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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-28
Flour Dealers License
Sale of Flour Regulated By Gov
ernment

New York, June 24.-Julius Barnes.
United States wheat director. an
nounced tonight that President Wilson
has signed a proclamation putting un-
der license Of the wheat director per-
sons, firm, corporations and associa-
tons dealing in wheat, wheat -four, or
baking products manufactured either
wholly or partly from wheat -four.
The only exceptions are farmers and
small bakers.
The proclamation, which goes into
effect July Is, applies to the "busi-
ness of storing Or distributing wheat,
or manufacturing, storing or distribut-
ing wheat -four" as well as to the
manufacture of bread Or other bakers
products either wholly or partly from
wheat flour. The exceptions are listed
as follows:
"(a) Bakers and manufacturers OF
bakery products whose consumption
of flour in the manufacture Of such
products, is in the aggregate less
than so barrels per month.
"(b) Retailers and farmers or co
operative associations of farmers or
other persons with respect to the pro-
ducts OF any farm or other land
owned, leased or cultivated by them" ;"
Common carriers are required to get
on or before July Is a license from
Mr.. Barnes "in such form, under such
conditions and under such rules and
regulations governing the conduct of
the business as he may from time to
time prescribe
Blank forms to be used in apply
ing for such licenses may be OBJ
tained by the zone agents Of the grain
corporation in Baltimore, Chicago,
Galveston, Minneapolis, Kansas City,
New Orleans, On Philadelphia,
Portland, Ore, st. >uis, San Fran
cisco, Buffalo and Duluth. After the
applications have been filed out they
must be sent to the wheat director
at Washington.
The proclamation states that "any
person, firm, corporation or associa-
ton other than those herein before
excepted who shall engage in or car
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-28
CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRIES.

The attitude toward congressional
investigation said to have been assum-
ed by the War Department is the only
enc consistent either with the interests
Of the nation or of the administration
whose acts are questioned. Secretary
Baker is quoted as saying:
.sef course congress is going to in
gestigate the management of the war.
Congress- not only should conduct
such an investigation. but Congress
would be derelict in its duty if It did
not investigate Where billions Of dol
lars.haye been expended, there, can be
no objection to the most exhaustive
sort of investigation and auditing of
accounts
Orders have been given, according
IS. that all employees of the depart
ment shall cooperate fully and
promptly with the probers. 1t is
even announcer that for some time
I the department has been collecting
and preparing data to facilitate the
big inquiry.
1t will be fortunate if this policy is
followed in every department whose
work is subjected to scrutiny by the
majority in Congress. It will be for
tunate, too, if the investigation COM
mittees, where they find such Sit
uation, win go about their task in an
equally frank spirit. In any event.
little is to be gained either by con-
cealment or distortion. Facts will
out.
PERIODICAL Investigations OF this sort
are really one Of the big benefits in
cident to the American two-party
system rof. government. Each party
knows that, sooner or later, it will
berelegated to minority, role and
called upon for an accounting. 1t is
wen for everybody concerned to ac-
cept the logic Of the case, and have
as little unpleasantness about the
matter as possible.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-28
NORMAL EMPLOYMENT.

Some Of the big industrial centers
are reporting shortage of labor. One
Of the United States Employment Bu-
reau superintendents says: "We have
more jobs than we have applicants.
Unemployment at this time is Ger
tainly as low as in normal times. We
have a, particular demand for COM
mon and senai-skilled labor. There
are jobs awaiting men in almost ey-
cry line. Formerly we had the men,
but no jobs. Conditions are now re-
versed.p
Such conditions probably exist to a
much larger extent than most people
unfamiliar with the labor ..aarket
would believe. So much has been
said about dull times that the degrt G
of Industrial depression has been ex-
aggerated all along in the public
mind. Strangely enough, conditions
seem to have been improving almost
without the public knowing anything
about it.
Two things tend especially to les
sen unemployment at this time. One
is the demand for farm labor, to har
vest the big crops. The other is the
growing emigration of alien work.
men. To these must be added the
increasing absorption of labor as va
rious industries, little by little, re-
turn to about normal production.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-28
NEW YORK COTTON MAHKEr.
CROP REPORT.
Synopsis Of Weather and Crop Condi-
tons in South Carolina for The
Week Ending June d

