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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-05
BIG STICK AT VERSAILLES.

The peace conference has swung a
will convey the vigorous intent of the
FIVE big powers in their recent warn
ing to their scrappy little brethren
who, during the arnistice, have gone
on fighting. each trying to grab what
it wants while the grabbing looks
good
It raust have been considerable Of
a shock to these fghting-cocks to be
informed that the new boundary lines
will be drawn absolutely according to
radical facts and merits. on principles
Of abstract justice, and that none Of
them will be allowed to retain terri
tory seized by violence since Novem-
ber II. For once, possession is not
nine points OF the law It IS not
even one point.
The warning applies to the C2echo-
Slovaks, the Jugo-Slavs. the Rouman-
ians, the Serbians, the Poles. the
Greeks and various other small ma
tionalities. II even applies to Italy,
one of the big five who issued the
| warning, in view of her claims on the
eastern side of the Adriatic and her
encounters with the Jugo-Slavs who
| 0iGY1,Ite har c!oir,
If the grabbing stops and the
qCarreling nations acquiesce, the
peace conference will have won a sin
Gle triumph, full Of good omen for
the future. It viii. indeed. have exer.
cised one of the principal functions Vi
the forthcoming league Of nations Is
action is therefore a big step toward
the completion OF that league and the
fulf!lment Of the worlds desire.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-05
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY.
investment

The Journal Of the American Med
cal Association tells Of proprietary
poultice advertised as composed
mainly of ''the finest anhydrous and
lcvigated argilfaceous mineral Pur-
clasers. much impressed with these
fine words. rcve. guess that they
mean simply dr.. powdered clay.
A proprietor wno charged $3.50 an
ounce for salt ard sugar dissolved IN
hvdrant water, without telling the
composition Of his ncstrun. might
have got away VITA i grandly ana
cIoriously, the Journal suggests, by
swing this truthful account:
My preparation is composed OF
ninimal quantities Ct g member OF the
disaccharid carbohydrates. derived
from the hcxoses and capable OF
Yielding two EeXoso molecules 2E
hvarolysis, having as general for
a!ula C-12 E-22 Oil, and crystalliZ-
ing in mcnoclinic pri$lnS, together
with an interesting chemical combi-
nation Of natrium and ci:lorin. which,
in it's natural state, forms anhy-
drous. cubical, or octahedral white
crystals. These are dissolved in G col
or:ess. linpid fluid compounded OF
hydrogen and oxygen.
Thus anyone may sec how easy it
is to impress the public by making
use Of the verbal resources Of the
medical profession. Medicines, pat
ent and otherwise, seem mysterious
because OF the hi$h-sounding names
doctors give them.
Why not sweep away ali that jar
son. except for use il technical pub
l;cations intended only for physicians
eEes. ard name medical materials in
rlain English?
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-05
MONEY FOR ROADS.

This should be the greatest road
building year in American history.
The demand for better highways is
universal. Nearly every State and
nearly every section of every State
has been planning new read construc-
ton, or ought to be planning it, to
the limit of its ability That ability is
to be largely increased by federal aid.
An appropriation Of s2s5, ,o0o,oo tc
further this purpose has been approv-
ed by the postal committees CT both
houses of congress and seems sure to
pass. It will make one-third Of that
amount available up to June 80 of the
present year, and the other two-thirds
the two following years. This is in
addition to the millions already pro
vided under the existing federal aid
act.
As in the act mentioned, this new
a:d will be contingent on the various
States or parts thereof, guaranteeing
70 spend an amount equal to what the
government contributes This should
be a powerful stimulus to local enter
prises
Il is also specified that III employ
ing men fer the work, preferences
shall be given to discharged soldiers.
thus helping to keep down the sup
ply of unemployed labor. The reason
ableness of so doing should commend
itself to any state or county.
1t is none too soon to start prep
ara:ions for the summer rcad-build-
ing cam mpaign. There ought to be sev-
era! hundred millions spent on roads
this year. TIE expenditure Of a round
billion would be Il wise and profitable
investment.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-05

