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into voca tional training in a large way. has decided to equip some of its courses with sets of films by which soldiers taking occupational training can the more readily absorb what is before them. There are 1o7 courses in the army now. ranging from agronony to zoology, and 1o5.0oo soldiers are re- ceiving instruction either along voca- tionAl lines or in general education.
 It is announced by Maj Gen. P c. Harris, the adjutant general of the army, that the Bray Pictures Corpora ton of New York city has received the contract from the war department to make these new films for the automo- tive department in the vocational schools. An order has been placed for making thirty-five complete sets, each set containing ten reels. to be used for , instruction. The films are valued at $500 a set.
 When completed by the Bray Pictures Corporation and approved and accept ed by representative of the war plans division, general staff, and represen- | tatives from the motor transport corps the pictures will be taken over by the education and recreation division, stor- ! age service, of the quartermaster gen. ! CA e1A . O1lANC- LHSt ISCAo lncu Will Dc i sent all over the country to all the
 military departments of the army, as well as to Panama, Hawaii, Germany
 and the Philippines. where they will be
 put to work in the various army schools
 which teach automotives.
 l. The pictures are made precisely like
 animated cartoons, with pen and ink, 1 showing cross sections of gas engines, carburetors, and other automobile ma
 chinery in actual operation. There is nothing military about them the reels i are purely illustravtie of mechanical
 operations and functions. What is most
 valuable in the films is that the mo- l tion picture can be made to show that | which is invisible. Some of the com monest processes of modern industry have never been seen except in the
 minds eye. and this is particularly true l of gas engines. Explosions take place 1 in obscured confinement, and besides they are too quick to be caught by the human eye, even were the cylinder
 made of glass
 It may be interesting to note incl l dentally that this kind of film was first developed during the war for the in Istruction of machine gunners, to show them what to do when gun jammed It was highly successful.
 Accordingly, the same kind of film:
 were made for depth bombs, stean shovels, flame projectors, hand gren 1 ades, and cannon in the act of firing
 Explosions were slowed down so the, could be viewed as progression, seer through the open side of gun B,
 this means raw recruits were turned into expert operators by the thousands II freed from all limitations as to Ian guage. vision and perception The gov ernment now expects equally gratify
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goods ranged from IS to 30 per cent, about what buyers expected. and with the difficulty of agreeing on prices apparently adjusted. busy season is probable. The salesmen are going on the road again and the apparel lines in general seem to have more real basis for optimism than for some time. Most of the price cutting which is aiding this increase in business is at the expense of profit and the accumulation of badly needed capital but if labor recovers from it's infestation by the strike bug its efficiency will continue to increase and costs of operation to elssen. This recovery seems probable, not because labor leaders give sign of abandoning their destructive tactics. but because a time of manufacturing quietness Of de- cllning commodity prices and of in- ereasing labor supply is unpropitious for successful strikes and labor lead CTS are no more likely than any one else to make water run up hill.
 Many of the anthracite ''vaca tionists- . are showing a return of their better judgment by going back to work Transportation continues to improve.
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ing results by using similar pictures in the army's vocational schools. SERIOUS SHORTAGE IN
 LIVE STOCK AND HOGS

