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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-12
SELLING IDEAS.

Sometimes one hears pessiElistie
talk about the inevitable clash be-
tween ideals anG business. A man
who is president of great paint and
varnish company, and has been
working with paint and varnisf
through fifty successful years, believes
quite the contrary In an interview
given the American Magazine he says
that he always instructs his statesmen
that they are to sell ideas first, and to
remember that paints and varnishes
are merely the instrum ents OF ideas
and Ideals.
Because paint or varnish improves
the appearance pf a home, or an office,
or building, they must sell their
prospective customer the idea that
paint means Beauty Because clean
liness is sanitary, they must sell the
idea that paint means Health; be-
cause it preserves surfaces, they must
sell the idea that paints mean econ
omy Cheerfulness brightness, color
these make a pleasing environment;
therefore, paint may actually mean
added Happiness People are attract
ed to store or theatre, or even to
church, if it is well painted and ar
tistically decorated; and for that rea-
son paint means Prosperity.
IF the ideal around which a busi-
ness is being built up is one of more
selfish money bbing, the ideas used
in manufacturing and selling will
surely bow to this ideal. You will
find that business honeycombed with
ideas Of cheap labor, cheap produc-
ton, swollen profits-all Of them ideas
for furtheringfselhsh gain.
con the other hand, if the central
ideals are faith, happiness and SER
vice, the ideas permeating that busi-
ness must and inevitably will. be those
of honesty, integrity, confidence, quail
ity, q contented and loyal organlza-
ton and customers VINO are we'll serv-
ed and satisfied"
: These are not the vagaries of a
theorist. The man who utters them
is one of the courtry's successful men,
and his business carries out his ideas.
1t looks as if people might begin to
learn. after awhile, that ideals are
not incompatible with making a COM
tortablc living. And when capital and
labor have learned that the one great
principle upon which to base their
efforts should be the service Of the
public veal, when all the warning
parts begin to realize that they are,
after all. only parts Of the same whole,
and that the good of one is the good
of ail, most Of the difficulties Of the
labor world will solve themselves.
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ADVERTISING
COUNTY FAIR
Railroads Distributing Circulars
Advertising Rates

The Atlantic Coast Line and the
North Western Railroad Company
have issued attractive advertising
..fliers" calling attention to the low
rates offered by all transportation
companies entering Sumter for our
fair, and have posted their passenger
stations on their eight lines of road
entering Sumter, and connecting lines
with this valuable advertising mat
ter.
The Seaboard Air Line Passenger
Traffic Department has notified the
Sumter Chamber Of Commerce. that
this company will also get ont advcr-
tising fiers like the Coast Line aod
Northwestern Companies,
The passenger traffic department Of
the Southern Railway has referred
the request for advertising our fair
to Mr.. W. E. McGee, of Columbia
Assistant General Passenger Agent OF
the Southern, and it is hoped and
believed also that Mr.. McGee Will CO.
operate with the other railway sys-
TENS in thoroughly advertising the
Sumter County Fair-Novcmber 18th
to 21st, inclusive. The agricultural
land, and Industrial agents of tho
Southern Railway. Atlantic Coast
Line and Seaboard Air Line compa-
.niesshave been invited and every one
.have.&accepted invitations to attend
our 1919 fair, and these enterprisins
and clever gentlemen will thoroughly
cooperate with the U. S. Department
of Agriculture experts in the peanut.
sweet potato and other diversified
ton, get ready for the boil weevil cX-
hibits of our fair. 1t looks like the
1919 Sumter County Fair is going 70
be a regular South Carolina State
Tair so far as the. Department Of Ag-
riculturc and Clemson College can
faalze it, and taking into considera-
ton the unusual interest manifested
ii cur fair sbySthousands from all over
the eastern and western, northern
and southern portions Of this great
State, Sumter will have to be up
and doing to entertain the big crowds
here next week.
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and Mrs. Levi will be glad to furnish
any information within her power.
All articles for exhibition should
be sent to the Main Fair Building on
lext Monday. November 18th. between
20 and five o'clock where there Will be
representatives Of this department to
receive same.
1t is the hope Of Mcsdancs zemp
and Levi that they will be able with
;,1a enthusiasm and cooperation Of
local devotees Of fine arts TO develop
a ve,y- c-eaitable exhibition and to
arouse interest in this county IL this
branch Of art.
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New York Nov. 10.-The govern
nent. again assisted by city and state
authorities, today continued to spread
nets about the city in the hope cf
trapping seventy-five hundred men,
bers Of the comnunis. party who will
tace charges CT criminal anarchy and
sedition Arrests are expected to con-
TIME for weeks
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Mrs. Marion Zemp will be chair
man of the Fine Arts Department OF
the big Sumter County Fair, NoVem- :
Der 18th to 21st, inclusive:
Mrs. Ferd Levi will assist Mrs.
Zemp as superintendent of this i'm
portant department. Any one desir-
ing information about this depart
ment is invited to call phone No. 263
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-12

