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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-03-20
SANcIENT CUSTOM
70 One Knows Who Originated
the "Round Robin"
Long In Use on shipboard for pstss-
mining Zach Sailors Wateh-ofts"
Employed In the Form
OF Petition.

That watch kept on board ship q
sisht, while lying at anchor, is called
the anchor watch. Generally speaking
It consists of one officer and one sea-
man, whose duties are to watch ont for
the safety Of the ship, see that the
anchor light is kept burning brightly,
and take care that the vessel does not
drag her anchor. If there are eight
hours of darkness to be covered and
eight men constitute the crew, these
men are required to watch one hour
each. II there be more or less men
the question arises who Is to 60 on
watch first or last, or, perhaps. who
ls to LAY over" until the next day.
1t thus becomes necessary to ascer-
tain who is to go on duty at GER
tain hour and each man must know
when his turn comes. Arrangement
for this is made by forming round
robin" or putting it in another way,
by "chalking for watches" which Is ac-
complshed in such a way that each
sailor has the time for keeping his
watch determined by lot, one not be-
Ing favored more than another. The
thing IS decided In this way:
One man draws q large circle on
the lid Of q chest, or, II that Is not con-
venlent, the deck. The circle ls sub
divided into as many divisions as there
are men; and each man makes his
mark In one Of the spaces. This may
be q cross, a circle, triangle, or any
other sign that will suffice to identify
him.
During the time the sailors are
placing their marks within the division
Of the circle, one Of their number is de-
talned outside on deck and kept IN
ignorance Of the Identity OF any au-
thor Of any mark. When all have
made their marks the round robin Is
complete. The man who was on deck
is now called, someone else having
made a mark for him. This man now
proceeds to erase the marks, one by
one. Ine O"tlcTS vi thc idi NJ ar
numbered from number one up, In sue
cessi0n, as he erases them, and their
numbers are chalked up on the sides
Of the berths: those above number ten
lying over until the next night. As the
man who grasses the marks does not
know who made this or that, he can
not show any partlality.
The round robin Is sometimes put to
other use when the crew OF vessel
at sea wish to present grievance In
the form OF a petition to the captain.
Their complaint Is made out In writ
Ing, and the signature put In the form
of a round robin. which prevents the
writer Of the document from being
singled out and treated as a ringlead-
er, with undne severity. A famous case
I'm example Of similar use Of the round
robin in the army within recent time.
was the "ROOsevelt Round Robin" dur
Ing the Spanish war.
Where the custom originated no one
knows.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-03-20
stacking Down Edges of Fight"

Things were stirring along the front.
Miles away We could hear the battery
heavies laundering and drumming and
once in Il lull we detected the ham,
mering Staccato of machine gun
lacking down the loose edges of a
fight that will never be recorded in
history. with the earneStneSs and
briskness of man laying carpet
in Il hurry-Irvin s. Cobb in the Sat
urday Evening Post.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-03-20
Much Lumber Wasted.

It is estimated that American lum.
bermen, accustomed to wealth Of
material. waste two-thirds Of it; and
that by utilizing all parts Of the tree
the lnng-leaf pine industry would yield
G:.ils ~ tons Of paper, 5000 tons OF
ra%ia: "9o0C0 gallons Of turpentine
nHI great quantities Of ethyl products.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-03-20
Township Board of Assessors