Washington, September 12.-(Spe- cial. )-The farmers national council in statement just issued says that seri- ous shortage of live stock and hogs Is imminent and that live stock producers must get lower interest charges and better credit terms to enable them to
 continue producing The statement says thousands and tens of thousands
 of live stock producers have louho their business so unprofitable that they are either going out of it entirely or will do so as soon as possible Heavy interest charges and difficulty in get ting credit under any terms is funoa- mental reason for this situation A very large proportion of the wft- nesses before the congressional com
 mittee recently considering legislation to control the meat packers nave em- phasized this situation.
 B. C. Lasater, one of the largest live stock growers in Texas last spring pre- sented to the House committee on agri- culture an audit of his stock raising i business by Price, Warehouse & O.
 showing for the period of nine years | 1909 to 1918. loss of $92,132. l C. H. Gustafson, president of the Ne braska Farmers Union. about veal ago testified that some of the big live stock growers in Nebraska have aver aged a loss of from $45 to s65 on every fat steer marketed last year. | A. Sykes. president of the Corn Bei Meat Producers Association, stated tha he had lost S370 on two car loads O beef cattle, not counting cent TOT nl' ;labor, but merely the stuff that wen {, into the cattle.
 C. W. Pugsley editor of the Nebraska Farmer, testified that thousands of pro kducers of live stock had gone out the business because they did not re cefve fair market values for their prod lucts.
 Andrew Muir. live stock raiser Q Kansas, testified that he and ni brother had recently lost s22 hea on cattle sent to market
 Col I. T. Pryor. formerly president the American Live Stock Association testified that in 1914 the associatlo had a list of forty to fifty producer l in Illinois Nebraska and Iowa who ha
 lost from s1o to $50 head on cattle and said that no big fortunes were eve
 made in the cattle business. He sal
 he had made $100 in land where he ha made $10 in cattle, and that he had $l invested in cattle where he had $1.sO l
 land.
 An interest charge of $S per cent rep
 resents more than one-half of the tots cost of producing live stock. yet farm | CTS are paying per cent to 10 per cen for money to continue producing liv stock and frequently an additions bonus of to per cent, and they hay . often great difficulty to command . extension of credit on any terms eve with adeouate security available.
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MAKE IMPORTANT USE
 OF INDUSTRIAL FILMS

Washington, September 12.-tSpe- ciaL )--Now the war department has fallen into line with some of the great manufacturing industries in realizing the tremendous importance of the nov ing picture for educational purposes. Scores of manufacturers are already using the screen for the purpose of re- cruiting employees. training them in their new trade and teaching them lessons in stopping lost motion.
 The army which has recently gone
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High Passenger Rates Cause
 Less 7raUeling in South
Price Finds Cotton Farmers More Worried About Possible Low Grade Crop Than About the Recent Decline
 Noted in Prices
. .uoIud .H uMonoaHL ka

New York September 12.-(Specia )-Traveng south to Dallas Tex from which this eegraphed to New York the thing by which the diminished travel at least p the Pullman No statistics yet
 available and be that observation is misleading but all the all the trains which travelled there many empty berhs, and it would that the increase
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Shame on Them.

there are who know the o ners
 Casto Perhaps who that there mtauon on the market knowing demand Feches It is ALL motherhood then that we call attention limitations and ns that may be before them
 to all everywhere that out the warning to beware of the thirty years Fcher Caoa has been an ad the upbung ppuaon aid in the saving of babies
 yet those who would ask to try something new ny this the remedy for the hny scarcely breathing oaDe that you your wonEod would for yourself shame on them
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Bank Clearings (Bradstreet's)
 in thousands
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-01-24

can bring about the use Of better
methods and if you can secure also
compression at the gin, you will have
proved yourself one Of the greatest
berefactors, the cotton producing sec
ton has ever known and not only
those now living Lut future genera
tons will call you blessed.
at is the truth that hurts. The cot
ton market is enormously oversold.
the sales being made at far lower
prices. People sold something they
did not own and It turned out in eX-
cess of actual production. Demand
world wide will exceed the supply and
before the 1920 crop becomes avail
able raw cotton will be exhausted. The
producer is only holding for fair
price based upon these conditions, the
price for which the manufactured pro-
duct is being sold and the cost OF
production. Under existing conditions
the producer determined not to sell his
cotton to speculator but to hold it. un-
til the manufacturer pays fair price.
it. would be absolutely impossible un-
der existing conditions to hoard cotton.
IT would be gust as reasonable to
state that ice was being boarded in
Hades"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-01-24
,, 1881. SUMTER s. G., SATURDAY, JANUARY 24 1920
THE CAMP JACK
SON MURDER
General Read Awaits Instruc-
ton From the War De-
partment

