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The Adair County news., 1921-03-30

er" may rest or go visiting we
are forced without our consent to
keep little ''Susie May" or three
year old Jimmy" and so am
going to add nursing to our end
less duties
Pm sure there is a big wrong
but let us gett the fountain
head of things.
You say that you are heavily
taxed which Pm sure that you
are and from our agreement we
have decided that things are get
ting worse,
What is the remedy? You
surely wouldn't ask the teacher
to do more than she is doing?
Lets let the saber fallupon the
deserving head.
Gov. Morrow in one of his
speeches said that he was going
to do away with the little one
room school house" but where
do we find the fulfillment of that
defamation?
Not at all, we appeal to our
leaders for help and the cry is
No money, no money"
This injustice reminds me of
the negro and the white man
once in making a settlement,
the white man of course did the
calculating and he figured it
thus
"A naught's a naught, a fig
ure's figure, all for the white
man and none for the negro" !
think this simile applies to the
teacher and the children of the
rural districts in which they take
the negative side. The taxpay-
ers aud people in general should
stand out in one great phalanx
for their rights and get what is
their dues.
Place our schools more upon a
graded basis-and give us more
room and more help, better
equipment every way and you
will see the schools of Adair Co.,
move out in the great profession
and give both teacher and pupils
the rating they deserve.
When hear of someone, who
probably never goes near a school
building and pressing heavily
upon the shoulders of the tired
teacher, at once think of the
"Pert Chicken" who told his
grandmother Dorkin. ''that it
was no use to sit upon the eggs,
but to come out into the barn.
yard. " You remember the moth
er Dorkins reply. "To be wise
and show it, is a pleasant thing
no doubt, but when you talk to
old folks you should know what
you are about. / thank you for
this space in your valuable
paper.
Mrs. W. B. Hovious.
The Adair County news., 1921-03-30
Sounds Suspicious.

johnson had been one of the
most diligent church workers in
his town. When the war came
he enlisted and came back wis
er. If not a sadder man.
It was the first Sunday, and
The Adair County news., 1921-03-30
A Teachers Defense.
To the Editor and readers of the
Adair Co. News:
TO BE CONTINUED.

Adair Co., News:
I have read with a great deal
of interest the discussion of Mr..
Akin and Mr.. Biggs upon the
school teacher.
/ agree with them upon many
points, but as a teacher can I'M
derstand some things am com
ing in defense of the teacher,
for we who knows its every
phases, that is its pleasures and
its sorrows, I can not set idly
by when think of the sacrifices,
the heroism that is displayed by
some of our teachers and the un-
gratitude expressed by an I'M
thankful world.
It is true that we are living in
an Indifferent age, or something
is wrong-Soth with the schools
and churches but 1 would not for
a moment inflict the cause upon
the over burdened shoulders of
our teachers and ministers.
While we are doing double the
amount of work and striving
with might and main to keep the
standard of Education soaring
high, | realize there is a falling
off of enthusiasm and interest in
some of the schools. But listen!
It is not the teacher. We are
living in an age now when many
parents are slack in their home
training-and children are doing
Just as they please to do.
In these perilous days over
which we have passed-parents
have been so busy either trying
to keep the wolf from the door
or probably profiteering on their
neighbor, in their effort to get
rich quick. that they've lost all
sight of their children. And so
these children without knowledge
of obedience or without inspira-
ton forced by the truant officer
.i-oftentimes come crowding
seventy.five strong into one of
these little one room school
house, many times out of har-
mony with decency and santa
ton all for one poor little under
paid teacher to keep sweet"
i Right here Mr.. Akin stop your
| hammer and soften you feelings,
; The poet writes beautifully Of
r your profession, calls your per
SEPARATION Honest Sweat" blu,
} what name have you for the
! heavy dew that rests upon tht
tired brow of that little teaches
described above as she tolls alone
g without sympathy both by sun
i light and the midnight OF.
J The teacher must be kind O.
g factotum as wise as Solomon
with the meekness of Moses AMI
!. the patience of Job, and thel
fail to please some people
: There is no end to her profess
ions. she must be skilled in den
r tistry a mechanic of no smal
! ability, we'll upon surgery AM
/ may I add that we get lot o
: free practice too.
; Beside our ''seventy-five'
E sometimes in order that moth
The Adair County news., 1921-03-30