The Governor has appointed Town
ship boards Of assessors for VIII
lianraburg County as follows:
Hopc.-W. VI. O'Bryan, Hiennc-
ann: J. +. Montgomery, J. Il.
Piayor.
!.aws.-J. +. Davis, Dr.. IN. Boyd,
alters: w. y. Clarkson, Hiennenlan.
PENN. +. Clarkson, j. A. Nc
Cullough, s. F.. Mccullough, Lane.
.Suttons,-S. l.. Parsons, o. C. Hin
nant, Suttons; S. E. Gordon, An
drews.
Anderson,-E. K. Rowell, J. S,
Wheeler, W. w. Boyd, Trio.
Sumter.-S. ]. Gasque, r. b.
Fitch, Lake City; E. NJ. McElveen,
Cades.
Mouzon,- J. F. Williamson
Cades; T. +. Duke j. r. Penderglass,
Kingstree.
king. P. Shaw, J. F. Rodgers
T. Tisdale, Kingstree.
Tu.key,-R. D. Gamble, Nesmith;
r. Armstrong McCrea, W. Gordon
Cantley, Kingstree.
Mingo,-R. w. Marshall. r. w
Smith. Kingstree; r. ]. Nesmith
Nesmith.
Ridge,-W. |. Hodges, w. c. Viii,
son, J. E. McFadden, Cades.
Indian.-C. C.. Daniel, Cooper; S
D. Hanna, r. E. Wilson, Hemingway
Johnson F.. F. Prosser, John.
sonville; ]. NJ. G. Eaddy, D. b
Chandler, Hemingway. .
Kingstree,-P. G. Gourdin, p. 5
Courtney, w. c. Claiborne, Kings
tree.
Clarendon,-J. r. Barrow, New
Zion; R. F.. Burgess, A. l.. Burgess
Kingstree.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-03-20

A shoe does not contain the sole
Of honor.
American soil is poor place to
plant the bolsheviki.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-08-30
THE PASSING THRONG

Uncle Sam is in need of 100000 men
for the Navy and yet when colored men
apply for enlistment the clerks in the Of
flee stand and look at each other as
though gorilla an ourangatang had
sought enlistment. It is a long lane that
has no turn anud some Of these days, unless
we miss our guess, Uncle Sam will seek
colored men for enlistment and they will
say Il know you not'' The very corner
stone Of this great government seems to be
made up of color prejudice, especially
against the Negro, and yet he has never
been called upon to defend that corner
am I, send me. send me-" However quail
flied the colored man may be for posi-
tons of trust the mere fact that he is
colored disqualifes him, which is true
from the Lakes to the Gulf and from
the Atlantic to the Pacific. IF on the
other hand he in way overcOmes that
handicap then ''He must be destroyed'' be-
comes the watchword. What fools these
mOrtals be.
Ye gods and little fishes listen to the
mouthings of one Clarence Bethen, he Of
Billy Buster military fame, as he lectures
the Republican party as to the actions Of
the Senate committee on it's refusal to rat
ify the Marseilles treaty. "The G. O. P.
is going much too far. When the votes are
counted next time it is likely to be dis
covered that the petty hopes of Lodge,
a Johnson and PoindeXter didn't weigh
much with the average voter" For sake
of argument grant it, and even then just
a strand of either ones hair will weigh
more than all of Billy Buster Blethen and
his entire printing outfit, even including
the building so far as the voters are con-
cerned. In the State Of Washington the
voters will bury the treaty advocates under
understand The Seattle Daily Times is
for it, The opposition to The Times is no
more than the soft cerulean breezes Of
a beautiful Puget Sound morning in middle
June on any subject Of either national or
local Importance
School in Seattle opens next Tuesday
morning and we earnestly hope that every
coored person under eighteen years Of
age will be among the number present to
begin the grind for the year. Unless
you and each Of you get an education
you are doomed to life of humliating
toll Even with an education your lot
will be hard enough. The young white
boy can drop out of school and take up
a trade but this the young colored boy,
on account Of his color, cannot do, for
the doors of the industrial shops are
closed against him. Possessing an edu-
cation you will have at least a fighting
chance to succeed, but with little or no
education you have about the same chance
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-08-30