Columbia, Jan. 22-Columbians and
South Carolinians are awaiting with
much interest the results of the in
quiry made of the war department in
Washington by Commanding General
Read, of. Camp Jackson, as to wheth-
<er or not he shall turn over to the
Richland county authorities the four
soldiers now under arrest at Camp
Jackson charged with murder in con-.
nection with the shooting and hold
ing up Of : autom obileS, which took
place: last Monday night on the road
between the city and the camp.
: General Read has stated that he is
not trying to shield the soldiers i'm
plicated in the affair, but that he SIM
ply wants advice from a higher au-
thority in a case the like Of which he
never, before handled.
The men under arrest are Lieut.. p.
B. Fowler, who was officer of the
guard on the night of the shooting;
Corporal Edmond F.. Mantson; Private
Roy Januz, and Private Roy Sanders.
Sanders is charged with the killing OF
William S. Chaplain of Columbia, and
the other soldiers are charged with
murder. as parties to the crime.
Much to the regret Of camp, officials
and the majority Of leading citizens
of Columbia, the sad tragedy of last
Monday night and the several hold
ups .practiced by the soldiers On pass
Ing automobiles, there has developed
a spirit of enmity against the camp
On the part Of some Of the citizens
Of Columb bia. 1t is feared that many
months will have to pass before this
sore healS
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TWO MILLION
FOR ROADS
Richland County Proposes to
Spend That Sum

Columbia, JAN 22.-The biggest
road bond issue ever authorized in
South Carolina is to be t1oated at an
early date under a bill introduced In
the General Assembly today authoriz-
ing the sale of two million dollars
worth Of Richland county. FIVE per
cent bonds. the proceeds Of which are
to construct permanent highways OF
Richland county. Not a cent of the
money is to be spent for highways
within the city Of Columbia.
The bill creates a commission Of
three. appointed by the governor. to
have charge of the bond issue and
the handling Of the proceeds The
bonds will be sold within the next few
months, because Of the fact that all
of the Richland delegation is solid
for the bill and the people Of Rich
land county strongly endorsed the is
sue in a referendum election last
August.
There are two safeguarding clauses
in the bill with which the people Of
Rfchland are delighted. One Of these
specifies that there shall be no con-
tracts let for the construction of
roads with the proceeds Of the bond
issue on the basis Of cost plus. Rich
land county got stung under such a.
contract last year, when one mile of
road near Camp Jackson, paved in
concrete, cost $66, 900.
The other safeguarding clause is
that no contract shall be let for a
price averaging more than $4,000 per.
mile.
The bill names the roads to be
paved, these being main arteries lead
ing ont of Columbia. Richland coun-
ty is determined to get out Of the
mud ).
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POLICE OFFICER
KILLED IN DUBLIN
Assistant Commissioner Attack.
ed in Street

Dublin, Jan. q Assistant Com
missioner Of Police Redmond was
shot and killed at $50 o'clock this
evening in Harcourt street, one of
Dublin's Main thoroughfarcs.
When Mr. Redmond was assailed
he endeavored to draw his own pistol
but was unable to do SO before he was
shot dowr -. vas f'l'.d gripping
his pistol which was in his pocket"
Mr.. Redmond recently was brought
to Dublin from Belfast where he had
been a successful constabulary off,
Ger, to assist in coordinating the Dub
lin police and secure increased efh-
cheney in the detective department.
Several policemen have been Killed
recently but no arrests have been
made.
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EIGHT LIVES LOST
Attempt to Transfer Passengers
Results Fatally

Halifax. Jan. Eight lives were
lost when q boat from the transport
Northern Pacific overturned yesterday
in IN attempt to transfer passengers
from the disabled transport Powha-
tan, according to officers Of the
steamship Bardic. which arrived here
this morning. The Bardic officers said
the statement was based on q wire
less message. A wireless from the
Powhatan at ten o'clock this morn
ing said the ship. had started tor
Halifax in tow Of the. canadiai gos-
ernment steamer Lady Laurie.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-01-24
FLU EPIDEMIC
RAGING IN CUBA
Six Thousand Cases Reported
in Havana

Washington, Jan. 22.-Six thousand
cases of influenza are reported from
Havana, Cuba, public health service
today. 1t is announced that ell PEE
ventions to prevent an influx OF the
disease into the United states is be.
ing taken st Havana and at amert-
can ports Further spread OF t.e
malady in this country is reported 10
the service today. Twenty-four hum
dred new cases in sixteen counties of
Northern Illinois.
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Norfolk, Va. Jan. 21.-In an ad-
dress today under the auspices Of the
Anti-Saloon league. WilliamJ. Bryan,
announced his opposition to Governor
Edwards Of New Jersey. as the nom
inee Of the Democratic party for the
presidency and declared that if Chair
man Cummings address last night at
the banquet in honor of Governor Ed.
wards correctly expressed his attitude,
that he would oppose him for chair
man Of the national Democratic COM
nlittee.
Mr.. Bryan's bittercst attack was on
Governor Edwards.
Mr.. Edwards has picked out my
own State, Nebraska, to launch his
campaign in.". Mr.. Bryan went on.
But if Nebraska instructs for Mr..
Edwards. I'll never be a delegate to
the national convention" he declar-
ed
81 see that the Democratic national
chairman, Cummings, attended hte
Edwards campaign banquet in New
jersey last. night said Mr.. Bryan,
following his attack on Governor Ed
wards.
eff that is Mr.. Cummings attitude.
he'll never be chairman of the DEM
ocratic committee again If I can help
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-01-24
THE NEW ARMY
BILL APPROVED
Law Will Provide for Large
Army and Compulsory
Training

