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The Watchman and Southron Published Wednesday and Sator >>v day by Osteen Publishing Company, Sumter^S. C. Terms: -per annum?in advance. ? - ? Advertisements: One Square, first, insertion ._$1.00 Kyeiy. subsequent insertion .50 Contracts for .three months or longer will be made at reduced rates. - -. All communications which sub serve : private Interests will charged for. as advertisements. Obituaries, and tributes of re spect will be charged for. The Sumter : "Watchman was fofth.3ed rin lS.50; and the True Southron in iStf?. '"The Watchman and Southron now has the com bined cire?JE?Qon and influence of both of the old papers, and is man ifestly the'best advertising medium ia Sumter, KFJEXTY OF FOOD. ' The latest report of the Agri cultural Department promises abundant crops this year, in spite of decreased acreage. On the basis ef the condition on. June 1, it pre ?icts- a winter wheat crop the fourth largest in the country's his tory; wi?h a total of 607,000,000 bashels. The spring wheat crop- is expected to be about 50,000,000 bujshefe ^larger than last year's, and the -spring and winter wheat to gether may total 60,000 bushels 3nore than last year. The Outlook for oats( is 244.000, 6tr9 bushels more than last year's prodaietion. Appies, peaches and pears all 3howN improvement, particularly the apple crop, which was a com parative failure in 1921. > ;?s ;for garden crcps, there is no official record; but anyone, in any community, may form his own con -clusioiis. . Professional and ama teur "gardens alike are booming. Weather conditions have been generaHy favorable. Clearly* Americans, at least, are hot going to lack food this year. Aad<<if they don't, the rest of the world won't v . / : ? ? . ? BEFX^TIOX of . oratory "The* Board of Trade of Quebec has adapted a rule, that speakers ahaJi -be.-limited to. three minutes, if: any speaker insists on more ^iiBfc.^ &es^niust persuade the sec -retary beforehand that he has ?sOlaetbing _, unusually important to -sa^.in which- case he may be given " ;^ixt?i-e is a. rule -whose excellence s?ouW commend itself on this side ofj.the border. Canada evidently is? jbegihning to weary of the epi ^afcmic of oratory with which tl poor old world has been afflict? -*iaee'vt?e "war. The United State iia* suffered from it far more tl C^adar'apd .is stiH ^suffering. Al m?tt; ?ves^y. public :assemblage fui -nishes *s?urnfnl evidence fo it City jco^g^il and state legislature are a?lfct^? to the' point of pros ^jr^tibn. ^gohgress, perhaps, hi the wor?t >ease of all. ? One^TJftile. bright-spots of golden ei&nee ixt this murky .sea of volu ?biKty appeared recently in the ded ac^tmn ^of ^the . Cleveland Public -Aj^tlitorhim, the biggest and costli esi building of its kind in the coun tr^fTJ^inayor, formerly a police eh^rs&cf hr?*n of action rather than w??d5, ?gji^unced that there would *ef*"n^ gab7', and kept his word. imaking would have finable, on such an occa-. but the city got along very wftMbthout it - B55S^Hterica, or all the world, for:that matter, would only go ih totthe silence for a few week's, and concentrate on thinking and doing, wouldn't it be a blessed thing? ^-j?HnisH soundness ? There, has been no more remark able fact, lately in international af fairs than the steady rise of the British *p/dund sterling in exchange *&JtfK Its normal-value is about $4.86../;it-has risen $1.25 in. a htfle' more than a year, and is now within 35_ cents or so of par. Here is certainly a come-back from the . business situation in whichv fengiand was left after the ars?stice.-;The war cost Great Britaln>5mor.e than anv other coun tr^^.^iejpbured out money like water; .-for her own expenses and for loans to her allies. She ad vanced to other countries nearly twice as- much as she obtained from the United .States, and there is, little prospect of her getting getting5much of it back. i&nee the war England has had much industrial trouble. Business hs?vheen prostrated a large part of. the-time from strikes. Vast sums have been paid for wage in ?euranee. There has been a slump there; -as here. There have been coetiy difficulties in various parts ?fo the empire. Ireland has been virtually k>st and. a source of big expense. -Foreign markets have to be built-up all over again. There 1 j is no sure indication of peace and j . , I economic, reconstruction in Europe. j It might have been expected that j British finance would register all j this. Tire fart that It does not is a j triumph for British energy and I courage. Britain tackled the job of clearing away