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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-19
Mrs. w. Fl. Bays Dead

Rock Hill. March 14.-Mrs. W. H.
Bays, wife Of the Rev. w. H. Bays,
D. D.. of this city, died at her home
in Oakland Thursday, after an eX-
tended illness. Mrs. Bays, who was
born Frances Virginia Herbert. was
native of Murphy, n. c., and was
married in early womanhood to DR..
Bays. then an active member Of the
North Carolina Conference. The
greater part of her life has been
spent in this State, however, where
she was loved and respected by many
congregations as devoted wife and
mother. She is survived by DR..
Bays and by the following children:
Mrs. w. G. Stevens. Mrs. W. B. Will
son, Jr., and Mrs. T. a. Moore. of
Rock Hill. and Mrs. P. c. Blackman.
OF Ashevile. \. c. The funeral SER
vices were held in Charlotte today.
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NETTING TOGETHER ON tn
LEAGUE

I'm a statement issued since the ad
l5ournment of congress. Senate
Lodge. leader Of the senatorial oppo
|sstion to the League Of Nations Con-
(stifution, says:
esdy desire is simply to have the
|Constitution for a League proposed
|by the commission Of the Peace Con
ference thoroughly and carefully dls
|cussed and considered. If it Will no
kbear discussion, it is not fit for adop
1tion. If it is what it ought to De
discussion Will only strengthen it.
No reasonable person Of any part:
Rcan very well disagree witf1s this po
esition. And it looks like a starting,
&point for the getting together OF al
&yho in their hearts sincerely want 70
zee an effective League of Nations
and are simply at odds over the rules
land specifications for it.
In starting from this position, now
8sver, it is not likely that anybody Will
get very far unless he ADOPTS tne
8oresent draft of Constitution. witt
1hatever imperfections it contains. as
H.he basic working plan For 1t rep
&sesents what the Peace Conference
80 far has been able to agree on
and if it is thrown away bodily, a:
Sseme extremists would like to nave
liz, there is little possibility OF TN
&Conference being able to frame an:
&substitute. 1t would leave the Con
Eference in chaos.
The thing to do. obviously, is to g
Eabcut, not to kill the present ConsSl
MUTTON but to do whatever IS neces
#sary to make it satisfactory am
workable. The critics must WORK il
Aa constructive spirit, desiring not
I make this plan failure. but to max
! it success. And if everybod
tackles the job in this way. the nee
essary amendments will be made, an
it will be a success.
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GOVERNMENT SODA SHIPMENTS.
All Orders Will Be Filled at Time
Specified in Application.

All government nitrate Of soda ap-
and which has not been paid for, or
arrangements made to ship this soda
ater under a guarantee that it will
be paid for, will be sold by the local
federal distributor.
Sumter county has been allotted
just so many tons by the bureau OF
markets of the department Of agri-
culture under applications made by
farmers. The APPLICATIONS stated what
months soda should be shipped in. and
the local distributor proposes to see
that Sumter county gets its full allot-
ment Any farmer who has applied
for government soda must come up
and pay for it or send the money
with the shipping instructions or he
will lose out, and his soda applied
for Will be sold to some one else. as
there is constant, demand being
made for government soda. more
than can be filed at present.
This rule also applies to March.
April. May and June shipments Or
dered by farmers. If YOU order soda
shipped you must pay for it in adj
vance. ard in ample time to have IT
shipped to YOU during the month you
order it shipped. The government
must have some way of knowing
whether applicants want their soda
as applied for, and about the only
way to find this out is for applicants
to pay up and give shipping instruc-
tons or to say that they will not
get the soda applied for.
Such excuses as 'I didn't know that
the government was ready to ship
soda or Il didn't get any notice
Will not amount to anything because
card notices are mailed out every
month to every applicant to pay for
soda ordered shipped during that
month, and the newspapers have car
ried numerous advertisements about
government soda distribution. some
paid advertisements and mostly free
advertisements There is no excuse
for any applicant not knowing just
what is expected Of him. Send your
money and your instructions to E. 1.
Peardon, federal nitrate distributor,
Sumter, S. C. Twenty-seven cars OF
government soda are enroute TOR
Sumter county points, and the local
distrubtor is ordering an average OF
four cars daily. There is plenty OF
government soda to supply all appll-
cations, and then some.
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TO THE CONSTR
TUITION.