Washington. Jan. 21.-The army re-.
organization bill, drafted by the SEN
ata military subcommittee was en-
dorsed today by Secretary Baker,
who appeared before the full COM
nlittec. The measure 'provies for
compulsory military training and the
formation Of one big army to be dl-
rided into citizens reserve army, and
the regular army, consisting OF two
hundred and eighty thousand men,
and the national guard.
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NAVY ROW GROWS ;.
IN BITTERNESS
Commander of Marine Corps
Goes For Admiral Sims
With Gloves Off

Washington, Jan. 21.-The naval
! decoration award controversy twice
reached the floor OF the senate today,
each time bringing forth bitter de-
! bate, while the investigating subcom-
mittee continued its inquiry with Maj.
Gen. George Barnett, commanding the
marine corps, ana Rear Admiral A.
". Grant, war time commander of
the first battleship force Of the At
! lantic feet, as witnesses.
The controversy first reached the
senate when Senator Walsh, Demo
crat, Montana, introduced a resolution
criticising Rear Admiral William S..
Sims, for recent testimony before the
Investigating subcommittee in which
instructions of the most confidential
nature the senator said, were laid
before the world. After sharp de-
bate, on objection of Senator Lodge
e Massachusetts,, Republican leader,
the resolution went over.
Later the dispute bobbed up when
Senator Hitchcock Of Nebraska, act
ing Democratic leader, aided by SEN
ator PittInan, Nevada, Democratic
member Of the investigating commit
tee, conducted a successful filibuster
against the resolution of Senator Hale,
Maine. chairman of the committee, to
allow the committee to employ coun-
sci. After the two Democratic sena-
tors had spoken for some time, Chair
man Hale interrupted the debate to
say that as 1t was evident that fill
buster was in progress, he would
withdraw his motion for immediate
vote. His resolution thereupon,> went
over to be called ur later probably to-
morrow.
Pending further action by the SEN
ate on his resolution Chairman Hale
adjourned hearings Of the subcommit-
tee late in the day until Friday when
Rear Admiral Austin N. Knight, head
of the board which passed on medal
mission to Secretary Daniels viii be
heard
General Barnett in his testimony
before the subcommittee took issue
with Admiral Sims saying that there
was no need for PRONUNCIATION by Sec
retary Daniels of a definite policy on
naval medal awards as Admiral Sims
has .contended. The act authorizing
decorations, the marine corps COM
mandant held, was sufficiently ex-
plicit to guide commanding officers in
selecting men to he rewarded. AL
though he :: expressed regret to the
naval secretary that all OF his rec
concentrations we're not fayorably
considered. General Barnett told the
committee he accepted tho reply >of
Mr.. Daniels, that the line had to be
drawn somewhere to uphold the value
Of the decorations.
Declaring that Thomas A. Edison,
contrary to popular belief, had little
to do with the perfection Of subnaa-
rine detecting devices during the war,
Rear Admiral Grant told the commit
tee that two young officers on his
staff, Comndr. c: S. Mcdowell and
Lieut.. Comndr Miles Libbey. were
largely responsible for the successful
development of the apparatus. The
admiral said that he recommended
both officers for navy crosses but that
they did not receive the awards.
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CONGRESS HAS.
ECONOMY SPASH
Putting Knife Into Appropria.
tion Bib For Campaign
Purposes

