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Well, Joe, got the lights out all o. X.
and they Is a excitedly buzz Of oonver-
sation with happy laughter and etc. and
then Jeanne tells me to throw 'em on
again. When I done that and whilst
everybody Is blinkin' and kiddin' each
other, I seen that Mister Saunders still
has his mask on and not only that he's
est him. The boys and girls is all
laughin' and Mrs. Hedges-Plympton
giggles and commences to act the same
as young kitten and she hangs onto
You naughty boy - she says. You
she reaches up, and tears Off his mask.
Joe. Jeanne give one look at the
handsome stranger and let forth a shrek
and a coupla guys near me busts out
laughin and says, This is rich y and
dame from the mansion next to us
gasps, "Why-that's my butler !"
yanishes through the door, Joe, and
Mrs Hedges-Plympton after one dunn
founded look all around, picks out the
best lookin' guy near her and faints In
his arms, diamonds, three chins and all |!
Well, Joe, everything is in wildly con-
Jeanne that they had all the help they
needed for first aid and etc, so l took
y on the run myself The last seen,
the movin' picture gang was laughin'
themselves sick and Jeanne was tryin' to
bring Mrs. Hedges-Plympton back to life
with all the maids In the place as assis-
tants and the like.
come In at 8 the next mornin'. Joe.
wore out and on the Drinks OF exhaustion
after wanderin' around in the woods all
night dressed UP like this muskets ear
of the time of Jooey the II. Jeanne
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certainly class. You oughta Of heard
him say, "Rahiy, cawn'tP
Yours Truly, .
I'd. Harmon (The Victim OF Cruelty
Circumstances and etc).
CONTINUED TOMORROW
Copyright, 1890, Doubleday, Page q 90.
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There's No Base Like Home
BY III. C. WITWER

