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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-22
BURNING LETTERS

II you are planning a murder or
an, elopement with somebody else's
wife or husband, first burn your
letters. Everyone has been warn
ed not to write compromising let
ters, but ever since the invention
Of the stone hammer and chisel
the temptation to put thoughts in
to permanent form has been too
great to be resisted.
Many thoughts are well worth
inscribing, but there is one class of
thoughts which should either die
a-borning or be left entirely to the
lips. These are the thoughts that
make love letters SO thrilling when
first written and read but so silly
and pathetic when turned into Ex-
hibit A. OF divorce or murder
trial. Think of the scorn.. the
shame and the heartache that
could have been avoided by the
proper, use OF a single box of
matches.
Years ago John Greenleaf Whit
tier expressed himself admirably
in this matter of destroying private
letters of delicate or personal ma
ture. In a letter TO Edward Box
he said:
Some years ago destroyed a
large collection of letters I had re-
ceived, not from any regard for
my own reputation. but for fear
that to leave them liable to publ
cation might be injurious or un-
pleasant TO the writer's or their
friends.
81 have always regarded a pri-
yate or confidential letter as sacred
and its publicity in any shape a
breach of trust, unless
authorized by the writer I only
wish my own letters to thousands
of correspondents may be as care
fully disposed Of"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-22
PRICE BOOSTS

Prices are going up. That IS the
most obvious fact Of present busi-
ness conditions. In a typical
week recently, of 102 changes in
the price of standard commodi-.
ties, II were upward. The ten
dency is especially noticeable in
fuel and foodstuffs, but it also per-
meates the general field of manu-
factured goods.
To people who blindly accept the
tradition that high prices neces-.
sariiy mean prosperity, this is a
welcome development. 70 the ma
jority Of citizens who are UP against
the actual facts of living. it is not.
Prices during the last year or
so had been gradually stabilizing
at levels where they
were more fairly adjusted to wages
and salaries. All that was needed.
was such a speeding
up Of industry as would absorb the
unemployment This has occurred.
But no sooner has the general sit
uation straightened itself out rather
satisfactorily than the balance be-
gins to be upset once more.
Wages and salaries at this time
are not, as a whole. on level per-
mitting an increase in the cost Of
living. AS one economic authority
put it, the ordinary income will
not permit liberal buying at ad-
yancing prices
If prices continue to advance.
then, one of two things must hap
pen. Buying will fall Off so much
that manufacturers and merchants.
in order to move their goods, will
have to lower prices again, which
means a new and troublesome peri
cd of deflation. Or else there will
be another struggle to increase
wages and salaries to keep pace
with advancing prices. which means
a repetition Of the same old vigor-
Gus circle of initiation that the
public hoped it was through with.
The public has had enough in
flation and enough deflation, and
wants neither now. What it
wants is settled conditions OF work.
income and living costs. The
public. accordingly, is going to be
very impatient. of any unjustified
price boosts.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-22
ART Turns MODEST


At 1Eew.@y6rk art critic announces
that the art world is becoming nor
mai again He bases this opinion
on a view OF. paintings and sculp-
ture exhibited by women artists.
finding in the entire exhibition not
. single nude figure. Not only
was-there noticeable lack of Sep
fenangr saornss and Nudes De-
see1rslngs Staircase" but some of
the sculpture was draped to an
unusual degree.
bis IN striking contrast to an
Paris a few months ago, which was
50 eaapEetcfy given over to the ex-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-22
FRENCH RACE sUIeIDE

80 = -. = :. 4
Frances dwindling birth rate
has become a bugbear TO that re-
pubuess statesmen and military
mentor a generation and has sew
ed as an excuse for the German
allegation that the nation was de-
generate The war proved the err:
ror Of that supposition, but it did
not help the birth rate. Now a
French sAsague for Increasing the
Population processes to have found
the Cause of the disturbing ten
aensa :
TEe Code Napoleon is to blame.
saysst stasseaenthusiasts for a more
prolfic race The Code Napoleon
progia sd essers the division of the
estdssses of aatestates equally among
sur hildren. and naturally
.enoissas Eranch parents have de-
sireS preserve their, property
for -possession of land really
.nleass,s something overseas-for
LINKED number of heirs. It all
sounassreasonable enough.
AZ. any rate, it is hard to quarrel
witE the Leagues aims. At the
1929 rate Of le6 births TO every 100
Marriages: the present population
OF 4,bae, 90 should shrink to 25.-
.oooaee bss7ee5. and the French
people would vanish by the year
1000 And no one likes to con-
template anything like that
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-22
HARNEssESG THE FLOODS

