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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-07-26

pie and system ofstreet car lines OF
large mileage. permitting very long
rides, the public today is getting II
rides for fifty cents, though paying
an extra cent for transfer. The stock
holders are paid guaranteed divi-
dend OF per cent. which may soon
be raised to per cent. There is j
surplus of about 100000 in the
safety-valve fund which automatical-
ly regulates the rate of fare. The
fare has just been lowered from the
straight five cents that has prevailed
for a year or so. Employees have
been granted liberal raise, winning
ell their demands. The present rate
Of fare is said to provide enough
money for every legitimate purpose.
and there is no prospect of raising it
in the near future.
Is Cleveland freak town. able 20
do what no other city can do? Or
are the trolley experts wrong about
it, and is the little old nickel a just
rate of fare after all, when q street
car system has the water squeezed out
and IS managed efficiently under pub
lie supervision?
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-07-26
UNFORTUNATE TROLLEY LINES

The trolley lines Of the United
States generally speaking. are in a
bad way A street railway expert
says that they need 81 1.0G0. 100000 3
year to enable them to meet public
demands. two thirds of it new capita!
and third to be used for refund
ing outstanding obligations. Needless
to say. they have rot been getting it.
The most obvious thing to do is to
raise fares This is difficult. however
as the expert explains because fares
are fixed by franchise or municipal
regulation, and the public is still
ilnbued with the -cent-fare idea
though the nickel fare was never
very profita ble, and it would be dim,
today if it had kept pace with cur
rent depreciations." Still, the public
is getting used to it, for dozens of
cities have raised their fare rate in
the last few months. varying all the
way from FIVE to ten cents
The situation is undeniably bad for
most of the trolley companies But
one curious fact oubtrudes Itself into
the argument. In the city Of Cleve-
land, which has nearly 100000 pee
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-07-26
FOLLOWING A BEE LINE.

Not many farms can boast Of TO-
100000 laborers, but there is a farm
in northern Ohio which has this dis
tinction. It belongs to a man named
Quirin, and his business is raising bees
for market
Incidentally Mr.. Quirin sells few
thousand pounds of honey every sea-
son, but that is just a side-line. The
bee line is his real profession.
Every now and then he sells a
queen bee for $500. and plain ordinary
queens bring IS.
The person who is contemplating
going into business might do worse
than to study up on the bee question.
For this bee-keeper makes a good liv-
ing, and says that the outloc'1 for the
future is very bright, since the eco
nonlic position of the honey bee is
meeting more recognition every day
from forticulturists, and the gov
ernment is lending its assistance to
the keeper of bees far more than in
the past.
OF course, bee-keeping is primarily
a business where one is liable to get
stung. Still. when if comes to making
things hum, no occupation excels it.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-07-26
THE SUPERIOR PEOPLE.

The word common" IN the sense
of vulgar. beneath the average in some
desirable respects, is a familiar one.
Just what does it mean? People in
high places often deserve the ''com-
mon' stigma. people in low1y ones are
often the real aristocrats.
Frank Crane attempts in the Aug
ust American magazine to define the
difference between commonness and
superiority in people. He sets forth
ten tests by which to try a mans or
woman's fneness. Whoever can meet
those tests is a superior person. II
not, he is common. And Df. Crane
grants that most people are superior
or common in streaks. These are
the marks by which. he says you may
know the Superior One:
1. He is Spiritual-meaning that
his joys are more of the mind than
the body.
II. He likes Simplicity. He uses
simple words. has simple habits, eats
simple food, finds pleasure in simple
forms of play.
Ill He likes to Serve.
". He is above his pleasures. h
has pleasures. but none of them ars
bigger than he is. He can put by any
or all of them for principle.
V. He is Clean. He may have 20
get dirty in the course Of work or SER
vice, but at the first opportunity he
cleans up. His thoughts and actions
are clean and wholesome.
VI. He is never Bitter. Pessimism
is the philosophy of vulgarity. Rising
ABOVE disaster marks the hero.
VII. He does not like to Show Off
VIII. He is Gentle. All noise is
waste. God is in the still. small voice.
IL. He is Minded. Pride
learns nothing. Humility is teach:
able. Pride is beggar for praise.
Humility is royal, walking free of fear.
ard favor.
X. The superior Man IS one with
whom Familiarity Does Not Brced
Contempt He wears well. Friends
do not tire of him. He has the Last
ing Quality.
These. then, are the ten tests. Are
you superior? Or are you common:
Or are you both in streaks?
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-07-26