week and were then let out and their
places filled with Japanese. Anti-Negro
prejudice may have played it's part in
bringing about the change. but in our
opinion very small part We have our
suspicious that those young coIored men
either did not make good or each of
them thought the place could not run
if he was not employed. Unless colored
men 90 into such employment with the
intention of doing just a little bit bet
ter than seems necessary they will lose
out every time.
North Carolina has been branded the
most illiterate state in the Union by the
report of the state superintendent there
Of which says there are 4,5OO adults in
one county unable to write their names
The superintendent showed his good judg-
ment by not dividing the illiterates on the
color basis. We say his good Judgment
advisedly, for had he done so it would
have shown distressing low average for
the white adults and that to him would
have looked bad in print. North Carolina
is miserable mess and we suggest a
bunch Of missionaries be sent thither to
try to dispell the fogs of illiteracy that
hang over it's piny hills.
IF President Wilson is "spiling' for
fight with the Senate then let the Senate
fle impeachment proceedings against him
and believe me he will then get more
fight than he bargained for.
Our troops voluntarily returned from
Mexico. so it is officially reported but
we have our suspicious that they feared
if they remained longer they might be
kidnapped.
Here's hoping that Jim McEroy, who
recently crossed the great divide, has
found companionship no less cOngenlai
than that he left behind. All who knew
him in 1if. were his friends, and thus one
by one do the men who were conspicuous in
the early history of Seattle silently lay down
their burden where hey struggled so hard
to pick It up. God be with you till we
meet again.
No one can afford to build an edifce,
whether large or small, and pay the work
men $40 per day. IF it is built for
rent it can not be rented for enough to
make it an investment and if built for
home it is too expensive to live in.
Though the executive head Of the anti
japanese agitation, yet, in our opinion,
Erastus Brainard will do nothing that
will reflect upon this government or that
will make those Japanese already among us
feel they are being prosecuted.
In the presence CT a pretty girl who
seems t. enjoy his company most any man,
and more especially an old one would
forget he had lone, unless the pretty
GIRL would become his wife maid.
Let each colored mother and father pray
earnestly with their young son to get
good education, if he hopes to be any
thing else but the ordinary scuff about
town.
Just on what part of the body of
woman the quarrel is located deponent
knoweth not, but head line says, "A
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-08-30

of making a mark in life as does the pro-
verbal SNOWFALL to fly through hades.
Stop and think, young colored man, and
YOU are bound to conclude you are blast
inc your future life in not acquiring an
education.
A woman in Chicago. whose husband had
been arrested for flirting with young
woman on the street, who sported an out
fit more or less decalete, declared that
men were lead to firt with women who
appeared on the streets in such costumes
and the women and not the men were re-
sponsible for the alleged insults they re-
ceived from the men. And there is much
in what she says Of course evil to him
who evil thinks. but it has not been Gus
tomary for women to appear on the streets
with their chests so much exposed that
men can see much of their busts All
men, except the blind ones. will look
when woman so dressed comes near him.
Many men thinking the woman lOolin"
for catch will accept the challenge and
sometimes make mistake. Knee dresses
and little or no waist dresses will have to
be worn by the women good deal longer
than they have been before men will quit
staring at the wearers as they pass.
Down in Texas the circuit court judge.
the mayor Of city and other high Of
ficials took it on to themselves to pub
1cly horsewhip J. R. Shillady. secretary
of the National Association for the Adj
vancement of Colored People, because.
forsooth he was investigating the bar
barous treatment imposed upon the colored
people Of that community In other
bn WI Of
to burn at the stake murder. lynch and
outrage the women and lynch them. too.
if they do not willingly submit to their
brutal passions, and if a white man from
the North seeks to inquire into such say
agery he will meet similar fate. If the
Bolshevists, Soviets, the T. w. W.s or
any other revolutionist will give the col
Ored men OF this country any relief from
the inhuman tortures that the ruling white
man imposes upon him. then any one or
all Of them should be received with open
arms by the colored citizens
If Robert c. Saunders lives up to his
published statement that he will leave no
stone unturned to punish profteers he will
make many Of those fellows who are piling
up fortunes at the public s expense, sit
up and take notice. The district attorney
with backbone can do much toward
reducing the food cost and we have our
suspicious that Saunders has that and will
use it providing he is not disturbed by
the powers that be at Washington. D. c.
Persons who have kept close tab on
President Wilson are, however, not in
clined to believe he is going to permit
Saunders to 90 too far in this prosecution
The President is looking for votes and he
has no objections of his appointees play
ing to the galleries, providing they hold
themselves in a position to back up when
he sounds the gong
Recently an elaborate eat emporium
opened it's doors to the Seattle public and
employed number of young colored men
TO assist in the serving the most of whom
remained with the institution for one
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-08-30
CAYTON'S WEEKLY