her . war debris without any Hlusions or postpone ments. She refused to try to make both ends meet by making money out of nothing. She taxed herself to the limit,; economised where she could, balanced, her budget, ?and went ahead determined to do business as usual. ? And i she has succeeded so-well that she ;is pre pared now to begin paying inter est on the war loans she obtained from the United States. There is-a convincing lesson in .this. for other European nations who, tackling thfe same task less sternly and sanely, are now floun dering in a sea Of inflated and depreciated currency and resultant bad business... There:: is a lesson even for the United States. When the ; British government make a fcudget, the British parliament lives up.-to it - ' ? ? ? - - THE &RICEL OF . People are prone , to forget that money is a commodity, subject to about the same laws as other com modities. Its price rises and falls. The -. "priee. ^of- money", or as some economists call it, the "rent of money"; has been . abnormally high in recent years, along with the price of everything else. It has been coming down; and the business experts- declare it is des tined to come down further. This tendency will not be lost on pros pective borrowers. Another parallel?the fall, in the wholesale price, as Roger Babson points out, has been ;greater so far than the fall in retail price. That is,, the retail money market lags be- J biM the wholesale market. The small borrower still has to pay al most as much as ? ever for - his money. The ?'big borrower has a big-advantage. The margin, of course, will. grow, less. And as it does, there wiH be far more loans ihade' Tor buying and building homtes, developing small businesses and-other purposes in which great numbers of citizens are interested. '- ? ? ? -? VMT$ERS.MOT3W? OFT ? y "~ '. . . ??? ? ? ? ?- ? . ? it is reported that large numbers Of bituminous'coal miners, hbpe | less of any early .settlement of the j coal strike, are returning to their ! homes in Europe. ? j This movement is looked upon j with alarm by those whe fear- a ! shortage-of fuel next winter. It is | I quite .possible that, if the strike j is protracted, the operators may have difficulty in getting ? enough miners to run the mines at capaci ty and make up for lost time when ! the strike in,finally settled. But? j there is- a brighter side to the pic- j j ture. What is happening in the j j coal industry is; one of . the im-J ! port?nt things that ought to hap-! I pen. The industry has been over- j ? manned. There have been about ' I three miners to every ..two that I would be- needed in- system Of con tinuous. all-year-rOurid employment j It has been largely this surplus of workers that has made mining a I seasonal occupation, with its peri jods of rush work alternating with j idleness. This same surplus has ! been responsible indirectly for the | : strikes. If there were fewer min- j | ers. they;, would not only be .. em ployed s more -steadily, but treated better and paid better wages. The j j immigrant miners -who are now j ! emigrating: are doing their fellow I workers <a. service.It would be j worth a temporary shortage, to the American public, and eventually to ! the 'coal industry itself, to have them stay in. Europe. -? * * ; TfiE BELAifrARE TELESCOPE A wonderful telescope, costing I nearly a> quarter of a million dol lars, is being built for the Ohio Wesleyas University* at Deleware. I O. The story of Its giving is as ; interesting * as anything It may I hereafter tell of worlds beyond ours. Prof. Hiram M. Perkins, nearly 89 years old, whose salary never exceeded $1.800 a year, and who i is now living on a small pension, is | contributing nearly $200.000 of the I money necessary. His sister and I brother-in-law are giving the rest. The old professor saved, even on ! ! his small wage, and happened to j make, some very fortunate in vest - i menst. Instead of altering his way ! I of life when his wealth increased, i he lived on as simply as before, j saved and reinvested and still saved I on, always dreaming of the great t j telescope for his college. Now, at j ! the end of his life, he is able to ! bestow it. He did not wish hi* J name known, and it was only with great difficulty that it was finally learned. . Once in the course of his long ? life he inherited some* money from the sale of his. father's -old farm. This he invested -in a home in Del aware. Later, just after his retire j rnent from active teaching, he and his wife dissipated wildly with a winter in Mexico, a visit to Europe and a trip around the world. Then