LcsT-straycd or Stolen, one bay
mare, five years old. little grey in
face. Scar above left knee; nail
cut above hoof on right leg. Notl-
fy w. A Oakes. Providence, S. c.,
r. e. D. BOX Z.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-12

Berlin, Nov. lO-Communist head
CHARTERS were laidcd by the author!-
tics Sunday. troops seizing literature
and maps showi,l. the division of Ber-
lin into eighteen communist districts.
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Columbia visiting his

ing a few days in Columbia visiting his
brothers.
Mr.. w. W. DesChan,ps has been a
great sufferer from slight 5r..:::;e on
his hand, made in handing block
Of ice.
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FOR @s.ALE-One pair good facr:
mules. Spanish mare mules, $500. I
w. Lee. Sumter, S. c.
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Evening star., 1919-03-30
MISSIONARIES ACCUSED,
Alleged That Americans in Bull
garia Are Pro-German.

Charges that American missionaries
in Bulgaria were throughout the war
and stu are pro-tSerman in sentiment
have been the subject Of an inquiry by
the State Department. The results Of
the investigation have not been made
public and 1t was said last night that
the department probably would not
pursue the inquiry.
The fact that the United States and
Bulgaria were not at war was said in
official circles to have been the basis
of the attitude of the missionaries who
were very friendly to the old BuIga-
rlan government, despite the fact that
the country was at war with nations
with which the United States was as
sociated in fighting Germany.
In this connection officials recalled
that Dominic J. Murphy. diplomatic
representative of the United States in
Bulgaria, went to Saloniki with the
Bulgarian authorities to negotiate the
armistice after Bulgaria surrendered.
The State Department ordered Mr..
Murphy back to Sofia and later in
structed him to come to Washington.
On his arrival his actions will be
closely questioned, according to an ,au.
thoritativ0 statement
Evening star., 1919-03-30
GIRL SCOUTS GET MEDALS.
Five Hundred Young Women Par.
ticipate in Pageant.

Members of the Girl Scouts received
medals and awards yesterday after
noon at the Central High School, at
the Girl Scout rally and pageant Ban
ners were awarded to the following
troops: s
Troop 8, for recruiting; Troop 9, for
gardening, and Troop 3, for work in
the liberty loan. Three gardening
prizes were donated by Mrs Herbert
Hoover. Troops 3, 30 and 21 receiving
them. Singing and troop movements
completed the rally.
Five hundred girls participated in
the giant pageant, which depicted, in
pantomime. the development of the
Girl Scout movement. At the conclu-
sion of the last scene the scouts
marched in body to the auditorium
to the moving picture THE Golden
Eaglet," which showed the girls at
work In their various activities.
Evening star., 1919-03-30

Suffrage Association adjourned here
shortly after noon today after fndors-
ing action taken by the League of
Women Voters, composed of suffrage
members from franchise states. look
ing toward remedial legislation affect
ing the meat packing industry and
adopting principles OF an Americana
Zation program. A resolution pledg-
ing support to the Federal Trade Com =
mission in its action to secure reme-
dial legislation dealing with the meat
packing industry was adopted by the
league
Mrs. c. H Brooks Of Wichita, Kans.
was elected permanent chairman Of
the League of Women Voters to serve
until February, 1920.
The league, which is composed of
Evening star., 1919-03-30

tho women Of twenty Ave states, in-
vited the territory Of Alaska to be-
decided to erect q monument in Chey-
enne. Wyo.. where women were first
granted the franchise and indorsed a
plan Of Americanixation for the United
States.
The Americanization plan, AZ ap-
proved, provides:
Compulsory education for all chill
dren between the ages Of six and six
teen, with school attendance provided
for nine months of each year; educa-
ton of i1literate adults: stricter pro-
visions Of naturalization; votes for
women to be given only to those who
are naturalized in their own person
or through naturalization of their
father or mother or husband after a
residence of five years; naturalization
Evening star., 1919-03-30
AMER|CAN|zAnON PLAN
APPROVED BY WOMEN
Suffrage Association Adopts Reso-
luton for Legislation Affecting
Meat-Packing Industry.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. March 29.-The jubi-
lee convention Of the National Woman
Evening star., 1919-03-30
NAMES JAMES T. LLOYD.
Will Head Chamber of Commerce
Public Utilities Committee.