Published every Saturday at Seattle Washington.
u S. A.
Subscription 81 in advance.
HORACE ROSCOE CAYTON. Editor and Publisher
Entred second class matter, August 18, 1916, at
the post office at Seattle WASH. under the Act of
March 3rd, 1916.
TELEPHONE: BEACON 1910
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-09
Reconstruction Period Belieued
 To Haue Reached Lou Ebb in Iron
Building Operations Becoming the tend to Erect Houses Make Mistake in Waiting
 Labor Will Not Come Down

Each week brings steady improvement in the business world. In nearly every part of the country there is a quiekening impulse along industrial lines. and as far building activities, every town and city reports healthy movement
 The south is on the verge of a build ing boom.
 In Atlanta more buildings are in course of erection than in any year since Amert- ca got into the war, and now that build- ing operations are beginning to be in ev- idence in residence sections of Birming ham they will soon be notably brisk
 Whoever is planning to build might as well go ahead now The cost of building will not come down within the next few years
 In the Birmingham district the outlook gTows brighter as the second half of the year approaches. X few weeks ago all five of the Woodward Iron companys furnaces were idle Today the three stacks at Woodward are in blast and one at Vanderbilt win soon be in blast.
 There is reason to expect a decided re- vival in the coal market shortly, and it Is reasonable to assume that all the mines
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-09

tonnage have been placed Inquiry for large tonnage remains uncovered
 Tn view of these facts, 1t is inter esting to know that production of pig iron continues to decrease In May it was TIT per cent less than in April and was lower than in any month since March, 1915. Most of the resale pig iron and ferro alloy stocks have been disposed of Thus, with the field clear and uncertainties removed, the buyer stands on firm ground and is confidently looking to the future.
 The situation in the coke market is somewhat like that of pig iron, While there has not been so much actual buying for future needs. there has been an increase over past weeks and, certainly, greater interest. Prices appear to have become stahil ized. The time is rapidly approach ing when actual need will bring evaa the most reluctant into the market, for stocks are diminishing and this is the month when contracts normally expire"
 In the agricultural districts of Ala bama the corn has not been damaged as much by the May rains as had been feared Food crops promise well aud if we escape unfavorable weather from now on prosperity will pervade every section of the state, and every section of the south for that mat ter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-09
Great Prosperity Noted At
 Augusta and True Analyst

Who can recall the, time when this section of the country could go into the summer months with conditions more promising for good business than existed in many autumns prior to the time Amer jeans entered the European war;" asks The Chronicle of Augusta, Ga Yet that
 is just the case with us at this time, as much ready work, or it's equivalent. in the hands of the producer at the begin ming of summer as is usually the case in the fall
 Last fall this section produced a cot ton crop that was at or above the aver age. It started off selling around s5 cents a pound. It soon dropped far be- low that price, and the farmers, being in good financial condition, were in a position to hold much of the crop and they did hold it, and many of them have not sold till the present month some of them have not sold yet-thoogh some of them sold this week for a fig ure very close to 8 cents the top price of last fall
 stock in cotton held in Augusta. But that doesn't begin. to represent all the cotton that is held in the Augusta ter ritory. There are still thousands of bales iE this territory in the hands of farmers This cotton is yet to be sold. Augusta territory has more to cotton 10 sell right now than she has to offer in a normal Septemher-and at far better price
 And what is true of cotton is true also, of seed. For months there was no cotton seed market, and farmers were compelled to bold. They have been sell ing the seed at a good price, whereas, in former years the most of the seed was sold by Christmas but this time, most of the seed was sold after Christmas, and even after the middle of February. This has put a great deal of money in the country, at time of year when everything was going out and nothing coming in for the farmer
 But cotton and cotton seed are not all of it. Richmond county and all of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-09
THE HUM OF INDUSTRY IN THE SOUTH
Large Texas Dairy Industry
 To Take Place Of Brewery

