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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-21

Inspector General Chamberlain in his annual report
declares that the system of military training adopted
years ago and now used at West Point was vindcatet
by the experience of the army in France. From q
purely technical standpoint that probably is true, bu
Il also is true that West Point out Of the war will
loss of prestige West Point trained officers in many
instances did not getalong with the high grade DRAFTED
men with whom they served. Some attention should
be paid to that at the Point.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-21
TRUTHS AND
TRAVESTlES
BY tn Hard.
81 th' Bard.

AttenshunI
Miners of the gold and copper camps
OF the Athapupuskow Lake country IN
northern Manitoba want preacher.
This is the sort they are Nsoktus
for: &&1
None of these mandy -pamby dude
preachers need apply" said Tom
Powers. who came down to Winnipeg
looking for SKY pilot"
I'VE want herman who wears q
rnacSinaw jacket" continued Tom,
"and stuffs his pants. in his boots ana
can paddle a canoe and trek on snow.
shoes and play poker and give a, good
account of himself in knocK-down
and drag-out row.
II ne can throw his leg under the
mahogany with the gang and show EN-
he is a good short card player. he'll
certainly command their respect.
Know any preacher like tnat?
Peerade Rest!
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-21

All Hands on Deck!
'If you must kiss" warns the health
officials of Des Moines, Ia, kiss the
same girl
Tut! Tut! You get it wrong. They
don't mean that all young men should
kiss the same girl Nothing like that
at all.
The idea is that every young man
should confine his kissingto some par
ticular girl,
the warning continues.
Which, interpreted, means a-girl who
hasn't cold.
Returned to Quarters!
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-21

THE new representatives should have con-
Germ that our Industries may be conducted with
such regard for justice and fair dealing that
tho workman will feel himself induced to put
forth his best efforts: that the employer will
have an encouraging profit, and that the public
will not suffer at the hands Of either class"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-21

Myra Fabian is only II years, old,
and lives in San Francisco. Neither
Of which is so remarkable. But Myra
is in high school!
1t took her just five years to go
through the grade schools, and now
her favorite study is algebra.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-21

Macaroni originate from Greek
phrase, meaning "the blessed dead"
IN allusion to the ancient custom Of
eating It at feasts Tor dspartedfsou
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-21
Present Arms!

Present NFWS! 49,
Twenty-four years ago Louis MICH
aels stole handful of cookies.
The other day he sent 81 to the
owner Of those cookies, to square his
conscience.
Maybe some day mother will get a
check from her Willie for all the jam
he's swiped out of the pantry!
Ground Arms!
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-21

a deft little knock we would say Putting it as prob
ability that ohnsons reasoning power greater than that
Of whale is delicate 1t gives johnson the benefit OF the
doubt
Not less dainty is the reference to Johnsons ability as
spouter The senator himself w appreciate this COM
piment
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-21

Heaton Ryan, 70 years old. has been
spinning wool ever since ne was Z.
He's the best spinner, and fastest at
Bedford, Mass. In the years We has
been spinning he estimates that he has
worked up 4,1S7,5 pounds OF yarn ,
That yarn, wound in balls, would
furnish emusemen. or al the kittens
in the United States, Chile, Norway,
Algeria, Tibet and Andoera.
or it would make socks for 12,562,5Oo
men,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-21
HucH TASK. BUT SIMPLE.

N his letter to the sixteen men who have been asked
to assemble in Washington on the first Of December
to max. new efot to bring industrial peace to the eom
Try President Wilson sad
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-21

Henry A. Muller, Aubrey, Texas,
has helplng-hand family two sons
and two daughters.
The five of them have been picking
They averaged 1900 pounds day,
father doing the least, only $50 pounds
For this they got SIC day pay.
Cotton picking lasts about 60 days.
That means S456O in two months.
And once they used to speak of cot
ton pickers as "poor white trash
with the emphasis on the poor"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-21

or course, youTl say, Myra comes
Of a smart family.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-21

1.-THE whale can live under water Is the
whale, then superior to, say. Senator Johnson?
True, 1t can spout further but it is probably
inferior to Mr.. johnson in reasoning power
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-21

dble, established upon those principles Of Teed0m equal'
IL, justice. and humanity for Dhich american patriots
,aciced 1tsy lives and fortunes therefore believe is
uy duly 10 my country to love IL; 10 support its Conshu-
ion: 10 obey is laps 10 respect It's flag; and TO defend
against all enemies.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-21
HLRAM IND THE WHALE.

