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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-07
MEXICO LEFT OUT.

In all of Venustiano Carranza S
clustering history as revolutionary
leader and president of Mexico there
has been nothing more calculated to
give him shock than the absolute
ignoring of him and his government
by the Peace Conference. Mexico is
not even invited to join the League OF
Nations. Argentina. Chile and Colon,-
bia are asked. Brazil, Bolivia, Cuba.
Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras.
Nicaragua. Panama. Peru and Cru-
quay are already in as charter mem
bers. Alone among all the Latin
American republics that amount to
anything Mexico is left out in the cold.
This is, Of course, not a slight on
Mexico as a country, but an indlct-
ment Of its present government. 1t is
a natural penalty visited on Carrapza
for his persistent and unreasonable
violation of international law ana
flouting of the rights of other na-
tons. And the blame cannot be laid
on the United States. for our Go1erl:-
ment has been more considerate Of
his misrule than the European pow
ers Carranza doubtless had an ink
ling of this Peace Conference purpose
when he ordered his unweleeme rain-
lister to leave Paris and issued l1,s
statement refusing to support the ;.c-
ton of the Paris Confer nee in Fecos-
nizins the Monroe Ddctrinc-wl'ie'l
has saved Mexico more than once. i
he has any common sense at all. and
any regard for the real welfare OF his
country. he will take the Faris reb'lk"
to heart and adopt such course Of
conduct as. will make Mexico accept
able to- the family of nations.
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CounciI=of Three
Sends Invitation
Italians Asked to ;Rejoin Peace
Conference. May Mean So'u-
ton.

Paris, May (By the Associated
Press).-President Wilson. Premier
Clemenceau and Premier Lloyd
George, composing the council Of
three. today sent a communication t. .
the Italian government inviting it to
resume its place at the peace CON
ference.
The councils invitation is of such
a nature that it is believed italy Will
accept it and that the relations tenn
porarily broken by the recent depar-
.ture from Paris OF Premier Orlando
and foreign Minister Sonnino will be
restored by the precence of Italian
delegates at the conference before
the treaty is delivered to the German
delegates.
The council Of three considered the
Italian situation i'll its deliberations
during the past two days and finally
determined upon an initiative OF tn.
friendliest nature. The terms of tn"
to tire It;llian govern
ment have not been disclosed, but it
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-07
WELCOME ITALY BACK.

Recent dispatches from Rome ill
dicate that the Italians are doing
some sober second-thinking 1t is
doubtless beginning tc dawn on them
what an extremely undesirable plight
they will be in if they insist on max
ing for themselves place OF isolation
in the world.
They realize, as they think things
over, that they are economically help
less without the cooperation Of the
Allies. And they must realize too.
as their passions cool, that they are
pleading q bad case. and that moral
isolation would be as bad for young.
struggling, modern Italy as economic
isolation.
Italy in every way needs her allies
more than they need her. And this
fact holds the best promise of a re-
sumption of Italy's former status as "a
harmonious member of the peace
making group of powers.
With the italians coming around
into such a mood. it is only wise and
right for America, France and Brit
ain to meet them half way-not in u
compromise Of basic principle. but in
a renewal Of friendship and respect.
Italy left Paris: Italy is welcome to
return, and let bysones be bygones.
TIE Allies can properly enough
show this spirit without any flourish
OF magnanimity. because their debts to
Italy are certainly as great as Italy's
debts to them. 1t must not de for
gotten in this period of Italian wrong
| headedneas, that Italy went into the
! war on the allied side at great risk
to herself, at a tine when the allied
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sments Chapocdr.