washington, Jan. 21.-Congrcss
held its thrift week" celebration to-
day, a wave of economy sweeping both
the senate and house. The net result
was:
ings committee not to recommend pas
sage at this session Of public build
ings bill.
Reduction by the house foreign af-
fairs committee Of the annual diplo-
matte and consular service appropria-
ton bill to s8,S43.038, which is s3,-
0S5, ,125 less than the state department
requested and s1,032,e74 less than was
appropriated for the present fiscal
year.
Elimination by the senate of an
appropriation of s42,500.000 from the
bill and substitution
therefor Of an appropriation OF &c.
100000 restricted to use until the end
Of the 1924 fiscal year instead Of an
expenditure over four years as the
larger appropriation contemplated.
Democrats and Republicans for the
most part joined forces n the slashtng
away at: appropriations the vote to
eliminate customary 'porkey" public
buildings bills being unanimous. The
reduction in the Americanization bills
appropriation was advocated jointly by
Senators McCumber, Republican, Of
North Dakota, and Dial, Democrat, Of
South Carolina The North Dakota
senator told his colleagues that ac-
cording to careful estimates, the gov
ern1nent would start the fiscal year
beginning July with deficit Of $3,-
100000. Should expenditures for. 1921
be kept within the conservative esti-
mates of $4,000, goo, 600 the senator
thought they might be provided for
but there would be nothing left to take
care Of the left over deficit.
I'VE have gone mad on the ques-
ton Of conceiving new questions that
will reach into the federal treasury"
said Senator McCumber referring to
the Amoricanization bill which is de-
signed to educate illiterates and
Americanize foreign born citizens.
1.-The only thing that will stop it will
be when we get to the end Of the
rope and have to tend the country to
meet expenses"
Senator Dial said the tax payers Of
the United States We're getting tired
Of being over burdened."
In cutting down appropriations in
the diplomatic and: consular service
bill, the house committe denied Sec
retAry Lansing's request for. increases
! in the salaries Of ambassadors and
ministers The only increases grant
ed over present expenditures were a
fat $1,000 advance in salary to Sec
retaries of embassies and legations
and an additional item of $3.50, 700 for
passport control bringing the total
for that purpose UP to s440,431.
The drastic cut in appropriations
for river and harbor Improvements IS,
ordered by the house rivers and har-
bors committee in pairing down the
annual appropriation bill continued to
arouse members Of the house and MI
nority' members OF the committee to-
day began the drafting OF new bill
which would appropriate. $25 100000.
The new bill which will be offered as
substitute for the majorities measure
will, specify Improvements to be made
instead Of leaving expenditures to the
war department as provided in that
reported to the house.
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DECLINE ON FOR
EIGN EXCHANGE
Adverse Trade Balances Unset
tie Foreign Commerce

New York, Jan. 21.-New low rec
ords ON English, French and Italian
exchange were made at the opening
of the market here today. The pound
sterling fell to three dollars, siNty-two
and .three-quarter cents. The adverse
trade balance against European coun-
tries and the uncertainty regarding
foreign trade was. held responsible for
the demoralized exchange rates,
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Washington. Jan. 21.-Although
Homer S. Cummings. chairman of the
Democratic national committee, de-
fivered an address before the Nation
al lzPress club here tonight all efforts
to find him later tonight in connec-
ton with the statements made by-W.
j. Bryan in speeches today and to-
night in Norfolk and Richmond. Va.
were unavailine.
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STRIKE IN
ITALY FAILS
Government and Public Opinion
Too Strong For Socialists

Rome. Jan. 22-The energetic
steps taken by the Italian govern
ment and the adverse attitude Of the
public seemed to have brought about
the failure Of the railway strike. The
National congress of employees in the
postal, telephone and telegraph ser
vices have voted to return to work.
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PRIVATE LIFE
FOR CLEMENCEAU
War Premier Delivers War Of
fee to His Successor

Paris. Jan. 21-Georges Clemen-
ceau. former premier and minister Of
war. handed over the ministry Of
war to Andre Lefevre, the new war
minister ut $50 this afternoon. I'M
mediately afterward, Nj. Clemenceau
left the ministry.
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PREPARATION
COMMISSION
Charles Jonnart to Represent
France

Paris, Jan. e2.-Charles A. Jonnart,
former minister Of blockade and in
raded regions, has been appointed as
the French delegate on the repara-
tons commission and will be presi-
dent Of that body. according to the
newspa pers.