koyA1opSlc Cl w CdC1ACI dlIu SIOp SOulus
tons in South Carolina for The
Week Ending June p.
Columbia, June 25.-Cotton, on the
whole, has made seasonable growth
during the past week and is in good
to excellent condition. The dry wealth
er was favorable for cultivation, and
fields are free from grass. Blooming
is-4general in southern portions, and
scattered blooms are appearing in
the central counties. Corn, through
out the State, is in rather poor con-
dition Much Of it is firing" and
tasseling prematurely, especially in
the uplands. There is considerable
complaint Of insects in northern and
central counties. Tobacco is fair to
good, with some very good. Grain
has been practically all housed. The
peach and apple crops are reported
very light in northern counties. Car
den and truck crops are looking
we'll. Copious rains would improve
practically all crops.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-28

rows, should be Civ at intervals
Of one week, or as ION after each
rain as soil conditions will permit,
until good stand is obtained; after
which, such as may be necessary to
keep the crop in high state Of cu!-
tivation. Under normal conditions,
from 80 to 110 days from planting
will be required to make the crop.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-28
ALBANIA WANTS ONLY LIBERTY.

Tirana, Albania, May (By MaiD-
Albania desires nothing from the
Peace Conference except its liberty.
It wants neither mandates nor pro-
tectorates but simply self-governmens.
The simple mountaineers trust the
soldiers of no nation and the presence
of foreign uniforms in their mountain
Businesses serves only to goad then
into revolt against the invader.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-28

~ on any business above specified af-
ter July 1 5 without first securing the
license, or shall carry on any such
business when such license is sus-
pended or after such license is re-
voked will be liable to the penalties
by law"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-28

A .billion-dollar wheat CROP used
to be the American farmers dream
Of opulence. And now, just figure up
what 100000 bushels Of wheat
are worth at s2.26 bushel.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-28

AND SUPPLIES have
lately received a few Georgia made;
hives and fpmes-s and 10 frame.
size. Also on hand sections and.
foundation for comb honey. NJ G::::
Osteen, $50 W. Hampton Ave.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-28

FOR SALE-Or will trade for dry
cattle several Jersey heifers or
young COWS with young calves. IL.
w Dabbs, Mayesville, S. G. r. Il.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-28

No'one man, no one legislative body.
no one party, is going to settle the
fate Of the League Of Nations. The
people will decide And the wise
statesmen will avoid committing him
self irretrievably until he hears from
thaYo
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-28

The electric fan certainly has the
palm leaf beaten for efficiency. That
is, if the owner knows enough to use
it for blowing the cool air into a
room, or the hot air out, instead of
merely stirring the same dead air
around and around.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-28
Cotton Market
LOCAL.

LOCAL.
P. G. BOWMAN, Cotton Buyer.
Corrected Daily at 1a o'clock Noon).
Good Middling SO IA.
Strict Middling 81 ga.
Middling 81 IA.
Strict Low Middling "a "a.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-28

SALESMAN WANTED-To solicit or
ders for lubricating oils. greases:
and paints. Salary gr commissions.
Address The LennoN Oil & Paint
Co. Cleveland. O. sisE
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-28

BEEsWAx WANTED-Any quantity
large or small Am paying best:
cash price. See me If you have
any. N. G. Osteen.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-13

regiment was joined with other com
mands to form the Hath Infantry.
A number of the regiments sick and
wounded are still in France. Replace
ments have been made in the regiment s
strength from twenty eight other states,
although the men of New Jersey are
somewhat in the majority.
Among the Camden soldiers who
marched today were:
Sergeant William !. Wagner. $40
South Fourth street; James l.. Harris,
52j Line street; Guy G. llappcrsett.
10 Washington street: Walter Craig.
1921 Broadway; Edward s. Gaylord,
1924 Howell street Joseph Bujnicki,
11JS Mechanic street; First Sergeant
Allen II. Kline. II South Thirty see
ond street George W. Johnson. 924
Carpenter street; Paul II. Frcdcricks,
POS Washington street; Charles Stein,
314 South Fourth street; James J
Quirk, S33 Lawrence street; Harry Il.
Stanley, DO Friends avenue; Edward
B. Jones. 2G1 Kaighn avenue; Benja
min Williamson. 1919 Chase street AL
hert L. Shapes. SO Vine street Harry
Il. Jones, Ills North Eighteenth street :;
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-13
HERO FIRST
CLAIMANT FOR JOB
New Law Gives Soldier, Sailor
and Marine Priority in
Public Place