American life Out of the boundtcss
resources of America and the nlc-
pressible genius of Americans wc;'ith
has grown with little effort. and l1ke
all else acquired with little effort mas
inspired little respect. Not until the
participation Of America III the great
war brought in it's train the demand
for sacrifice and saving di' we realize
that we had missed the grace VI
thrift
Under the pressure OF war the
United States. almost over night, be-
came q nation of savers. Food, fuel,
service and money were sacrificed in
our everyday life in order that our
.,,.,,,;as might be maintained abroad
and our part Of the war burden prop
.rlv horne. The lessons we have learn
ed we must keep and pactise. Thrift
is patriotism in peace time as well as
in war time.
We have little need to fear that the
great. warm hearted American tenn
will ever turn to parsimonv.
Only by truly taking thought Of our
individual interest, of our community
interest and of the needs of our gov
ernment can we reach the somewhere
between" the happy medium which
Aristotle fixes as the point Of financial
virtue. And taking thought Of these
things means only regular, systematic
saving.
The government, appreciating the
benefits of the taught lessons Of
thrift, is offering the people every in
ducement to continue them. The v
Loan is the last of a series of abnorm-
al opportunities. The Thrift Stamp
system is to continue as standing
device to promote financial virtue"
the regular sale Of Thrift
Stamps and War Savings Stamps every
individual is given, right along, the
to invest his savings,
however small, in absolutely safe Sc
curities, guaranteed by his ;gover-.-
ment. He is thus ena bled to help
himself through providing for his
own future and to help finance the
vast sovernmentalo operations Of peace.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-07
ITaLY.s PLEDGES.

The armistice agreement which the
Italian government signed at Versail-
les On November included rccos
Hition of these principles of settle
ment:
"A readjustment of the frontiers Of
Italy should be effected along clearly
recognizable lines of nationality.
1.-The people Of Austria Hungary.
whose place among the nations we
wish to see safesuarded and assured.
sheud be accorded the freest oppor-
ztanity of autonomous development.
..sRoun1ania, Serbia and Montenegro
should be evacuated; occupied terri
tories restored; Serbia accorded free
and secure access to the sea, and the
relations of the several Balkan states
to one another determined by friend
" counsel along historically establish
ed lines of allegiance and nationality;
and international guarantees of the
political and economic independence
and territorial integrity Of the several
Balkan states should be entered into :
Italy was delighted with these ar
mistice terms, which assured her all
she had been fighting for, and more.
with the added assurance OF neigh
bors who would be friendly instead of
hostile, as Austria Hungary had
been
Since then Italy, government and
people alike, seems to have changed
her mind. If she persists in her pres
ent course, Italy is not merely ignor-
ing the principles professed by the All
lies in 6shting and settling the war.
She is not merely heapipg up endless
trouble for herself to the east of the
Adriatic. She is making her own for
NAL pledges scraps of paper
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AND scHooLRoo,ls.

School and home gardens are
breaking into the school curriculum IN
more ways than as an agriculture
study. They are being made the Ia
sberafories for nature study and the
subjects for drawing lessons ard de-
sign. There is no reason either why
they should not be a close ally IN
cooking classes and dietetics courses
Nature study, with ones own plot
Of ground, variegated seeds and fas-
scinating sprouting things, becomes
truly enjoyable. Drawing pictures OF
fat. round radishes, conical carrots,
bean blossoms and pea vines should
he heaps more fun than drawing stiff
little groups Of. cubes and spheres. and
vases
Mothers sometimes criticise cooking
schools because daughters learn so
mlneh aboat puddings and cakes and
SO little about how to cook the com
mon vegetables IN the right way. With
a crop of tempting vegetables coming
along in a garden which has been
planted and cared for by herself, any
daughter Will be tickled to pieces to
learn how to prepare and serve that
crop in the most nourishing and ap-
petizIlgf forms
wen, we're all glad school gardens
have come to stay. More benefit.
show UP with every new season Of
success.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-07
Public Notice.

Not later than May 18th, the Sum
ter County Board of Education will
elect an Attendance Officer for Sum-
ire County. The position is open TO
both men and women. Salary one
Hundred (s100.O0) dollars per month
for twelve months.
Send applications to the County Su-
perintendent Of Education on o. be-
fore Saturday, May 10th.
By order of the Sumte. County
Board of Education.
j. II. HAYNSWORTH.
Clerk of the Board.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-07
FINANCIAL VIRTUE.

