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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-01-15
HOW DOCTORS TREAT
COLDS AND GRIPPE

Ask anX physician or druggist and
he will tell you that the best and only
effective remedy for q, bad cold, sore
throat or Ia grippe is what he calls
- brisk calomel purge" (which means
:: big dose OF calomel at bed time. But
as the old style calomel has some very
unpleasant and dangerous qualities
musicians and druggists are now rec
orlmendinS the improved nausealess
calomel. called "Calotabs" which is
purified and refined from the sicken-
me and dangerous effects and whose
medicinal virtues are vastly improv-
cd.
ore Calotab on the tongue at bed
time with q swallow Of Water-that's
I'll. No salts no nausea nor the
SLIGHTEST interference with your diet,
pleasures or work. Next: morLing
your cold, has vanished and your en-
tire system IS purified and refreshed.
Calotabs are sold only in original
sealed packages price thirty-five cents.
Eour druggist guarantees Calotaos by
rcfunding the price if you are not de-
I;ehted.-Advt.
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selves.
TIE OBSTACLE TO PRosPERiTs

The chief obstacle now standing IN
the way of American prosperity seems
20 be the holding up O. s1,59o,oo0 o.
Claims based en- informal war con-
tracts. Owing to lack OF technical
Authority fov, the payment OF these
claims by the government, the cor
tractors are unable to pay the suo-
c.otrs.ctorx, and sub-cortractors are
unable 70 pay their bills for Labor and
materials.
This drains the springs Of business
Those who supplied the raw mater
;;.,s cannct pay their labor Employees
are enable TO pay their own bills
Tae publio spending power IS curtail-
ed and credit is tightened. Work
men !cse Their jobs. SO things tend
to SLOW down, Just when they ought
to be speeding Up.
II is especially bad that this hap
oeas Just when our army is being de-
mol;:liZed .rd the soldiers come home
expecting to crcp into paying places
in & busy industrial system.
40 duty Of the government, there
fore. IS more important than the
pronapt handling and settlement Oh
these claims TIE interests cc@
eli are justified in demanding that con-
aress provide the requisite autaoriza-
ton without delay, and that the exc
cut:ve departments check up the
claims and approve anG pay OFF these
THAI ere obviously legitimate "a;
promptly as possible. L IS no time
fer ] ed tape.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-01-15
zssS
FEDERAL BLEE SKY LAyy,

The Capital Issues Committee, >
which has had supervision cf stock
Gosations during the war, and IS COM
posed Of a group CT absolutely trust
WORTH experts. has prepared feder-
n ..blue SKY law designed to protect
urwary investors against fraudulent
stock issues.
The country is being flooded this
winter with securities that are of lit
t,e-value cr even entirely bogus. Grim
inal promoters have been reap;ng a
harvest by persuad;ng people ignor-
ant Of stock values 20 take their
Handsomely engraved but worthless
p@pec IN exchange for perfectly good
Liberty Bonds. Honest bankers and
brokers want 10 help the government
stop :his sort OF thing. IN order to pro-
tect the public and safeguard their
cwn legitimate business
Unfortunately the proposed meas
:i.,cs can affect only stocks involved IL
interstate transactions. II Will still be
possible in nany states for swindling
concerns to sell their crooked stock
sr-i;thin their State limits. Every state
ought 70 have a law covering the sub
ject and capable Of enforcement.
80 such measure can guarantee
absolute safety Of investment, because
the business inEolved may fail to pay
profits on account Of nismanagerent
a.f.er the stock has been sold Eut
through proper legislation the authot'i-
lies can al east insure that the stock
is not issued and sold IN the first place
without real property vaiuc back o
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-01-15
Twenty-one Killed
Disastrous Collision on New
York Central Railway.

Batavia. " Y. jan 12.-Twenty-
one persons We're killed and three
were seriously injured in a rear-end
collision on the New York Central
Railroad 1T South Byron, six miles
o2Ge o. T&tavia, at 3.36 o'clock this
morning Both trains were west
bognG running behind their sched-
u!es. Train No. II. known as the
Southwestern Limited, ran into the
.eer OF train 10. II, the Wolverine.
v..lile the latter was at a standstill
preparatory TO taking on a second en-
g:ne fer the run up the steep grade
between South Byron and Batavia.
Up TO a late hour tonight only a
few ot the y dead had been identi-
fed. tic mangled condition Of the
bodies and the absence Of clothing
making the work of identification
slow and difficult All Of the fatalities
occurred in the last car of the VOL
VERNE.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-01-15
7ryv<7 psoHrTF IS OF DRECO DID
WORE FOR NE THAN $500
WORTH g. OTEEE. MEDICINES
Saws Prominent Proximity Mechanic Severe Case OF kdney
rro:,als c5oz lei Reached By New Herbal Medicine. No
4s ,,~,4o.ca| Member Tells Wonderful Story.