Johnson had attended church
from force of habit. 1t had
been a long and tedious sermon.
but at the close, the minister,
seeing his old parishioner with
eyes closed as if rapt in medita-
ton. said:
I'VE will close the service
with prayer. Mr.. johnson. will
you lead?"
Johnson snapped into it with a
start:
'sThe devil l will" he snorted.
st just dealt. .
Summer furs will hardly be
popular this season. They have
hit the toboggan il price.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-12-17
PASS FHE OLD CLOTHES ON,

The season Is at hand for going
through trunks, boxes and closets
10 get out the winter wardrobe and
put away summer things. Never
HAS there been more occasion for
wedding out every garment which
can be spared and turning it over
10 the proper organizations to be
used for the needy If local re-
auirements have been met, there
are wider fields which can be
reached IL the effort is made.
There will be much want this
winter. Those who haze q Surplus
OF anything. from bank notes to
old shoes. will be urged TO divide
Most OF the. Will respond nobly,
and more than one sacrifice will
be. made by those who have no
Surplus, for it is a generous old
.s
world. But there will still be pru-
dent souls who Will hoard away un-
nseded garments because at some
Tine they may be useful, or be-
cause they "are too good to throw
away" This IS not thrift, it is Still
g5ness; not virtue. but vice.
It is hoped that every Bishop-of-
minded niser who stores
away clothing he does not need.
while little children shiver and old
er folk so ragged and cold, vii. be
gnawed by the rats Of remorse till
he sees the erro. OF his way.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-12-17
ADVICE TO INVESTORS.

Money well invested with an
average yield Of say 5 per cent will
accumulate fast enough; and the
possessor Of solid unencumbered Sc
curities who neither speculates nor
borrows feels strong and independ-
ent and is in far better condition
to cope with the trials of life which
come to all.
The late Col Samuel T. Colt
set this down in his will for the
guidance of his heirs. His recog-
nized business acumen and his re-
markable success make it more
than ordinarily interesting. He
was writing, we may suppose, for
average men and women.
"A certain amount Of speculation
is admittedly essential to modern
civilization. Without it fruit crops
would spoil because Of seasonal
markets and the farmer would
have the bulk Of his wheat on his
hands nost Of the year. We would
eat eggs only in season. But spec
ulation is, to put it mildly. highly
specialized business. and most men
and women are not specialists and
can never hope to be. AS rule
they find it better. in the long run,
to safeguard what they have, and
make it work for them at liberal
interest, than to reach out ambit-
iously for more.
Most men and women. indeed,
wocl, less in the hope Of fortune
than in the desire to make adequate
provision, present and future, for
those for who mthey care. To them
Col. Colts advice cannot but
make a strong appeal.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-12-17

parnosc cf raising safaries. AT pres
ent the highest salary paid pro-
fesscr at vassar is $4,000, the low
est $1,000. In no case do the sal
aries include room and board. The
hope is to get them to range from
s1,S0o to $4,000. !
Even the muniacent amounts
hoped for would not seem very at
srae5ive to the: equally competent
business man as the highest pos
sihlc reward OF a life of self-sac-
richeing and highly intelligent la
Dor. Yet these absurd salaries
haze held in the past men and wo-
men of the highest type. rs in the
ministry, the opportunity for SER
vice ha; been the controlling force.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-12-17
NOT BY SAVING ALONE.

Economy, thrift, insurance Of
Liabilities, are things that are in all
mems minds says an interesting
bit of advertising. "They have car
ried many business over a difficult
period and started it on the up
grade again. Industry Will not dis
card these tried and proven coun-
sellors. But let US not forget that
never have they alone won great
battle, built q great business or won
a great cause. They had to call
upon other equally valuable .agen-
cies-vision, faith, constructive ge-
rius and a fighting perseverance
that would never. admit defeat.
These qualities are essential,
and mark the men who will put
business-or any business-back on
its feet. Men who know economy
and thrift, because they have gone,
unaided, through days that tried
their very souls, Een who scrinp-
ed and saved and borrowed to meet
a pay roll; men who overcame bit
ter sales resistance by patience and
GOOD will; who solved factory prob
lens by working IS hours day
these men know the value of a dol
lar-make no mistake about it.;
and they know it better than those
who only know how to save it..
They know how to make it create
new wealth, new service, new pro-
ducts and new opportunity for their
fellow-men."
This is gospel truth. But it uses
the word thrift" in it's narrower
sense, as if it meant saving alone.
It doesn't. Thrift means satting
ahead. The really thrifty person is
never miser. He is one Of the peo-
pie with vision and constructive
power. The man who buried his
talent in 4 napkin saved" it. Bat
the thrifty person was he who
had courage enough to use his
wisely, and thus turn it into ten.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-12-17
Make Things
Hum, He Says