sProfigacy," said Aristotle. discus
sing the spendthrift habit. is not a
virtue: parsimony is not virtue.
Considering these two qualities. vir-
tue lies somewhere between them.
Durfns the past half-century. the
neonIe Of the United states have more
cvoseIy approached profligacy than
parsimony as a national habit. Easy
come. easy go' has been the basic
principle of the finance Of eve. day
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-07
PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice is hereby given of the regu-
lar spring Teachers Examination,
which will be held; Saturday. May 3,
at the Court House. in Sumter. The
examination will begin at 9 o'clock.
Applicants must bring writing ma
teria. The questions wills be taken
from the textbooks adopted by the
State Board of Education, and used
in the, public schools.
By order of the State Board Of
Education.
J..sH. HAYNsWoRTH.
County Superintendent of Education,
Sumter County
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cause was critical and that she con-
tlibuted largely to the victory Her
rout of the big Gerlnan-Austrian
drive on the Piave last summer was
the beginning of allied triumph. aud
one OF the chief factors that made the
crowning victories of the British
French and American armies pos.
sible.
The emotional Italian public of late
has been sadly misguided by imperial
ist statesmen and jingo dcnaSoguc::;;
Let this ALTERATION not be held against
brave nation. if it comes to see the.
error of it's way. !.
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Death.

Mr.. E. NJ. Lyde died Friday morn
ing at his home near Cheraw. after, a
long illness. aged So years. The fu-
neral services were held at Bennetts-
Vile today. He leaves a large fam
lily and eldest son is now in France.
He is we'll known in Sumter, having
spent a number Of years at the Rose
Hill plantation of Col. Thomas Wilson.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-07

Paris. May 3.-At the meeting OF
the council of three yesterday it was
decided that no provisions will ,r
made in the treaty for the disposition
Df German cables beyond spcciivlnS
that they be taken from the Germans
and left in control Of the five great
powers
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-07
A Bank Holiday.

Saturday, May 1eth-Memoria
Day-being a legal holiday in this
State. the banks of Sumter will all be
closed FOR the day. Customers Of the
banks are requested to get their pay
roll on Friday and to attend to any
other business that cannot so until
Monday.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-07
Memorial Day at Statebur:.

The Memorial exercises will be held
at Stateburg on next Saturday after
noon. May 10Th at the, Church of the
Holy Cross at so o'clock. Rev. {. w.
Boyd will deliver the address. Tho
public is invited to attend.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-07

Wilkesbarre, May 3.-Fifty miners
were overcome by black damp today
in the Nottingham mine at Plymoat''.;;
Thirty are still Il III the ftiiae T
-.fate.is not .knowa :; - 80 .szszzs>s
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-07

Rome Saturday. May 3.-Premief
Orlando conferred at length today
with Ellis Jones Griffith. former par
British home office. The interview is
considered in political circles to have
been connected with the departure Of
the Italian delegates from the peace
conference Mr. Griffith is !erstoed
to be communicating on tn subject
with the British delegation at Paris.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-07

It was announced in Paris last week
that Premier Lloyd George had-sent
a representative of his government TO
Rome to open informal negotiations
for the return to Paris Of all Italian
peace delegatiOn.-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-07

Archangel. Satu' DAY, May 3.-The
Bolshevik fotilla on the Dvina river
again attacked the allied positions
near the junction with the Vega Fri
day, but was driven off by allied land
I,o tfor;eS -.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-07

Women in Florida are going to set.
the right to wear trousers along with
the right Of franchise. Anything to.
get rid Of those hobbe skirts,
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9 West Liberty Street

is believed they seek to remove the
personal element of the controversy
and TO pave the way for a territorial
adjustment when the relations arc re-
sumed.
Maj. Fiorello H. La Guardia, u
member Of The United States house
Of representatives. from New York.
who is an Italian by birth, after seeing
Colonel House today said he believed
the entire italian question could be
settled within As hours. He added he
was urging that pride should not
stand in the way Of Italy accepting
the first overture made from Paris.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-01
A Telegraphic Exchange
What Owen Said to Partridge
and Partridge to Owen About
New Liberty Plant