polyGlot assombl2nSe over at Yer
saillcs. They speak many languages
and make much progress The senate
speaks but one language, and pro-
cecds slowly
The whole nation joins him in this
fervcnt wish And perhaps o word OF
comment Will add 70 the effective
ness of this frank statement.
Despite their superficial differences
of speech, those peace delegates have
been making progress, along desirable
lines, because fundamentally they
speak and understand the same ian
guage-the language of human long
ing and aspiration which comes eIo-
quently today from the lips Of the
plain people Of ali lands.
The United States senate has got
nowhere, and has interfered with the
progress Of those who have peen try
ing to get somewhere, because the
senators, seeming superfciaily to
use the same tongue, have been
speaking the discordant languages Of
prejudice, partisanship and sectional
interest, wherefore they do rot IN
derstand each other, nor does the
public understand them.
What the senate, and what congress
as a whole. needs to do is to learn
ard speak the common language OF
humanity instead of the dialect Of the
legislative ante-room.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-05
Coon Skin Game
Denmark Negro Farmer Falls
Victim to Trickster.

Inc COlumDla state.
N. ". D. Faust, hard working ne
gro farmer from Denmark, arrived
N Columbia yesterday with visions of
wealth and happiness for himself and
, family. He was accompanied to the
capital city by another negro who was
known as Dr.. J. W. Moore, represent
ing a syndicate which had a special
plan to put people in high life on
short notice.
Faust and Dr. Moore came to CO.
lun1bia yesterday morning and went
to the State House. When Moore sep
arated from Faust and took with him
5000 hard earned dollars which Faust
had brought to the city to complete
deal whereby he was to receive
ls135 900. After losing his money the
Denmark negro sought Lawyer A. W.
Holman ard told his story.
Faust said negro came to his
home last Tuesday morning and in
troduced himself as DR.. j. w. Moore.
The visitor made himself agreeable
and together they went on fishing
trip. Arriving at the stream Moore
began to dig and in a short time he
pulled up some mineral which made
him chuchle from glee. Faust became
interested when the stranger inform
ed him he was a rich man. His farm
! was lined with Indian gold. Ten
pieces came from the hole and they
hurried to the house. Moore told
Faust to pack the gold in e package
and send it to J. w Wilson, 1912
~, n ~
for examination and advice. The pack
age left for its destination and
quick reply informed Faust that he
must send some more and roughly
estimated the find would be worth
$135, 900 to him and as much more to
each Of three other members of~has
family.
Faust was asked to come to Co
iunlbia on Friday and to bring $500
70 cover cost of examination and Incl
dentals. The unsuspecting negro
made arrangements to carry out di-
rections and yesterday he landed in
the city with his friend Moore. The
men went to the State House where
Moore secured the crisp green backs.
Faust was told to stay right there
until Moore came back. This occur
red at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Faust sat at the same spot until
O'Clock when he began to feel that
something had happened. He made
a search for the confidence man but
failed to find him. He is out Of his
5000 and the visions of wealth have
burst like a bubble.
The missing man is described as
Being about SO years old, brown skin,
five feet ten inches high, short teeth
and kinky hair. He wore a. black
shirt. tan shoes and gray hat. The
police have been notified to look out
for Dr. Moore and Faust expects to
make complaint to government au-
tl1orties.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-05
SAYS LOWER MEAT IS NEAR.
(New York Herald.)

New Yorl, City is now receiving vir-
tually normal supply Of milk, esti-
mated by the Health Department to
be 100000 quarts daily. from the
sources from which milk was obtain
ed before the strike on January Of
members OF the Dairyn1an's League,
when they failed to agree with the
distributors on the price for January
milk NO milk at all was received by
the distributors yesterday from points
outside Of the regular New York milk
territory
F. @. Foy. of the Market Report
er, said yesterday that in view Of the
present wholesale prices consumers
generally should reap a benefit Of a
general drop in retail prices in beef
and other meats by the latter part Of
the week.
Since the publication of the stor-
age reports he said, prime beef has
dropped from to cents pound,
while the lower grades are down from
) to cents pound. Lamb and NUT
ton are from to II cents pound
lower than a week ago. Veal drop
ped from to 10 cents, pork, heavy,
has declined cents and medium
light pork has come down cents a
pound
'Butter-creamery extra which
was 67 1-2 cents January IA, was 6r
1-2 cents today. The price Of cream
cry extras has fallen from 70 cents
January II to 61 1-2 cents today.
Eggs. western frsts. which were IS
cents dozen January II, were quot
ed today at from 81 to 62 cents.'
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-05
THE VANISHED MAID SERVANT.