Fs- T. 3 aAg-
Engineers are studying plans for
aamming the tributaries of the
lower Mississippi on sufficiently
large scale to hold flood waters
and provide electric. power for the
s1rreunding areas. It is believed
thatsa system can be worked out by
which the waters Of both the trib7
utaries and the main stream can
be controlled at all seasons and
the annual flood damage reduced
sto arninimum
People in the regions of the
South most affected by these floods
axs a lively interest in the plans.
&c tue force which year after9year.
IGyss waste their fields and towns
could be harnessed and made to
furnish electric power. it would
san al the difference between
navns q friendly, Constructive force
fer a neishbor and having a hos
tile. destructive one.
Building levees merely for the
purpose Of holding the streams in
tfneis ranks is a passive solution of
the dlnieulty in which the people.
work for the rivers. Under the
newsscaeme the rivers would work
for the people.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-22

WANTED-Hardwood logs. We pay
aighest cash price for choice
Ash. Poplar. Cypress and White
Oak logs of standard specifica-
tions. delivered to Sumter by rail
or truck We buy logs twelve
months in the year and give
preference to loggers equipped to
bring in a steady supply. What
have you to offer? Sumter
Hardwoed Co. Sumter. S. {.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-22
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SCIENCE AND RELIGION

People who are at all interested
in the supposed war between re-
ligion and. science are indebted ITO
Charles P. Steinmetz, who. paused
recently in the. midst, of a political
campaign to make a thoughtful
address on the subject. sl74.
DR.. Steinmetz:s .utterances COM
nnand respect because of his scien-
tific standing. He is ardently de-
voted to material science and re-
garded as an intellectual giant. He
is the man who finishes what
Franklin began. and makes
lightning. ~ -.
This wizard frankly admits that
physical science has no room for
such conceptions as God, immor-
tally, infnity, etc. That is be-
cause science deals with facts as
revealed by the senses and inter
pzeted by logic. All our sense per-
ceptions are limited. Our senses
cannot perceive the infinite. So
.aaie. applied to scientific disccv-
ss.,, ..can never prove the existence
Of the infinite. But-and here is
the big point that steinmetz makes
neither can science disprove the
infinite.
Thus the results of science, as
applied to such questions. as wheth-
er there is q. God, whether God is
love and whether mans. spirit is
eternal are negative, and ''the
question is still as open as ever" "
All the honest scientist can say is
that 'the two. science and religion.
are not necessarily incompatible,
but are different and unrelated ac-
tivities of the human mind"
Here is consolation for, the re-
ligious mind. Science, based on
the senses, cannot prove that
knowledge about things of supreme
interest may not be obtained by a
higher method than sense percep-
tions. The religious man is salts
fed that he obtains such knowl-
edge through faculties superior to
his senses. Without being able to
study his soul under a microscope.
he knows that he has a soul. With
out analyzing God by chemical pro-
cesses, he knows that God exists.
Without any multiplication table,
he can figure out that he lives for
ever. And as long as he does not
deny the correctness OF science in
its proper field, science has no bus
mess questioning the correctness Of
his religious ideas.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-22
NEWSPAPER EDUCAToN

1t remained for Ed. Howe, the
philosopher Of Atchinsen. Kan. to
coin the phrase, "a newspaper edu-
cation. !. 1t has never occurred to
most people now many there are in
this country who posses just that
kind of education.
There must be millions of them.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-22
u. D. G. Convention
Officers Elected by the An.
nual Meeting in Birming-
ham

