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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-01
THE BUSINESS SITUATION

The controlling and outstanding
factor today is the relatively small
movement OF raw materials and man.
ufactured goods even at reduced
| prices. This is because stocks of
| goods in the hands of retailers are
sufficient TO meet the needs OF a some
what lessened demand OF the con-
suming public. Consumers are re-
| stricting their buying n part because
Of some curtailmcnt of their purchas-
ing power but even more because OF
a willingness to wait until retail
prices reflect the lower levels Of pri-
mary prices.
| Improvement OF business activity
awaits adjustment of retail prices TO
a level satisfactory to the public. 1t
is clear that farmers for example
| who constitute the largest single
class of customers and VINO have al
ready experienced a substantial re-
duction in tho prices of their products
| will not renew their buying on any
thing other than & hand -tO-mouth
| scale until the price OF what they
!uy bears closer relation To the
price OF what they have to SELL This
necessary readjustment of prices to
consumers Is now under way and will
be expected TO make more rapid pro-
gress In the future. It's progress will
be has.ened by the coming into the
market of goods which are already
being produced on lower cost levels
for labor and material.
The fundamental relationship OF
banking and business now becomes
clearly apparent. Both are concern
ed in the present situation; and the
interests OF both demand that the re-
adjustment be gone through with in
orderly fashion, so that business ac-
| tivity may be resumed on q sound ba-
sis.
Sentiment respecting forward con-
ditions, which until lately had been
almost uniformly depressed. is now
noticeably Improving in many direc-
tions. This better feeling does not
go TO the point of optimism, but
| there is evident a degre of confidence
which was previously lacking, in the
ability OF comm cree and industry to
meet the future successfully and to
conduct business with reasonable
profit.
! What is now required is courage
and respect for fundamental econom-
ic principles. Artificial palliatives
which are being urged with n view to
obviating the difficulties of the ad-
neutrality-suspicious. proposals in
volving further imitation and cheap
ming OF credit-must be avoided. Such
measures, if adopted. could only re-
suit in the impairment Of the
strength OF the credit structure and in
prolonging and increasing the diff
| ficulties of an adjustment which
world d-wide conditions have made
inevitable.--National Bank of Com
! merce.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-01
DENIES HOUS-
TON ESTIMATE
Thinks Bonus Bill Would Cost
Only One Billion, Eight Hun
dred Million Dollars

Washington. Dec. 2S.-TcstimO0v
by Secretary Houston Of the treasury
department before the senate finance
committee yesterday placing the cost
of carrying out the pending adjusted
compensation or soldier bonus bill at
$500, 100000 was characterized bv
+. w. Gaibraith. national commander
Of the American Legion. in n state
ment tonight, as "a scuttle fish sliir-
mish to muddy the waters so that
the principle involved can be cloudod
into figures that mean nothing" Mr..
Galbraith estimated the maximum
amount the bonus bill would cost the
government at $1,S7S.SOO.OOO.
secretary Houston's whole prescn-
tatiOn of the NATTER said the legion
commander. was misleading and de-
signed to frightcn the country into a
reputation of its obligation to eX-
service men. The general impression
was conveyed by his testimony that
the passage of the adjusted COM
pensation bill would entail the i'm
mediate appropriation Of billions of
dollars by the government and Sc
riously cripple the financial condition
of the treasury at the present time.
The facts are that appropriations
necessary TO carry out all features of
the bills except that of cash compen-
sation would be negligible for this
year and for several years to come.
and that appropriations for cash COM
pensation are not asked until July.
1921, and are to be spread over a
period Of two years"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-01
BAPTISTS HAVE MADE
MARVELLOUS INCREASE