plected gent in India and won't even
curl a eyebrow at anybody which amt
descended from deckhands on the May
flower. outside of your wife. She's been
pointed out to me once and introduced
TO me once and was as friendly both
once over through that trick glass of
horrid creatures!' We'll, theys nc use
of me gettin' sore at the old iceberg
and then I can feel for her Wanna
mo, thanks !" I says. with the great
est of politeness. I'm on the wagon.
Thanks for the, the dope ,,Eso and trust you
Soon as II gets the other way. I'll
leave!" she says, and blows.
Well, Joe, bein' still all All up with
that Merchant Of Venus thing ! can't
help feelin' sorry for the gently old
lady and says to myself II is UP to me
to dig her up a partner of her own kind
SOS she can enjoy herself and they must
be at the least one other blue blood
of gettin' everything in sets. SO wander
here and I wander there on my ro-
nautical quest and fn'ly wander out,
side the house and onto the lawn, feelin
a great deal like a modern Cupid eX-
cept. of course, have not got Cupid
uneyforn on.
Well, Joe, they is a tall, handsome and
distinguished looktn' guy out there ana
his costume consists OF a lotta gold lace
and buttons here and there and my
guess is that he's takin' off n Turkish
admiral or the like. He ain't got no
mask on. prob-ly havin' took it OF to
get the afr and he makes a politely
bow when he sees me which l give back,
Mt the same time gettin' in the informa-
ton that I am no less than Ed. Har.
mon. Joe. he Immediately presented
me with another bow and says that's
very good and he's got a accent like a
English duke and in spite of his
masquerades costume you can see he is
class all over. then says is he havin'
a nice time and he says he Is and l
made the bold to inquire at this point
why he amt inside with the rest OF the
merry's makers Well. that seemed to
kinda huster him bit and he COM
mences to stall and see In minute
he's one OF them bashful birds which
amt at the top of their game when In
a crowd and he has undoubtlessly stole
outside for a little relief. So to put
him at his ease, told him all about the
Merchant of Venus and he laughed
heartily at 1t and claims it's "Rippin'."
Then | told him n coupls more stories
like the one about II seems they was a
Irlshman which Just come over and
we'll, anyways, Joe, worked fast and
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kept him on the verge of the hystericals
for upwards of half a hour.
Well Joe. then It struck me that
deed, especially as | am All Of that ro-
nautical Shakespeare kids stun. be-
cause here 10 a guy outside all alone
and inside is a dame the same way,
to bring them together? could tell
right away from this guys conversation
that he was at the least as blue blood
as Mrs. HedEes-Plympton, II not more
so,, and the. chances are they wouldst
welcome each other with open arms.
SO I grabbed him gently by the arms,
Joe, and keepin the conversation at
fever's heat, steered him over to the
door. He gimme a trife resistance and
says, Really, you know, he cawn't go
inside Just yet and then I remember he
ain't got no mask on, so take of mine
and fasten II around his face before he
arosiP can step me: Then put Isl SILK hand, nd,
to break the rules of Jeanne's costume
ball. He keeps pullin' back and sayin'
he don't care to 20 in, but shove him
gently and firmly. along until we get
which is still stoutly. fulla diamonds and
alone. On the way over 1 have whis-
pered TO him what's his name and he
says It's Saunders so whilst the promi-
carefully with her glasses which she
wears on the end of a stick, l says
Mrs, Hedges -Plympton, shake hands
with Mister Saunders of here and un-
doubtlessly England. from his talk l
want you two to be little pals together,
and feel you can't miss fallin' for each
otheri"
With that, 1 blowed, Joe and think
I carried the rather tryin situation, fully
as we'll as Reggie Rockerbilt could OF did
and l never been in society before in my
life, outside of tho Legal Aid Society
when worked for a butcher as n child,
which fired me without payin' of.
We'll. Joe. from then on everything
what had did that tripped the lightly
and when 1 ,sneaked look at Mister
Saunders and Mrs. Hedges-Plympto
seen them dancin' likewise and although
this swell lookin' guy looked a trifie
nervously to the nude eye, he certainly
seemed to be gettin' over with the high
society leader from the way she was
lcanln' on his arm and smilin' up at him.
He certainly was a handsome guy, they's
no two ways about II and l heard some
guy say that whoever he was, his make
up was deucedly clever.
Fin'ly along comes IL o'clock and the
caters dinner is all set and the guests
stops dancin' and separates in pairs
around the balls room. Jeanne Is by
my side and why not and she whispers
to me to switch off the lights the minute
the clock strikes ~. Everybody Is sup
posed to take off their masks whilst In
utter darkness and then on goes the
lights and the girls can see who Is the
boobs which has been treadin' on their
feet all night on the pretense of dancin'.
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TOURS
IN MENIORIAM

WISTER--In cherished and loving remesII
brance of Mrs. OWEN WlsTEH' AVE-"
1913. u ~ '"
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CHAPTER v