A&aAA 1sA$S>SAAs3
4. ham
Birmingham. Ala, Nov. l6.--Af
| ter election of national officers a
the morning session a luncheon
at which each state was represent
ed at a separate table, and an au
tome Lille tour of the city this after
aoon, delegates to the annual con
vention Of the United Daughters o.
the Confederacy. tonight observed
historical evening.
a lively fight developed in the
annual election between Mrs. W. F
r. Byrnes Of Charleston, W. Va.
and Mrs. Chappell Cory Of Bir,
minghan for the office of record
ling secretary general. Mrs. Byrnes
was elected by a majority of l54
votes.
Five general officers, including
Livingston Rowe Schuyler of New
York City, president gneeral, was
reelected, while four new general
officers were named.
Headed by Mrs. Schuyler. new
official roster includes: First vice
president general, Mrs. Frank Har-
rold, Americus, Ga; second vice
president general, Mrs. Frances E.
Ross, Riverside, Cal; third wee
president general, Mrs. w. E., Mas
Fsey, Hot Springs, Ark; recording
secretary general, Miss Allie Gar
ner, Ozark, Ala; treasurer general
Mrs. ;. T. Higgins, st. Louis; his
torian general, Mrs. ST.. John A
Lawton, Charleston; registra gen
eral. Miss Ida Powell, Chicago;
custodian of crosses Of honor, Mrs
Eastbrook Of Ohio, and custodian
Of flags and pennants, Mrs. J. H
Crenshaw. Montgomery, Ala.
Following the most heated de
bate that has yet been heard on
the floor Of the convention, the
United Daughters of the Confed-
eracy tonight voted to aid in the
renodeling of the Lee Memorial
chapel at Washington and Lee uni
versity.
Strenuous objections to the pro-
posed change in the building were
made by members of the Virginia
delegation Ted by Mrs. C. E. Boiling
Of Richmond, who argued that for
reasons Of sentiment the shrine
should be left just as the south
ern general had built it.
More than so persons had spok.
en- upon the question before the
vote was taken, the delegates sup.
porting the plan of remodeling by
an overwhelming majority. DR.
Henry Louis Smith, president OF
the university, was present at the
session and refuted statements tfa,
the chapel had been sacrilegiously
used for football rallies.
The Rains banner. presented te
the state which collected during
the year the most historical data
was presented at the night session
to North Carolina: the Rose loving
cup to Mrs. j. II. West, historian O.
South Carolina; the Ann Robin.
son Andrews medal to Miss Rub,
Thornberry Of Jacksonville, Fla;
the Hyde medal to Miss. Beatrice
Meaehen of the District OF Coluln.
.bia.
Mrs. Asa Roundtree presented
the Youree prize, which went t.
Mrs. Philip Holt OF North caro-.
lima, Mrs: Lee Trammell of Geor.
gia ard Mrs. D. D. Bradford Of
Pittsburgh. The st. George Schuy.
Ter prize was presented to Mis-:
Edith Pope, editor-in-chief Of The
Confederate Veteran.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-22
Raise Funds 10 Buy Pancho
Villa Diamond Belt

San Francisco. Nov. ,155.-sport
enthusiasts of Manila have started
a fund to buy a diamond belt for
Pancho Villa. the Filipino lad who
took the hyweight title from
Johnny Buff at Brooklyn, according
to mail adyices received from the
Phippine capital. The fund in its
first day reached a total OF $50 Pc
sos.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-22
Argentine Investigator Impressed
With German industry.