Nashville, Tenn, Dec. 29.-White
faptsts OF the South have increased
more than two and a half times as
rapidly as the population Of this sec
ton during the past twenty years. ac-
cordng to information just compiled
~ DIR. f.. l.. Alldredge secretary of
the department OF survey, statistics
and information Of the Baptist Sunday
school board. The Baptist increasein
membership since 1900 has been
Sf.l per cent, while the gain in
population for the South during that
time has beer 32 per cent. The lain
in annual contributions TO missions
and beneVolences during the same
period has been nearly loo per cent.
These tabulationS are made up from
the annual reports of only those local
churches which cooperate with the
Southern Baptist convention.
BY way of comparison. the report
shows that i'm 1900 Southern Baptists
had 137 associations while today
there are 925, representing a gain of
25.5 per cent; in 1910 there were 49,
943 local churches which number
has beer increased TO 25,305 today. a.
L.
69i,4l3 bona fide members i'm 1900
and 2,961.34S i'm 1920, gain of SAL
per cent; 9,711 Sunday schools twen-
ty years ago, and 1855 today. an
increase Of S2.1 per cent: 639,944 Sun
day school pupils in 1900 and 1885,
"36 today, a gain Of 1S7 per cent. An
nual gifts TO missions and benevolenc-
eS in 1900 were $7O1, 3233S while this
sum has increased to 1881, ,226.S5
today an advance in 20 years of 945
3 per cent; total contributions per
year to all purposes in 1900 were
$S,O69, 9,506.52, while by 1920 they had
climbed to $2l,327,446.67. an ad-
vance Of 594 per cent: and the value
Of local church property in 1900 was
$19,43I32S, while in 1920 that val
Luation had climbed TO S74,273,72S, an
increase OF 2S2 per cent.
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Removing Bodies of Soldiers From
Franco

Paris. Dee. , ..-EXhumation of the
bodies Of the American soldiers buried
at Bony cemetery, all men Of the 27th
(NCw York National Guard) and the
30th (Wildcat. from Tennessee and
North and South Carolma) divisions
began today. or l,707 bodies IN tn ]
cemetery about 900 will be returned
to the United States and the remain
der will not he disturbed. Bony is
10 he one Of the four permanent ceme-
tcrics i'm France. and other bodies will
be moved into the cemetery, but this
work will not start until the work OF
sending bodies TO America has been
completed.
1t is the first big battlefield ceme-
terry to be rea ched 10y the army ex-
humation units. The district is so de-
Vastated that there is no shelter for
the workers and a train had TO be pro-
Tided TO make quarters for them. The,
winter weather has also set in am
movable sheds have h2k to be -
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-01
VAST POWER FROM WAITER.

Waterpower development in this
country. involving an investment of
N,s0o.O0O,o00 and producing 49,
100000 horsepower is In prospect as
result OF the Federal Water Power
act passed by congress last spring.
Requests for permits to start work
on reservoirs and dams have been
received from 129 applicants in 21
states. including Alaska and the Dis
trict OF Columbls. The projects
range from a small ten horsepower
plant for colony OF summer cot,
tages In wyoming to a huge storage
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-01
'IliILRoAD GUARANrEEs.r

The fact that some of the railroads
are not making money. since the bus.
tr1ess slump began. has led to a good
Zeal OF loose talk about the railroad
~rantee." Many people still seem
believe that the government Is un-
aer obligation to pay the railroads
whatever amount Is necessary to
bring their profits up 10 s per cent.
Tbs In not true. The governments
only financial obligation to the rail.
roads 10 left over from the war period
The government Is now out of the
railroad business entirely, except 70,
such supervision cs Is exerted auto
maticaily by the Interstate Commerce
Commissior. rho situation Is wen
dsscribcd by the New York World:
The railroads have not been guar
antetd anything In the way of traffic
or earnings OF profits. They have
been permitted TO charge uniform
vetes calculated. on the basis Of q
period Of normal traffic. to yield
emounts equal to costs Of operation
and upkeep and 8 per cent on tn,
eppraised value OF the properties
when these rates yield more than
Per cent the money goes back into the
rcads FOR the benefit of the service as
> whole to.khe public and where it is
most needed. Whom traffic falls shor
me roads have to bear the loss them.
sslv<s." % ,l.
They cannot even pass the loss
sround among each other. The New
England lines. which are in the wors
plight, would like to have some O
ths more prosperous lines fathe.
west divide up their profits for tn,
Now Englanders' benefit. insisting tina
fhe appraisal has been unfair to them
1hcre may possibly be some revision
10 straishten out demonstrable injus.
tees where they exist. but 1t will still
b up 10 every railroad TO make gooo
ny its own effort. And that is the
best thing for the railroads them.
rcives In tho long run. just as it 4.
the best thing for the public.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-01
PrOfitccrS inundated