4 woman said the other day that
.ii only there could be a wave Of i'm
niGra ton soon. there might be some
help out of domestic service difiicnl-
.ics." This view seems to be fairly
common among women who We're ac-
cumstomcd to domestic help before
tie war. and who either cannot az
ford the haushiy and high priced
maiden who wants half the husbands
sa.ary, or who cannot find servants at
any. Price.
1t is q mistaken view. No iinmi-
grafton possible ander the new con-
aitons viii bring back the old-timc
50 servants. They may be, here and
there, as Simeon Strunsky mentions
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-05

IN Il current magazine, "vestls:;,l
traces" But traces are all that are
left. The race is extinct.
This being the case, the thing fer
women 20 do is to stop waiiing over
the good old days of the hygone age,
and put their minds tc serious con-
sidcrat:on of what the future may
bring forth. Machinery answers many
Of the questions Of the service prob
lem. cooperative use Of machinery
answers many more. Intense individ-
ualisnl must give way to ownership
in common Of some Of these things.
Kindcrgartens which are really
das- nurseries, admitting children from
two to six for three or four hours a
day under the care of child experts,
NAV answer some other needs. Moth
ing but human help will tide a moth
er over the first years with small
children and insufficient strength
Women who help with babies should
have more and better training in the
future than they have had. Some
hospitals in New York have been Civ
ing six months training to "baDy
nurses for several years These
nurses have been available only for
the wealthy. They must be put with
IN the reach Of all.
Service from outside-cooked food
services. laundry-and-naendin ser
vices. cleaning services and so
on may help. Maid service by the
hour may solve some problems.
Pie situation is this: The maidser-
want is gone forever as we used to
know her. Gone for good, in more
senses than one. Her work remains.
It must be done. What are the far
sighted and constructive women OF
the country goinG to do about it?
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-05
Rslrnn,nage Sale.

The ladies of the Sumter Civic
League have opened wide the door OF
opportunity for every man, woman,
boy and girl, in this county to help
pay for the county health survey and
rural visiting nurse for the rural dis
tricts OF Sumter county. by the rum
mage sale 1T the Court Eo1s@ srcGtlds
OH Saturday. February StA between
10 a. m. and 5 p n.
Surely every one in the ruHa! dis
tricts can afford 70 contribute some
salable commodity such as preserved
fruits, vegetables, pickles, eggs, ch'ci--
ems. hams, canned goods. butter, corn,
peas, and other salable farm products
when it is considered that the health
survey and rural visiting nurse are
bein;, secured for the exclusive bene-
fit OF the people of the rural districts.
ANY salable article from q can or jar
Of preserves to {, cord Of wood VIII be
appreciated and easily sold for the
general public good.
The Sumter Civic League ladies are
certainly actuatcd by the most un-
selfish motives in giving Of their time
and public spirit to arrange this rum
mage sale for rural health work anc
a nurse for the exclusive benefit OF
the men, women, boys and girls Of the
rural districts.
The ladies and girls Of the home
demonstration clubs and canning ana
tomato clubs now have splendid op-
portunity 20 get busy and appoint ru-
raj committees OF girls and women to
solicit commodities for the rumrla9e
sale. The Sumter women and girls
have organized their committees ana
have taken the lead in this matter
The rural districts ought to show their
interest by doing something without
unnecessary delay. Only very small
amount is asked Of each family or IN
diviGual, and by organizing ana CO.
onera ting a good sized sum Of money
can be realized without working any
hardship on any one individual or
family.
Men. women, boys and girls, farm
crs. country and city merchants.
bankers and banks, manufacturers.
families and individuals, al! may con-
tribute something. 7 would like 20
see tno rural districts manifest some
considerable interest in this effort OF
the Sumter women to do something
for their sisters Of the rural districts.
i can be depended upon that city OF
Sumter people will do their share pc
cause they know that what helps
their fellow citizens Of the II raj dls-
tricts surely helps the city II Sum-
tor and the entire county Of Sumter
Mrs Nina Sc!omons is the chairman
of tho city Of Sumter committee ana
,yil1 receive all contributions for TINS
rulnr1age sale.
f. I. Reardon,
Nsr,arirs Secretary. Sumter County
C,1,.,.,,,or Of CO,nI1orce
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-05