A N interesting little undcrcurrent IN presidential politics
"A is revealed in recent editoralin the Chicago III
be Starting off with dissertation about folks who 1--we
m the MOON this power in political affairs trails into this:
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-21

Her father is a iitney driver.
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FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 81, 1919.
ruE hMERnC AM.S cREED-

believe in the United States Of Amer.
, lea a, government Of the people. by
The people. for The people. Dh0se just
- poprs are derived from the consent of
SSSSsS The governed; democracy in rcpub-
E SISS lie, a sovereign Nation of many sovereign
STATES; perfect Union. one Gnd msep-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-26
CITYsAUToafo oBHEs.

a commissions has neen appointed in
Paris to study automobile traffic and
suggest: some better system of handling
! ttha4cars and safeguarding pedes-
trians. Paris, is not ltone in facing
| this problem.Eondon. New York.
Chicago. and other large cities are al
most in despairat the yoaeme Of mo-
tors trame and aae apparent, impossi-
bility. Of coping with it,. Every city,
large ,or small IS, IS i involved in the; same
trouble.
What is to- BE. .aene .when all the
automobiles in a community Insist on
Icromdang satp sssss ::taewn-toN1p. section
Z; the same .tiniag ::
The situation has developed SO sud-
denly that even the newest BOOM
city, laid. out to order to suit the de-
! manes Of modern civilization. is
hardly prepared to handle it. The
older the city, the worse the traffic
p
congestion. The streets were never
intended to accbmmod a line Of
parked cars along each curb, with
TWO other ,Hnes{<,in continuous and
opposite motion, with perhaps trolley
! cars running along the middle, and
tyehieular trsfic crossing ct every IN
ttersection, and pedestrians connpiicat-
! ing. the :n,i1-up. by streaming through
az every cross walk.
/. gets: worsc all the time. What
is to sbe done with the Parked cars,
and how are tho moving cars to be
kept in motion with the least friction
and peril? Must there be great public
garages built down town. in every
city, under the streets. or in the base
nenta Of Office buildings or elsewhere,
to take the standing cars OF the
streets? Must there be transfor-
NATION of the street and sidewalk sys-
! tenn, with some streets for cars only
and others for walkers only, or Diff
ferent street levels for cars and Pc
/ destrians and sroileys:
1 Here is a. transportation problem
Just as serious IS any connected with
the railroads. and Of more immediate
interest to: great numbers Of people.
Where is the genius that can solve it
and persuade the public to spend
the money that the solution will prob
ably reauire2
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rAan ,HsAfo6hAf Aab 1opDr4Hot, ao7thbA6fh &C. 1919

efficiency that comes from O defective
supply OF oxygen.
Storm windows and doors have
their value, but they do a good deal
OF harm in many homes, hermetically
sealing up the houses and forcing the
occupants to breathe the Same dead
air over and oyer again. Doors ~and
windows that are: 1eaky-preylded
they are not too leak55- -are natural
ventilators. Good air comes in on
the lower floor and goes out upstairs.
II all the leaks are stopped, there
must be other ventilation provided.
Fresh air must be fed into the fur
mace or somewhere else direct from
outdoors. and the used air must be
returned to the cleansing outdoors
somehow or other.
It need not cost>an more for fuel.
A good substitute for fuel is clothes.
The American tendency is to dress too
thinly in the winter, and then keep
houses too hot. It is far cheaper and
far more healthful to keep the houses
cooler, and dress more warmly. And
the additional oxygen people viii get
into their systems by breathing COOL
er. fresher air win help them to keep
warm.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-26
; BUY FRESH AIR.

