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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-15
Millwood Guernsey Sale a Success

Clemson College, May S-The dairy
industry in South Carolina has receiv-
ed another boost through the Millwood
Guernsey sale held by Cooper & Ell
lott. Wisacky, S. c.. at the Chester
county fair grounds ON Wednesday,
May. S. Twenty-one Guernsey cows
were sold at an average of S454.10.
the highest average ever received at
q sale Of dairy cows in this State.
The top price paid in the sale was
for Alvada Mae of Mara Alva, who
was purchased by Mr.. Paul Harden
FOR $3.50. In addition to the II COWS
a, special feature OF the occasion was
the sale of "a three day-old hetfer
calf for s135 to Mr.. E. L. Stevenson, of
Winnsboro, S. c.
The sale was widely advertised and
attracted buyers from various parts
Of this State and several adjoining
States, but it is gratifying 60 know
that of the % animals sold 16 were
bought by South Carolina purchasers,
many Of them from Chester county.
This means that Chester county and
South Carolina farmers know the val
ue Of good dairy cattle and are will
s ing to pay good prices for good breed
ing stock. Extension service dairy
:husbandman J. P. Lancaster, who
gave assistance and advice in connec-
ationvwith the sale, is very rnch graf
:ifed at the outcome, and says that 1t
lis. further proof ofGrapid Development
in South, Carolina.
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private, loans are greater than ever
befure. ar more people are making
their personal purchases On a credit
basis than ever before. And this ten
dency has grown faster since the arm
istice than during the war.
Both credit and paper money are
based largely on confidence. The sit
uation is incomparably better in the
United States than in Europe. We
have half the worlds gold. But even
here the imitation has proceeded to
degree that all financiers recognize as
dangerous. Let public confidence
once be shaken, and there would be
widespread business disturbance and
loss.
The fnanciers, therefore, have late
" been sending out warnings and urgg-
ing a contraction Of credit. AS re-
sult it is harder to borrow money for
speculation and on-essential indus
tries, and nearly everybody is tighten
Ing up a little on the quantity Of ere
dit allowed and period it covers. This
is the way Of safety
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-15
PAPER AND CREDIT

= In 1913 there was about 70 per cent
as much gold as there was paper
naoney in the world. Despite the ma
tairal sincrease Of the gold supply. at
the close Of the war the per centase
OF gosd was reduced to is. Now it is
down to. 12.
The situation is still more impress
sive when you look at the paper side
OF it. In 1913. according to the statis-
tician. OF the National City Bank OF
New York, there was s7,o0o.0oo,o 900
OF paper money IN circulation through
out the world. When the. arm:stice
was signed, the volume of paper had
grown to $4,000. 100000, and now it
is $50, ,e0o. 100000. Thus the paper mon
ey outstanding has been multiplied by
eight, while the volume Of gold has
grown so little that the ratio of the
gold to the paper is only about one to
I, ,sffx: less thar ever before. It used to
ne a gold world; now it is a paper
world.
Here is imitation with a vengeance.
1t is aggravated by the enormous ex-
s4snsson Of credit. Business loans and
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-15

turers-the story of their lives De
fore 4l:o,r coming to this country ana
in the days that followed; their jour
neyinss from England to Holland ana
their soJourn among the Dutch' "
which too little is known by most peo-
nile: their voyage to this country anu
the record of their struggles 10 eS-
tab1ish homes and a free government.
And at the same time it might be well
to refresh the public memory regard
ing the early Virginia settlers Oh
which the North knows too little.
Every bit of this history is as thrill
ing as the most exciting movie OF
modern days. No hero of the film
erer had to contend with more OBJ
stac,es and perils than confronted
those brave and determined pioneers.
Nobody can refresh his mind with
this story and not be inspired with
natriotis,n, with pride. and with the
resolve to keep America to the utmost
of his ability as its creators, alike in
the North and the South, meant it to
be.
We read endless trash. we talk
lightly of revolution. we belittle many
Of the things for which the Pilgrim
Fathers and the Cavaliers and the
RESI- lived hard >aives and died heroic
deaths. Let US turn to the histories,
and read their story over again. We
shall be the better citizens for doing
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-15
Ilunlan1a,s Troubles.
(Associated Press Correspondence