Atlantic City. May l3.-Political
jobscckcrs all over Jersey were given n
terrific Jolt today when the Rev. Abncr
II. Lucas. president of pershing
Trench Soriety of the World War,
called their attention by proclamation
to new state law giving fighting men
first mortgage upon every public once.
gilagc. town. city, county or state, for
which there is qualified soldier can
didntc.
The act. which was drawn by Carl
ton Godfrey, n former speaker of the
House of Assembly, one of the founders
Of the Society of the World War, and
introduced by Arthur \. Picrson. pres
cnt speaker and member Of the World
War Society, was approved by Cover
nor Edge on April II, II amends an
act providing priority for Civil War
veterans in state appointments. which
has been totally disrcgardCd for several
years.
Iu.its very sweeping provisions the
new law now effective throughout the
state sets forth that lin every public
department and in every part or branch
Of the public service and upon all pub
lie works of the state and of the cities
counties, towns. villages and munici-
palitics in the state and also in all
nOnCOmpctitivC examinations under
civil service rules. laws or regulations
wherever they apply, honorably dis
charged soldiers. sailors and marines
who have served in any war in which
this country is now or has been en-
gagged shall be preferred for appoint
mcnt. employment or promotion.
"Agc, loss of limb or other physical
impairment which does not incapacitate
shall not be deemed to disqualify them,
provided they possess the business ca
pncity necessary to discharge the du-
tics of the position involved. and no
hOnOrably discharged soldier. sailor or
marine holding any city, village. town,
county or state position shall be re-
moved except for incompct"ncy or mis-
conduct after due hearing.
The drastic act specifies further that
any attempt to bring about the re
moval of any fighting man from office
by reducing the pay or abOlishing the
Office for political reasons shall be
deemed a misdCmcanor' and the fight
ing man affected shall have the right to
recover damages.
There is further provision that the
act shall not apply to the position of
private secretary or deputy of an Off
cial or department or to any person
holding Il strictly confidential position.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-13
"0PEN HOUSE" TO SOLDIERS
Clubs VIII Entertain Visiting Off,
GERS and Their Wives

The Officers Army and Navy Club
at POI. South Eighteenth street, will
open its doors for the entertainment of
visiting officers, beginning Wednesday
and continuing during their stay 10
Philadelphia.
The Acorn Club has extended the
hospitality of its rooms at 1918 Walnut
street to the wives of the visiting off
GERS. The cafeteria in the Army and
Navy Club will also be open to the
officers wives.
Final arrangements have not been
completed, but plans are being made for
special dinner and dance to be given
in honor of the commanders and their
wives.
Mrs. Dobson Altemus is in charge
of the committee for the reception of
officers and associated with her is Mrs.
StOtesbury.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-13
HOLIDAY IN GLOUCESTER
School Children and Shipworkers to
View Parade Here

The Gloucester City public schools
and most of the business houses in that
city and probably the shipyards will be
closed on Thursday so that the children
and employees can view the parade of the
Iron Division in Philadelphia.
The board of education ordered the
schools closed, and some of the teach =
ers will head their pupils on the trip.
The business men have posted signs that
they will be closed until after the pa
rade.
In many other nearby towns in South
Jersey similar action has been taken.
This morning the school children and
employees Of business houses in Glou-
cester arranged to see the parade in
Camden today because part of the old
Third Regiment participated.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-13

The big victory loan bell was rung,
and the bell in the tower of st. Johns
Church, at Broadway and Royden
street, as the troops passed.
At Broadway and Newton avenue,
where the parade turned, there was
momentary confusion in the crowd, but
order was soon restored and no one was
injured. The only accident occurred at
Broadway and Pine street. Dory
Cbrun, thirty one years old, of Beckett
street, Camden. was leaning from a
third story window in q theatre build
ing and lost his balance. In falling he
struck a four year old boy, James
Watson. 60S Line street. Cbrun was
taken to the Cooper Hospital, where it
was found that his skull was frac-
tured. The boys leg was broken.
/ The parade turned over Newton ave
nue. to Haddon avenue, where several
thousand school children sang and
cheeret: then to Fourth street and
Kaighn avenue, returning to Broadway,
to Newton avenue, to Haddon avenue
and thence to the Third Regiment
Armory, at Haddon avenue and Mickle
street.
At the armory the parade halted and
the men had lunch. Mrs. Frank F.
Patterson. with 400 Red Cross workers
from Camden and South Jersey points,
had hot meal ready for the boys.
A Welcome Feast
They did full justice to it. There
was vegetable SOUP hot and homemade !;
plentiful chicken salad, potted tongue
and cold ham, sandwiches, rolls, smok-
ing coffee topped off with ice cream, and
a plentiful supply of cigarettes.
The lunch certainly looked good to
the hungry crowd of soldiers. They had
been on the train since midafternoon
yesterday. Their breakfast this morning
so some of them confessed at the
station when waiting for the parade to
start-had consisted mainly of "canned
willy" hash. "We had enough canned
willy in the trenches" one doughboy
explained, Though even that did taste
good sometimes. But we're home now"
They had home cooking to delight the
inner man of the homesickest boy in
the crowd. And while they dealt with
the meal, the bands of the State Militia
and State Reserves played an accom-
paniment to the rafting forks and
spoons.
Outside the armory, in the big square
opposite the county courthouse, the men
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-13
Keystone Men in Line

