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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-15
EDUCATION MAKES MARKET

/; Worthy of considerable thought
is the statement Of Brent. A. TozZer,
an American manufacturer. as a re-
suit of personal inquiry and eX-
perience in the Orient:
There will be no market for Ia
bor-savins machinery in the Far
East until the people become more
educated. 1t pays in that country
TO hire hundreds Of coolies TO do
the work Of one machine. There
is no manufacturing III the Orient
in our sense. except for shipyards,
arsenals and railroad yards. The
situation can't be coped with in
any way except by further educa-
ton and the. eventual abolition OF
menial labor
So much for !, the supposedly
rich trade Of the Orient, which
has dazzled so many American
minds. And so much for the meth
cd by which that imaginary trade
must be- built up, if it is ever to
be realized.
There's no question about it.
People don't want machinery. don't
need machinery and can't use ma
chinery until they become cducat-
ed. Education gives value TO hu-
man life and to human beings time
and effort. and prepares the way
for the labor-savinS equipment.
Education also provides the knowl-
edge without which it is impossible
to use the machinery. Education
creates the wants for the things
the machinery Will produce. The
first and greatest export 10 the
Orient. therefore, must be western
education, If the modern Occident
is ever TO profit greatly by bust
ness dealings with the Orient.
This truth applies, likewise at
home. Many American corpora
tons are doing much for education,
less as philanthroliy than as bus
mess policy. They know that the
better educated the public becomes,
the bigger market they will have
for their goods. -
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-15
SENATE FINISHED
APPROPRIATIONS
Measure Sent to House For
Concurrence

Columbia. March 10.-The SEN
ate at O'Clock tonight complet-
cd consideration Of the appropria
ton bill in SO far as the actual
expenditures themselves We're con-
cerned. There were some amend
ments to provisions 1T the, end Of
the bin providing for the CARRYING
out Of the measure, which were
taken up for consideration. after
the senate had returned from the
supper recess. The bill as passed
by the senate carries a total of ap-
proximately. S5.S00.000, or between
$4,000 and 100000 increase over
the bill as presented by the finance
committee, which itself increased
the house bill by about s70.0D6.
The bill will likely be sent back to
the house early tomorrow morning
referred to a free conference COM
mitteeS. as the house is almost Ger
tain 10 refuse 10 concur in the sen
ate amendments.
The senate added q number of
items, aggregatinS more than 500
600 in the appropriations for the
State Highway Commission than
provided by the finance committee.
Senator Young. Of Charleston, pro-
posed these amendments. These in
cludc $4,000 Tor three clerks to per-
form duties in connection with the
! alliances between The state and fed
eral governments: an item Of $8,-
1000. if so much be necessary, for
reimbursinS for the work on the
Santee bridge, and S2,700 for tenn
porary clerical help, such as in
spectors and other workers. One
more field engineer is added and
1.-THE salaries OF the other two. in
creased over the amount. allowed
by the finance committee. The
secretarys salary is raised from
1920 TO $4,000, the assistant sec
retary from $3.50 TO s2,400 and
the stenographer and clerk from
$500 TO $500.
Senator Bonham, of Greenville,
led n fight this afternoon 10 restore
salaries paid TO clerks and other
positions held in various state Of
fees TO the status Of the 1920 ap-
preparations. and a large number Of
i items already. passed on were re-
considered. but on a blanket vote
covering all Of the. pro-pos d
changes. the. senate refused these
increases. The ways and means
! committee reduced these salaries
: and in some instances the finance
committee made Increases over the
! house bill. >.
The senate raised quite. num-
Der Of salaries in a number of state
Offices. An increase from $500 to
$1,000 was granted for repairs to
the state house, this being to repair
leaks in the. roof of the capitol.
| Another increase for repairs on the
capitol was added. in the section
Electrician and engineers office"
to repair the chandelier on the cap
itol steps, which was broken about
two years ago at a Christmas tree
celebration when the Christmas
tree turned over. .-.e,s
The salary Of the. secretary to
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-15
THE YEAR Of JUNK"

