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FLEXIBLE GOVERNMENT

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Whatever May be the final form
of the tariff bill, 1t seems likely to
retain the provision giving the tariff
commission, by authority OF the
President. the. right 10 modify da-
ties from fiaae 70 time; within rea-
sonabie limits, TO suit changing
trade eonditions.s This plan would
be. a marked Improvement over the
ola. inflexible rate schedule, II ad-
mnMstered ably, without prejudice
Oh. ;;,auisansalip, and would do much
70 make the tariff a mater of na-
,tional business rather than nation
al politics.
At may well be asked why
similar policy should not be ap-
piled to Immigration. The old way
saa TO let ia any number OF i'm
migrants, so that the country was
sometimes swamped. The presen.
way IS to admit q number which
depends on percentage plan that
makes it rather definite and arbi-
trary. Would. It not he far better
to- give the Executive Department,
through an immigration coinnis-
sion. power to regulate the volume
OF i1nmigrauea from year TO year
and season to season, according to.
the industrial needs Of the country?
Canada does that now. and as a re-
-salL im:gralions 1hera has become a.
comfortable asset ,rathes than an
uncontrolled liability.
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GOOD OUT OF EVIL

When all is said, the fact re-
mains that what Germany and
Russia did was, to cancel their war
claims against each other, and
agree TO do business with each
other again and not fight each
other. any more, ali os which are
desirable aims:
The trouble arose less from what
the TWO outcast governments did
!, than, from the way they did it and
the time they chose for it. Con-
|'sidered by itself. without relation
to the Genoa conference. where it
was inepportune and naturally
raised storm. of criticism, the
Russo German treaty might have
been held praisewerthy by the ma
jority Of mankind. Il is SO held
by millions of disinterested people
as matters stand.
The worst thing about the treaty
is the fear it revives Of a military
alliance by which Central and East
ern Europe might eventually men
ace Western Europe.
That fear should serve TO clarity
the situation rather than make 1t
more obscure. It seems to be hav-
ing that very effect. ia squirting
Lloyd George TO insist on a peace
pact binding all the nations Of Eu-
rope 10 refrain from aggression
agains; each other, His proposal
amounts TO a war moratorium for
le years.
Ia urging that policy, Lloyd
George is proposing that all Europe
shall do for itself one of the things
that Russia and Germany have
done for themselves. That would
make big alliance for peace, swai-
lowing up the lesser. one.
From such a beginning, Lloyd
George and his associated states
men might proceed to expand the
other two Russo-German policies,
arranging for all the nations OF
Europe TO do business with each
other and. as a contribution to that
end, cancelling war claims and OBJ
legations that come near balancing
each other.
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OUTLINING MAR

To those who put their hopes of
peace in the mere machinery OF
arbitration, Judge Florence E. Al
len, addressing e 7. w. c. A. con-
rention says:
When there is no law against
war, we cannot even begin 10 en-
force the greatest rule Of equity be-
tween nations, the law of the sa-
credness of life Those who rely
completely upon a world court tor
achieving peace forget that such a
court cannot stop war until there
is law forbidding war.
"lt is so in our ordinary courts.
l have before me the most heinouS
murderer; L cannot try him. much
less sentence him. until there is 4
law defining and providing for the
punishment of murder.
ANY fighting, unless in self-de-
fense between individuals, is Grim
inal; and killing, unless in self
defense, i murder. We have to
make the world agree that inter
national fighting. unless in seif-de-
fense, is criminal and is murder. :"
And she wants. women to take a
prominent part in it,
None of the efforts yet made to
insure peace have got very far. be-
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SleRE saoNEY rs LoosE

sssns uf the more authoritative
fsllciai wriaers says that he has
rsgens II received many letters ask
lsssssr adxiee N regard TO spees,la-
tsTs yestaaents. When ne urges
ssass 70 put their money in
f:s,ss mortgages on improved real
esfaxe. they are sore. This indi-
nj Of sslaes :ffina acia1
take ehaaee in the hope OF max
isg something more than compound
interest gain beeonaing irsesistt-
This does not prove that spec.
aaatise investments are wise es-'
peeially this TINE. for as the
stoek market advances It, is suh-.
sect to temporary sharp reactions
asea aaase marginal operations
xaars ana more dangerous.
does prove. however. that there
ssss been a marked change in me
psychoiogy of business in the last
se% months. Except in TIE two
fines where there are strikes OF a
serious nature optinsisnn has be-
come the daily osphere. Steel;
esssea1, seweary, coffee. govern
snent bonds these are only a few fey
of HE lines in Maleh there are
rises ana firm markets and cheer
I sifsllness:
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Ukraine Wheat Fields idle.