(Associated Press Correspondence
;, Bucharest, April 2G.-Rumania is
passing through another of the many
political crises she has experienced
since the armistice. General Alex
ander Averesco. who was made pre-
.mier by King Ferdinand in the mid
ole Of March, did not have majority
in the old parliament which the king
dissolved at that time and he is be-
ing opposed by several political par
ties in the new elections to chose a
parliament to; succeed the one dis
solved by the king.
Promises. have been made that Gen.
eral .Averesco viii establish order in
the country. regulate the railways, de-
mobilize the army. send the soldiers
back to the farms and eliminate dis
honest officials who are said to have
enormously Increased in number since
the beginning Of the war.
It is charged that political con1bi-
nations have been made against him
to prevent him from carrying out ms
projects and that unless the new par
lament supports his program he will
be unable to put his reforms into CT
feet.
One Of the parties opposing General
Averesco is the Nationalists whose op-
ponents call them Bolshevists and
Communists DR.. yiada, premier OF
the recently deposed ministry, IS a
member Of this party. Workingmen's
unions of all the large industrial cit
les are said to be in sympathy with
the Nationaiists in opposing Genera!
Averesco. These unions have declar-
ed their adhesion to the Third Inter
rationale of Moscow.
The Nationalist party is reported to
be. working in Transylvania to fornl q
Ira nsylvanian republic.
Friends Of Rumania say that she
now presents fair example of COM
p,jcated. Balkan politics which mys
tify those living beyond the frontiers
Of any Balkan country. Foreign dip
lo-nats assert that such political in
trigues are responsible for the Balkan
wars with which the world now is
sadly familiar.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-15
Social Service.

One of the splendid things coming
out Of the war is well organized ma
ton wide body OF social servants at
the beck and call of human needs IN
every form. Sumter is fortunate in
having one Of the finest chapters ir the
entire connection.
During the Influenza epidemic there
were more than 400 cases in Sumter,
81 Of these I'M SS homes came 'lnder
the care Of the Red Cross Home Ser
vice Section and were treated by its
corps of twenty-one nurses, under
the supervision of one of the bess
trained nurses in the city Of Sumter.
Every case reported was visited daily,
oftener il necessary. Nourishment was
prepared and served by a committee
to all who were in need Of it. Cloth
ing, bed clothing, food, wood, medl-
cine, medical attention, all were pro-
vided by the Red Cross in every sin
gle case of need. The Home Service
secretary was at the beck and call of
the entire community day or nigh.
No human being within the limits of
our city suffered for lack of scientific
treatment II the matter was reported.
The Red Cross has not only given
close and effective attention to the
sick but is in constant touch with
cases of distress whether men or wo-,
men. Modern social science is pre-
ventive as we'll as remedial and so the
Red Cross has well wrought sys!!
TEN of health promotion. Many disi
eases hitherto considered dispensations
dispensation Of ignorance and indif-'
ference. The art Of living is one of the
finest Of all the fine arts, yet one Of
the least understood. Fortunate is any
community that has corps Of intelli-
gent workers, giving their lives, not
only to the cure of disease and relief
of distress, but to the building up Of
homes. the promotion of hygiene, the
bringing of fresh courage to those VINO
have lost heart, and thus building up
the waste places of our physical, mo-
raj and social life.
It costs this nation one thousand
million dollars year to be sick. and
from an economic standpoint alone. a
poor man cannot afford to- die. The
socializing Of public health agencies
is zone Of the most pressing of our
needs throughout the country-the
socialized doctor, the socialized nurse,
the sociaiized visitor, the socialized
3friend and the socialized home, these
consummated will work out for US a
new heaven and new earth.
| Our busy people numbered with
the cares Of their own tasks and
problems are not aware Of the splen-
did work being accomplished, not on
| ly for the returned soldier, several
+ of whom have been given a new foot
hold in life, but all classes of our peo-
| pie who need a friend, are rapidly
becoming aware Of Room 6O2, City
National Bank building, where all
their story, however tragic, will be
heard with intelligent patience and
the. financial and social resources OF
the. city modified to supply Their
needs. All the splendid service! to
| the suffering this winter caused oy' III
| 1uenza. has cost.Iess than $1,o0o.sLet
the cofnmunity. pause long enough 10
reckon the meaning OF this snail .1n-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-15
BONDS AND DEALERS.

