put the'strike in effect. The wage cut is effective July 1 under the board order. Houston. Texas, May 30 (By the Associated Press).?The convention of the International Brotherhood 6f Locomotive Firemen and En ginemen adjourned today until Monday without having taken ac tion on. the motion to authorize the president and secretary to prepare instructions for firemen to leave the service in event the railroad labor "board should hand down a decision reducing their wages. The motion, it was said, appar ently looks to the future in sug gesting that general chairmen pre pare in advance instruction blanks leaving blank the date for a walk i out, the date suggested being the time that any wage cut should [become effective. The motion was referred to the committee on the protective department. It was understood that the com mittee has not reported to the con ; vention. Brotherhood officials have indicated they are aware that I discussion of firemen's wages by 'the labor board will not.be taken [ up 'for several months. The motion i states^ however, that the "major- > ity of the board intended to cut 'our wages." MEXICO'SFOR EIGN DEBT! ? New York, May 30 nsMeradtoft, should she decide to enter the St is- conceded that she >?ili make formidable candidate. ? When a man^ says he can't do thing that proves it WANTED?Country hams: pay best prices. Ducker & is boy. He what Somewbete in this town boy who is a "go-getter" spirit," of grit and ambition, and Iy honest. We want that will be the only boy agent town for the ' famo?a WEEKLY MAGAZINE, work after school and other time. "His pay will be ' makes" itr besides free prises free Movie Tickets? When he good, he will be promoted. It are between 'l4 and 1* years old, termined to ^'make^ good.'' a?d* think you 'are" tfte boy for this* then apply by letter to Mr. E. Gilbert. "Personal,"1 3rd floor. V West 40th Street, New York i Give full details of any past sol experience' your'age; parent's name and business; your sch< grade and at least tw< DO YOU REALIZE IT There are so many people who keep their money at homo or carry it about on their person, without the least thought of the risk they are taking, not only of losing their money,, but their lives as well. Murders are almost of daily occurence. the object in nearly every case being robbery. Ranks are established not only to make money for their stockholders, but are a protection to the pub?c We not only guarantee you 100 per ^cent safety but ^ve wfft ajlow you interest on your deposit. Is this not worth your serious consideration? v Think It over and bring in what you have. It matters not how little. The National Bank of South Carolina THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SUMTER, S. C Of Samt er, S. C. The If ort Painstaking SERVICE with COURTESY Capital $S00,00G Surplus and Profits $300,000 STRONG AND PROGRESSIVE Give us the Pleasure of Serving YOU. The Bank With the Chime Clock. C G. ROWLAND, Pre*. HARLE ROWLAND, Oatbier