aad the doctors said l would not
i've six months longer if I wasn't
operated en-. T:ley made an N-ray pic
ture arc SAD | had a kidney stone.
Il have spent between $500 and
$500 ;r%ing 70 get cured and two bot
tics of preco nave done me more good
than everything else put together. I
s;lffe"ei such pains N my back that
] could nos bond llor stoop over. When
/ had tallea three quarters Of the first
ao:Jie OF Dreco every pain had left me.
''j';lc reason | eyer bought the first
bottle was because il had helped my
friend. Nj. BaSirser 50 much.
y expect 20 take. 2 half dozen bot
ties before stop and feel that I will
bc permanently cured
l}rcco is the purely herbal medicine
;!!a; is causing such furor through
out this section. Hundreds of men
and women are taking it regularly and
reporting remarkable results in cases
"f stomach and kidney disorders. liv-
"r complaints. constipation, rheuma-
tisn. catarrh and similar troubles.
nrcc" is dispensed by most good
;.'-''e shops a&a is particularly recon-
n.ea',,.6 in sumter by S;bert's Drug
::.'ie:e.- <tlvt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-01-15
HIGH PRICES FOR WHEAT.

Maybe everybody has been wrong
about much discussed wheat guar
antee The New York World is quite
uncon-;nced by predictions of plenti-
sul crops ana low prices in the mar
, ket this year and next.
.sWhat price will prevail throughoac u
the world between now and mid
summer, 1920. is wholly a matter OF
speculation" says the World. While
peace has liberated some wheat not
available in war; it IS to be remena-
bered that in the greater part OF Eu-
rope stocks are exhausted and the
demand is urgent.
Great Britain has fSed price.
and so has Canada. Russia cannot be
much Of 4 competitor this year, and
argentine s crop IS not great. There is
aetter. reason, therefore, TO assume
that the average world price for wheat
Tor two gears TO come will be very
h;.i thar to hold that it Will fail TO
anything like the anti-war level"
The American farmer. then. may
not be SO legitimate a subject for envy
as some OF the experts have repre-
sented. He may not get any more
fer his wheat with Uncle Sans guar
antee Of 1925 bushel than he would
have got otherwise. in the open mar
izet. in competition with the world.
Re may not get so much. The ma
ton may be the beneficiary rather
than the farmer.
Anyway. there is no reason to get
excited about the n2atter What is
done is done. and what viii be viii be,
50 far as wheat is concerned. We car
wait and see, secure in the llnowl-
edge that the present arrangement is
probably fair enough. and neithe.
producer nor consumer can lose much
by It.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-01-15
DOPE IN CHINA AND AMERICA

While the United States is becom-
ing seriously concerned at the
growth OF TIC dope evil, and VIZ
-ual,.- co2sessirg inability to cope
with the problem. il IS instructive and
inspiring 20 ncte what China has been
doing about OPIUM
Thanks tc the courage OF the Ch:-
nese government AID the essential
morality Of the Chinese people, CHI
ma 50 ;ong The slave of opium, is now
FREQ The crowninS act OF the gov
crnmcnt was the purchase and de-
s+ruc1ion. IN Shanghai; OF 1.200 chests
Of oniun. worth s14,o0o,o0O in the
open market The poppy fields are
now given over to che production OF
food. The thorough-going way i'll
which the elimination OF the dcstruc~
j tive on:unl traffic was accomplished
| NAV be inferred from the followins
measures. enforced in several chi
nese provinces:
l. II ehc opium dealer be a SHOP
keeper. al TIE banks and mone:
Shops snail refuse 10 have anythine
TO do with rim IN none matters SC
:h&t he VII have TO closo his shop fo'
Jack oG Gund.; "nd BANKING faeilities
o'rh4 ,'hin@>e have Tong known u,
cG:cacy Of She boycott '5oih IA
n3fed Sr:.te@ and t;,1'an h;'v" f"t'
~ iorcn5.
> an employee of a shop ,iea''
N opium ile shoplleeper shall disnl;%>
70 ulan, whose na"c viii &c pHnl!s':''
cd i. ti:e H.eH.,l>aoeiS. 80 that he W
10; be able 20 Sad rnaploNncnt else.
where
;. Ii wealthy nan be diseoNc.
81 dealing in opium. Ii; na'ae shai
be gives to Tie el,lo~ OF his faali'.-
With ;he r~e.ues, that tho suiity pc
sea BE east out froal the famly fon'
g. the 2reass.ss OF disgra@oSo and H.
shall hc opposod ~ - NJ eli;
Without mercy.
l. Landlords; and isn.iiadie> sn"!
not s,snt in.-i i,ollsrs; - Opium ,''-' =.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-01-15