the present month. is only about 81
900, 100000
The war is not over yet, at least
from the standpoint of expenditure
1t will still cost many hundred mil
lions to bring the troops home and
clear up all the odds and ends Of eX-
pense. But against this continuing
cost NAV be set the large sums tie
rived from the sale of ships and
military supplies. The government
may get enough, or neaH,y enough.
from these sources, to pay ali the
bills coming due from now on rntil
the war and navy departments arc re-
established on peace basis.
Making due allowance tor the pos
sibilits- of keeping troops in Ger
many for a longer time than anyone
anticipated. thus postporing demop-
ilization. and also making liberal al
lowance for other Unforeseen demands
it hardly seems likely that the wat
debt at the close of the present year
will be more than $4,000. 100000.
That is one of the smallest debts
borne today by any Of the big pow
ers. 1T is ahsurdly small when meas
ured by the resources Of the United
States. especially when we consider
the proportion Of the other powers
debts to their resources. 1t is PROB
ably { per cent of our national wealth
We could pay it off in three years
If VIC chose. without breaking our
necks financially.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-07-26
THE AMERICAN WAR DEBT.

There are so many conflicting ver-
sicns of the nations war GeDt THAI il
is just as we'll to get the matte..
straight.
That debt is not $So.ooo,ooo.o oGo.
according to common impression y
is not anywhere near that much. The
government actually expended fol
war purposes, from April G. 1917. un-
til juno 30. 1919. the close of the last
fiscal year. q little more than $40 0G0.-
900. 900. It must be remembered.
however, that $4,000, 0Oo,0"0 or more
consists Of loans to the Allies. nearly
all of which are perfectly good. That
$4,000. 900 900, therefore. is not liza
bility but an asset. That reduces ouc
actual war expenditure to $21,000,-
100000.
Of the latter sum, about 50, 900, ,O00.-
900 is taken care of by current tax
alton. AS result, the actual war
debt, estimated for the beginning Of
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-07-26
NOW FOR THE FLU GERM:

The influenza is happily waning.
Butt is just as well not to rejoice un-
duly. It may come back, with de-
vastating effect.
One of the most discouraging things
about this disease is that, unlike most
epidenaies, it does not confer i'm
naunfty. It's victims may catch it
again within few months. For all
anybody knows, they may get it over
and over, until it "gets" them. And
ike individuals, whole communities
and nations are subject to recurrent
attacks.
1T is estimated that this battling
plague took 100000 American lives
last fall and winter, and as a result
of death and disability cost the nation
more than $4,000, ,ooo,eoe We do not
want that to happen again next winter
or any subsequent winter.
There is much force, then, ir,<he
appes by secretaEahe for a
congressional appropriation to pay the
cost OF finding out exactly what this
enemy is, and conquering it.
.If there is an insect that can lie
dormant II years" he argues. "it is
equally possible that there is a bacil
lus that may lie dormant through
certain period, becoming active at
sfated intervals and producing the pc
fiodie waves that mark certain dis
eases. The bacillus of influenza should
be isolated and identified, so that we
may be able to cope with it in future
appearances.
..Once the bacillus is found, medical
men can evolve some way to kill it OR
make it drunk so it won't work. That
has been found to be the most effec-
tive method of rendering many germs
inactive
We made the Huns-the war germs
Of the human race-iDactive, at a
huge cost It is just as necessary
to subdue the flu germs. And by
setting to work the ablest medical
scientists in the country. with the best
facilities obtainable, it can probably
be accomplished for mere fraction
OF per cent Of what this enemy has
cost us during the past year.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-07-26

the value Of credit # she respects
what she owns, she respects what she
owes.
Business is done for cash or cred
it; the other thing is charity.
Credit comes TO al end when a
man can't pay his bills. Cash buSi-
ness stops when q man can pay mon
ey.'
No one with decent pride or self
respect wants to be the object 6
charity. yet Judged By these stand
ards the number of charitable cases
in the buying world today is enor-
nous.
Thrift alone will raise the iat;i, i,:-
1aI from the charity class to the good
customer class and keep him there.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-07-26

mercial life of the country. Acct
dents grow fewer month by month.
Mail services become stabilized and
dependable. The future of air bus
mess rapidly becomes the present. 1t
does not do to underestimate the val
ue and the effects upon life of the air
service. No longer a. matter of vague
visions, air traffic has become a real
ity. 1t is here.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-07-26
WOMEN PREACHERS.