An inouisitive soul, having heard
tales of varying prices for Liberty
Bonds, thought he would investigate.
He took a 800 third issue, ~ per
cent bond, and offered it for sale at a
bank. There he. was offered the list
price in that days quotation, which
was ss0.17. The bank would also
redeem the attached interest coupons
totalling s7.s6, making the entire sum
of sss.o3.
Since his quest was purely for in
formation, he refused this offer, and
next presented his bond to a we'll
known brokerage arm dealing in such
sec,isssies. 1T n.sae TIE same as 6
the bank, with a..fee of 50 cents for
hanss:ns. - ~
NgH, the Investigation visited eige
az store which displayed a price quo
tation board in its window, but tfe
proprietor would give only ss6.57 FIR
the bond with its interest canpons.
Thence the quest went ;on down the
linsG1Mnan. dealers and pawn-brokers
the InHes offered gradually diminish
ins,he mxest one being sss, which,
the paEnbroker claimed was about
the current quotation" though it was
N reality s7.17 less than the list price
for the bond without coupons. Kay
ing learned what he wanted to know,
the inquisitive soul went home and
put. his bond, away safely: =
These figures and this experience
1aa, be duplicated in almost any COM
munity. and amply prove the wisdom
Of the advice offered by a federal bank
Official: Sell Liberty Bonds only il
necessary. and then deal only with
banks or legitimate brokerage con-
Germs" 4;
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THAT EXTRA HALF-HoUR

A good deal is being said about the
fact that ifsalI the workers now in the
country were to put in an extra half
hour every day on some bit OF prod
uctive work the labor shortage would
be made up for. Just how a man or
woman with a day Of definite length,
containing its definite tasks, can put
in. the extra half hour is not clear to
many people who would like to put
it in and thus reduce the cost Of liv-
ing.
The first essential to success in this
undertaking is imagination. The
worker. must be able to look beyond
his immediate task, all the way along
the chain Of workers and back around
to himself again. Fortified with this
power to see effects reaching ont at
long distance from his small causes.
he can find dozens OF ways to utilize
his half-hour to aid the country's
shortage and his own wen-being.
First and mcst obvious, at this time
of year, comes gardening. Farm labor
is notoriously short. If the town man
will put I'M his haif-hour in the back
yard garden, and a dozen Or two Of
his neighbors will do the same, the
labor OF one lmarket-gardener is saved
for production Of larger farm crops.
It may take season and a half to get
the effect out OF the cause. Here is
where the imagination is needed. But
the chain is sure, if persisted in.
He may sponge and press his own
clothes and shine his own shoes. This
not only means an immediate econ
omy. but by making the old clothes
wear longer it gives the clothing q
chance to catch up with its shortage
He may paint his own porch and
varnish his own floors. setting the
painter free to work on new houses
With these suggestions as a start
er. if a man will spend the first extra
half hour" letting his mind play free
ly on his productive abilities, he will
find a dozen 6s1er things. one or two
of which may serve him better than
these.
There is, for instance, the posi-
bility of studying and reading along
the lines Of his job, sc. that he i'm.
proves his own producing ability.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-15
pHoHrnrrEoS AND THEATRES.

s,,ss theatrical people used to fear
:. s.s;st ;.,,,,;l,, r.,,c,i,,,t;on won,d mean the
100 ssI,sI, ~ the;,s. business They
- ), ,;,isssant s,,rnri.e one
;,ro,,,c.r. ss;d the 9TH
1 - tho ,sr;,;ra4a
.s. .ss,,,, = ) er;snax - usn, noty
81 .s ss s. $. s,s.sms.nt.,;,i,ons n the
s. tsss, sa,fs-s sna inst starea Of :
- ,..;oa !. ne estimates that
,.as,,ss.ss, g ~ ;ncress go, theatrica,
So s. ,,ss.' s' e n.r.ant
& s$SES3R44 ou pei CcHl- - y.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-15

.Waslfingto1.- Way l2=z-san .1aail.
porto. Rican harbor.- has been closed
hy the grounding Of the army trans
;lort. Northern Pacific. at. It's entrance.
to Il raidogram received
ilerc. The Coast Guard Cutter 4anfa-'
c;aw. has been sent to its assistance.
General Pershing and other passen-
gers were taken off yesterday.
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49, ~ ~. =; ~, .
humble fsvver begins to look
sTssssaRle e present prices 3
would be al, right il
tHeH weren't going to bond US ali for
s Nhiskey'. sold nowadays is
sot harmful than whiskey nsedto be.
bas dossnt harm. 50 many people. :.
ssSsassan hour Of daylight, and have
h6le world to- yourself 9 q little
Waais ay getting up earlier these ane
Ons reason for the high cost Of food
Is shat zmen eat more since 1t Isn't
pesM5as TO line up at a friendly bar
fos aseouple Of cocktails and free
lunch On the way home to dinner.
5sssss:S,.s -
NO there isn't going to be sry ''oid
fashioned panic" in the United States;
hus there's going to be, a considerable
Anansial landslide, with quiate a. lot Of
rssnlsing Fatalities, if the extravagance
ana SPECULATION are not stopped soon.
o
Ifisaeyhody keeps on making more
=. - ,
ana aMore money out Of everybody else,
sSssr awhile money may be worth
abcatSas much in this country as it is
in Russia, with q, square meal costing
several hundred dollars.
~ =
Firs sets OF bills were passed twice,
in identical form, by both houses Of
the New York legislature without any,
body noticing It. Rather careless of
them, but there's something to be said
for their speed, Congress finds con-
tsiderable trouble in getting even the
most necessary bills through once.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-15
oER GREATEST PIONEERS