possible by ticir funds Relief n2a<
naturally be given first TO .1l!l;ed peo-
olcs who have suffered 50 severely
from, var IL which they were the
innocent and agsrievea parties. Bur
here Will be no real Discrimination
AS soon as the system is in &ooG
working order. food viii BE sc':::. il
sufficient quantity, 10 Contra! auFooe
and wherever else It is needed
tbs is in many ways the 'nost
ambitious international enterprise
ever undertaxen. The spirit and meth-
Cd back of it are precisely the spirit
and method necessary for the pro
posed world league. Nj. Hoovers $
work is justly referred to as the
first test CT such g, league. If the
nations can cooperate in vita! eco
nonlic matter. surely they can coop
crate no less successfully in the, more
vital matter of keeping well-ied
world from fighting.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-01-15
UNDEsIRABIES.

The department of justice will
shortly recommend to congress the
s aenortation of 5000 or 1000 aliens
now interned in the United States.
Special legislation will be necessary to
accomplish this, as there is, of course.
no law at present covering the Sit
uation
The fcrther suggestion is made that
the subsequent return Of any Of these
undesirables to this country, whose
hospitality they have abused, shall be
made impossible.
There should be a great wave OF
public approval when congress takes
0p this matter, for the investigations
of the department Of justice have
beer, thorough, and to them is added
sae proof presented by the alien
property custodian as to the extent to
which our business life has been I'M
perilled.
Among the number of aliens now
interned are some who are consider
ed as not dangerous The deportation
of these will not be urged, pending
good behavior There are others, and
this number includes some we'll known
German women, whose speedy depar-
ture is considered desirable.
That the list Of those whose re-
noval IS demanded includes many
prominent and wealthy people should
in no way hinder the proposed plans
These people have used their money.
their social acquaintance, their bust
ness holdings, their unsuspectins
American friends, for just one end
the furthering of German schemes
and German propaganda in this coun-
try.
There is no room for them here
They are manifestly not good Aneri-
cssys How good Germans they are
x-iIl se tested by the enthusiasm they
assnlay fer their return to their de
feated fatherland, and the zeal @ith
wSi:cf .aey lend their efforts TO its sal
gation.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-01-15
Must Have Coed Roads
Prosperity Of South Carolina
Retarded by Poor Higlaxays.

Columbia. Jan. 11.-if South Caro-
Ina does not act quickly It's sister
states Gre going 10 leave It 1ti.' behind
II the matter OF road huiiGing. The
.l.i:@,l1c~i..- s;t&tc Of Georgia IS pan
:l.ng .le.::$:vc action this year towards
getting cut ce The mud" ana q SINH
!ae ;l3ovc:nes!e Is an.ler Wy N North
Carolina.
\ conference Of ren:o2entasive men
OF Georgia was ield IN Atlanta this
week ard plans mapped out for d
great highway system under which
) 900 mics OF hard-surfaccd. graded
top-soiled roads would be constructed.
CO.. Dorscy, realizing what the
inove21c:,t means for the state. IS
lending il his support and has called
a meeting of the Georgia Highway
Commission TO consider the mater.
TIE Georgia legislature meets IN
June. and reports from that State in
,licste that goods roads legislation is
going tc be ore OF the most important
matters to come before that bo;;E
That provision viii be made for 81
permanent system of highways seems
assured.
In North Carolina there IS also q
movement on foot fer beer roads.
although that State now mas n.ocf
better roads than South Carolina,
Editor Dave Grist Of the Aorkville
Eneirei. has recently returned from
an auto trip wh:c3 took him over CO..
s;aarah1e nortions Of NortI, and South
Carolina, and the FIST observation
which he made in his paper was
They've got better reads ii Norm
Carolina than they have IN South
Carolina. They are making more
progress in North Carolina than they
are in South Carolina
The movement for a permanent
highway system in South Carolina IS
meeting win strong support ell over
The S.:,ye :nt! It = believed that the
S5utl? Carolina general assembly Is
going TO aaopv the, Recommendations
made by the central good roads cam
paisn committee and lay the founda-
ton at this session for the establish
,.leat of such :. SYSTEM.
e the legislation asked for ut this
session IS adopted tne way will be
paved for the passage &t the next ses-
sen Of the enabling act on the bond
;esue ard tae c!ec5icn can be held n
November 1920 This would permit
work 10 be starte9 in 1871 and if the
building program IS rushed tho State
MAJ be able 10 keep step with aer
neighborinS States OF North Carolina
and Georgia.
Dr. ci:n Saver. OF Georgetown.
who vv:s here this week was talking
a.ong this line lie declared that If
North Carolina aa;i Georgia built sys-
tens Of permanent highways, as il ap-
peas ce:.ta@ Il low they vii. 2ad. ihls
State docs not- flsaQ track with them
thcrc IS goinG TO 5e :: tremendous
%hrinkage II ',nd values II this state.
X period CT srea: depression would
follow. In c,her words. DR. SAWYER
thinks t.:at So:!ti? Carolina IS soine to
have TO euiid q permanent highway
system in s"2f-dc.cnse if for no ot!:e:
rcascn.
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President Wilson is fortunate thai
axes co not always accompany citi-
rn>;niD
RAT:ONIEG THE WORLD.