Former Representative James r.
Lloyd OF Missouri has been named
chairman of the public utilities COM
mittee Of the Chamber of Commerce
for 1919. Others named on the com
mittee are: James +. Oyster, vice
chairman; Walter C. Balderston, John
Barrett, Chaplin Brown, L. 3. Burdett,
s. T. Cameron. John G. Capers, Harry
Carroll, Benjamin Crane, J. ". Davis,
Edward 3. Dean. E. c. Graham, Mer-
rift o. Chance. J. M. Denty. Earl God
win, James 3. Henderson. H. S. Hill,
Walter I. Hopkins, Harry King, Phil
King. Ralph w. Lee, Grant Leet, Theo-
dore Picard, Jackson H. Ralston, w.
7. Weaver and J. A. Whitfield.
Evening star., 1919-03-30
Three Bodies, Long Missing, Found

Vice Admiral Sims informed the
Navy Department yesterday that the
bodies of three enlisted men who lost
their lives in the torpedoinG Of the
steamer Westbridge last August Is
had been recovered and buried at
Brest. The men were Firemen Will
liam ]. Porter, Portland. Ore: Robert
]. McConkey. Mount Vernon. Wash,
and Jens 7. u. Nelson. Denmark.
Evening star., 1919-03-30
SUGGESTS CHANGES.
IN NCOURTS-MART|AL.
Lieut.. Col. Porter Believes
Legally Trained Men Should
Conduct Military Trials.
TESTIFIES AT HEARING

Constructive criticism Of the court
martial system of the United States
Army was given by Lieut.. Col. c. V.
Porter of the judge advocate generals
department.. appearing before the
military committee of the American
moons session of the special inquiry
it is making into the administration
of milit..ry justice. Lieut.. Col Porter
has been a practicing lawyer for nine
years. served as camp judge advocate
at Camp Meade, Md. for seven months
and was divisional Judge advocate for
the 10th Division for a number of
months abroad, still later was de-
tailed in a legal capacity to A. T.. F..
headquarters, and is now on duty at
the War Department here.
Evening star., 1919-03-30
His Recommendations.

He is of the opinion that there
should be in the Army a special and
distinct corps of legally trained men
who would serve as judge advocates,
one section to serve the prosecution
and the other the defense in courts
martial.
Another recommendation is the as
signment of counsel to the accused at
the earliest possible moment.
A third is the reduction in the num-
ber of members of general court
three. or, at most, five.
Lieut.. Col. Porter told the inquiry
committee he is convinced the present
court is too large and cumbersome,
especially in the case of an army in
the field. He recommended that the
president of the reduced court should
be man thoroughly versed in law
and capable of passing on questions
of evidence. Many officers who have
served on courts in the field agree
with him, Lieut.. Col. Porter said.
Evening star., 1919-03-30

laws to be- SO changed as to permit
q married woman to be naturalized
on her own qualifications: English to
be the language Of all public and pri-
vate schools: oath of allegiance to the
United States as qualification OF the
vote of all citizens: establishment of
schools Of citizenship in all school dis
tricts and an educational qualification
for every voter
The Illinois delegation has invited
the next national convention to be
held in Chicago.
Evening star., 1919-03-30
Should Be Matter of Record.