This year is to be marked by the
ceieasszficn on a large scale of the
three -hundredth anniversary Of the
landing Of the Pilgrims. No better
effect could be secured from this
celebration than revival of interest
in the history OF those early adyen-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-15
yestment in terms OF nafnan. .iifeVand
welfare. -.
WILL
NOMINATE DEBS

New York, May l$$-The Socialists
party machinery is set for the noni-
nation of Eugene Y. Debs for Presi-
dent.
New York. May 13-The Socialist
convention nominated Debs for Presi-
don't this afternoon.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-15

Miss Katie McKiever has returned
from France, where she has been en-
cared in relief work for the past year.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-15
THREE YEARS WITHOUT HOPE
Story Of Sickness and Suffering with Final Return to Health
II will do YOU good to read it

No matter how long nor how much you have
suffered, do not give up hope. Do not decide
there is no help for you. There is Make up
vonr mind to get we'll. You can. There is
remedy in which you.may place full reliance
as did MRS. Rozalia KAMA OF 80 Silver Street,
New Britain, Conn. This is what she says:
"I had cramps for three years and thought l
would never be any better. could not eat
without % distress. Slept with my mouth open
and could hardly breathe No medicine help Selped
haTa mn cramps and am feeling well and
healthy M wish every suffering person would
take PE-RU-NA.' -
Catarrh effects the mucous membranes IN
.nv organ or part. PE-RU-NA, by regulating
the digestion and aiding elimination ;eaamed
and nourishment to the slcA anu innslu'u
returns. na 1o.+orrbo
pE-RU-NA is recommended. Il you are SICK
The h sooner you begin using Dr. Eartmans
the sooner you may expectto be well and stron ST.
Of your health. bottle of PE-RoNA IS s. the s
to-take remedy to have in the. house. IL IS
yention and protection.
Sold everywhere IN tablet or liquid form.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-15
Hitchcock DenOunces
The Republican Peace
Resolution

Washington May 12-Senator Hitch
cock in opening the Democratic fight
against the Republican peace resolu-
ton, declared it futile. inconsistent
and in;mical to the treaty of Versailles.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-15

cheaper cuts OF meat may be all
xishk but what these blue jeans con-
pesx want i,- cheaper cuts OF clothes.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-15

FOR SAIlE-At bargain, one Colts
generator complete with all fixtures.
It's all new and never been uncrat-
ed. See J. P. Commander.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-15

FOR SALE have one hundred
bushels of corn in shuck. $500 per
bushcl. A. L. Ardis. Box 20.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-15

HAVE A FEW Ford Starters that we
can install at once. II you have
Ford without a starter. see us.
Shaw Motor Company.
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There is, for instance, the posi-
bility of studying and reading along
the lines Of his job, SC that he i'm
proves his own producing ability.
The Washington times., 1920-10-27

Detectives ss well As police have been
unable 10 trace her"
Mrs Van ripper said her daughter
mad come IN from ROckAwAy Park.
where she has a summer home, TO so
shopping. intending 10 90 back TO the
hockAway place.
I'VE know that she was at the
Madison street house" said the
mother. 'and left there about 7
o'clock on the evening OF September
10. She spoke 20 some people In the
mel h borhood whom she knew and
told them she was going back 10
Park. She never returned
TO the park"
Mrs. Van Ripper has visited every
hospital and mortuary within thirty
miles OF the Greater City in her ef-
forts TO get a trace OF her daughter.
whom she described as follows:
Twenty-four years old. nve feet nve
inches tall; weight. 1926 pounds. She
has reddish brown hair. regular few
lures and blue gray eyes. She wore a
blue crepe dress with q straw toque,
trimmed with gray fur. and tan
shoes and black stockings
The Washington times., 1920-10-27
3 TOWNS EXCITED
BY FEAR OF LEPER
Hospitals and Health Officials
Try to Pass Patient to
Other Localities.