The League oi Nations TO pacify
Sc World mas SUI! BE in the doubt
iul srase but The iGea Back Of It is
already in practical operation. There
is now in existence a League OF Ma
t.ons TO Feed the World IIc.,se,1
I;oovar is running t. with 4 a4adat,.
:'rrn ali me Allied powers aad w;,l.
:;;5!antccs of Their full supnost anG
co-oaeraiion.
u j. a rast undertaking. imn.c:lse-
x rncge comprehensive il .ccp,' i!ln,,
;hq big labors Of NJ Hoa"er in fcel-
in@ Belgium ard subsequently apPor-
,ion:n~ tho focd resources of The Unit
ed StateS The whole world y to be
rationed. Tie ava;lai,!e foodstuf:S O
aH nations are 20 be regarded aS oiie
great store to be divided ;.laonG III.
various populations as ;lici!, nl.s'ls :ia-
pear
Tic wesE is i::;fssl}ed rnder The an
thoyi:v 9 iAo Nii;ad i,owc:'S and m.d.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-01-15
TAX RETURN NOTICE.

Will appear in person or by deputy
at the following named places, and
on the dates given below, for the pur-
pose Of receiving tax returns for year
1919. Return should be made on per-
sonal property, POLL. road and dogs:
Privateer Station-Wednesday, Jan.
Levi S;di1g-Thursday Jan. 9.
igAGcld-Friday. Jan. 10.
C;arenlont-W Wednesday. Jan. 10.
i.agood-Thursday, Jan. 16.
Reniert-Friday. Jan. II.
nalZall-WeGnesiay, Jan. p.
2rogdon-Thu,sday. Jan. %.
a-,esyil!e-r'riday. Jan. "a.
Pleasant Grove-Tuesday Jan. 2S.
Shi!ch-Wednesday Jan. 20.
Norwood Cross Roads-Thursday,
Jan. 90.
R. e. WILDER,
Auditor.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-01-15

Columbia. Jan. 11.--Sam Johnson.
IS wear old NEGRO, was put to death
at the STATE prison yestel'ti;.;' nofnlilS
shortly after Il o'c;ocE. TIC neSro
was placed m The electric c:lillr ;iil:;
strapped. one a2piic. ;ion OF Et2a
voltage WAS Sufficient 70 ca usS instant
death. Life WAS pronounced extinct
q, .-z.1
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-01-15