Fifth Inning (Continued)
~ frosty as Cape Nome, but she seems
70 have let down a bit tonight, 1 know
she looks on US artists as some queer
hinda fish and that's what kidnaps my
goat. Warren Kendall. the Super-Play-
ers' star, asked her to dance. outa pity
and she turned him down so cold the
poor boy 10 sufrerin' from chilblains. She
and she's only here as a favor to your
wife. Look at her givin' us all the
In my wanderin's hero and there
about my castle, see that Joy Is at Its
paired OFF, jazzin' around and etc. They
Amt no question but what it's all gonna
cost me a handsome penny, but we only
I've once or twice and | would rather
die happy than rich--,still and All, hurl.
IN away dough like this is nothtn short
Of criminal. The male delegates TO this
party is nearly all hangin' round Jeanne
like she was the only one in tho world
which knowed place where soft drinks
Jealous long ago. Only they is at least
three guys there. Joe which II they had
Of looked at Jeanne once more like they
was when ] come in, they would of i'm
mediately got acquainted with the near
est doctor 70 where we live!
Well, over in corner all alone Is
rather stoutly dame which at first looks
like the tower of Jewels they had on
Fifth avenue for the soldiers. She will
never again glimpse her forty-fifth birth
day, but she has got II on the other girls
in the matter of chins, havin' at least
three to their one. Also she Is featurin'
more diamonds than Tiffany ever seen
on the best day he had and she is
dressed up to represent Queen Eliza
beth, which, IL her makeup is truthful
I bet said queen never got elected for
no second term. But what's worryin'
me. Joe, is that she is all alone like "A
wallis flower, whereas and to wit all the
other girls has got from six to a dozen
guys hangin round EN- Now, Joe,
when give a blowout I want every
body to be happy and go away singin
my praises for bein' good guy and the
like; and, anyways, | feel full of love
and romance after hearin' this "Mer-
chant OF Venus" thing. So l made up
my mind l wouldst see that this dame
got a partner II I hadda break leg.
l wish now, Joe. had broke the leg.
Charlotte Russeau, the famously vam-
pire. happens TO pass me at that minute
and says hows tricks, and | says I
wouldst like n short, brief chat with her
Hayn' been granted the audience, | asks
her who is the stoutly and inclined to
be elderly dame which is sittin all by
herself In the midst of the gayety and
at the young men, without none of EN-
givin' her a tumble.
why" says Charlotte. That's Mrs.
Hedges Plympton, the society leader and
the dame which Is playin' fairy god
mother to your wife in gettin' her across
with the class Of this burg. She's silly
old fool and makes me sick, personally,
but she's got S1,c5 for every dark COM
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was waItin up for me and let US draw
the veil over what took place immedi-
ately on the heels of my entrance
Nevers the less, found out the sensa-
tional information that Jeanne had bor-
butler all right, from the dame which
lives next door SOS to give her costumes
ball the f1nlly touch OF class. also
hear that have ruined Jeanne forever
and a day with Mrs. Hedges-Plympton,
which left terrible insvlted and etc. on
account of bein' worth hogshead OF lucre
and bein' as high in society as Piker's
Peak and then bein' paired Off with a
humbly butler. L.
AS say, Joe, Jeanne claimed did II
on purpose and Ia now livin' apart from
me, though In tho Same house OF which
am inmate. II wasn't my fault at all
and II hadn't been all romanced up after
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hearIn' that Merchant OF Venus thing,
/ would never Of tried to dig up q part.
ner for Mrs. Hedges-Plyinpton and all
would of been we'll.
How did I know this guy was a but
ler, Joe, when everybody around the
place was disguised as somethin', hey1
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Y ia Harmon, toho admits he has
DeueIas Fairbanks looking IKE
Hfkev. tells Friend Joe about Hfe w
TIC movies IN the foiloving letter. Jr-
sfaffvteNts from X. @. Wittocr's latest
suoCeas toift be printed daily.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-07-24

There Is nothing either fiattcring or
:,bsaslng to the great majority OF wo-
men IN this country In any prospect
OF having suffrage granted az a vote
brtbing scheme. Nor are they any
better pleased at those mistaken m en-
'bers OF their sex who ara threatening
tnat the women's vote will he thrown
4 go the party which first secures final
ratification of suffrage.
Whatever the circun stances Of final
ratification. neither pnrty Is entitled
20 any pledge OF the feminine vote
becsuse OF II. Thore are men active I'm
both parties who are true champions
OF suffrage. who have worked to Sc
cure ID without regard to party poll
tics. who have voted for II consistently
There are men in beth parties who
have fought Il bitterly and still hope
that women viii not te given the bal
iot In time for the coming election.
Neither party is EMIT ed solely to the
woman vote as q reward for obtaining
suffrage. neither merits the wholesale le
withdrawal OF feminine support on the
ground OF having denied IT,
Suffrage Ia not a question OF poiiti-
cal parties. but OF citizenship. and cit
izenship involves the right to the bal
lot and the inalienable right to choose
party affiliations untiammeled.
Whatever the mistaken ideas oi
false hopes OF either male or female
politicians may he when the clean-cut
thinking American. woman gets tn.
vote. she will accept II not as bribe
but as her right. and she will use II
as her conscience and her judgmen
dictate.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-07-24
PLENTY OF COAL.