f! Berlin, Oct. 23.-4he rlgofS Of
1.-THE coming winter threaten to erack
the morale tof Germany's working
classes Unless the outside world
alters its political attitude and the
mark improves, declared DR. Thoss'
Amadeo, a prominent Argentine
economist on the eve Of his de-
parture from Berlin after a nation
wide study. g
DR.. Ameaeo is Argentina's direcss
tor of public instruction in agrirnl- s
ture, professor Of rural economy IN
the Universities Of Buenos Aires
and La Plata, and director OF the
Museo Social Argentine, under the;
auspices of whic hthe late Theo
dore Roosevelt visited Argentina.
He resumes his duties as Argentine
delegates to the international Agri
cultural Institute at Rome next
month, after spending a short time
in France.
In spite of his fears for the eco-s
nomic position of Germany in the:
near future, DR.. Anadeo voiced
the utmost praise for the industry.
now prevailing. 80:
IT have the impression. : he
! said, "of having seen an enormous
swarm Of diligent people led by M
dividuals Of .unsurpassable compe
tence in all classes and actiVitiea.
The German people has the spirit
OF work in its blood and marrow
and bone, and for that; reason ti1sl
German people viii not go under as
did the Austrian. :, 49,
He called attention, however to-
the increasing costs of living and
to the serious domestic results OF
depreciation in the mark, warning
that, these factors might prove a.
strain too severe fer the workers
Ito stand. ~
An economic collapse OF Ger
many. DR.. Amadeo was convineed.
would mean heavy losses. for an
countries Of North and South
Amerca. On the other hand he be-
Ilieyed all would profit greatly If
I the position OF Germany's Industry
j were improved and her trade
were restored to its normal char.
nels. = 80 49,
I; Regarding German argentina
relations, Dr. Amadeo said he found
many Germans wished to go to-
South America, especially to A.
gentina, but were unable to pay
the costs OF the voyage because
of the marks low exchanges value.
.They are the sons of farmers.
lhand-workers, and persons OF small
independent means who seek bet
ter prospects" he, explained They
would without doubt be very use
! tful to the young lands OF South
America because OF their technf-
cal efficiency and their ambitions
/ to progress Never would there be
/ a better time than the pfesent for
| the founding OF a colonization
company. organized on large
scale and promoted by farm and
employment circles" s ::
DR.. Amadeo incidentally exs
pressed high confidence in the re-
suits to be achieved by an inter
national congress Of Social Mus:
lseums and similar institutions
which he proposes should be, held
at Buneos Aires under the aus
pices of the Museo Social .Argen-s
tho. He voiced the opinion, that
these institutions should be more
active in international cooperation
for the improvement of the con-
iditions of peoples. 80. sssss.,s
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-22

Where are all the people now
who had sc much to say in opposi-
ton to the new white way? You
don't hear much from them since
it has been in operation.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-22

It's love, all right. if he, still
thinks her beautiful with the
greater part of hot dog parked in
her face.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-22

Every once in a while you find
& stern judge who speaks very
sharply TO a reckless driver who
kills little child
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-22

Still, it's about as safe to1be san
Armenian in Turkey as to be q
rector in America. =
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Even in the old days people cuss-
ed their hetters, but they didn't call,
it sociology. 5s:sssss'
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-22

to precedent" is-more radical than
America-that is, its political and
economic evolution moves faster,
And this American steadiness is
not of one class only; if il were it
would be dangerous. 1t permeates
all the classes except a fringe o.
radical extremists SO small as to
be of little, Influence.
America is liberal; bat our lib
eralism is what almost any Eu-
ropean country today would call
conservatism.
The reason for this national
conservatism is plain enough, as
Col. Robins suggests. Americans
know when they are well off. and
don't lightly take any chances of
changing for the worse, in. sudden
hope of "a millennium. That >. is
why the Reds. of any type, never
have a a-chance here.
Before Henry Ford builds that
factory il China to make flivyers
for the Chinks. he'd better ask
the manufacturers of laundry ap-
pliances what the yellow man does
TO Caucasian. machinery. ~
= Il
Elections used to. be affirma-
tive; now they're mostly negative.
Instead of voting for candidates
and platforms they like, people vote
against those they dislike. 49,
The new British government, one
observes. having ousted Lloyd
George because he threatened war
against the Turks. is threatening
war against the Turks.
The American automobile asso-
citation says the. time has passed for
gaudy billboard posters on the
highways: Yep-people go by too
fast to read them nowadays
We know a cheerful cuss who
refers to his automobile-owning
relatives as gas connections.
One man blows out the gas and
kills himself. Another steps on it
and kills somebody else.
The Allies are seeking united
front on Turkish issues They'll be
lucky if it doesn't prove to be q
battle front.
New York husbands have filed a
bill of rights with the
supreme court. Just so it doesn't
interfere with. the wives right OF
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-22

A man bigger than you is never
a liar. He is mistaken.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-22

Since 1891 prices have dropped.
10 times and gone mp IL. ~: .sSs
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Dhituaries and tributes Of re-
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The Sumter WarchEaan was
founded in 1850 and the True
Southron IN 1856. The Watchman
and SoIahron now has the COM
bined circulation and influence OF
both OF the old papers, and Is man
ifestly the best advertising medium
In Sumter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-22