they came back and lived quietly on. There are two requirements as to the use of bis gift. ;Fristf it is to be used for the instruction of all the students of the university Second, it is to be turned over at regular intervals for the use of the ! outside public. After that, if there is any time left., it may be used for research. Prof. Perkins believes that "Astronomy is the queen of sciences. It, outclasses all other studies in teaching the "majesty and power of Cod. There is ? nothing that will give young people such a conception of the ? greatness and power and beauty of the Creator as the study of the infinite.bodies that fill the heavens." A kingly gift, indeed, from a kingly soul. _I- ?mm ? LAND PERILS * One of the most ironic pranks played by fate' recently has to do With the former chief of the avia tion service. He had flown hun dreds of times without mishap. Venturing on horseback, he was thrown and had three ribs broken. .. If. he had been riding in an au tomobile, he might -have been smashed up in a collision. Or walking across the strete, he might; have be^n run over. Or living in ! rural retirement, he might have! been kicked by a cow. - N Life on land always was pre- j carious, and grows more, so right along. One is reminded of the sailor's classic soliloquy, in one of the old McGuffey readers: "A strong nor'wester's blowing, j Bill, i Hark! Don't ye hear it roar now? Lord help 'em?how I pities all Unhappy folks bn shore now!" Soon we may all have to take to the air, and- stay there, for safety. ; o ? ? EtfPORTS GAIN AGAIN ?_1 American imports, which shrank j sharply during the war years j 1 when, the tremendous gain in ex ports commanded national atten tion and stimulated- agricultural and industrial production to the limit, are now making marked grains and. there. is every evidence. that the increase is to be a perma nent one. Despite the fact that business is I not yet normal, imports are now j consistently above the 1913 levels, j and increased consumption of oil,' silk, sugar, meat, tobacco and wool indicate new conditions vc our business at - homer: Purchases of hides, refined copper and wood j pulp still lag but those of finished manufactured; goods, and especial- | ly of cotton fabric? and cutlery are;' setting new record-s. All this bodes well for American business. The world's debts, na tional and otherwise, to the United j States are enormous, and they I must be paid, at least for the most j part, in goods. Every substantial gain in the volume of our imports I is evidence of the world's gradual j return to normal business condi- i tions?and of" changes overseas! which cannot fail to strengthen the market for American products. THE UNFINISHED WORLD We are accustomed to think of this earth of ours as a finished product since it cooled off, and the life we know came into being. We do not expect new mountain chains to arise from its ? bosom, or old ones to subside suddenly. ? We can not conceive another glacial period, nor do we want one; But every now and again we hear of change in the world's face. Not infrequently a volcanic eruption blows the top off.a mountain! or creates new islands in the seas. Oc casionally some great river changes its bed in flood time and counts its victims by tens of thousands. Xot many months ago "the mountain walked", said Chinese peasants near the scene, and the whole physical configuration of a district j as large as the state' of Ohio was made over in a night. Now, near er home, our attention is directed to the unceasing encroachments of the seas. Along the flat Jersey coast the annual loss of acreage has at last attracted the attention of the state government and a large appropri ation has been asked with a view to the protection of Cities and farm land along the shore. Those who have studied the action of the rest less water are arguing for national activity, on the ground that every where along the Atlantic, the ocean gains upon the land by erosion, and particularly where, the land is low and rock is lacking. The situation. (it seems, is far more acute even ! than along- the great lakes where. I since the white men came, the j water has cut away a foot of bank a year despite all private effort at beach protection by means of piers and breakwaters. The Jersey towns which cry out for protection have in mind the plight of Galveston after the big wind, ?and recall the tales of whole cities of medieval England now vanished in the waters of the channel! They point to populous ! districts in the Orient literally env gulfed by typhoon-driven waves. Man's struggle with