A fierce discussion is raging over
in England as to whether women
shall be admitted to the Episcopal
clergy.
Ali the old arguments are being in
trcduced by both sides. and thus far
the matter is in a deadlock.
The same controversy has ragged in
almost every religious sect since time
began. But truly there is no good
reason, scriptural or otherwise, why
women should not make Just as good
ministers as men. Most women ars
o5- nature more deeply religious than
most men. Many women are good
speakers. having charm and gift
Of persuasiveness seldom equaled hy
the stronGer Sex. And women are by
nature sympathetic and tender. It
should be easy for them to deal with
questions involving human nature
and its SORROWS.
Breaking with old customs is al
ways slow. hard process. and for
women to take their place arlcns tbs
clergy in the Church OF England VIII
ps notable change, but that any'
menace to morals Or manners would
accompany the change is hard to be
IieVn
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-07-26
Frank II. Barrett.

The announcement that AIr. E. Fl.
Moses. for many years the manager
of the Sumter Lighting Company will
continue in the same capacity when
the city takes charge on September
1st is the :.ast assurance that TIE
plant will continue TO operate as well
as heretofore until the new macilin-
cry can be installed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-07-26

The Nation can get out of the
League Of Nations in two years if it
disapproves of the League. The ma
ton can get one-third of the United
States senator's out OF their jobs in
less than two years if it disapproveS
of them
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-07-26
EIonors for Lloyd George
King George Anxious to Bestow
Honor on War Premier )

London, July 24-lling George IS
eager 10 bestow an honor on Premier
Lloyd George in recognition OF MS
services insthe war and at the peace
conference and the form the honor IS
to take is being discussed in court cir
cies, says The Mirror.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-07-26
Cotton Market
local.
-1SzczEE-EEEDEEnnE

p. C. BOWMAN. Cotton Buyer.
Corrected Daily ct II O'clock -Noon).
Good Dfiddling 81 81.
Strict Middline, "a Ii.
MidGling 3" 81.
Strict Low MidGling 81 3-4.
Low MiddlinS 20 Ia.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-07-26
GOOD CUSTOMERS.

The War Savings Committee Of
one Of the middle western States has
few things to say about good Gus
toners:
when the town is flush with mon
ey. almost any customer is q good cus-
toner But when thc wheels $ o.,
business can be done only with tie
man VINO has cash or credit.
The man who mas :;oiuetling sa1e:1
Is the only good customer when Zines
arc dull. If u man did not save wil"n
times were easy. he cannot be a sooi
credit risk.
'"The woman who IS q good custom
er can be recognize, ;bc minute SIC
comes into a store.
'sIf she knows how to buy. she
knows the value Of goods. she know
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-07-26
The .Aland Islands

-- ,.s':si- ;etss:sstss;,::t4 -
Paris, July 24.-The Baltic COM
mission of the peace ccnfeTence pre-
scnted report today, recommending
;l,a; the Aland Islands betwesn Swed-
en- AID FINLAND at the mouth Of me
Gulf Of Botllnia be naturaiiZed under
guarantees of the League Of Nations.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-07-26
SairsIaG;es Wanted.

Schwartz Bros. Will require or 8
partment Only experienced need e.p-
ply Apply at once Schwartz Bros
Advt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-07-26
FOR CONGRESS

1 hereby announce myself a candi-
date for Congress to succeed =. +.
Lever. resigned: and l pledge hlysei'
TO abide the result of the Democratic
primary.
GEOFGE Sell TIAIsIEEE2s,l "a: ! y.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-07-26
SEW ORLEANS

The weather today was more IA
voraple. The sentiment as q whole still
favo1S the long side. Labor condi-
tions and the English exchange is
very unsettled.
Frank H. Barrett.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-07-26
NEc7 YORK COTTON MangET.