There is something poignantiy
touching about a fat mans con-
dernlariosl OF dancing.
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New York husbands have filed a
husbands bill OF rights with the
supreme court. Just SO it doesn't
interfere with the wives right OF
bills, the wives should worry.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-22

found. that we can Kill the winter
weeyil by poisoning the terminal
bud. The Smith method, however,
! waits, until emergence from hiber-
nation has been completed: It is
verY easy to literally fill this
terminal bud with a suitable poi
son by means Of a good dust gun.
This. stripping Of squares is radi-
cal and the farmer may be afraid
of. it. This stripping leaves the
cotton plants free to develop bolls
without weevil interference for the
succeeding seven Or eight weeks.
When summer migration begins
the bolls will be large enough to
resist the migratory weevil-say
late in July. There is plenty of time
after June ) TO develop q crop.
lNinety-nlne per cent of weevils
Will be out of liberation by June
Is and all these should be dead.
Planting should not be extremely
early, say late III March. The very
early or late planting of cotton is
dangerous. Cotton sheds about 60
per cent OF its fruit. The loss Of
few squares in early June should
not affect the yield. The plant.
however. remarkably reacts on the
stripping Of the squares. This
stripping is always followed by
an increase in the height of the
plant and closely followed by the
profuse development of new
squares. So pronounced has been
this aeceleration and stimulation
and fruiting that il seems proba' lie
that even with no weevils pres nt
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1922-01-20
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.

Triute of respect to and in COM
nemoratIOn OF our dear beloved Bro.
James +. Smith, Sr., who Departed
his life December 18th, 1921, being a
very staunch member and fellow
worker of the Mems Organized
Bible Glass of the Church of GOO,
Westminster, Md. Being very at
terItive to his class. abiding in the
work of the Lord, and always for
ward for the betterment of the Glass
and School, and the uplifting of Gods
holy work, being a teacher for some
years. Therefore, we the undersigned
committee on resolutions have been
instructed by the class and we hereby
respectfully submit to the following:
Whereas, 1t has pleased our heaven
" Father in his all wise providence to
remove from our midst by death our
highly esteemed friend and brother in
for council, and
Whereas, We desire TO express ouI
high and sincere appreciation of the
worthy characteristics of which adorn-
ed his life, which made it always a
great pleasure to have him associated
with the Mems Bible Glass, and
Whereas, The class feels its great
loss and sees his vacant pew, but we
lift our voices to God and say, Q Lord
may our loss be his eternal gain, and
desiring to express our sincere SYM
pathy with his afflicted family in his
removal from our midst.
Therefore, Be it Resolved, That the
Secretary be instructed to place this
memorial on the minutes as part of
the proceedings of the Bible Glass, and
a copy of it be sent to the family of
the deceased to whom we extend our
sincere sympathy in their sad bereave-
ment Also a copy of it be published in
the Church Advocate, and in our local
papers.
BY order of the Mems Bible Glass
of the Church of God,
i. w. KING,
Z. NJ. ALBERT,
H. w. LITTLE,
Committee.
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ings. S shutters, pair check lines, 1
4-horse line, 2 lead reins, 6 collars, l
six-horse line, pair breast chains.
pair butt traces, new handmade log
chain, tie chains, 4Standard chains, lot
of COW chains, 2 triple trees, 2 double
trees, single trees, 4 jockey sticks, g.
horse evener, 2-horse stretcher, A.
horse donble tree, bob sled, milk sled,
milk wagon and harness, 1 top buggy,
l surrey.
l DE LAVAL CREAM SEPARATOR
lot of and gallon milk cans, 1 milk
car l roll 3 it. hog wire, used four
months:
so BARREL CORN BY THE BARREL
Terms of Sale:-All sums of ten dol
lars and under, cash; on all sums OF
more than ten dollars a credit of six
months will be given by the purchas-
ers giving their notes, with approved
security. hearing interest from the day
OF sale
THEO. F. BROWN, Trustee
John w. Reaver, Auctioneer.
Joseph z. Hunter and
George W. Marker, Clerks.
Jan 20-4t