An exchange Of kilograms the other
day between Percy Owen, president OF
the Liberty Motor Car Company, of De-
troit, and Z. S. Partridge, president of
E. S. Partridge e. Co., Inc, distributors
for Liberty cars here, followed the in
formation of the greatly increased pro-
duction plans of the manufacturers of
the popular Liberty Six car
Owen WIRED
Tremendous demand for Liberty cars
everywhere makes necessary immediate in
crease present factory facilities Plan pre-
pared and factory site twelve acres selected
building operations start Monday with def
mite understanding factory building COM
pletcd and occupied August ]. Will furnish
complete information later. This action on
part of company. we believe will meet with
your approval on account of its guaranteeing
your future requirements.
To this Partridge replied:
congratulations en- your greatly increased
production plans. The public demands more
Liberty cars. You are meeting this demand
by charging your factory. New Workers. will
be particularly pleased because the Liberty
particularly pleases New Workers. We are
pleased because your increased production
will give us more cars. which we are ready
to absorb through our enlarged quarters. our
larger local selling organization and our
rapidly increasing number of sub-dealers.
The factory site for the greater Lib
erty plant comprises twelve acres and
was described recently in The Tribune
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-01

six girls-members Of the Red Cross
Motor Corps-none Of whom had ever
laid a finger on truck tire before
participated in a time changing contest
staged by the manager of our Ships
by-truck' fleet. You should have seen
them manipulate those big giant pneu-
MATES 40X8. The winning team made
the change in less than five minutes.
Believe me, everybody sat up and took
notice!
Here's the idea: After lacking up
your truck so that the weight is off
the tire, you turn the wheel so that
the slot in the feloe will be at the
bottom. After removing the clamps
and wedge ring, pull the tire away from
the wheel. No lifting is necessary
"Now to apply the inflated spare
tire-turn wheel so that slot in felloe
will be at the bottom. Roll the in
tiated tire and rim to the wheel, en-
gaging the valve stem in the feiloe
slot. Then push rim on wheel, turn
ing the wheel slightly, when will lift
the rim and tire from the ground
Push rim back On wheel and apply
wedge ring and clamps. Again no
lifting is necessary. Slot in felloe is
covered to proven. water and mad from
getting in around the valve stem.
This is not only one Of the most
important Developments in connection
with pneumatic tires for trucks, but q
matter of particular Importance to the
ship truck movement and to all
truck operators doing long distance
hauling.
with pneumatic tires the average
running time of trucks can be in
creased twofold; yes, three-fold, and
speed, you know, will be a very con-
siderable factor in both the popularity
and the practical utility of the motor
truck express"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-01
Drop in Beef Prices
At Hand, Say Packers

CHICAGO, May 31.-A decrease in
the price Of beef is Immediately at
hand" according to a statement issued
today by the bureau of public rela-
tions, American Meat Packers Associa-
ton.
Despite the fact that beef already
Is cheaper than pork, poultry and NUT
ton, II probably will decline further
within the next few days" said the
statement. There are several reasons
Cheaper, CRASHED cattle, which hither-
20 have not been plentiful, are now
moving TO market. Exports of beef
from the United States have practically
ceased. The government has stopped
buying. 1t may take a few days for
the lower price TO reach the consumer
THE reason is obvious. 1t lies in
the fact that apprccablc time elaspcs
between arrival Of cheaper steers at
markets and the appearance Of beef
from those steers on the consumers
tables The retailer cannot lower his
prices until he replenishes his stock
II beef at the reduced figures expected
But from all Indications it seems
faiTiy certain that although depletion
OF European herds and unprecedented
demands will hold meat prices above
normal, neyerthcless & decreage in the
Wholesale and subsequently in the re-
tail price Of beef is Immediately ut
hand. II ~ thought that The consurnp-
tion OF beef then may be greatly in
creaged"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-01
Milford Co. Arranges
For Grant Truck Sales

Grant motor trucks, built by the
manufacturers of Grant motor cars,
again are in full production, and deal
ers throughout the country now ar.
receiving a full supply of all models,
including the Eastern distributors, the
L. ". milford Company. Inc, of
broadway and Sixty-first Street, which
has Just entered an agreement with
the factory whereby it will handle
the trucks for Greater New York, east
ern New York State (south of ALBANY.
Long Island, New Jersey (north of
Trenton) and all Of Connecticut.
The models which the Milford Com
pany will handle are an 18OO-pound de-
livery at $l,176, and one and half ton
and two-ton heavy duty trucks ut 81 1886
and S2,l5o' respectively. The specifca-
tons include Continental engine, cleo
tr'c starting and lighting, Torbensen
axle and wiring connection from bat
terry through the magnetic
The milford Company has equipped
truck service station at CAT West
Fifty-lifth Street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-01
Truck Owners in
Line for Greatest Care