= rsuppus" se,reru one han s,a,sn ~ =.
sorssalesn suggests = pagazine. What
au edaacatiulnaaa campaisn there would
bss:s1 Nhat. deadly parallels, with
gsskiag. .gern-l laden, air pictured to
he LETT aaazen the right the 1ntosi-
catsag joys mepstsin freshness with
Esaaks system of seni.lation:."
II: !: Is anether4rerninder that with all
! fsrEs so,st ;ae living: psa of the great
s,sIs.suass in the: :wesaa is sta. free.
geshans IL is il,st. .neeasase At Is free
kYf::se aresa air remains a; luxury to so
Eaany people; instead of being treated
s ehe rcst NECESSARY OF all neees-
ries. 1t rs tirnesto call attention to
subject now. sar- the onset OF win.
che season when the uhciviiized
nhea,thfal tendency TO- bar fresh
kpms homes and public be,tlenEs
agest. :; -
WIN object that fresh air
Asts money in cold weather.
dust be paid for. in addition
clothihss-aer both. Very
: yourself some fresh afr.
ST. m-dosfs5 less ahan doe
rtagelssfas, of tie hats.
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9 West Liberty Street
A Good Friend.

A good friend stands by you when
in need. Sumter people tell how
Doan's Kidney Pills have stood the
test.
E. ". Vogel, prop. furniture store.
of 20 e. Liberty ST., Sumter endors-
ed Doan's eleven gears ago and again
confirms the story. Could you ask
for more convincing testimony?
II suffered with kidney trouble and
pains through the small Of my back
several years ago. says Mr. vo-
gel. Sometimes I would be so
bad. I could hardly stoop over.
Ny back was weak and I had to give
up work several times I tried many
lifrerent kidney remedies. but they
lidn't do nae any good. At last I
cad about ;Doans Kidney Pills -and
:ot some ct Zemp's Pharmacy. After
using one box, all the pains disap>
scared and six boxes IN all cured me"
: Mr.. Vogel gave the above state
nent FEBRUARY 8. 1903 and over ten
years later, OF on February Il. 1918,
1e added: 'I still have great faith in
Doan's Kidney, Pills. They certainly
awe .tiune me worlds OF good and l
sro glad to confirm the s:.::-ement 1
>ave some time ago
:. Price soc. at; all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney pllls-the same that
Mr.. vogel had. -MilburR Co.
Migrs., Buffalo, NJ. q.-Adbs3 (-o1
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-26

goes through his school life as one OF
seventy pupils in each school room he
OCCUPIES cannot be educated. What
the teacher has to give is diluted toe
thin by the need Of discipline and OF
red tape. And as long as salaries are
too low. teachers will take up other
work. leaving ever bigger and bigger
classes for the teachers who remain.
These two lead TO a third. What
do teachers salaries come from
Taxes, OF course. And who howls
londest about taxes? The hypocrites
who wall over the poor teachers and
the hypocrites who complain that the
schools do not educate.
It is just as well to face facts.
School taxes have got to be raised
not a: little. scrirnping, picayunish
inch or two. They have got to go up
a mile. Not only must the salaries be
big enough to attract, and to keep,
first class teaching material, but
teachers training schools must be
improved and standards raised.
Moreover, buildings must be put
up--not mere brick boxes with square
rooms in them, but modern, beautiful,
airy, competent schools. Each school
must have proper light and air and
locker space; and sooner or later there
must be auditoriuns and manual
training uoons and Fairgrounds and
gardens and gymnasiums and shower
baths and everything which ministers
to the all-round development OF
young people.
Old buildings must be completely
oyerhanled. made sunny and sanitary.
This isn't going to come by kicking
and fusssng and squabbling about
mills in the tax rate. 1t has got to
como out OF big-hearted generosity
and sound business efficiency. "Give
till it hurts" was the slogan which
raised money for. the war. Do VIC
volne our little folks less highly than
cur lads? Do we care. less for the
future Of. the race than for our pres
erst hank balances?
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-26
MIMI STRIKE. STILL ON.