Orange, n. j., Dec. 10
Thomas A. Edison, who recently
accompanied Henry Ford on an IN
spection tour to the government s
water power developments at Mus
c1e Shoals. Ala, today declared
the automobile manufacturer coulo
"nake the Muscle Shoals proJec1
hum. not only getting his rental.
but a good profit for the people.
"Fretilizer, which he wcCid
manufacture. is in great demand
in the SOUTH" said the inventor.
..in northern Alabama, saw cotton
fields with short stubby plants,
stunted for lack Of fertilizer. what
the people need is a cheap teTtl-
lizer. The price is too high now.
The crop would be doubled and
employment given to about nil
lion people if the Ford project at
Muscle Shoals went through.
Zone part of the plant is prac-
tically ready for operation, except
for the completion Of the Ta,a,
which Ford wants the government
to build before he leases the prop
erty. The government says the
dam would cost $45, 100000. Ford
estimates the cost at $4,000, 900. 1
think Ford's figure is about right.
Ford will guarantee to take
profit of only per cent in OPP
Grating the plant. Who else would
want to do it for that? If the pro-
fit exceeded s per cent, the price CT
fertilizer would be reduced.
Mr.. Edison emphasized that his
connection with the plan was ad-
visory.
Ford has a bright mechanical
mind" he said, "but is weak in
chemistry. and that's where !
cp,,oa in -
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-12-17
FAITHFUL TO THE KING.

The clause in the Anglo-Irish
treaty which pledges the Irish 70
Be faithful to the Nng' brings
out more clearly than ever before
the unique place which the British
sovereign holds toward @his peo-
nle.s
70 the British government itself
they refused to swear allegiance.
They seem willing now, With a diff
ferent form Of words, to swear al
aIsglaace to King George and his
Successors because the King is
above the government in London
as he viii be above the government
n Dublin. Ireland VIII be on a
political. equality with Great Brit
ala. as with Canada. Australia and
fsaes other "self-governing domia-
:oas,' :
An of these countries together
kgye now evolved into what Lloyd
elecrge calls commonwealth of
rassons.,' In that commonwealth
they are comparable, roughly,
Il, the various states making up
i.se American commonwealth. Just
As none OF our states, however
lsrge, is considered to rule the
oEhers, so Great Britain is not con-
ssaerea any longer as ruling her
sister nations. The process Of eyo-
luton Is not yet complete. British
leadership is still so dominant that
f. soa,e respects it amounts to di-
rect control over toe associated
E&tions. But the eeualizing process
goes on steadily, and even now a
stage has been. reached where, in
$3.50 of definite disagreement, the
sEisish no longer dare to oppose the
sin Of any other member Of the
sihpise.p
The British Empire, then, except
sor It's possessions and colonies
inhabited by politically backward
e<eess is virtually a republic, of
which the component parts are
held together by the King-Emper-
af. He is the keystone Of the arch.
And a Keystone is very important
part of any arch. even though it
may not appear to the careless OBJ
server TO be doing anything i'm
portan It is the British King who
Eathers up and holds together all
fhe national loyalties which make
the Empire possible. THUS, though
lie is little more than figure
head" his Office is as important as
aay in the world.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-12-17