being put into practice literally. For
the first time si1non-pure Socialism is
having a try-out and having it on a
vast scale, with the world looking on.
Other nations may almost con-
gratuitae themselves, even now, that
any nation had the rashness to tackle
such a task. For though the menace
still looms, already the experiment
seems marked for failure, just as any
clear-headed thinker, seeing facts as
they are. might have foretold.
Modified types Of Socialism may
succeed, ny> adapting themselves to
human nature and contemporary in
stitutions. AIarxism, the dream Of a
mere theorist who could not even
earn a living for his own family,
gees against some Of the deepest in
stincts of human nature and against
unassaiiable facts of modern business
life.
Abolishing all private property, 1t
abolishes the principal incentive to
work. At the same time 1t destroys
credit, without which modern bust
ness cannot be conducted.
This IS vital. 1t is mainly from the
destruction of credit that the pres
ent econon.c paralysis has come over
Russia That paralysis, inStine, will
surely destroy the Bolshevist move
nent, unless Russians by millions
choose to continue definitely defying
facts and starving for theories.
1t is an error Of reason. become
epidemic Unless all the ordinary
processes of sane thinking are false,
it will run it's course, giving way to
r reaction of common sense. Marx
sn1 will then have had its day in
court and been repudiated by the acid
lest OF experience.
If it will work anywhere, it will
work in Russia. If it won't work in
Russia, we shall be. done with it.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-05
GERMANS LOST aos u-BoATs.

London. Jan. 25.-British Wireless
service-Of the 203 German sub
marines lost during tho war. it is es-
tir2a.ed here scilli-offic!ally 12o were
sunk with all on board and that IL
tho others an average of half the
crew persisted.
rhe complement Of the German
submarines varied. Some small boats
had only thirty on board, while the
crew OF a boat OF the cruiser type av-
cragcd between fifty ard sixty
The British navy during tho war
,o.;t fifty-nine submarines thirty
7irc Of which were destroyed by the
cnemT.
OF the remainder. four were intern
cd by neuira!s. seven were blown UP
in The Baltic sea. four, were sunk by
accident OF trial cruises and five were
wrecked in collisions.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-05
sREoRGANizING FARM EMPLOY.
MENT.

is all very well to talk Of
ssbringing the soldier back to the
land. But suppose the soldier balks!
AS the Rehabilitation proceeds
there is disquieting evidence that
the big cities are filing up with SOL
sdsers .sThe men from the country
do not want to go back to the farm
after they have seen New York and
other b. towns" explains an army
man.
M the men accustomed to farm Nfe
VIII not 80 back, how can men un-
familiar with farming be expected TO
flock to the land Besides the lure
of the city, which appeals likewise to
them, there is the natural disinclina-
ton to tackle totally new job in
new environment
Obviously farm work has got TO be
made more attractive if the two
great emergencies now confronting
the nation are to be ,net--if the farms
are going to be made fully productive
and il labor is going to be fully en-
ployed.
The department of agriculture is
busy with plans to solve this double
problem. Its efforts are along dif-
ferent line from those Of Secretary
Lane. While Lanes department seeks
to settle soldiers on new lands, the
agricultural department seeks to place
men on farms already developed
which lack the single element OF man
power.
1t is recognized, wisely, that the
first essential in attracting new mer
to such farms IS that their Jobs slaal
be not of the emergency or seasoaa
Kind, but permanent places. The mer
must be employed the year arount
as they would expect to be in fac
tory. They must also have goot
vases: And there must be good hous
ing conditions, III order to attract tn
most dependable type Of worker. tn
man with family
II farm work can be re-organize'
along these lines, it will work a revo
lution in the farming industry an
viii be q timely relief to the over
bprdened cities.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-05
THE GREAT EXPERIMENT.