Bilbao, Dec. 9.-Thc mere an
nounccment 10y a shoe dealer here
that he had made a contract with an
American firm 10 send $4,000 pairs
OF shoes TO Bilboa on trial with a view
to further orders produced Il panic
among the storckeepcrs of this city.
The announcements stated the AmCri-
can shoes would be sold at half the
prevailing price of the home made ar
ticlcs. Immediately aftcrward prices
came down with Il run.
The local newspapers advise other
localities To follow the lead of the
northern city and thus put a stop TO
profiteering.
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yet to warrant such step.

enough yet TO warrant such step.
To-day the nation is not ready to
tolerate anything so drastic. \ ma
jority of the employing and profes-
sional classes may favor it, but an
overwhelming majority of the wage
earners are against it. No real re-
form or lasting progress can be made
by trying to coerce that wage earn
er's majority by hostile legislation
Real progress is to be made only by
winning their minds persuading
them that such law is right and is
consonant with American liberty.
In the mind Of any union work
man, and almost any non-union work
man for that matter, there is a feel
ing that however ,ustifia bic strike pro-
hibition may he i'm theory N practice
it means abolishing q natural right,
the right to use the only weapon he
his interests---the right to quit work
ing by general agreement when his
welfare is threatened, and to stay
away from his work long enough to
force recognition Of his claims.
1t is natural for workmen to think
in this way because the machinery of
arbitration Is SO new and because
there Is not yet established a system
of peaceful adjudication which COM
mands their confidence. If the strike
less age is ever to be reached, it will
be through Strengthening such
agencies and showing that they ar
worthy Of confidence Then, in time,
1t may be possible to- forbid strikes
without doing violence to popular
sentiment, though it will hardly be
necessary then except to suppress
~'outlaw" strikers.
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which would develop over 5000,
600 horsepower by using these wa
ters through total drop of 1850
feet.
little t. DE average mind. A bulle-
tin issued by the Federal Water Pow
er Commission translates the figures
into terms which are more under
standable and Impressive.
III properly applied, it would fur.
nish sufficient power for 20 cities the
size of Chicago 1t is 40 per cen
more than the total present water
power development in the United.
States. 1t is a third more than the
total water power capable OF being
developed in the entire area O,
France. and so per cent of the de-
veloped water power of the whole
world.
Electric power generated from wa
ter and transmitted under modern
conditions. says the bulletin, Is the
only effective present substitute for
the power generated by burning
coal. There is no need to review the
slowly increasing scarcity OF coal OF
the costliness of its production. 1he
initial work in utilizing all this avail
able water power calls for labor Af-
ter the construction work is done ii
is largely independent of labor, and
1t is wholly Independent of fuel sup
ply and rail or water transportation
So long as permits are granted
only TO legitimate projects which
will not infringe on public rights o,
react favorably, to limited selfish in.
serests to the disadvantage OF the
whole people. the only wish of the
nation In this regard is for the fullcs.
possible use OF this scarcely touched
source OF power. 5ss
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-01
TO ACCEPT
REDUCTION
Six Textile Unions Vote in Mas
sachusetts

Fall River, Mass, Dec. 2S.-The six
textile unions OF the American Fed
GRAFTON Of Textile Operatives. 4
meetings tonight voted TO accep.
wage reduction Of - IL per cent.
recently announced by the manufac-
urers elective January 3, 1921. The
action of Iii" unions affects approXi-
matcly 5000 employees in 40 cotton
c.o,h and yarn mills IN the city.
The unions Of the loomfiXers and
The siashcr tenders voted unanimous
iN to accept the reduction and the
card"rS' and WcaveIs' unions accept
ed under protest The spinners'
union indicated that its members
thought the reduction 100 great. The
yarn fnishers' union accepted By a
close vote
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-01
PROHIBITION OF STRIKES

time will come. in all probable
ity, when strikes on American rail
roads and i'm other public utilities
VIII be forbidden by law. When that
is done. however, 1T will come easily
and naturally. as a result of Industrial
evolution which has hardly gone far
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-01