Former President Taft, whose spe
cialty is constitutional law, and wht
has been studying the League Of Ma.
tons question for many years. bring
ing his knowledge and experience /.
bear on President Wilson's draft OF :.
Constitution, suggests these amend
ments:
He would make specific reserva-
ton of the Monroe Doctrine-not
because he himself is afraid that the
Monroe Doctrine is going to be de-
stroyed and its purpose put in peril,
but because he thinks those who are
worried about it ought to have as
.uraEce on that point
He would have q more definite
statement in the Constitution as to
the powers and operation OF the
Executive Council.
He would have clearer expression
as to how the Leagues decisions are
TO be enforced and how member
nations may end their obligations to
the League.
These suggestions are made in a
spirit of helpful, constructive criti
cis,u. and therefore have right to
respectful consideration at Paris.
They reflect the opinion .of many
Americans. They are in
tended not to destroy the Constitu-
ton, but TO make it workable ny
perfecting the machinery provided
md strengthening American con-
idence in it.
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! the war and the spirit in which It is
now making peace f4e-accused the
government of trying to stif1e "free
speech and deEed the authorities to
silence him and his followers.
A Socialist editor. from the same
platform, made speech Of similar
tenor, holding the Bolshevilli up rs
inspiring examples. and condemning
the tyranny" Of the United States
government. He also had much to
say about ''silencing free speech
The Socialist audience then raised
Their hands and swore that either
Gene Debs would get out of Jail. or
they would get in
This meeting was held two or three
days after the Supreme Court Of ;::lo
United States had upheld the Dchs
sentence. Debs was still out on bail.
and was not n1olested. Not a man Of
that crowd was arrested. Not a PC
licenan's club was swung to inter
fere with their false, mischievous and
seditious utterances.
And they complain that speech IS
not free i'm America"
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have suffered much, while the. busi-
ness men at home, on the whole, have
Jared better during the war than
ever before. But it is truth that
should be given practical application
at this time.
Any prosperous business man who
feels thar he is doing soldier a ia
vor in giving him job, ought to be
ashamed Of himself. That soldier
probably deserves the job more than
the employer deserves his dividends.
actual or prospective.
And it is not the employer alone,
who has a responsibility in the mat
ter. 1.-The consumer, too, has an OBJ
ligation," says Prof. Arbuthnot. He
must not delay buying in the hope of
getting lower prices" BY delay he
thro---s men out of work and destroys
soldiers jobs. And from this thought
less Or selfish policy he himself may
derive no benefit, because "losses due
to delay are lisble to outweigh what
he possibly could save on his pur
chases later
Workmen in possession of jobs
have their obligation, too. They are
morally bound to cooperate with
their employers during this trying pc
Rod, making no extreme demands un-
I'll industry is on its feet again. For
or disloyal efforts on
their part may result in closing fac
tories and thus lessening the available
Jobs for returning soldiers.
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TEACHING USE OF BANKS.

I Foreign-born residents of the
United States have been making
more money in recent years than for
merly. Also, because of the war, they
Ehaye been unable to send SO much Of
| it to relatives in the Old Country.
The American Bankers Association
Estimates that during the past four
years they have amassed in this
Rcountry nearly $4,000, 200.
Some Of this money has been in
vested in Liberty Bonds and War
Savings Stamps. Some of it has been
put into safe keeping in savings
|oanks There are, however, good
many foreign born earners who do
not understand the savings bank idea.
who have an ignorant timidity about
turning over their money to the
banks, and who still keep it precar-
ously hidden in their homes or car
iy it about on their persons. !,
The American Bankers Association
will conduct an Americanization cam
paign along this line of banking. III
will teach people in every part of the
country the character and usefulness
OF the savings banks, the kinds OF
banking institutions that are safe
and reputable and the way to go
about making use of the banking ia
cilities offered in any locality.
The reputable bank offers its pa
irons so much in service, convenience
and security in handling their mon
ey. and so cheerfully took on during
war days the extra work that came
It's way, that it seems more than ever
deserving of the confidence and sup
port of the public. This new cam
paign, particularly, should be. aided
by public good will. If successful, II
will work perhaps more good 10 the
people who are taught how to use the
banks than it will to the banks
hon, selves
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BUILDING THE PEACE LEAGUE.