nature is al ways worth watching?and usually ! futile. One cannot but wonder whether the land along the Jersey j coast which can be saved for a gen eration or two is worth anything like what it must cost to thwart the Atlantic. ? ? o FINANCING CANADA American capital has assumed in I Canada the role played in this ; country for a half century past by j Great Britain. Today 34 per cent ? of the money invested in Canadian ! industry is from this side.the bor J der. ! "Preference enjoyed by Canadian goods, in many parts of the British empire, and customs duties levied on importations into Canada have led American firms ? to establish more and more branch factories in the Dominion until today there are hearly ibo such plants in opera I tiOn. ? Capital from the ': United j States practically controls the pro duction of abrasives, motor car ac cessories and \ proprietary . medi cines. Of the Dominion's motoi car industry 61 per cent is, Ameri can owned. Kot at least, of the factors con tributing to this development is the enormous water power available in Canada and the low cost of genera tion ? and . production. Winnipeg, ifor instance, has the cheapest ih | dustrial; power of; any city b.i the. I continent while marketable current : can be produced comparatively j cheaply, and in tremendous vol ! urhe. in almost every section of the j count ry. In view of Great Britain's post war burdens, it is evident that the United States must continue to fi nance Canadian development for ye?rs to come. There . is little chance, therefore,.. that- the com plaint heard last week in the Do minion parharoent^that the .profits from these investments leave ; the country, will have much influence with those who have Canada's building up at heart. .-. -1 ? ?-? THE AMBITIOUS PEERESSES. British peeresses, as was to be expected, are np in arms against the refusal of the House of iords to grant them admittance. They insist that they are properly mem bers of that body by virtue of their titles, along with their other noble prerogatives. They are proceeding accordingly to force such changes in the "sex disqualification act", on. .which their alleged ineligibility is based, ?s will damit , them. American sympathies are Nvith the peeresses, and probably British sympathies are, too. With Lady Rhondda as a leader, they haye an advantage'to start with. Several of the aspirants are admittedly... su perior to the average male member of the House of Lords, and there is a..general disposition to agree that at worst, the women couldn't do any worse in the British upper. house than the men have done. Their effort to break into that house, however, might weil be ascribed to social rather than po litical ambition. The Lords have little authority left. If political power is what the women want, they should run for the House of Commons. Star Arrives Elsie Mackay. known as "Peppy Wyndbam" to British movie fans, arrives to America with her father. Lord Inchcape, from whem she was j estranged several years ago ftiUow' j ing her debut in films. ^ To-day's Best Jokes and Stories ! j ? Sambo: "Looky he?h, big boy, don' yo-all mess wid me, 'cause Ah's hard! Las' week Ah falls on a buzz saw an' Ah busts it?com pletely." ;:-Rambo: "Call dat hard? Listen, man, Ah scratches de bath tub."? The American Legion Weekly. i Film Producer (seeking loca tion ): "You say your mistress is ?way? I suppose she wouldn't ob ject to my taking a few scenes in her grounds?" j Trusty Old Retainer: "I don't j suppose so, but you mustn't come i 'round afterwards bothering her to buy the photographs!" ? Passing j Show. _ j "Mr. Wadleigh, a gentleman : waits to see you on urgent busi ! ness. j "Does he look prosperous?" I "He looks poor." j "In that case the urgency is his. i Let him wait."?Birmingham Age- j I Heirald. - . j Mother: "Willie, I'm shocked at I you. Do you know what becomes |of little boys who use bad words j when .they play baseball?" Willie: "Yes'm. They grow up and become golf players.."?Bos ton Transcript. ' Professor: "What is ratio?" Student:- "Ratio is proportion." S Professor: "What, is propor j tion?" Student: "Proportion is ratio." I Professor: "But what are ratio and proportion?" Student: "I can only answer one question at a time."?The Villanovan. "What is a flapper?" "A flapper, Henry, is the latest style cigarette holder."?Wesleyan Wasp. . ?... , ? "This paper says it'll rain to- j day." < '^Well, why don't you buy some other paper?"?Lampoon. "So you made this home-brew ' yourself? It smacks all right. I j didn't know you had it in you." j "I haven't."