Another recommendation is that
when an improper question is asked
by the court" the name of the in
dividual officer asking such a ques-
ton ought to appear in the record.
This. he believed, would tend toward
carefulness. He said there is in the
Army no habit" of taking inexpe-
rienced lieutenants as counsel for the
defense: that usually the most avail
able man, the one with the least to
do. was selected, and that it SO hap
pened that these were usually lieu
tenants or at most captains, and sell
dom as high as majors.
Questioned as to the information
ELECTED yesterday morning, to the eff
feet that material about which ac-
cused or his counsel knows nothing
sometimes goes to the reviewing au-
thority, Lieut.. Col Porter said this
is true, but that. based on his ex-
cedure usually rebounds to the ad-
vantage of the accused. In one such
case in France. he related, this exact
information told of meritorious acts
in the face of the enemy which re-
suited in the acquittal of the soldier.
Excessive Sentences Considered.
Asked if he had noted any disposi-
tion on the part of courts to impose
SASCSSlSo SSutSHCe6, l. CCI- fOEleE
answered in the affirmative, but ex-
planned no one. ever thought the cul-
prits would actually serve them. He
said he cannot see why there should
not be limit to maximum penalties,
If it were provided that in war time
these could be increased 1t had been
stated by officers previously appear
ing that when a maximum penalty
for an offense was definitely known
soldier might weigh in his mind
n a nf rrir
maximum if thereby he could be sent
to the rear and to safety. Col. Porter
said that in France the custom in the
18TH Division, when man detailed
offense, hoping for general court
martial and dishonorable discharge
and safety, was to give him what he
didn't want, namely, a summary
court-martial and change of duty to
some dangerous assignment, like
sticking him in a front-line trench
Questioned by Chairman.
s. S. Gregory of Chicago, chairman
of the committee, then asked If it
could not be inferred that the impor-
lance OF general courts-martial as
a means or maintaining discipline in
the face of the enemy had not been
exaggerated, and the witness admit
ted he thought it had.
Then it's Importance has been ex-
aggerated as one of the military
agencies in obtaining the discipline
which won the war;" pursued the
chairman.
II think perhaps So" admitted the
officer. He then recommended that
some remedy be found to reduce the
time soldier is in durance both be-
fore his trial and afterward. while
the findings go first to the reviewing
and, second, to the confirming au-
thorities.
Mai w. o. Rigby gave testimony
largely as to difference between the
military justice procedure Of this coun-
try and the United Kingdom.
Evening star., 1919-03-30
GzERN|N PLANNED
DEAL WITH KAISER
Wanted German Strength to
Bolster Up Tottering
Austria-Hungary.
By A. r.. DECKER.

Special Cable to The Sunday Star and
the Chicago Daily News. (Copyright,
1913. In the United States and Eu-
ropean countries. All rights re-
served, including that of translation
: fnto foreign languaEesD
PRAGUE, Bohemia, via Paris, March
27.-Among Count Czernin's papers
seized at Prague are numerous re-
views Of the political situation in the
Hapsburg monarchy. Following is
an analysis Of the conditions between
1906 and 1908 from the point of view
of the ruling ring. Apparently Count
Czernin arranged these notes for
later memoirs.
Never-not even in my youth-was
IN doubt that the preservation of the
Hapsburg monarchy could be effected
only through the conscious energy of
the emperor. 1t was just as clear to
no longer come from the then almost
eighty-year-old emperor Francis Jo-
seph. after a reign of sixty years.
with constant fluctuations. Reason
ing similarly with all the politicians
of my time, I thought only to hold
the situation together and lead to n
1ate er bearer of the crown the possi-
bility of action. The heirs to the
throne were the ArChduke tTaHZ anu.
because of his morganatic marriage
with Duchess Sophie of Hohenberg,
not his sons, but his nephew, Arch
duke Carl Qater emperor).
Archduke Carl to me was at that
time a closed and seemingly also a
somewhat uninteresting book. He
was more Saxon than Hapsburg in
outward appearance. He was child
ish under his years and had no inter
est in politics. During his first visit
in Vigar I tried without result to talk
with him on political subjects MAR
,ginal note-he was then first lieuten-
ant in Brandeis). During horse
back ride which I took with him
alone a few weeks later in 1908 and
occasionally during later conversa-
tions I noticed that he did not have
in his mind even a suspicion of the
Fundamental al basis Of constitution:
I decided to call the attention of
Archduke Franz to this great error
in the education of his nephew.
Evening star., 1919-03-30

800 miles east Of New York as the re-
suit Of damage to her rudder. The
steamer El Sol was reported As stand
ing by. Announcement was made that
an ocean-going tug had been sent to
aid the Scranton.
Evening star., 1919-03-30
.HAASE CHARGES BERLIN
CRUELTY BRANDS RACE
Leader of Independent Socialists
Declares World Revolution on
in Full Force.
CabIegram to The Sunday Star and the
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1919.