Perhaps the chief trouble about the
League of Nations discussion has
been that the champions and antag-
onists OF the plan presented have
both emphasized their differences OF
opinion rather than their agreements:
Many people, the president among
them. seem TO have adopted the at
titude that the document as reporte l
by the Peace Conference committee
Of which the President is chairm1n II
was so nearly perfect that suggas-
tons of amendment were unnces-
sary
Many others. particularly in TIE
United States senate. seem to have
assumed that the whole docum ent
was Objectionable, and deserved q
blanket condemnation.
Instead of looking for things in the
constitution that they could accept,
too many critics have looked only fcr
things they could object to. And il.-
stead Of inviting the friendly cooper
alton Of opponents, too many friends
Of the plan have, in their excessive
zeal, alienated those opponents still
more.
Nothing in the way Of legislation or
governmental organization has ever
been accomplished by the process of
unyielding antagonism. Nothing per-
manent is accomplished except by
friendly cooperation. Cooperation
| is surely possible on this Constitution,
| in America as in Paris.
If the peace delegations had begun
by emphasizing their individual diff
/ ferences, we should have a dozen
Constitutions submitted to the world
instead of one They began by es-
| tablishing what they could agree on
thus building up constructiveiy, point
by point. until they had roughly
sha ped something they thought would
prove workable. 1t remains subjec,
to the alteration and approval of ~
the nations concerned.
The only way anything Will evcl
come Of this great undertaking is fo
every nation, including our own, tt
follow the same process, aSreelns
first upon those parts Of the plan tina
are acceptable 20 everybody. then &C
coptins others. one by one if possible
and agreeing to changes when, afte
rair discussion. it is found thu
changes are imperative
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-19
SCHOOL GARDENS ARE PoPUAE.

Evidence of the rapid development
of the school garden work in Chicago
is found in the fact that two years
ago there were $4,000 such gardens.
Last year there were $1,000. TINS
wear the garden extension depart
ment expects the number to reach
100, 600.
In Maine it is proposed to make
gardening an integral part of the
school work of every child, so I'M
portant is it considered.
School gardens have proved a
source of profit and enjoyment TO
the youthful gardeners in every sec
ton where the work has been Sc
riouslv undertaken. The children
love working with the earth, planting
seeds and cultivating flowers and veg
etables. The school garden makes, 1t
possible for many youngster with
no back yard to have just as much
sun and pride in a garden all his very
own as the happier child who cultl-
Yates his little patch in a corner Oh
dads larger garden. Because the
gardens have been so generally sue
cessful in actually producing sood
though small crops. they have serv-
| ed to introduce fresh vegetables III
homes where they had been almost
unknown.
Here's wishing long life and sue.
cess to the school garden idea and te
1.-The children who have learned little
lessons of patience and perseverance
of the results of honest effort, OF th'
pride of achievement. and who have
tfound health and happiness in ihei
garden work.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-19
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.
Revised Prices on Bees.

Since advertised Bees for sale
at $3.50 for hive, I have received
new price list of Bee Supplies, and
find the hive with inside Gxtures such
as I use will now cost $3.50 without
withdraw my former offer; but as
have more than I have spare time
to attend to, I will sell few hives Of
bees for $1,000 each. The hives are
standard movable frame pattern.
either new or good as new. Don't de-
lay if YOU want bees, as it will soon
be too late to move them.
N. G. OSTEEN,
800 w. Hampton Ave, Sumter, s. c.
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sh in its effect upon reaners, lard