?Life. * > y ....... Young Wife: "The trained nurse Is .?oing to teach me how to give ?the baby its bath." J "Young Husband (anxiuosly): i "Don't you think we'd better send ;j out and hire another baby?"? ; Modern Hospital.. ?iU j ,"And then on the fifth green .j "Pardon, old man, but is this ! going to be an eight-hole story or ? only a nine, because I have to meet ja. train?"?Life. .. . Weary Willie slouched into the pawnshop: ."How much will you give me for this overcoat?" he asked, produc ing a faded but neatly mended I garment. ! Isaac looked at it critically. . "Four dollars,'' he said. "Why," cried Weary Willie, I "that coat's worth ten dollars if it's worth a penny!*' ' "I wouldn't give you ten dollars for two like that," sniffed Isaac. "Four dollars or nothing." "Are you sure that's all it's worth," asked Weary Willie. ! "Four dollars," repeated Isaac, j "Well, here's yer four dollars," ?said Weary Willie. "This over i coat was hangin' outside yer shop, 'and I was wonder-in' how much it j was really worth."?Los Angeles I Times. ! "The evidence seems to show," ! said the detective, "that the thief j wore rubbers and walked back I wards." ; i "Then we must look out for a [ man with receding gums," remark - i ed the wag of the force.?Boston j Transcript. i- -: ! His Sister: "Were you annoy j ed when Margaret sharpened her j pencil with your razor?" ! He: "Twice! After I'd given up i trying to shave and to write with I the pencil."?Boston Transcript. j Dugald M'Tavish, the all-round j i athlete and sportsman in the vil- | j l?ge, entered his . name for all j i events, in the local- Highland \ I games. I The first event on the program j was the half-mile, and of eight i runners Dugald finished eighth, j "Dugald, Dugald," said a fellow I Scot, "why do you not run fas jter?" "Run faster!" he said scornful- I ly, "an' me reservin' mysel* for the, bagpipe competition."?Pittsburg ; Chronicle-Telegraph. - Mistress: "I've lost the key to j my writing desk. Marie. Go and look in the old trunk in the kitch- I en?you might find an old key that I will fit." Marie: "It's no use, madame, I | tried them all long ago, and none j of them fit."?Le Matin. The proof of a people's ignorance j lies in the number of things it is; afraid to fhake a joke about. One thing a strike doesn't settle is the striker's grocery bill. Mayonnaise dressing is of man's life a thing . apart; 'tis woman's whole existence. Dispatches from Ireland are mea ger now. Doubtless they are too busy dispatching one another. "It" has a vague and meaning-1 less pronoun until some man says: j .'T know where you can get it." m ? ??? ? ? ? Be modest. The smaller the dia mond, the better its chance to es cape the charge of being paste. When the wife's away, the devil's I to pay. I-! ^There's one consolation. Tne j twisted face of the tenor in the * t.f ? ? ? '- ? '.' ' ? . j choir indicates that he is suffering as. much as. you are. j We seldom envy those who are j far ahead of us, but only those of our class who are one jump ' ahead. j Just because a law is necessary, I humanitarian and reasonable, it j doesn't always follow that it is un constitutional. That new orchid called "Sophro laeliocattleleya" makes it a .little more difficult to say it with flowers. Peanuts are a veritable family. In the summer they see all the ,ball games and in the fall they serve in politics. .. ? It is the . duty of every man to learn enough about the radio to take an intelligent interest in the conversation. With Beveridge booked for the senate, there is no particular rea son why Glass should not aspire for the White House, Our friends are those in whom we imagine good qualities; our ene mies are those in whom we imagine bad qualities. ! It's a hard life. If you live in I the lowlands, the floods ?will get jyou; and if you live in the mouh j tains, the revenue men will get you. season use .organdie. Or doited Swiss, if you prefer. Sea green, with white and black dots, bright red with blue-dots, blue with, green dots j are. favorite combinations. The fire, department was called j out Friday about 7 p. m. to Mr. I F. P. Bryaii's home on Wright St. j The cause of the fire was that what i appeared to be a flue was .only a! fa'se flue, and when a fire was made j in the stove, the few shingles,! which covered the stove pipe, i caught on Are. Heretofore gas had j been used, and therefore a flue was j not necessary. The fire was soon extinguished, and only a very small damage was the result. ????? ? ? ? ? ? ?? One cut that takes a long time to heal is a wage cut. Candidates Cards } FOR CONGRESS.: I hereby