There were at least two red Ksystones
worn by men who marched ia the
parade. The wearers were Privates
Johu Peuyo-s and Adam Postpo. beth
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-13

Carl Sipe. 40j Market street; .Johr
Clark. 102 South Eighth street; Carlc
ton Il. Durham, 1912 Line street; Dan
iel +. Grimes, 623 Vine street; DaviC
Imkoff, 56S Roydcn street John De
lancey. 1893 Whitman avenue: Walter
Truland. 21T River avenue; John j
Kccfe. 1882 Marion street; Ralph G.
Miller, 531, Linden street; Joseph l.,
Humphreys. 112 East State street Guy
A. Smith. 331 Mechanic street Fred
erick l.. Stewart. 3OJ Wilson street
William l.. Stout. Jr, $40 Grant
street Buckley Smith. 42G IIaddon ave
nuo: Augustus Iarkin, G3l North
Fifth street Nathan +. Perrinc. IO7
South Third street Joseph Quigloy, 12C
Clinton street: Albert II. LoughCd. 24O
Kaighn avenue.
Men From South Jersey
Soldiers from South Jersey towns in
cludcd:
Nelson NJ. lTcrker. Mount Holly
Samuel L. Unruh, Haddonficd: Albert
s. Murphy, Palmyra; Louis D.
Mitchell. Salem; William +. Williams
'"u''St'I NllI'u y, ''llpS. l GbnIOn
Clifford Mixner, Bridgeton; Wilmer II.
CARL. Bridgcton; Edward +. Miller
Mount Holly; Charles Goslin. Salem
Lewis Rotenbury. Beverly; Winfield
Scott, Atlantic City; Charles Sleigh
Pensaukcn; Russell Woolston. Mooros
town; Norman Lippincott. Burlington
Herbert Peterson. Trenton; Harry
Boozer, Burlington; James .Woods
Collingswood James Turner. Bridg"
ton; William Dohcrty. Gloucester; Ed
ward Quig, Burlington Albert Perkins
Merchantvillc; Robert Godfrey, Mill.
vile: Oliver Drummond. Salem; Pau
Gotta. Burlington; Michael Reed
Mount Holly; Frank Reed, Bridgctor
James Durham. Millvillc; John Dol.
bow. Salem; Joseph Crcamcr. Mill.
vile: LarnCr Hand Mllvllc: JOSEPH
Eastlack. Swcdcsboro; Luther Bozcart
| l'ridgcton; Frank Baumcistcr. Glou
cestcr: Albert lloffncr. Brdgcton vii.
liam Ryan, Millvillc: William McDon
aid. Brdgctou: Howard Barraclough
Port Norris: Ralph Evcrly, Millvillc
Edward MaIlow, Mllvillc; Walter
lieiSlcr, Trenton: Charles Sutton. Col
JbSfIl SlIlOn, hpfcnnnI
vile; George Rcitz. Mcrchantville Ed
gar Ayars, BridGeton Elwood Brick
ley. Mcrhcantvillc; Howard Glass
Mount Holly; Benjamin Fitzpatrick
MOor"Stown John Evans. New Egypt
Nelson Mitchell. Bordcntown: Charles
Ruddcrow. CollingSwood Francis Nor
riS. Burlington: James Gutterson.
Ninrland: William Elder. Edwin Ir-
win. Rudd llaiucS. Howard Miller
burlington: George Whtrraft. Edgar
Van kirt. Beverly; John conroy
Mount Holly; William Crane. Buring
ton; William Bryant. Mount Holly
Joseph Sandusky. ROcbling: John
Foley, burlington; Alonzo Hollings
head. Cape May; Irwin Kccch. Bur
lington; Joseph Mullen, Florence
Ernest Smith, Wildwood; Paul War
rcn, Milton Lewis. Mount Holly: Harry
l.. Neal, Burlington; George Gocdrow
Ocean city: Harry Whitmcycr. Bur
lington; Edward Lawrence, Borden
town.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-13