we shall ever remember. 1t brings
us back to tender years Of. our
childhood when she took US to
her knee and taught us the sweet
prayer Of the Saviour Himself.
Daily did we say Our Father Who
art in Heaven" and each time did
we repeat "And lead US not into
temptation" Little did we know
what temptation was. When the
age of inquisitiveness dawned. we
looked into the kindly face Of our
mother and said Temptation.
, what is temptation" and the very
innocence Of a child forbade her
answer. Time passed when that
conscience dawned, and then We
learned life is indeed a warfare,
and the goal not O. time, but q
happy eternity to strive for. And
yet it is so much easier to do evil
than good. We can but see a "3lace
in the words Of the Master Who
spoke to us of love and Chart:
and the help we car thus mutual
ly render.
Christ loved all men, but if in
life He showed single preference
it was for the poor and the sinner.
And so the maxim Of he gospel
is, there are three virtues, faith,
hope and charity, but the greatest
of .hese is charity. 1t is the co.
nerstone of both JUDAISM AMI
Christianisn.
The spirit of the gospel regards
it as superior to any other trait Of
religion.
It's excellence appears froin The
! fact that the love Of our neiShbcr
is. akin to the love OF God, and that
our neighbor is to be loved as
ourselves.
We are approaching the great
festival of Christmas, the day that
especially appeals to our charity.
No true man can be happy IN
plenty if he knows his brother is
in want.
Sumter has given to the State an
example of her generosity and what
has been done for our poor and
suffering has come not from our
hand alone, but from our very
| heart.
AS said, it is a privilege to live
in such a community where Pro-
testant, Jew and Catholic can unite
and be one, at least in charity and
where those who have wherewith
to give remember Gods worthy
moor not only during life but even
in their last will and testimony.
Let US then as a community 1os-
ter unity and brotherly love. They
are the secrets Of individual ana
civic happiness. And as we seek
happiness, let US do so through the
channel of charity pointed out to
US by God Himself.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-12-17
Endorsed by Bankers

Columbia, Dec. 15.-The South
Carolina Cotton Growers Coopera
tive association has received notice
that groups one two and seven OF
the South Carolina Bankers asso-
citation have inQorsed the coopera-
tive marketing of cotton in South
Carolina. The resolution adopted
by each of the groups urge the
farmers to sign the contract ana
cal, upon the bankers, merchants
and business men generally Of the
state to assist in the campaign.
Meetings VIII probably be held
at an early date o.. groups three.
four, five and SIX and the plan Will
be submitted TO them. officials Of
the marketing association are
hopeful that these groups will fol-
low the action of groups one. two
and seven. Harry G.. kaminer
president of the association, pre-
sented the plan 10 the members
of gr1~H two ~ a meeting at VII
liston. r. c. llamer, chairman Of
the campaign committee, presented
il 10 the members of sroup seven
at a meeting in Columbia and to
the members of group one at a
meeting in Charleston.
The executive council and the aS-
ricultural committee have already
indorsed the plan and if the four
remaining groups have this step II
may be said that the plan has the
unanimous inGorsemcnt Of ihe
bankers OF tn" STATE. Lii his speech
20 the executive council ard num-
beg of other representative bank
crs Of :ha STATE gathered in Column
b!a to consider tEe matter OF get
ting money from the war finance
corporation .tnguc W. Mclean. a
representative Of the corporation.
indorsed most heartily the cooper
ave marketing IDEA and told Of
heavr loans which the war finance
corporation had made TO the Texas
Cotton Cooperative Marketing .As-
sociation. that organization having
established credit Of $l3.00e.0oo
wi:h The corporation.
-o-o-,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-12-17
Farming Program
Schedule Of Crops Recon-
mended For Boil Weevil
Conditions
Conditions

After careful consideration,
the following schedule OF crops
for an average one-horse crop
has been agreed upon, and is
recommended for use under
boil weevil conditions. It is
intended, Of course. that each
individual farmer shall make
such minor changes as the
needs Of his farm require. The
number Of acres Of the given
crops and the number Of COWS,
sows and poultry, should be
multiplied by the number of
= acres in your farm.
The acreage and estimated
average return, and the num-
Der Of livestock per one horse
farm is as follows:
) to 6 acres Of cotton,
estimated value 6
acres $4,000
G acres Of corn, with
velvet beans, at $50 $1,000
5 to 6 acres Of oats and
wheat. & acre wheaD
followed by pcavine
hay, at $30.00--- $4,000
L acre sweet potatoes 10000
l acre Irish potatoes.
followed by peanuts 10000
acre snap beans, fol-
lowed by peanuts = 10000
J. acre in sorghum, SUI
gar cane and similar
crops 5000
. acres in tobacco, or
some substitute money
crop 10000
And 1--we stock as fol-
lows:
cow, increased to two
as soon as feed is
available. estimated
value OF milk and
cream, one COW - 10000
/ sow and pigs ------ l0O.0O
Flock OF poultry, 20 to
25 1000
Estimated total yield per
one horse farm, under
this plan -----S1 10000
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-12-17
COLLEGE SALARIES.