announce-, myself a candidate for Congress from the Sev-enth Congressional District, sub ject to the rules of the Democratic party. * I also wish to take this op portunity to say that if. eteeted. I i shall endeavor to faithfully dis charge the duties of the office and to merit the confidence and sup port of the people. ANDREW J. BETHEA, Candidate for Congress. ? ? ? - UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Entrance Examinations Entrance examinations to the University of South Carolina will be held, by the County Superintendent of Education at the County Court House, Friday, July 14, -1922. at 9 a. m. the University offers varied courses of study in science, litera ture, history, law and business. The expenses are moderate and many opportunities for self-support are afforded. Scholarships are available. For full particulars write to President W. S. Currell, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. o ? ? ' WANTED?I want school teachers j and high school graduates to j write me about our summer, school and easy payment plan. We offer 25 cents for good cot ton in exchange for tuition. M. H. Bowen. I" resident. Bowen's Business College, Columbia, S. C. Phone 6810. UNDERTAKING THE CHERRY CO 18 N. Main Street Motor Equipment KELL BRUNSON Licensed Embalmer. Night Phone 798-L. IA Series of Editorial E ace to Business vation of Our Tran Suggiestions to AM turn of Prosperity. i; >. t : .1-. x Our railroad situation recalls: Mark, Twain's famous complaint j about the,, weather. . "Everybody i talks about it," he said "but no-J body DOES anything about it." P -* % >>jc .-ij--.: i >> I Herbert Hoover, testifying before I the Interstate Commerce Commis- j sion February 4, 1922, made the very serious statement that nhless j the railroads start-^not eventually, ? but now?enlarging and improving] our transportation^ machine, cer-j tain things must happen. He did j not say Vm?y happen"; he said! "must happen." And what are j these certain things that we must face at the first peep of prosperity? Inconvenience in getting satisfac tory sleeping car space? A few days' delay is for factories all over the United States with full order books and empty work benches, "closed for lack of cars"; advances of $i to $3 a ton on coal. Pre mium of 20 cents a bushel for cars in which to load grain. The bitter hardships of unemployment. Com plete industrial strangulation. Now, the business men of Amer ica know that Hoover is not given to loose talk; and further, that he knows what he is talking about. They know that the conditions he forecasts would mean panic?a panic bringing far more serious consequences to every line of busi ness in. this country than anything we have seen. These men are cred ited with world leadership in in itiative and result-getting abilities when once aroused to the impera tive need of quick and effective ac tion. What* then, are they actually doing to meet this threatened dis aster? The .astounding fact is that the yare sitting idly by, while three < conflicting interests conduct a long- j winded debate on the proposition "Resolved, that, the other fellow should pay the bill." General. Alarm. Sounded . Threatened with conflagration, a general alarm is sounded. Instead of the rushing fire department,. a talkative, gentlemen .calls and ex plains that he has an upnaid bill for equipment which, he would like to ?see,, settled before anything else is done; ; and , a.. committee from the. firemen's organization serves notice that this is a .good time to discuss salaries; and the water com pany suggests readjustment of .its ' city contract. ! Put the fire out first. We face one paramount, need. Our transportation plant must be enlarged without delay. More cars,"i more terminal facilities, > more j trackage, more?m?tive.power, more j government Sav ings Securities Acting Postmaster, Sumter, S. CV. of the local post ? Office says that the sustained popularity of Gov ernment Savings Securities in the Fifth Federal Reserve District is indicated by a report just received \ from Howard T. Cree, government 1 director of savings for the district. According to the director, the' people, of this district invested in nearly three-fourths of a million dollars worth of Treasury Savings | Certificates during the. month of i May, The exact figures compiled j from two hundred and sixteen post I offices and in the Federal Reserve j Bank of Richmond- are $718,683. This is a highly favorable contrast | with the receipts from the sale of j savings securities in May, ?.1921, which were only $101,293. - The amount of these certificates sold in May, 1922, for each state is as follows: Virginia $159,275; West Virginia $153,625: North Carolina $122,625; District of Co-; lumbia $112,225; Maryland *$8?