Open High Low Close Close
oct $3.50 $50 sos 35.21 80
Dec =. 35.53 1888 35.19 1888 $5.64
Mch 335.335 35.G5 35.15 335.33S 35.65
NEW ORLEANS.
Jan $500 $50 3t.76 34.93 $50
Mch 35.4O 3A.S2 3505 335.22
Oct $3.50 35.05 34.52 34.71 $50
Dec 35.0S >5.15 34.62 1856 sos
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-07-26
MILK COWS FOR saIF-I!avin

WASTED-To haul Eouc tobacco to
Sumter. Any quantity. For rates
Phone 272-.E. Parrish bray Line
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-03
L w. MITCHELL.
Secretary.

PROPOSALS FOR CONSTRUCTION
Of BRIDGE OFFICE OF BOARD
OF COMMISSIONERS or PUBLIC
GROUND AND BUILDINGS.
STATE CAPITOL BUILDING.
HARRISBURG, PA.
Sealed proposals viii be received
by the Superintendent of Public
Grounds and Buildings at his office in
the Capitol Building. Harrisburg. Pa.
until two CD o'clock p. NJ. January
l4th, 1919. for furnishing all labor
and materials for the construction
of two-span reinforced concrete
arch bridge over Penns Creek, at
Monroe Mills. Snyder County. Penn
sylvania, as indicated fully in the
plans and specifications prepared by
G. A. Flink, of Harrisburg, Pennsyl-
vania. Consulting Engineer for the
Board OF Commissioners of Public
Grounds and Buildings of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania.
Plans, specifications and bidding
blanks will be furnished prospective
bidders by applying To the Superin-
tendent of Public Grounds and Build
ings. Capitol Building. Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania.
Proposals must be marked PRO
POSAi. FOR CONSTRUCTION OF
PkNNS CREEK BRIDGE" on outside
cover. --
GEORGE A. SHREINER.
superintendent.
L. w. MITCHELL.
Secretary.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-03

HAXWELL, 1915. in first-class con-
lon throughout. light economical
|. Owner wants larger machine.
honstratioE at Hoffman's Garage
Ieca and Camp streets. Cheap TO
mediate buyer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-03

vessels expected to arrive in New
York, Boston and Philadelphia to
carry shipments across the Atlantic
had been delayed by storms.
The embargo began yesterday on
shipments from interior points to
New York over the New York Cen
trail Railroad, due to the strike by
freight handlers. This labor trouble
was largely on the New Jersey side
of the port, but to-day it's scope
broadened and virtually every pier
here was affected from which freight
is loaded for eport. This freight
reaches New York over nearly every
railroad in the North Atlantic rail
traffic division.
The freight handlers have been
receiving AZ cents an hour for a ten
hour day. Their demand now is so
cents an hour for an eight-hour day,
with time and a half overtime pay
for the ninth and tenth hours.
Washington, Jan. 3-Officials at
the Food administration, the Rail-
road Administration and the Ship
ping Board to-day professed ignor-
ance of embargoes announce by off,
cials in New York on the movement
OF eport freight to New York, Boston
and Philadelphia.
At the Food Administration it was
asserted that supplies for shipment
abroad had been moving satisfac-
terily, and If reason for an embargo o
had arisen no notice had been given
headquarters here. Shipping Board
officials declared that lack of ship
ping eoud not be responsible.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-03
CHARITY SHOW TO BE
STAGED THIS EVENING
[Continucd from First Page. ]