ORANGE. N j.. Oct 2T.--An alleged
leper Is causing alarm In three muni-
eipAlitles, all OF which so far have
refused 20 accept responsibility for
him. He is Peilus Measure. a Greek.
thirty-nve years old, at "A Wight
street. West Orange. where he has
been employed at the Thomas A Edi-
son plant. He visited the Memorial
Hospital here early today. and was
sent by the physicians there TO DIR.
II. j. +. walhauser, a skin disease
specialist, at Al New street, Newark.
The physician diagnosed the case
as lepro-y and called up the Newark
City Hospital. which refused TO take
the man. as did the Essex County
Hospital at Belleville. The City Hos
pital sent an ambulance. which took
Messure to the city hall here. and
left him in the rooms OF the board
OF health. Officials of the board
wanted TO send him 20 West Orange.
The Washington times., 1920-10-27
DONNAFlEES
SING OR DIE ORDER
Nine. korshet t. Shubsrt, Now In
U. S., Claims Reds Nation
allied Her Voice.

NEW YORK, Oct. sT.-Thrsatsned
with death unless she sang was the
that confronted Nine.
Nina Korshez -shubert . Russian
prima donna, who was . soprano In
the Russian Royal Opera In retro-
grad. Nine. shubert arrived here yes
terday on tho CunArd steamer. Pan
noniA, having escaped from Russia
disguised as q nurse.
the government. she declared. they
seized her and nAtionAlisod her voice.
She said she was sent throughout
Russia to sing at public concerts. her
captors taking the receipts and Civ
ing her small sums for food She
said she was told daily that IL she
failed to sing her execution would
follow.
After eludins her captors and es-
Gaping to Kiev she Joined her hus-
band and daughter and took up con-
cert work again. One OF her last
concerts was In Constantinople. where
she met Rear Admiral Mark Bristol.
in charge OF American affairs In the
Near East.
The PAnnonia brought 1876 steer
age passenger from Mediterranean
ports where there are waiting, the
officers said. thousands of ernigrants
willing to pay four times the regular
passage rates for accommodation on
any steamer bound to America
The Washington times., 1920-10-27
WARON HOME BREW
STARTED BY WOMEN
N. Y. Dry Society ''views With
Alarm" Violations of
VoIstead Act.

SYRACUSE, Oct 27.-Home brew
must go. Cider and wines manufac-
tured in the sacred precincts of ones
own dwellings are under the ban.
Such is the determination OF the New
York state Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union, set forth by resolu-
ton at the closing session Of the con-
vention here today.
There is Immediate need to create
and crystalize sentiment against
home brew, cider and Wines" reads
the resolution. THE increased home
manufacture of alcoholic beverages
violates the spirit of the law, IL not
the letter"
1--WE view with alarm" the Union
lists declared. "the violations of the
Nolstead Act and call upon all pa
triotic citizens to aid in the enforcing
OF the law. We urge the Legislature
to repeal the unconstitutional 2.75
beer bill and 30 enact State en-
forcement law in harmony with the
NolsteId Act
There was no opposition to the
resolution which, however, failed to
mention any methods by which sen
timent be crystallized."
The Washington times., 1920-10-27
HER LINGERIE BILL
WAS $245A WEEK
Unpaid, Says Designer, Suing
Widow of Lieut.. Gov.
Sheehan, of N. Y.

NEW YORK. Oct. PA suit has
been disclosed alleging that Mrs.
Blanche N. Sheehan owes $9,7s7 and
interest for ''ine linen underwear
and "other articles" Mrs. Sheehan,
who has a country place, knoll
hurst" at Rosyn, l.. l.. Is the widow
OF former Lieut.. Gov. william f.
Sheehan.
The plaintiffs, Albert and Fernald
RouR, designers and makers OF lin
gerie, say Mrs. Sheehan Incurred the
Indebtedness between April 10, 1919,
and February 81, 1920.
Service OF a summons was made by
proxy after Sheriff Charles w. Smith
and another officer had been unable
to serve Mrs. Sheeban personally.
Supreme Court Justice Mullan
granted the order needed for other
than personal service on the de-
fendant, and thereafter copies OF
summons and complaint were left
with a woman servant at Knollhurst,
the defendant being described as "ab-
sent from the home"