~? \D PROBLEM discussions of the Men suiting From thfe Star sportation System and Concerned in the Se< shops and shop equipment. . These tilings can be provided in. but one way?by. increased ment in railroad securities. The Esch-Gummins. Bill announces a- ? minimum return at which;oew cap-* ; ital could be attracted to-railroad- - investment. Present net earnings produce, far less. than that mi? mum. Then, surely, common senaa must tell us that the railroads must have increased net earnings if-we" are to have the increased-tears portation facilities without whicfcy as.Hoover has so clearly pointed out, prosperity." must die. a-borning. " Management Political, Diplomatic - Problem The Interstate Commerce Com mission decides how much the rail*' roads may earn. The IL S. labor Board then,decides .what percent age of earning*; they may keep. Meanwhilev forty-eigtet state com--, missions furnish local complieaV tions.. We all know the fundamen- , tal requirement for successful. eon-. duct of any business. . The organic zatibn, from top to bottom,. must give its best thought and best work to. the problems of the business-a but railroad management has be come a prolbem in politics and dir plomacy. Witness the .growing ten dency, to elect, lawyers as,chief ex ecutives of our railroad systems. Plans for operating eoonbniies^traf fic. development, improvement -in service?al l- must he squeezed in to the small ,arjd ever -smaller^ spaces between "hearings." \*. The situation is impossible. No bast ness can permanently. sunrv?ve Jaxr less the executive and operating brains of its managers can be con* i centrated on the; industry itself; *in stead of being dissipated in-con stant efforts to release its. throat from strangling cords, of govern mental restriction. Igvery line of business in Amer ica depends, not ultimately, but irn mediately, and directly, oa rail transportation. If transporta??? fails, business fails. An emergency confronts us; ,and the{Jfcic&?o Journal *>f Commerce ;wiH -present* in a series of articles of wbMh this is the first, some definite. cJtnr structive suggestions for meeting the. emergency. ? Business in. every- line mast rei?r ister at Washington in unmis^y.k- - able terms, a. command ih?tt- Hie ^ immediate issue of increased-tr^a^ portation facilities be settled now. The incidental issues, coverim? J*at dstributiqn of .Jthe, cost, are *m*. portant and must fee adjusted fair- i: iy; but they will have to Traitor Chicago Journal pf- Comrae^cev. > ' .?' ? .-?-. . ' -* IfSZ;' South Carolina ^27,4^5. "in addition -tbere were sold tKrougJS., the Federal Reserve ' Bank o?\ Richmond $104,555, mjafcing; a grand total of $718,683,. "This sum of nearly three-, fourths Of a million. dollars." :said the postmaster* "will mature a^d may be .collected . in ~1&2%S: and the original in vestment wiH increase 25 per cent in the 1toi#'^ years; - This is an -exhibition of fi nancial wsdom, -which should fee - imitated by thousands of othersv who,, in vain hopes of getting rich eaick, put.their savings, in sd^abefT' ef questionable character, ?"?wfcea. * there is no certakity of return <>f either principal or interest. -It'>M better to be sure than sorry.** It might save wear and tear in the course by granting marriage fi-" censes for one year with ^ttoe.pri^.. lege of r^aewing. .?' * r ? ? ? The man who "fishes for compli* ments usually gets caught. The first broadcasting sta?b?" was reading ihoyie sub-titles al?udV DO YOU REALIZE IT There are so many people who keep their money at home or carry it about on their person, without the least thought of the risk , they are taking, not only of losing their money, hut their lives as well. ~ ^ Murders are almost of daily oecurence, the object In nearly every case being robbery. Banks are established not only to make money for their stockholders, but are a protection to the public We not only guarantee you 100 per cent safety but we will allow you interest on your deposit. Is this not worth yoor Serious consideration? Think it over and Dring in what you have, it matters sot how little. TSE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SUMTERs S. C. The National Bank of South Carolina Of Sumter, S. C The Most Painstaking SERVICE with COURTESY Capital $300,000 Surplus and Profits $800,000 STRONG AND PROGRESSIV* Give as the Pleasure of Serving YOU* The Bank With the Chime Clock. C. G. ROWLAND, Pre*. KARLE ROWLAND,