total capacity of about 6O000 gallons a day. The two mammoth churns. with a capacity of 2Oo0 gallonA, will turn out 5000
 pounds of butter day. Cream will test
 out on an average of 40 per cent butter. according to MT. Sasseen
 One of the biggest features in connec- tion with the Alamo Industries and the manufacture of dairy products will be the operation of a model dairy farm in con necton with the plant for experimental purposes and for the education of the rural dairyman This will be in charge of Dr. John B. Barnes, expert veteri- marian and graduate of the Iowa Agri- cultural school at Ames la. who has just received his discharge from the United States army.
 This farm will be a model for the edu- cation of the dairyman. There will be kept about 50 cows. Pure-bred bulls will be sold to dairymen for improving the dairy herds Dairymen will be induced to follow the models set by this farm in so. far as possible, as there will be kept an accurate record of all items incident to the expense of such a farm and the items of profit to show as a concrete example how a farm should be con- ducted.
 pr. Barnes will go among the dairy men of this section in a campaign of ed ucation, and will maintain at all times at the farm a bureau of information to be resorted to by the dairyrnen in all problems which come up in their busi- ness. This will be without expense to the dairyman. and all cows sold from this farm will be disposed of at the very low est figure, everything being so conduct ed as to help the daryman improve his herds and increase the milk supply to feed the great manufacturing plant
 Mir. Sasseen stated that when the Ala mo Industries took over the dairy inter ests of W. w. Johnson that a contract was drawn up in which MT. Johnston will contribute the products from 1000 cows to the nev. factory. MT. Sasseeen states that the .s ,.4no Industries is now receiving the products from about 1900 cows.
 Another feature of this new plant will be the canning of condensed milk. The company is installing, along with its other machinery, a mammoth 4000g gallon capacity condenser. which will occupy two stories of the building. This prod- uct will be offered locally as well as na- The company also will continue the manufacture of POO tons of ice daily for wholesale and retail trade. Dairy men will be given a special rate on ice when they bring their products to the ia ctory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-09
Brunswick To Begin
 Large Improvements

Bids have been asked by the city or Brunswick for paving approximately loa,- COO square yards of streets and by Glynn county for paving A miles, or approxi- mately 46,400 square yards Of hghway' according to the Industrial Index
 This is the beginning Of an extensive programme of improvement Of streets ana roads in Brunswick and Glynn county, for which bonds were voted by each re- cently It is expected that with the al lottment to the county from the federal road fund and with the amount to De paid for paving city streets by property
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-09

in Atlanta by Yaarab Temple which is one of the ten largest in the country, and its membership includes some of the leading business men of Atlanta and sec tion, says the Industrial Index.
 site for the building has been se- cured at a cost of s100,000, and detailed construction plans will be worked out
 The mosque will be of Oriental design and will cost approximately $500,00 It will have two stories and will contain administration offices, club rooms, grill, combination ball room and dining room and auditorium with seating capacity of $500 The building committee consists of George R. Donovan, chairman; J. w. Ot- tley, J. Hynds, W. w. Waits and w. S. Byck.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-09

owners the expenditures will aggregate more than $1, ,000, ,o00
 E. R. Conant, one of the leading en- gineers of the southeast is consulting engineer for the street work in the city and the road work in the county Mr Cenant was for several years city en- gineer of Savannah. Ga. retiring from tbat position recently to engage in pri- vate practice of his profession, making a speciality of municipal and county work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-09

the Augusta territory, is raising m pork than ever. and hogs, selling at prices, are bringing in thousands dollars, where like amount used To out for side meat and pork products fir other states.
 Then. there is dairying. That isi much-but it is better than it has es been. There are more cows, more. .prd uct and better prices than ever hefol and there is an income from that sour that is not to be sneezed at by any ma rer of means.
 And poultry Augusta territory VI ge. double the amount of money poultry and eggs this summer than has ever had before. The poultry indF try has grown, and is growing, al prices are high.
 There is good crop of fruit Ind aren't many peaches in this impedia vicinity, but there are peaches in t4 trade territory that win bring in mas thousands of dollars, and there are sms fruits and berries that will add to Il farmers income from fruits, and incres the amount of money in circulation. Altogether. this territory has md mcney, more crops to bring money in q next three months than it used to hal in the fall of the year. and there is good reason why business in all lir. should not be as good this summer formerly it was in the fall months ''The only man who is grumpy nc is the chap who views the first day July with foreboding, msgivings. alarn and thirst"
 The conditions in Augusta and u Augusta territory are typical of thq throughout the southeast
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-09

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