-. ~.
Was it merely Bluff when the Of
Icers Of the United Mime Workers
went through the fornra!ity OF re-
cafiing their strike orders? It is
nearly two weeks since that action
was taken, in 7comnlianee with q
court order. and IN Difference. to. an
Imperative public demand, and yet
hardly any Of the miners are back at
work Worse still, they are declaring
in many places that: they do not. in-
tend to return until after a satisfac-
tory agreement has been made with
the operators
Thus the situation is practically
the same as it was on November 1,
~hen the miners walked out. They
are trying to force q favorable decis-
ion By the same means their leaders
gave professed to repudiate. =
It would be extremely, interesting
and enlightenine to know whether
or not the miners are doing this with
the approval Of their leaders. or in
spite Of them. If the workhen are
EstaXiag =fSWsaY fro~ : mites .aa3 :a
their own, initiative. at 3. tizae when
the nation needs coal so badly. and
when they are bound in honor to re-
turn, it is bad enough. If their
leaders have passed the word to them
10 do: as they are doing, it is much
worse. ard amounts to conspiracy
against the government and the, ma
ton.
It is tirae. for the president Of The
United States Nine Workers and his
associates to declare where they
stand on this matter. It seems to- be
plainly up to them, ii they are sincere,
to take positive action, and demand
publicly and uneqni1ocally, that their
| men go back to work.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-26
FARMERS AND LABOR UNIONS

We have had police forces joinins
the Federation sof Labor. We have
had school teachers. actors and col
Iege professors doing likewise. ':IVters
S; it going TO stop? people aaaHe ask
ed.
e It has stopped. The movement
stopped when it met the American
farmer. Representatives OF 100000
farmers: meeting at Grand Rapids
Mich. have refused van invitation FOL
a conference with Federation of La,
Dor officials in Washington next
month, and by the same token have
refused an alliance with union labor.
The position Of the farmers is logi-
cal enough. AS their Representatives.
declared in considering this proposal,
there is hardly anything in common
between them and Industrial union.
ism. F.m.zHassaTespsiix siixaataiy .proprie-
tors and ssssaspsssess rather ithan labor
ers. Thaash nea1sg al. active work
ers, they work Tor themselves. and
are masters OF. a1.Gr own hours. The
engencies Of farm. laborrare vastly
different from those OF labor in fac
ttpslss: Hssines: oasthe farm.
whether done BY the goWper or the
hired. hand, means often long hours
and always irregular. hours deterHin.
ed f,by weather and season. It must
necessarily be flexible: How could il
adapt itself to any systeIa Of union
D. ~ y, - -
The farmers are already "orsaniz-
ed.". They have: their oranges and
associations. which answer to their
economic and. social needs quite -as
fully as the labor unions answer to
the needs of industrial .werkmen. The
interests OF these two classes Of pro.
ducers. too. often conflict;
Thus the. triumphant progress OF
the a. F.. Of L.. which lateiy seemed
destined to engulf. all classes Of work
ers. whether Of hand or brain, re-
.ceiyes a check. The process OF growth,
outside. its. own. natural field VIII
doubtless be slower hereafter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-26
sHALLPEePIE YssNoW?"

3 Attorney General Palmer declares
that. instead OF = s.buy now, propa.
ganda. there ought to be a campaign
againstt buying now, because this
snoVe1nent SIS partly responsible for
the high prices
Whar is the puzzled public to do
abeut II?
it may be- however, that the posi-.
ton oss Mr.. Palmer and those who
have been urging people to buy i'm.
neeataaeiy are not SC irreconcibale as
they seem. The propaganda In cues
tion was started .sorns time ago, when
business was dull; and when the pro-
ropacea disineiination OF public to
spsad MS money was increasing the
dnlIaess and pos.pontng the return
of prospsrsty: Il is no longer so nee
sesa1g ASH sgas; because the b,iyin.;
snDssnent Is now thoroughly under
way Indeed, in some respects il has,
saiaad TOO much napetas;; and it is
evidently this fact that the attorney
geneEal has in mind.
What he wants to stop is not legi-
tsSaste buying and selling. the norm
al processes of 6asiness but the
reckless purchase of:sluxursess< and Of
ordinary commodities in. greater
quantities than are required.
THE campaign; he wants is precise
lywhaa a great many other thought
s9pi people want-a campaisnN Nagainst
waste and extravaganee.- 1t is what
egery conscientious newspaper in the
eauaryh las been preaching for many
xeeas sIts: puEposs misht be. ex-
pressed in these few. words:
.ssuy now what you Seed now but
don't. buy now what you don't need at
aaa;spr what. You won't :neeT till next
ysay:r -
such a policy VIII smean, money in
fhesppcgets OF consumers. without
dong any Injustice to merchants and
manufacturers. =. 8. -.
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: -:
LIGHTS. :