Motor truck owners are entitled IN
even more consideration from the
manufacturer than q passenger car
owner, says L. B. Dudley, advertising
manager of the Federal Motor Truck
Company, of Detroit, recently in New
York for few days assisting in the
launching of the New York Federal
branch.
"A motor truck Is more integral
part of a mans business than almost
any piece of machinery he may ope-
rate continues Mr.. Dudley. 1T is a
travelling advertisement of his bust
ness, Tor one thing-at least, it should
be. Again, it is one of the main fac
tors OF distribution, and sale is never
completed until the goods are on their
way to the customer at least.
indeed, since motor trucking has
come to the fore, it is seldom that q
sale IS completed until you have de-
llvered the goods to the buyer. That
the last step in a sale is by no means
the least important you will grant
therefore, we, as truck manufacturers
oetleve that 1t is part of our moral
obligation to so regulate and manage
our service that every Federal every-
where Is under the eye of men COM
pentent to help you keep it or. the lob
Here every consideration will be
given Federal owners under the able
management of R. S. Locke, for more
than four years connected with the
Federal sales in New York, backed by a
thoroughly competent staff of truck
mechanics and a large and comprehen-
sive stock of service parts. Federal's
thoughtfulness for the truck owner
can therefore be tested by any one"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-01
King
alongside.

until Tuesday, when We ran on a bunch
of eight cars which had been caught
They were all stuck fast, and we pulled
them out one by one. We were ten
hours making fifteen miles that day
Then we headed for Phoenix, from
where we made a side trip to the
Roosevelt Dam. When we got back to
Phoenix they told US there was a good
road to Tucson, but knew if we took
it we would be spending all bur time
pulling cars out, so we gave old Max
the gas and let her break her own road
to Tucson.
After leaving that place we hit the
Mustang Mountain. We were bound
for Bisbee, but old Max as l say,
hasn't a bit of use for a regular high
way. She seems to hate to meet those
Scdans and off she heads for Mexico.
When we reached Naco, on the line,
there wasn't any guard, so I thought
We would show the boy something of
Mexico. But we hadn't gone more than
forty miles before they grabbed us and
escorted us back to Aqua Prieta and
chased us over the line to Douglas
AriZ. The main road to Delning was
under repair. so we broke our own road
across the lava beds to Hachita, then
to Deming and Las Cruces, where we
crossed the Rio Grande and ran down
to Ell Paso on the main road.
"The best road to Alpine was under
construction, so old Max again broke
her way to Balmorhea, Tex, where we
crossed the river to San Antonio, then
70 oil hao %n
ton, Beaumont, Orange, across the Sa-
bine River to Winton, La, where we
faced SIS trip on the canal to get
back to hard ground or run across
the mud dumps Of three and a half
miles. old Max refused to go on the
canalboat, and away she went for the
mud, which was over our hub caps, and
when we hit dry land they told us that
a car had not crossed the mud for six
months.
"There was good road from Lake
Charles to the Atchafalaya River, but
when we reached the cypress swamps
we heard that no car had gone through
in nearly year. We tackled the job.
however, and ran for thirty-seven miles
on low gear. The rest of the route to
JGCnSOENlllc, L ld.t WAS COu
easy, and then we made fast time up
through Georgia and the Carolinas into
Virginia, Washington and on to New
York.
"The total distance to New York
was 1921 miles and we used just Pts
gallons of fuel, giving us a good av-
erage of more than nineteen miles to
the gallon. AS we did not stop at a
garage or hotel during the entire trip
we had to carry bedding and a cook
ing outfit. This weighted the car
down. We did not stop minute for
mechanical reasons. At night we
slept in the car, having arranged the
back of the front seat to drop and
form bed. When we ran out Of
money we stopped and painted few
signs. Having decorated the store
fronts along the Mexican border pretty
we'll. we are now going back by the
Northern route to scatter bit more
art"