directed by Abner W, Hartman,
chorister at the Messiah Lutheran
Church. Included in the personnel
are:
Pauline Smell, Helen Beatty, Kath.
crime Seward. Mary Stauffer, Mae
Douglas, Mabel Leiger. Lillian Toor,
Shirley Knepper, Mabel Bretz. Grace
Snyder, Irene Fortney. Belle Fort
ney. Eva Miller, Fannie Alberts.
Leona I1by, Katherine Spriggle,
Rosa Lapenna. Mary Lapenna. Kath-
crime Lerch. Mary Buser. Katherine
Gruber, Verda Pryor, Maude Camp
bell. Nerna McClain, Fannie Me-
CLAIM. Anna johnson, Edna Hippen-
steel, Ruth Stauffer, Helen Ritner.
Adelaide Luck, Margaret Strine.
Bertha Adams, Charles Shultz, II.
Mills, Chester West, Elmer II. Lev.
Miss Margaret Fowler and John
S. Fackler, Miss Norma A.. Ackly,
Early.
Many Stars
Other numbers on the program ina
clude n trio of famous musical COM
edy stars, a saxophone quartet, a
male quartet, a number of strong
vaudeville acts presented by profess
sionai players, and two hours of
dancing.
A feature of the evening will be
the singing of the Quality -Four.
local musical organization of merit
1t includes these well-known musi-
clans: Ralph b. Manley, chorister at
Olivet Presbyterian Church.; j. Stew-x
art Black, Kiwanis Club pianist andk
organist at Bethlehem Lutheran
Church; Warren l.. Byler, q member
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Con-
cert Company, and Ralph E. Steever,
a former member of the Hayden
Quartet and prominently identified
with the city's musical organizations
for many years.
Another feature will be the sing
ing OF Miss Naomi Antoinette Ackley,
who took the part of Eileen" in
Victor Herberts celebrated musical
comedy of that name. With Elmer
Ley. formerly of the Prince of Pill
sen" company. and Mrs. Florence
Ackley Ley, Miss Ackley presents a
vaudeville sketch and musical num-
ber that is predicted as 'sure-fire
hit"
From Mrs. Brumbaugh
Writing TO William C. Alexander.
salesmanager of the Moorhead Knit
ting Company and director OF the
entertainment. Mrs. Martin G.. Brum-
baugh, wife of the Governor of Penn
sylvania, said:
MY heart goes out to the poor
and needy. 1 am a firm believer in
sensible and effective aid to those
in need. For this reason I always
have considered. the work of the AS
ISOLATED Charities to be most fruitful
in results.
Your plan to secure funds by an
appropriate entertainment for these
bodies of useful work is most COM
mendable and L urge all the good
people of this community to give
generous support to the movement.
Now, in the afterglow of the war,
we must not allow one child to suffer
or be in want.
'"FLORA B. BRUMBAUGH."
Tickets for the entertainment are
on sale at leading stores. They also
may be obtained at the auditorium
tonight
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-03
RESCUERS TAKE
YANKS OFF SHIP
[Continued from First Page. ]

lSOnIlIlucu from f1TSL IugC.l
at nightfall of bringing ashore the
soldiers who are on the American
transport Northern Pacific. stranded
on sandbar since early Wednesday
morning. Since the vessel went
aground it has rained necessarily.
When the coast guard lifesaVers
assembled on the beach they found
the sea running further in and the
surf breaking higher than yester-
day over ,the transport The wind
was veering to the northeast. The
ship had worked further in dur
ing the night. but because it was
high water this morning her dis
tance from shore seemed greater.
Mariners long familiar with wealth
er conditions along this stretch of
the Atlantic coast said that if the
northeast wind increased the stua-
ton might become dangerous, pre-
venting the removal of troops eX-
cept with the brooches buoy, and
that even this method must be haz-
ardous. The northeast wind sweeps
down the beach and gives the sea
an outward twist that is considered
perilous for the transport.
one hundred and fifty more troops
were removed from the Northern
Pacific shortly before a. M. to-
day when submarine chaser No. 293
Went into the leeward of the trans
port. took the soldiers aboard and
conveyed them to the Mallory, a
transport with the rescuing fleet.
on two ladders and three ropes
the men swarmed down over the
ships side into the submarine
chaser. Meanwhile power boats
reached the Northern Pacific, and
into these twelve men in stretchers
were lowered and taken to the hos
pital ship Solace. Three other power
boats took on soldiers and pushed
off toward other vesse's.
10 Build Pohtoon Bride
Because of the time required to
land the men by boats and by
bleeehes buoy and of the particular
difficulty in handling the wounded,
officers in charge of the. rescue work
to-day called for engineers from the
army and navy to plan the build
ing of q pontoon bridge from the
ship to the shore. AS long as the
Northern Pacific continued to be
safe refuge, the wounded and bed
ridden could be kept aboard, it was
said, and an opportunity awaited
for a calm sea to build the bridge.