Ssh in its effect upon refners, lard
manufacturers and consumers chat it
would break down stabilization. It
will be better to make other ar
rangements for fertilizers and hold
the seed until the trade can take them
ut the price agreed upon. If they
run over into next season. we'll and
good. The reduced cotton crop of
1919 and world demand for fats will
put seed by November and December
10 as higf, or even higher prices than
under stahilization.'
The above meets with the views
Of several farmers and one independ-
mt crusher the only one I have been
able to confer with, and was indorsed
yesterday by the Sumter County
Chamber Of Commerce. The food ad
ministraton has called meeting in
Washington for Wednesday,. March
10, and I have been asked to attend.
I will be glad to hear from every
farmer and seed dealer What his
views are to help me reach a right
conclusion next Wednesday. Some of
the best farmers l know are putting
their seed in the field. Yesterday
the radical suggestion was made to
-ecure pledges from farmers to sell
no seed to mills for two years. Eth
er the stabilized price. goes through
or there will be a trade war between
farmers and mills that will do both
harm for years.
Replies may be addressed to me
=
Washington, d. c., but
I would like to have as many as
con at home Monday and Tuesday.
f. w. Dabbs,
Chairman Ginners' and Dealers Conn
nlittee.
Mayesville. S. G.
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SOLDIERS INSURANCE POLICIES.

F;tty per cent of the discharged
soldiers are not keeping up their
monthly insurance payments. Many
OF them intend to keep them up, ne
doubt, and fail to do so simply be
cause they do not know how to han
die the premium payments. But
whatever the reason, the result IS
unfortunate Continued neglect oi
this matter will result in the for
feiting of the policies, leaving the cx-
soldiers without their insurance pro-
3 lection, and making it necessary fol
them to pay much higher rates il
they praertake later to buy policies
from private companies.
The government intends to con-
tinue its insurance department
changing the system Of payments sc
IS to make it simpler for the men
concerned. The rates will be based
on those charged by the private life
insurance companies, out lIiaSHlu ucIl
as the government will pay all the
costs of administration, the ex-soldiel
viii have to pay only 80 per cent as
much as he would pay a private con
pany. The new plans will offer sia
different kinds of policies, from which
each man insured can take his choice
policies, straight life !
Elnited pay life. etc.
For the present, every man hold
Ing one OF the army policies shouls
See that his payments are kept up
The money due should be sent to th'
war Risk Bureau, Premium Section
washington, d. c. Policy y-holder.
sray pay for several months at al
time if they prefer. A
lsaet. ,-
Americans are inclined to agresl
with Sir Horace Plunkett, the Duo'i7
Header, when he says that Ireland :lat
Ebetter remain for the present a mem
,her OF 1.-The commonwealth Of na
Eti0rs known as the British Emcire.
and strive for a proper measure
ga,f government within that com
anaonmealth.
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Tennis Association Organizes.

At a meeting Wednesday afternoon
officers were chosen for the ensuing
season and plans were made 70 repair
damages done to the Associations
courts. Much enthusiasm was shown
by those present in the informal uis-
cussion which took place coE::ra:nS
the renewing Of the Association ac-
tiyities. after lapse Of two years.
The following officers We're chosen
for the wear: President. a. s. Hardy:
vice president s. l.. Roddy;; secretary
and treasurer. L. c. BRYAN. Other
members of the executive commlt'Hr
arn II. 4. Moses II. =. Moses and W.
!. CrowSon, il.
i; was decided to admit lat:"S TO
r,.u,berchin. as we'll as school by;
and college students ut reduced sd
mission charge The regular ad'nis-
sion charge Of $500 was fixed for
membership.
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FREE SPEECH.

One evening last week Eugene V
Debs. condemned to 10 years inn
prisonment for violating the espion-
age act. addressed mass meeting OF
brother Socialists in Cleveland. He
reiterated his charge that the gov
ernment was prosecuting the Social
ist party. He praised The Russian
Bolsheviki. He assailed the motives
with which the United States entered
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-19
THE PROBLEM OF JOBS

"Tne burden of responsibility TO
prevent unemployment says Prot.
Arbuthnot of Western Reserve Uni
versity," lies with the manufacto-s
or merchant. If he has made large
profits during the war, lie ought 10
ha ready to stand some loss, if need
be, to keep people at work during the
period of readjustment.'
This is an argument that deserves
more attention than it has received.
Tt IS commonplace to say that the
se,aisrs have vsntured everything and
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-19
HONEY.