:
So much has been said about the
inadequate salaries paid public
teachers that there is general
idea that their compensation IS
about the lowest in any line. This
is not strictly true. College profes-
sors and instructors in many cases
get even less. for corresponding
work. although much more is ex-
peeted of them in the way Of prep
aration and research.
yassar is one of the colleges
whose graduates are now trying
to raise endowment funds for the
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-12-17

and beautiful display Of wedding
presents We're placed. This hand
some collection attested the popu-
larity of the charming young
couple.
Mrs. Earle Rowland and Mrs. J..
J. Williams received the guests in
the dining room. In this room the
color scheme was green and white.
The wedding table was covered
with a beautiful filet cover White
maline was draped from chande-
lair to the table and caught With
bows Of maljne and punches of
lilies. y beautiful mound of white
carnations formed the centerpiece.
A pretty white wedding bell hung
from the center of the chandelier.
Burning white tapcrs in silver
candlesticks carried out the color
scheme.
Delicious cream and cake was
served by pretty young girls, Misses
Helen and Daisy China and Flor
ence Hurst. Mrs. Marion also as
sisted in serving.
The young couple left for a short
wedding trip, their destination still
remaining secret.
Miss Hood is the youngest daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. r. S. Hood Of
Sumter. She is a most popular
girl having been elected as maid in
Palmafesta some time ago. She is
most talented and accomplished.
Mr.. Boykin is a capable young
business man of Sumter, being con-
nected with the Commercial Bank
and Trust Company.
The friends of this young couple
are glad to know that they will live
in Sumter and they will b. at home
to their friends at 317 w. Calhoun
st.
Out-of-town guests were:
Nlr. Wilbur Thornhill Of Char
lesion: Dr.. John Corbett, Camden;
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Marye; Mr.. and
Mrs. Willie S. DePass, Miss Agnes
DePass, Mr.. Lamebrt, Messrs. Dc
Loach and =. 3. Clark, all of Cam
den.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-12-17
Chamber Of
Commerce Notes
Secretary Reardon Spends a
Day at Pinewood-It Pays
to Read Advertisements

Secrctarv i. !. Hcardon spent.
several hours il Pinwcood Wed
ne:day talking up the Carolina
Products conpaAy OF Sumter, the
Sumter Canning company plan OF
organization, and incidentally CHS
cussing the program Of dlVersllled
farming. and sweet potato curing
and storage houses with the fafn-, ,
ers and otncr business men OF that
section. He reports that Pinewood
and vicinity are intensely interested
in tie Sumter County Board OF
Progress and the Sumter County
Gambler cf Commerce programs Tor
diversification. ard many were slad
TO learn tlaa: Sumter will be so lui-
lv prepared to buy and manufacture
so much truck. wheat, potatoes.
hogs poultry. butter-fat, corn,
peas. and other farm products. he
told of the money TO be made by
those who will keep COWS for the
purpose of selling butter-fat to the
Sumter Creamery company, ana
spinach, tomatoes, snap beans and'
sweet potatoes TO the Sumter can
ming company, and advised clversl-
dcatiea of crops and also the
planting of limited acreages OF TO-
bacco where conditions for tobacco
are suitable One OF the things the
Sumter Chamber Of Commerce IS
.;tressing is the planting OF suihclent
wheat, il possible TO supply Sumter
county, with eli the -four it needs
anyhow for every farnlcr TO pro
duce enough wheat to supply MS
own family and his farm hands ana
their families. He told OF Sunters
modern wheat mill OF the Sumter
Roller Mills, Of Suiater's numerous
concerns that purchase farm pro
ducts now and OF the demand IN
Sumter for chickens. turkeys, Sul-
meas, eggs. etc. He was satisfied
that Pincwood is intensely Sumter
and Sumter county in spirit ana
LOYALTY ard predicts that tins sec
ton is going to give the older sec
tions of. Sumter county q run Ior
their money in showing how TO get
rid of "Old Man Hard Times by
putting "Old Man Hard Work al
ter Hard Times to run him out
of this county by diversificatlon
and thrift, and the never say die,
do it now, Camecock county spirit,
of determination to win out over
oil hstacles 10 q normal prosper
itv
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-12-17
American Legion
Quarters
Sumter Post to Have Quar-
ters in Elk's Building

At a meeting Of the Sumter Post
American Legion which was held
Monday evening in the office of Jno.
=. Dufiie. it was definitely decided
that the post quarters are to be 10
Gated in the E1ks' building. Suit
able club rooms have been select
ed and a lease obtained on them
effective January 1st. Work on
getting these rooms in suitable
shape is to soon commence and a
genera, house-warminS is on the
schedule for the 9th day OF the new