y Keen young man who is rap
idly making his mark in the fin
anciai world says this is going TO
be The year OF junk That is to
say, I'VE are going TO see more
scrapping of obsolete things and
obsolete ideas than the world has
ever sent to the junk heap in any
one year in history
He is not thinking especially of
the battleships marked for scrap
ping by the naval powers, al
though they are pertinent. He
calls special attention to the guam
tity of commercial tonnage that
Will have TO be serapped. not so
much because most of; the govern
ment ships are not good enough TO
sail the seas according TO old
standards, but because the stand
ards are changing rapidly, and the
shipping nations are now building
far bigger and better ships. with
which the little, old-fashioned craft
cannot compete.
: There must be similar scfapping
all along the line, he says. The
steamship, the steel plant, the mo-
tor plant, the copper mine that
cannot operate under the 1921
minimum cost line is going to give
way to one that can
5 There Will not need to be so very
much scrappins Of actual plants
and machinery, he thinks, but in
methods Of handling the situation,
the junking processes are going 10
be wholesale"
This may we'll be true. There
are signs enough, in many lines of
production, and distribution And
if this process iis as necessary as it
appears to be. the sooner it is un-
aertaken and accomplished, the
better for everybody.
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than one motorist using the roads
the same day" isn't altogether
satisfactory.
1t is cheaper to pave nine. feet
than Il. and cheaper TO pave u
feet than 20. but it is not cheaper
in proportion TO the area paved.
and certainly it is not cheaper when
measured by the public benefits
derived from it. People every
where are finding this out, and ac-
cordingly are widening their mar
row highway. pavemen,s, and wish
ing they had done so in the first
place while they had the materials
and machinery on the ground.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-15
SATgRaIiIzaTIoN CHANGES.

-.
Tia ) osrnson na,uralization bill,
now pending in Congress with a
geod s1prospeer for enactment,
would nlake more changes in the
asthensh laws than have been
nsade for q century. The principal
ei,anges contemplated are as fol-
soNs
The registration Of all aliens
four times yearly during their res
saence,in the United States for at
least fre years before they become
sitizens.
creation of Independent
eistzensfsfp for women.
The repeal Of sthe amend
0s requiring eertifi-
se5fss sriga 80 81: s1;s -.
-reauirelnent that witness
ess need appear before a federal
ssaminer with the applicant Oily
The asst and perhaps the most
important, is intended to insure
aiaares for citizenship shall
reside IA the United States for the
fau hye-year period required.
.skera can he no doubt of thar,
with such, checking up.
ahe second is a na,aral develop
Hent from woman suffrage. and
iiII remove the injustice Of making
tsoafash aut tomaraealiy a citizen Of
sha sanae country as her husband,
regardless of birth and preference.
The third merely does away with
provision which was meant for
the same purpose as-the first of
these new regulations, and which
has worked badly.
The fourth change, the purpose
of which is to save trouble that is
considered Unnecessary, appears to
be the least vital, though perhaps
Jns6fable Altogether the new
plan ought to work much better
than the old in establishing ade-
auate safeguards for naturalization
ana making aliens appreciate their
new citizenship when they gain it..
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-15
SPRING AND BUSINESS.

February IS always, more OR less
the dull month Of the. year. 1t is
the tag end of one season, and not
yet the. beginning Of another one.
The corresponding sunmer month
is August: but vacations are on at
that time, and business men have
a habit of J. considering summer
duilness in some way normal, while
they cannot quite adapt their
minds 10 the same conditions in
February.
In a duh year this psycholog:
adds 10 the general dullness and
creates a vicious mental circle.
February. however, is now over.
The wild geese are flying north
ward. and the. wild buyers are STIR
ring abroad in the land
There has been no overproauc-
ton this time. measured by the
needs OF people in general. There
is latent market for every yard
of goods on every merchants
shelves, for every brick. and piece
Of steel and everything else that is
customarily. produced between our
Two oceans.
The worst is over With spring
building begins On scale worth
while The number of people
who have been waiting to build
their homes for the open seaxon. of
1922 is almost incredible. Wheth-
er they will fulfill their hopes de-
pends on whether they are met.
by archi1ee--, contractor. material
manufacturers and labor; on what
they consider fair and honest
terms Building means increased
demand for everything else. No
O1F 11ONSS 'S1Ito'-d INV I1ONtSN
out al least little new furniture,
few new curtains. And even if
people leave the bulk of these pur-
chases for later time. that in it
self is hopeful. 1t means a steady
and increasing demand for all the
new things that so into houses.
The automobile business seems
re-established. on firm footing.
Little dullness is preceptible there
other industries are opening up
week by week. Business every
where shows small but steady
gains.
1t is time for cheerfulness,
steady hard work and good sense.
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PAYING FOR DEAD HORSES