AN old-fashioned preacher, you
say?"
"Ah! you should have heard him.
That man must be power for good :"
"Yes?"
He gave us IS minutes Of fire and
birthstone without once stopping to
take drink of water OF clear his
throat. t."-Birmlngham Age Herald.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-01
FIREBUGS IN
PENNSYLVANIA
unsuccessful Attempt Made to
Burn Hotel Near UniOntOwn

Cniontown, Pa. Dec. 2S.-Armed
guards carly today frustrated an at
tempt TO burn the hotel at Sattr June
tion, near here. They drove off two
men who had fred a quantity of in
liammables placed in room OF the
ilrst floor. The guests who were
( awakened by the shots joined in the
chase, but the incendiaries escaped.
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Nature is Kind.

My wife speaks six different lam
guagcs."
"Cnluclty man."
ron, it's all right. She can't speak
more than one at n time fortunate
lyN-Boston Transcript.
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Government Cotton Graders Office.

The following reports give the
prices pail on the stated markets on
nnpcnobpr
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-01

They started in yesterday to run all
the crooks out of New York. That
Will probably be one lonesome town
" few ys.-GrecnsbQro, n. c.,
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A TCcllnical

You vowed yoN
at the atari
Yes. but we
the altar,"-Flio
~ s.nIaN
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-01
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
LIVERPOOL COTTON.

Spots unchanged; middling 1880
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-03-09

cancasser, pure food products, $1,000
week Write BEMERS, 1i0 W. fayette
Street Baltimore, Md. 3l3-l2F
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A mans enemies never kick him
when he is down; they stand aside
and let his friends do 1t.
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BILE even though their bloom is less
attractive, for when fall comes the
cold weather seems to give a height
ened color 20 the bark, making it
extremely handsome. A few of these
plants in a group lightened up the
winter landscape as nothing else will
While the Japanese barberry is
undoubtedly The most satisfactory of
al rcd GeTTi@G plants because of its
hardy character and it's wholly lika-
be nature there are many other
shrubs with attractive fruit which
RI ght be added to the list. l will
n0t say substituted, for I think there
is no real substitute for this wonder
ful Japanese immigrant.
Many Of the bush Honeysuckles
have brilliant berries which last well
iH.o the winter. and then there is the
high bush cranberry. which is real
T. The Viournum, and the berries of
which are a delight More delicate
but still very pretty are the fruits of
the Indian Currant, or Coralberry,
which by the way is an unusually
good shrub for city planting and even
makes q good hedge. It's cousin,
the Snowberry, is a charming addi-
IlOn 10 dHy Sul uD DOIutI vi dCCOuul
of its pure white berries, and has
the advantage of growing particul-
arly we'll in the shade.
None of the shrubs named take
any special care, and most of them
grow anywhere. The one thing to
remember is that the pruning, if any
is necessary, should be done i'm
mediately after the blooming season.
This applies particularly to the Ii
laas, spiraeas, syringas and ounces,
because they form their buds late in
the summer and these buds will be
cut off if pruning is done in the fall
or winter. Some people seem to
think that the old adage. Spare the
rod and spoil the child might be
paraphrased, Spare the shears and
ruin the shrub" but this is not true.
Most shrubs grow best when allow
ed to gang their own gait as the
Scotch say, except for cutting out the
weak and dead branches and giving
such shearings as may be needed to
keep the plant in bounds. or
course if you have hedge you may
have to prune it sharply, but as
rule it is difficult to improve on ma
lures outlines.
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Florida's Shipping Season
To Be Earlier Than Usual
Probably Some Decrease Will BE
Shown In Output OF Potatoes Ana
Tomatoes.