Perhaps it is just as well, after aE'
that the Bolsheviki are BolsheviSiaS
the way they are in Russia. The en-
perience must be very unpleasant for
Russia, and is perturbing enough
even to outsiders at this fairly safe
distance. but much good may come
out Of it. For it is the greatest "a
boratory experiment ever made in
political economy
For the first time, the political a:.1
economic theories of Karl Marx are
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-05

is reported that William, Jen-
ningss Bryan has consented to appear
in inFaudeville for the mere pittance OF
SEQ a week He is quoted as say
ing that he had tried almost every
thing else and might as well try the
vaudeviHe stage. Apparently Mr.
Bryan is the man who is willing to
anything once Such being the
case, he will have to forgive his aud
ience if they feelthe same way.
The Russians around Archangel
hate white bread. They say they
hare eaten black bread for fifty years
ana dislike the change. Why not or
ganize a Black Bread Relief Society?
might solve the disposal of all those
substitutes which one government
made as buy last winter, but ten could
mot make US eat.
sIhe FrencQ Say tEeJ nave o. Soiii7
splete list of every piece Of maehin-
cry or machine part stolen from them
and from Belgium, and its present
location in Germany. And yet sher-
lock Holmes is supposed to be pure
II English product
The Kaiser's religious scrupaes alone
have kept him from committing sui
eide. Probably the religious form
which. he observes promises future
punishment for the evil-doer, and he
IS afraid to take a chance
=
f would be easier to know what to
des about Mexico if it were saorr
how much of the Mexican news IS fact
and how much is propaganda.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-05
English Want tc Colonize in Mexico
jan. 80.

English Want tc CoIonize il, Mexico.
Mexico City. Jan. 15.-The British
consulate here has received official N
quirics from London in regard to the
possibility Of establishing English az
ricultural colonies in tho State CT
Coli,na. TaDasco Guanajlato and
Vera Cruz. The inquiries are said 20
be preparatory to carrying out de-
mobilization plans.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-05

Paterson, \. j., Feb. 3.-severai
thousand silk workers We're locked
OCT when they arrived at their places
this morning at 730 instead of 2
o'clock. in beginning a fight for short
er hcu~s. Should all the shops here
close thirty thousand will be thrown
out of work.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-05
."TF!; S.4NE LANGUAGE"

Senator Ashurst Of Arizona, COM
menting on tne pleasing progress
made by the peace conference says:
i wish the senate OF the United
States could act with the samc pre-
cision and the same lirectness as that
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-05

Washington, Feb. Rain Monday,
probably clearing Tuesday, generally
4airs thereafter, temperature slightly
above normal is the weather forecast
for Southeastern States during the
coming week.
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The time for making tax returns
expires February 10th. Many care
less people neglect to make returns
and then when they come to pay
.hc:: taxes they wonder why the tax
es ere so high. forgetting about the
SO per cent. penalty added for failure
to make returns.
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TAX RETURN NOTICE.

I will appear in person Oh by deputy
at the following named places, aud
on the dates given below fer the pur-
pose OF receiving tax returns for year
1919. Return should be made on per-
sonal property. poll. road and dogs:
Priv2teer Staton-W'ednesda Jan.
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Lew Siding-Thursday Jan. 9.
Observation-Disclosures. Jan. 10.
Observation-Disclosures jar. IS.
Hagood--Thursday, Jan. 16.
Rembert-Friday. Jan. II.
Dalzell- Jan. %.
rogdon-Thursday. Jan. %.
Mayesville-Friday Jan. "a.
Pleasant Grove-Tuesday. Jan. 2S.
Shiloh-Wednesday Jan. 90.
Norwood Cross Roads-Thursday'
Jan. 80.
r. z. WILDER.
Auditor
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-05

Naracirs Secretary. Sumter Count.
Chamber OF Commerce.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-05

It would be easier to know what to
de about Mexico if it were islor
how much of the Mexican news IS fact
and how much is propaganda.
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r. r. WILDER.
Auditor.