There is comfort, though cold com
Tort 1t may be, in the announcement
that there is plenty of coal--in the
ground. At q recent convention of
coal experts, 1t was reported that the
hard coal in this country will not
give out for $50 years, and the soft
coal is virtually inexhaustble
j. w. Paul, chief coal mining engi-
neer Of the United States Bureau of
Mines, is quoted as saying that there
is enough to supply the people of tho
United states for 5000 years. Few
persons have any interest extending
beyond that time. 1t Isl a period as
long as the traditional age of the
world. If the soft coal lasts as far in
to the future as from the present
time back to Adam, there is no need
of worrying.
Some coal men may question these
figures. They are not given as accu-
rate, for there is no possibility of COM
putting the future population of the
country and its fuel needs. But any,
one who has looked into the matter
VIII grant that not even the remotest
generation In which living men and
women can have any personal. con-
Germ will lack fuel IL any reasonable
care Is taken of the supply.
The Ignite deposits alone in Mon
tana and North Dakota, as vet hardly
touched. amount to trillions OF tons
That coal. and it's products, will be
found useful for countless genera
tions when the accessible veins of an
thracite and bituminous have run out.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-07-24
Scout News of Interest
Many Tests Are Passed by Boys

The regular Wednesday meeting will
be held at the scout room tonight at
1880 o'clock. Uniforms need not be
worn
The troop surely had a fine time last
week at the Inlet, and everybody came
back feeling fine.
A number of tests were passed by
the boys. They are as follows: Cut
tino. compass, swimming. knife and
axe, tracking, cooking Buckle Wilder,
compass, signalling, tracking. cook
ing, knife and axe; Clarke, first class
signalling; Guy Warren, first class
swimming Charles Green, first class
swimming; Lorraine Dwyer. signalling,
tracking, cooking; James Wilder sig
mailing and tracking; Robert Bultman.
tracking fire building, cooking, knife
and axe; Wannamaler. knife and axe.
cooking and fire building.
Guy Warren and Harold Wannama-
ker were initiated into the troop as
tenderfeet having passed the required
tests.
In the athletic contests the Beaver
Patrol lead by Harold Wmldcn easily
defeated all the others.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-07-24
vt'CAT1oNAL AID FOR CHILDREN