A limited quantity Of Extracted
Honey on hand which 7 am disposing
of at 30 cents per Guart-$2.00 per
gallon, on drausht. II you will need
any before next summer don't delay
getting what you want while l have
it,
Send your jar or can to 800 W.
Hampton Ave. n. G. OSTEEN.
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AGAINST STERILIZATION.
NJ. DaEhS doubts Wisdom Of Trad
ing Cotton Seed to OH Mills.

The oil mills have proposed certain
trades for the farmers cotton seed.
As Il member Of the conference Of
February l0-l1 my views have been
asked and I replied substantially as
follows:
While the proposition would give
Immediate and partial relief to deal
ers and farmers, it would be so bear
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-19

Paris, March 1.-THE govern
ment has refused passports to three
Socialists to go to Russia to investi-
gate the Bolsheviki government, in
accordance with a decision reached at
the recent Socialist congress at Berne.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-19

Take care Of your dollars now and
they will take care of you later. Put
them into War Savings and watch
them grow.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-19

FOR SALE-30O bushels slip shuck-
ed corn. See L. c. Tisdale, Mayes-
Vile. S. c., r. 2.
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BEESWAX WANTED-Any quantity
large or small Am paying besf
cash price See me if you have
any. y. G.. Osteen
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Cotton Market
LOCAL,

LOCAL.
P. G. BOWMAN, Cotton Buyer. !:
Corrected Daily at IL o'clock Noon).
Good Middling, 26 1-2.
Strict Middling, 26. :
Middling 25 1-2.
Strict Low Midd1ing %.
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FOR SALE-F. o. B. cars, Camp
Jackson, stable manure; very little
straw. Car load lots only. Ctemi>
ca! and Fertilizer value rated very
high by Clemson college. A. A.
Strauss. Sumter. S. C.
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proposal made by your eminence, re-
earding the terms for a lasting
peace.
sIn our opinion there is no proba'
bility of reaching this aim as long as
the central powers and their allies
have not officially expressed thell
war aims and settled the indemnity
they are ready to pay and what guar
antees they will give for the future
protection of the world against ter
rors from which it now is suffering.
GAS regards Belgium they make
no definite declaration regarding
their intention nod do they say
whether they intend to restore te
Belgium her full independence and
make good the damage which she
has suffered.
"Your eminence doubtless knows
the declaration made by the allies In
reply to President Wilson's note
Neither Austria nor Germany ever
made such a declaration. Any at
tempt to bring the belligerents to Al
agreement seems vain so long as we
do not know the points where their
opinions differ"
Premier Bauer followed DR.. Muel'
ler and attacked the conservatives
declaring that the former empero,
would certainly be brought to triaI
and proved guilty of many things.
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Cotton Association; B. Harris, COM
missioner of agriculture for South
Carolina; A. E. Padgett, president OF
the South Carolina Bankers Associ-
alton; J. H. Claffey, president OF
the South Carolina Farmers Union;
w. G. Smith, warehouse commission
er, and Joseph D. Mot, president Of
the Columiab Chamber of Com
merce.
The meeting will be held at GRAY
en- Hall beginning at noon and prom
ises to be the biggest and most rep
resentative meeting held recently in
the State.
The call issued by Governor Coop
er follows:
"In order to effect the permanent
organization of the American Cotton
Association in South Carolina, a
meeting Of farmers, bankers, mer-
chants, and other business and pro-
fessional men will be held in Colum-
bia August 6. I urge that each
county be we'll represented, or, bet
ter still, each township.
"The temporary organization OF
the cotton producers and allied in
terests has been one of the import
ant factors in bringing about an in
crease in the price Of cotton. The
permanent organization, erected up
on the groundwork of it's predeces-
sor, will have the same effect.
'The cotton belt has never enjoy
ed prosperity commensurate with
other sections of the country. The
economic and social life of the South
has suffered tremendously because
cotton has not yielded reasonable
profit to the producers. Some ad-
vantage, however, has now been won;
it must not be lost. Our progress in
education, roads, in general happi-
ness is considerably dependent upon
the price of cotton.
Bearing this in mind I appeal to
the people of South Carolina to CO.
operate in an effort to insure for the
present and for coming years OF a
fair profit for the South's greatest
commodity. Organization is essen
tial."