Speaking OF Premier Clenaenceau S
plea for new grouping OF nations
on the principle of the old balance
OF power" the London Daily News
sa:zs
''If this policy is insited on, 1t
means one thing and one thing only.
It means that Trance repudiates TIE
idea Ct q League OF Nations. It
means that the world is not to be or
organized fo~ re2ce. nu. reorsanizeG
fer war. II that policy is pursued, the
peace conferences is doomed to fail
1re.
America ,.vili have 10 choice but
to leave Europe 70 its own ways and
its own fate She will, Of course,
suffer the penalty which all will suf-
! fer. Since she has failed to induce
the world to disarn, she Will have to
arm herself and so the world Will be
started again on the race Of compe-
titive ornaments leading certainly
and unaiteraoly to war
This p:ain truth should be recog-
nizeG in France and everywhere else
as clearly as it is in London. The
American people will have nothing to
do with any old-faslioned balance
of power" scheme because they have
no faith IN it. # it is insisted on. they
Will have to withdraw and do their
best 10 remain aIoof from European
affairs. going their own way and pre-
pairing to defend themselves against
ar.v conceivable peril that nlay arise
i reafter.
It is quite possible. however that
this talk Of C,emenceau's is rot SO
reactionary and discouraging as 1t
sounds. Perhaps it should not be
taken TOO literally. The French pre-
roier seems really to have in mind
not a. real balance &C power. with two
groups of powers balanced against
each other and peace founded on
their equilibrium. according TO the
old theory. He seems to.'want rather
one group CT powers so strong that
* it is conceived as one weight in the
balance, 10 conceivable weight OF
enen,:e:; can be got together sufficient
to tip the scales.
Tie group he suggests, Britain,
France. America and Italy. would ap-
parent1y serve this purpose. Banded
together. they need fear nothing from
a,,v or all other nations, at least for
a long time to come. They would
constitute. Cor the present, an effec-
tive League 20 enforce peace Such
:. grouping might well serve as the
basis Of q worla-league. starting wltA
plan brood enough 20 admit oth@E
nations as they desire membership
and prove their fitness.
II is net unlikely chat the society OF
nations vii! be worked out along TINS
line. N the form of a compromise be-
tween Clemenceau and Wilson.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-01-15

7r tbev do, they will be dealt with as
4 they were the opium dealers them
selves.
$ If damage is done to opium
dealers and their properties. 'he
Chamber of Commerce shall refuse 10
grant compensation.
II the American people attacked
the dope" in any such spirit as THIS
there would soon be 10 more PROB
lem about it.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-01-15

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TIE. BALANCE OF POWER.

Speaking OF Premier Clemenceau $
plea for new grouping OF nations
on the principle Of the old balance
of power" the London Daily News
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1919-12-17
BY Carl ID. GrOat

UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
BERLIN.-(By Mail.)-COmmu-
nists of a dangerous type are afoot
in Germany.
Their plots for the winter are com
ing to light. These range from milk
demonstrations to organized murder.
And, while leaders are innocently
declaring that the intentions of both
Independent socialists and commu-
nists are peaceful, the government
is constantly rounding up documents
proving that at least among certain
groups of communists, there exist
plans of the bloodiest nature.
Government disclosures leave lit
tie room for doubt that some of the
wilder spirits among the Spartacists
proposed to form a murder-bund
that would do away with political
opponents.
For instance, Munich newspapers,
Prussian Minister-President Hirsch,
and the military are authority for
revelations in the closing days Of
September showing that among 9th
er things, the spartacists planned the
following:
(a)-To do away with a large
number OF officers and soldiers in
staying them as they slept
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1919-12-17

syncopations Of the "iazz." So now
balls are arranged with waltz or
two thrown in here and there just
to give Cupid look in.
The matchmaking mamma has lots
OF advice to give to her daughter
my dear, when Lord Shirkitt asks
you for dance, be sure to make it
a waltz Don't dance any of those
silly fox-trot or one-step things with
him, for he's the incest young man
in London and has bigger bank
account than anyone l know"
And the dutiful daughter spends
an unhappy but tense evening in
the dressiDg-room, listening through
all the ragtime monstrosities for the
welcome, uplifting strains of
dreamy walzt.
Then she floats into the dancing
ring. Shirkitt floats out of single
blessedness.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1919-12-17
Just Between
You and Me
BY Nina Bancroft
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent.

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent. J
LONDON,--(By Mall) These be
weird and wonderful days and you
never know whether the man in the
store is there to sell you socks or
save your soul.
Our parsons are giving up the
church as livelihood and taking
up positions as statesmen. Their anx-
iety for our spiritual welfare hovers
in the background as a hobby"
One is really nervous these days
to walk up and ask for pair of silk
stockings, Maybe that nice-looking
young assistant behind the counter
will preach you short sermon on
the stockings unrighteousness and
send you away clutching a parcel of
Observation-Disclosures which you'll
never wear, or making vows of eter-
nal homespun which you'll never
keep.
It's very difficult. or course, it's
not that we don't like parsons-we
Just dote on them in the pulpit but
the people don't pay enough to keep
them there. And it is narrowing
to think that some of those curates
who tell you such soulful things every
Sunday should not have the where
withal to keep the home fires burn
ing.