An Illinois committee reports that
there are IN the United States $780,
zaepes <iissng electric lights.
Most admit; americans remember
how ~ondetfif It was when the gas
81. afs sgase44 s place J to- the carbon
dsamenf m ); ,anapp. 4 and back, beyead that,
k,,1a yssr,,aersi,s sit ,ysaseWhen: gas Jet
itststf-tous ;ts <the placed srhe smoky
ksTosaaesis1aap. IN Millions OF Am cri-
esns foo fess, Z yiiyif1y enough the
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-26

.lsAss s~tseashlle:eseeas to -be> tha4->easa
many honest worl1ingnen nowadays
want '1ustice" in the form Of 4 200
per cent wage Increase to cover the
80 per cent increase in the cost of
living and too many patriotic business
men want to make enough excess
profit. while the pronleerlng's gooH,
to keep up their country places and
umousines FOR the rest OF their lives,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-26
TRESPAsS NOTICE

: Our. lands lying in the vicinity OF
Dul5osc Station and Woodrow arc
posted and ALI persons are warned
against hunting or otherwise tres-
passing npon same.
Mrs. G. E. Richardson;
Miss T. M. Dick,
Mrs. a. L. Dick,
Mrs. W.. Z. Dick. -.
T.. S. .DuBose, Jr.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-26
TROOPS ARE
UNDER ARMS
Virginia Militia Waiting on De-
velopments

Roanoke. Va, Nov. 24--six. compa
MES of State troops rested here to-
day pending further investigation CT
the situation in the coal districts u1
Lee and Wise counties: 1t was NJ
decided at noon whether the troops
will continue; to guard the mines or
return home.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-26
TEACHERS AND TAXES.

Two Iazge noises are heard all
over the country. One is q walt Of
pity for the poor teachers who are
trying to. naintain themselves on
salaries OF pfe-war size: the other is
"a stern complaint from business men
that seh6eis do not educate. ..,.37sr.
The two go together. 4 child who
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-26

:, The carnival which was here dur
ing the past week will divide today.
Part of it remains in Sumter for the
colored fair which opened today and
the remainder goes to Bishopville for
the Lee county fair which COM
rnences tomorrow
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-26
THE FATE OF GEN I.
ERA.L ANGELES
Brains of Villa Party to Be Tried.
At chihuahua s s.

FL Paso, Nov. 24.-The fate OF Gen.
Felipe Angeles. known as the intel
lectual head of the Villa revolution
ary movement in Mexico is expected
10 he decide today by a military
committee at Chihuahua City. It is;
believed that instead of the custom
ary death penalty, he will be given
q penitentiary sentence. 81
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u. S. CONGRESS
STARTS INQUIRY
Will Find Out Cause pc Delay g
.tDeporting Radicals

New York, Now 24.-A formal ias,
quiry. into the causes Of delay III der,
porting radical aliens, held at EHss
Island, was begun today by members.
Of. hhtesou Pata. .friccese QChms
Of the house committee on inmisra-7
linn - p. ~ =. ssseesl:ss
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BROTHERHOODS $.
s. IN CONFERENCE

l.) Cleveland, Nov. 24.-Five hundred
general chairmen Of the four railroad
yoro1herhoods began q three day con
.ese1ee here today to :.consiaers the
osesti,ne proposal submitted By pi-
rector General Hines; y '-a'z -
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-26

All stores in the city Will close on
Thursday in accordance with the
uknal custom OF celebrating Thanks
giving. Housewives are asked to
.plnce their. oraers as early as pos
siblc. So as to facilitate matters for
the lush on We dnesday., -
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Cotton Market

Corrected daily at 10 O'clock by
Chamber Of Commerce.)
Good Middling 81 1-2.
Strict Middling sc ga.
Middling Sc.
Strict Low Middling 81.
Low Middling 81.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-26

GENTLE FAMILY HORSE FgK
sale. or will trade for; good milk.
cow Any child can drive say.ss g.
will work. any place. s;ssss= !
drews, Oswego, SC. sSss:S:9 *:
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-26

A good friend stands by you when
in need. Sumter people tell how
Doan's Kidney Pills have stood the