Pack in 1872. an Ohio city bOr-
rowed s400. 900 TO pay for certain
waterworks improvements. The
money went into a new pump and
new mains. The pump and pipes
have long since been worn out and
replaced, and sl.060. 900 has been
paid in interest on the loan. hut
the city still owes tire original
$500, 900, and apparently expects to
continue paying interest on it in
definitely.
Here is notable example of
municipal payment for dead
horse. II may have been all right
to make the loan in the first place.
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the Sinking Fund Commission was
those OF the assistant secretary and
stenograp'ler and clerk from $3.50
TO $500 and from $3.50 TO ST.
800, respectively
An increase Of more than S12,000
was allowed in the section OF the
Commissioner OF Agriculture The
senate took two separate votes to-
day on one item in this section
which provide for the conJinua-
ton OF rhe publication Of the
weekly farm bulletin first setting
the appropriation at sl1,500 for
publication and clerical help and
then they reduced tito $4,000 and
on a third reconsideration reduced
the item 10 $1,000 for the publi-
cation OF the bulletin and $3.50
for clerical help in connection with
the bulletin.
Senator Moore offered an amend
ment at the end Of the appropria-
ton bill to provide for a general
cut Of % per cent in practically
all Of the appropriations, but this
was voted down.
The senate finance committee
proposed a section that no state
college should advertise in the
newspapers or other publications
at the expense Of the state. Sen
ator Johnstone had this proviso
further amended by providing that
the section should not refer to ad-
vertisinS for summer school schol-
arShipS and other similar things.
The senate. suggested the state
levy be fixed at six mills, but did
so realizing that the free confer
ence committee after all would
have to figure. the rate that would
be necessary. II adopted the six
mills idea as a desire: The sug-
&estion came through Senator
Lightsey who insisted that the levy
be fixed at six mills The income
tax bills still in committee could
be made 10 make up any deficiency
by increasing the income tax. He
wanted the burden removed from
real estate and visible property and
put on those able TO pay. He had
hoped that some of the new sources
OF revenue would have been
adopted. His plan of reducing the
levy was 10 provide the difference
in the income tax hill
Senator McGhee wanted to
know if this was another effort to
ram something down the throats
Of certain senators who did not
agree TO the committee income tax
bill
Senator Lightsey said he had
no such idea but he wished TO
stress the point that much more
revenue could be gotten from the
..ncome tax bill.
II was brought out that what
was done would have no binding
effect. on the senate.
Senator Christensen said he
thought if the committee income
tax bill We're adopted it. would
! make a six-mill levy possible. The
appropriation bill went to the
house at midnight.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-15
UNIVERSAL MEDICAL TESTS

Members Of the National Board
of Medical Examiners in session
recently considered, among other
things, plans for the establish
ment of a single qualification eN-
animation for medical practice. 1t
is the intention that applicants
passing this examination will be
admitted TO the practice OF medi-
cine in any state without having
to pass. a state examination also.
The standard is to be made so
high that there can be no doubt
of the qualifications of doctors
who pass.
Twenty-one states already accept
the certificates issued by the nat
ional board. and 10 others have
signified their willingness to accept
them when state laws can be
amended to allow such procedure.
The further stiffenins Of these
tests will advance their popular
ity and IN itself help 20 maintain
the already high standards of the
medical profession.
Neither medical facts nor hu-
man bodies change intrinsically
with state boundary lines, and a
man who is qualified to practise in
one state should be fitted TO DO so
in another. AS in teaching the arti-
fetal barrier should be removed.
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To Eree Conference.

Columbia. March 1l.-At 1890
O'Clock this, morning. the general
appropriation bill went TO the
house Of representatives, which
refused to concur in. the senate
amendments, twenty-five minutes
after the senate had taken its final
vote. on the measure.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-15

4 woman prefers a man without
riches. judging from the way she
quickly relieves him Of them. -.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-15

The great question is not "How
Will the treaties affect the next
generation 2" but How will they
affect the next election?
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-15

Vamp stories teach us thar the
female after specie is deadly 10 the
male.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-15

Somewhere between the Great
Beyond and the sucker who thinks
the dead speak there is a happy
medium 80 .
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-15

Every normal man believes in
telling the ruth, but few OF. them
are extremists.
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The income tax blank doesn't
seem so complicated, however, af-
ter one resigns himself to telling
the truth.
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Z 1t isn't probable. however. that
the man with the hoe Will become
a greater political power than the
man With the dough.
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In this mad furry Of haste. man
has almost lost the gentle arr OF
rolling his own. .s.
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Everyday or SO then9!dest man in
the world either dies or narries
Too many people on, the job haye
started their vacations.
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Amt nature wonderful? Even
though one is born every minute.
some new PonZi appears now and
then 10 handle the entire crop.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-15

II may be that rile At Of dancing
is dctcriorating. hut the canei walk
is 4 long step forward.
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Nature is rather unfair. In our
teens, when we could most easily
learn. she. persuades us that we
know it all. -. .. -. :
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-15

The old fashioned widow who
spoke of hel; late. husband now has
daughter who speaks OF her. Ia
test husband. -.s........x, -.
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A man Who has time 10 knock
has entirely toe much time.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-15

No young fellow turns out as :
people expect. so why, worry
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Girl Of most beautiful hack is
found. She will grin and bare il.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-15

II Government wishes TO break
uD the tobacco trust. il might limit
the selling price and add another
revenue stamp or two.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-15

While training officers. -.ouldn't
il be a good idea 10 add I, course in
tne manners in order To prepare i
few submarine captains.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-15