heny colleges now have vocation
a suidance directors whose work II
- to help undergraduates prepare fol
ef>er-grsduation job-h inting. In
xome cases the guide is I, member OF
ne faculty whose time Is divided be-
tween teaching and. vocational SER
,W>e. The more advanced step Is to
hnve the vocational dictatorship con-
adhered as fuil-time job. The pur-
pc~e of such work Is tn enable the
young man or woman just out of
&'hooi to avoid several years of drift
iIsg and feeling about before finding
tne right work for his talents and
't'aining.
There 10 another grea: group of
workers. who receive almost no voca-
iional Euidance or advicc Of any sort
and who therefore enter blind alley
jobs. rarely advancing 10 better pot
duons These are the millions or
snore children who leave school each
summer and become wage earners.
A. . rule the boys and girls who
- 20 work as soon as the law per-
nles receive no helpful advice from
vorent2 IT IL estimatea that nine.
><nths Of them take any work that
tGers- usually unskiIled and with low
vagcs. And because th,y have little
- no technicaI training ,snd no know
ledge Of the means for acquiring 1t,
tney stick to their first jobs or drift
about In similar work without learn
Nc new processes or advancing to
hiehee opportunities
" 1pe children's Bureau OF the y.
- Department OF Label is strongly
urging that vocational or placemen ent
tlepsrtments be organized either IL
shs public schools themselves or an
cloee co-operation with them. 1t
should be the work of such organi-
sHtions TO place the children in po-
sItions where opportunity to become
proficient In more than one opera
tion. is offered, where there Is possi-
bdlity Tor advancement and for fur.
thsr traAnins. 1t might be well. too.
10 require attendance at continuation
schools and to provide some sort of
follcw-up system to Insure the young
workers. having greater opportun,
ties before his ambition is deadened
by a monotonous round In a blind
alley Job.
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each Of them hes incomparably more
unity than the "Farmer-Labor' par.
| ty just launched at Chicago can pos.
sibly have. with its medley Of discord-
ant elements.
Our government as has been said
so often. is two-party government
The Constitution seems to take the
two-party system for granted, and
the nation is adapted to the system
by experience and preference.
This seems to be a natural out
come to we'll ordered political free
dom. 1t is a government Of majori-
ties. Majority rule is most easily
achieved with two big parties instead
of many little ones. With two parties,
the shifting OF small percentage of
votes to the more conservative party
or the more radical party at any
time will bring change of rule and
accomplish the popular will autorat-
ically. With many parties. one cannot
have clear majority, and SO ma
Jority action depends on ter-party
alliances and intrigues, opening the
way to corruption and often defeating
the popular will.
1t does not seem likely that this
two-party system will he leopard
lied by the organization of the new
party at Chicago. The latter has far
less strength. in unity. program and
leadership, than had the party
launched by Theodore Roosevelt in
1912-and where is that party now?
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-07-24
SAME OLD GERMANY

One Of the surprising features Of
the Spa conference has been the
frankness with which German repre-
sentatives admitted Gcrmany's failure
to live up To the terms OF the peace
treaty. They confessed that there are
100000 armed men i'm Germany to =
day. whereas the treaty permits only
100000. and that there are 1000. .OOO
rifles unaccounted for They also
admitted that there are many thou
sand machine guns withheld and
1900 Illicit cannon.
Lloyd George remarked, justly, that
IL was inconceivable that all these
weapons should have been retaine,
against the wish Of the German gov.
ernment. There was no denial Of
failure in various other matters tina
are believed TO lie within the power
of the government. particularly the
delivery, of coal to France and the
surrender Of war criminals.
The Germans have been talking
much lately about the hardships to
which they are subjected, and espec.
tally their children's need Of whole,
some food. Living conditions are ad.
mittedly bad. But under the clrcum
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-07-24
Time To Enroll
=
Quickly Passing
Only Six Days Remain in Which
to Place Names on Club Books

Onces more the attention Of South
Carolina Democrats is drawn to the
fact that the time for enrolling is
quickly slipping by. Less than week
remains and reports from all quart
erS Of the state indicate a drarth of
interest in this important duty. The
enrolment has picked up some i'm the
past week in certain sections. it is
said, but even with that little more
than so per cent. of the voters are on
the books. Some thin this a high
estimate, believing that the totals
will not at this time reach half Way.
Again, it is emphasized that if is
not necessary TO have registration
certlhcate or tax receipt. II is ONLY
necessary to be Democrat and per
sonally place ones name on the on
rOllment list
There has so far been little inter-
est in politics this year and with this
condition has come the tendency to
put off enrolling. A large number of
good Democrats are going to wake
up on primary mrning wishing tbev
could cast their ballots, but unable
to do so because of neglect. Tho
books close July 27. Tuesday of next
week.
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COTTON LETTER
(John f. Clark & Coz

New York, n. Y. July 22.-
New crop months ruled easier on
scattered southern and professional
selling ana absence of support, the
market becoming weak near the close
on 1ree offerings by room traders.
July sold at the highest price ever
known in this exchange but the later
months broke away from il TODAY
and acted independently 7. The man
was too wet in Ga, and Ala, but had
no effect on pirces as the crops on
whole is thought to be. making good
progress. Prices are likely to sell of,
further.