BERLIN, March 29-In fiery
denuciation of the reign of white
terror instituted by the government
during the recent Spartacan troubles,
Hugo Haase, leader of the inde-
pendent socialist party, declared be-
fore the national assembly in Weimar
today:
Hundreds of persons have been
put to death against all law, and the
cruelest murders conceivable have
characterized the governments mill
tary procedure during the last few
weeks. Humanity itself has been
branded through these deeds. Prison
ers who surrendered without arms
have been murdered.
"No Pardon Imaginable"
mo pardon is Imaginable for such
acts of barbarism. Under the new
czaristic system inaugurated by Gen.
Noske suspected prisoners are beaten
with whips till their shrieks make it
impossible for residents in the vicinity
to endure the situation any longer.
One man in prison was shot for no
other crime than that ne had known
Liebknecht when the latter was alive.
The czariStic measures were start
ed because of the fairy tale from
Lichtenberg that sixty policemen
"eiS ny spar ldCdIlsIl. II is
charge has been disproved by the fact
that the policemen in question are
still alive.
I'VE must not overlook Hungary
dominated by communists and Ru-
mania's revolution which, if victor
ious, will bring communism. 1t must
be our business to open communica-
ton with the east. The world revolu-
ton is now on in full force. Beware"
Bolshevism Spreads in Posen.
COPENHAGEN, March 2s.-The
Berlin Tages Zeitung reports that
bolshevism is spreading in the city Of
Posen, especially among the troops.
Three hundred soldiers, the dispatch
them have been shot.
Organization of German Senate.
wEIMAR. Friday. March % (by
the Associated Press).-The commit
tee on German constitution of the
national assembly agreed today, after
long debate. upon the makeup of the
national council or senate. IT will be
composed of one member for each
100000 Of population, with districts
having a surplus of more than 100000
receiving an additional member
Ii by this arrangement the repre-
sentation of Prussia falls below
twenty -four members, new plan will
be worked out to give Prussia at least
twenty-four. States with less than
100000 population will have a repre-
sentative only il it is recognized that
they have special economic rights.
These conditions will remain in
force for two years, when each state
will be given, at least one representa-
tive, with one representative for each
100000 Of population in the larger
states.
No state may have more than two
ffths of the total vote.
Evening star., 1919-03-30

this matter Of holy alliance and I
did not wish to bother you with a
repetition of my request, but as true
servant of your imperial highness l
must repeat here that lay the great
est stress upon it that this agreement
should be brought about in time on
account of above mentioned reasons,
while we still have no complications.
On the other hand, ktiser Wilhelm has
already spoken to me repeatedly re-
garding the possibilities of such an
alliance and he always was in favor
of the idea. Therefore. 1 believe we
could win him to it, but one would
have to do it without any reference
to the Hungarian question so that it
would not appear that we needed him,
but he us
Ferdinand Not for World War.
The following document from Count
Czernin's papers is of the highest i'm
portance because it lends color to the
belief that Franz Ferdinand was
against world war. 1t will be re-
called that from various sources the
story has been told of Kaiser Will
helms visit to konopischt month
before the killing of the archduke in
1914. He is said to have demanded
war against the Slavs. Ferdinand is
said to have repulsed the suggestion.
this resulting in a furious outburst on
the part of the kaiser. The following
letter bears out the statement that
Franz Ferdinand did not want war
with Serbia in 1909:
Serbian war turmoil.
Winter and spring of 1909.
Bosnia annexed by Aehrenthal.
Serbia is protesting; supported by
Russia and England.
The archduke asked me after dinner
in st. Moritz if I would like to become
his ordnance officer in case of war
accepted with thanks.
Archduke very much against war
Conrad for war). The archduke
says: I'VE will overrun the Serbians
at the first onslaught. but Europe says
Halt and commands peace. 1t will
cost us SO and so many millions and a
few thousand deaths, and we have
nothing out of it,
Evening star., 1919-03-30
Weapon Against the Magyars.

IF we should succeed-and If your
imperial highness go desires it will
succeed-in concluding a clearly writ
ten treaty with Kaiser Wilhelm
xgains, every revolution this docu-
for all negotiations with the Magyars.
As soon as this people have noticed
that we are prepared for all eventual
tiles they will become tractable.
HYour imperial highness did not
treat with me any further regarding