Genoa proved the. world round;
I may yet prove it.-salrare.
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Statesmen might render a ser
vice by figuring out just how much
blood must bc spilled before
subject people is entitled 10 lib
ertv
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-15

Seats near the Mary-Lasccllcs
wedding COS: $50; but this wasn't
rs high as the CarpenticrDrmp psey
bout.
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Dunn and Rradstreet can't tell
you how much a. friend is worth.
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Twinkle. twinkle movie star: we
no more wonder what You are.
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If strikes make coal higher We
can get foreign money 10 burn.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-15

Princess Mary'sf mother reduced
for The wedding Her [<atfer was
also reduced
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observatory was new. He paused
to watch a man peering through q
large telescope. Just then star
fell
Man aloive," he exclaimed in
anlazement. You're shure q foine
shot. N. c. II. News.
jim: Il wonder what was done
with all of the terrible machinery
for destruction left from the war"
Tim:-"A large part OF it must
have been taken over for. use by
american laundries:,,'-sans Gene
(Paris.)
The Wobbly One: "ofisher. did
you shee me f-fall'
Officer: Yes .;....:
The Wobbly One: Had you ever
sh-sheen me before %
officer: No
The wobbay One: "Then how
d'did you know It wash me?"-
Staley Journal.
He: IT'S my principle never to
kiss q girl <.
She: You can't expect any in
terest from me. then. Williams
Purple Cow.
J. II any one woman had all the
clothes she wanted the rest of the
women would have. to go around in
barrek.--Sugar City Gazette.
One cure for a iawless state is
less law.
The Irish Free State appears to
be 4 kind of free-for-all state
Hanging doesn't discourage
crime" AT any rate, hanging
|. juries doesn't.
National pride is merely a
Smohe-creen laid down TO conceal
a national graft.
The world is growing better, but:
it is YET TOO early to hold OUT hope
of complete recovery.
That peculiar smell in 4 tightly.
packed movie house is probably an.
atmosphere of democracy.
In these modern times one Won
der< what has become Of the old
gentleman who wore the heavy
beard as an aid in straining soup.
But think OF the awful fix we'd
be in except for the elevaiing in
fluencc of women in politics.
III fares poor France. to hasten
ing ills prey: when debts arcu-
mulate and the Huns won't pay.
For the mex; few. decades. ma
tional aspiration in Germany viii
take. the form OF national perspi
ration.
The average American thinks
thrift consists in getting along with.
four cylinders instead of six Or
eight.
The public may boycott the
wicked movies. but ii continues to
devour spicy stories about the
movie people.
And so the peace dollar is de-
signed 10 last twenty-five years.
Well. there are a few optimists left
in Washington.
! business viii get better when it
gets better credit.
Another note long ieaSt-<aHe is a
note Of checrfulneSs
Isn't there vacant place on The
bench for Mr. Borah?
When Lloyd George shows up.
/ there is usually (; showdown.
Ireland reminds us that a little
religion is also dangerous thing.
The safest place TO bury the
harcket is just, back of the jingo's
ear.
Many Americans think normal
cy is d state in which one can fall
off the water wagon for fifteen
ccrit>.
To the charming divorcea, life is
just one darned husband after an
ether.
The rhttenness in Denmark rap-
pears 70 have communicated itself
70 The German mark. = '-''--'''---'-- :. .
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w WANTED-Tn take orders NJ my
home to make hats. II interest
ed. call S79-I.. Mrs. c. w. Nc
crew. corner Magnolia and Myr-
tl. streets.
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That peculiar smell in q tightly
packed movie house is probably an
atmosphere of democracy.
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The irish nightwatchran at the
observatory was new. He paused
TO watch a man peering through q
large telescope. Just then q star
fell.
Man aloive," he exclaimed in
amazement. You're shure foine
shot. c. Il. News.
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National pride is merely 4
Smohe-creen laid down TO conceal
a national graft.
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In these modern times one Won
der< what has become Of the old
gentleman who wore the heavy
beard as an aid in straining soup.
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Majority: The greater number.
Porah
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We all look sheepish after getting
fleeced.
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France wants more children. This
proves she isIGt rich
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The world is growing better, but:
it is YET TOO early TO hold OUT hope
of q complete recovery. =.
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To-day's Best Jokes
:. and Stories

The common spelling is s-n-c-
-c-S-S.
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But think OF the awful fix we'd
be in except for the elevaiing in
fluencc of women in politics.
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Hanging doesn't discourage
crime AT any rate, hanging
. juries doesn't.
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III fares poor France. to hasten
ing ills prey: when debts arcu-
mulate and the Huns won't pay.
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The Irish Free State appears to
be n kind Of free-for-al state.
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jim: Il wonder what was done
with all of the terrible machinery
for destruction left from the war
Tim:-"A large part OF il must
have been taken over for. use by
american laundries.,, Sans Gene
(Paris.)