Of Pittsburgh, who were transferred
from the Twenty eighth Division to the
Fifty third at Newport News with the
arm insignia of their present regiment.
but with little red Keystones in their
pockets. In some mysterious way. dur
ing the long train journey to PhIa-
dclphia, the red Keystones were trans
ferred to the shoulders of their tunics.
ana they came back as they had gone.
bearing the badge of the famous division
to which they first had belonged. Though
in no sense Pennsylvania organization,
tpe Fifty third Pioneers had a large
proportion of Pennsylvanians on its
roster. Those men who came from the
eastern states, including many from
pennsylvania. few from New Jersey
and very few from Vermont, were
sent up with the present contingent to
be demobilized at Dix.
Captain KilliaY, commander of the
contingent, was ~nxious to know how
long it would be until his men were
demobilized. He was a Pennsylvania
guardsman originally. haiing from
Philadelphia, and is very ap<<5us to get
to town in time to help welcome the
Twenty eighth in its parade Thursday.
He related that his men ought to be
ready for demobiIizat;on s,iftIr nc tbay
have been "delousad,, tworty fo,,r
times in France and Americo
|. T,o ia. ,
r.ano ne 80, ~" won many hon9rs II,
n,na an.e ,,, anu nus iarse proportion OF
~ 1n VIM n''e oeen given iheuais ior
C r",or' no.n 'ne i'lS'ihsuiShed service
o.os' anu 'he rrench ,rolN ue "uerre
Terc m worn ny men III line TO-DAY. Inc
lns''isneu service '!oSS was won
y, W seven men oi 'ne regiment VINO are
iNlns anu ny nine VINO are oead'
-Nplons tnoSe VINO wore one decoration
VI 'he otner' III 'hc paraae To-Day were
IrlVa'e oon,, SroW' OF Saien'' y. DE-
inn ,nassonos fnor, kooa,Ia,, ~, =" ~
go ill., ,,,,,a, - Ia1 Laos ,,sa
Cban1oin Cnur af %on,,nI. vn ,n
has hoth I,o nistiro,,ishoJ So mo
Cnoss o,d tIo Cnai,, dn go ,,.;tt,
nain, ond stan. pr;,ato coauaa coiaon
D;at;nn,,;sbod Me-, con,,iaa Cnos,,s Co.eoi,
H., paton,on n;st;,nr;sLoa Sarr';an
c., and ;a',+onont ~ u;ona,,
nietincnisbod Sonr;aa Cross
Officers Lead Parade
At the head of the parade behind
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-13
Jobs Without Test for Veterans

Harrisburg, May ~. - The Senate
and House have adoDted resolution,
presented by Senator Ware, of Philadelr
phia, requesting the civil service COM
mission of Philadelphia to permit the
employment of soldiers. sailors and ma
rines in the public service without the
necessity Of passing civil service exami
nations. f'f N '.l
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-13

The discovery that James Smith,
thirty six years old, of Bouvier street
near Reed, patient in the insane ward
of the Philadelphia Hospital, who died
in that institution yesterday, had a
fracture of both jaws, has caused the
coroner to start an Investigation as to
how the man received his injuries, En-
ployes of the hospital were unable to
give Deputy Coroner Blum any infor-
nation.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-28

lated with a number OF catchy songs
and dances.
Mr.. Hopper's characterization of
old Rili'' is perfect He Is the typ
zeal British officer. the "Old Contenp-
tible'' who stood the gaff at Mons and
who heined hlast The German hopes
at Tire Marne- Grumbiing all the
time at his imaginary wrongs, but
ready at the drop of the hat TO fight
for himself or his pals, he inJects into
his comrades--and incidentally into
the audience--that one really wonders
that the Boches were able to hold out
AS long as they did.
In this play replete with character
ytudies, The contributions of BERT"
and AFT are undergraduate portraits
which have done much to bring
sparkei and aumor to this play, which
Is beyond cavil the much-sought new
idea In stage offerings.
There is an interesting chorus
which is both usually and vocaily at
tactive. Seat sale tomorrow.