Reports from the Hastings section
of Florida indicate that the season
for potatoes will be very early, Win
a light movement beginning early III
April. The acreage in that section
is locally estimated to be around l0.
600 acres. The present condition OF
the crop is reported excellent. Plant
ing in the other sections of the
State will be proportionately light.
according to a field report to the U.
5. Bureau of Markets.
Reports from the east coast OF
Florida indicate a tomato acreage be-
tween 5000 and $500 acres COM
pared with 1880 last season. Ii
weather conditions are favorable a
movement of approximately LOW
cars is expected, with the peak OF
the movement about Mar. l5, SNIP
mcnts continuing in good volume
through April. The present snip
mcnts of about so cars per week
show excellent quality and conal-
tion. The locally estimated acreage
in the MOorehaven section IS Z,OVo
TO 1900 acres with the movement
beginning April Is to 20 and the
peak acoming about May Is. me
Manatee section expects to have 3e00
TO $500 acres in tomatoes. Recent
heavy rains in that section Will tehu
to delay the harvest season.
The movement of the Florida crop
of Golden self-blanching celery was
at its height the middle of Febru-
ary with a weekly movement or
mere than 900 cars. The yield IS
good, averaging between 500 and
700 1O-inch crates per acre. Most
stock shipped has been well bleached
and heavy, running and dozen
punches per crate. The market our
ng the third week in February was
steady with a price range OF Sl'oo
to $1.75 per crate, car lots, I. o. o.
shipping points. Practically all
stock is packed lin the rough" only
small express shipments Delng
washed. Very little disease appears
in the fields, and the quality of the
stock in general may well be class
ed as excellent The movement Will
continue heavy for the next three or
four weeks, passing the peak about
the middle of March. Limited plant
ing OF green top" celery continues
Indications are that there will be
liberal planting of peppers in ell the
producing sections of the State. II
is locally estimated that the Manattee
ection will have around 500 acres,
and about the same acreage Will De
grown in the Sanford district. il
The lettuce season at Sanford has
been completed only express lots go
ing forward now There are 10 to
w from
Winter Garden section and a hight
movement from the Manatee section.
These will constitute the lettuce
movement from the State until about
the middle of March.
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-. For Lunch hot milk biscuits
each day at 11.30. CAMBRIDGE
BAKERY.
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" ANTk2}

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to till garden
in high state of cultivation. Apply
203 Oakley street.
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FOR sAL8H.-ForS delivery. $2s0.O0;
Ford touring. $4,000; Maxwell tour
ing, $4,000. JONES BROS, Race St,
Garage 12-18-tf
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Baltimore l will sell my home. No. 3l2
BeIvedere avenue, Cambridge. Price
raaSOna BILE r T. SPICkiR 3iI'-6t
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Announcement

The partnership which has existed
between Mr.. Jos. E. Taitt and myself
having been recently dissolved, I wish
to announce to my many patrons and
friends and the public generally, that
1 have opened up for myself in the
Harrington & Bayly Building, sec
ond floor in the rear of DR.. Payne's
Dental office, a first class
Job Printing Plant
my reference is seventeen years of
satisfactory service to the people OF
this community. My guarantee Is
that you get your work right at a
reasonable price, and get it WHEN
PROMISED.
1 am as close to you as your tele-
phone. My Phone number is 332.
l earnestly solicit your patronage
Respectfully,
WALTER r. STEVENS,
Stevens Print Shop.
/ am not connected in any way
with the Stevens Printing Co.
3-4-1mO
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FOR SALE:-116 Vue de LEau ST.
Immediate possession; apply j. RICH
ARD SMITH, 113 High street. 2ilU-ti
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NOTICE

l will do window cleaning, bath
room scrubbing, also oil floors and
clean nickle Give me call. TRpS-
TON LEWIS, 5 Park Lane. 3I8-3t
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE:-Lillies of the Valley
roots, 10 cents doZ MRS. T.. c. HOP
KTNS 3IS-lt
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FRESH FISH

we have now opened nrfr TX s1
house for the season and will have
fresh bay fish on hand daily. Phone
SAT. r. w. PARKS & co.
2-10-1mO
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FOR SALE: Several desirable
dwelling properties, at reasonable
prices and on easy terlne
HENRY J.. JOHNSON


FOR SALE:-Garden lot 90 by 100 TT.
near BelVedere avenue and TraVers St
in rear of home James B. Noble. Thl.
lot has been the prize garden spot OF
Mr.. Frank H. Phillips for several years
and is in rich and high state of cul-
tivation. viii sell cheap to quick buy
er. Has ten foot alley entrance, and
highest spot in town; Apply to RUS
SELL p SMITH 3-4-6t