Odessa. April Fear Of star
vation in the Ukraine. once re-
garded as the richest farming
country in the world. has become
SO acute that thousands OF peas
ants are abandoning everything
they possess and fiocling TO the
cites, where they hope to else out
an existence until all danger of
crop reauisition by the Soviet has
passed.
Hope for better crops this sum-
mer seems TO have been lost. Ner-
chants here who formerly sold as:
ricultural machinery in the Ukraine
are making no efforts TO dispose
of their stock. There will be>no
crops to- speak of this year. and
next season it viii be worse they
say.
The Ukraine. commonly called
the "granary of Europe produced
nearly 20.00G.00G tons of wheat
and cereals in pre-war years. It's
annual WELD Of potatoes averaged
100000 tons. In 1914 it market
ed 27.000.080 head Of horned cat
tie. 100000 horses and 6.300,000
pigs. 1t also exported coal, iron
and manganese. dairy products and
blooded horses.
The Ukraine, twice as large as
the British Isles and with q pre-
war population Of 40,000,000. IS
fast becoming a desolate waste.
according TO the refugees. The only
reason it has held together until
now. they say. is because Of rich
stores Of grain accumulated in the
days OF prosperity. which were
shielded from the Soviet Commls-
sars on the plea that they must
be used for seed. Now that these
are exhausted. the rich. black earth
of the Ukraine must lie idle and
worthless.
Included among those who face
starvation are half a million Ger
man colonists. descendants OF Ger
mans who settled in the country
more than 100 years ago by invita-
ton Of Catherine the Great. In
the German colony Of Gros Lieben-
thai. near Odessa, one city Of TO-
900 population is said already TO be
in the grip Of famine. In this
section some 10000 acres OF grain
was Sown annually Before the war
Today there is not a sheaf Of wheat
to be seen. In another section
, where $4,000 acres formerly Were
sown, there is now 100 acres un-
der cultivation.
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COLLEGE INFLUENCE.

1t is easy to exaggerate the in
fluence that any educational system
has on those who pass through it.
Possibly the influence of colleges
has been exaggerated.
According to the New York
Evening Post, which has been sur
yeying and analyzing American coll
Ieges, the educational contribution
to the life of the average college
graduate is about sas follows: The
home provides IS per cent of the
education. the public school % per
cent and the college a.per. cent.
1t is not at ALI Incredible, when
you think it over, in spite of the
lavish claims sometimes made for
the, higher education. College train
ing unauestionahly is valuable, in
the big majority of cases, but it is
neacly always superimposed on a
far bigger and more important
foundation of instruction laid in
the home, the grammer school and
the high school. Will, some stu
dents, who have not had fair ad-
rantages to start with. the college
naturally plays bigger role. With
many. its instruction seems te
leave so little trace that 5 per cent
weald be too liberal an estimate.
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INSECT RADIO

80. = -
Maybe ssstone sapiens2, as high.
hrows like 10 call man. isn't so
sasieat as he thinks. Take the mat
serof radfo, The last work in human
seientific attainment. II seems
reason enough for the Lord of Gre
afson to plume himself on Until a
seienaist In whom the quest of
tras.ii takes precedence over iordly
pride comes along and announces
that the humble ana daspfsed cock
roach uses radio as his ordinary
means OF communication, and has
probably done 50 for aillions Of
Howard Zimmernap, the discov-
ener Of this alleged fact. May not be
ons Of the worlds heading scien-
tisls; but he. is familiar with radio
aea souehes for his revelation He
has had much experience with
eoc,sfoaehes in his military SER
vice, and always wondered how It
was possible fer the. wfsoIe tribe to
appear on the instant whenever
ore of them, foraging ahoat, hap
ssned TO discover something edible.
Eilaaiiy he tried putting a single
roaca Ia sealed glass jar, with
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The Geography Of Hats.

No sooner have Easter bonnets
emerged than milliners begin their
hunt for new suggestions. The idea.
and not the hat, most decidedly is
the thing in .women's headgear. Yet
the hat itself is as old as history,
remarks a bulletin from the Wash
ington, D. c., headquarters Of the
National Geographic Society.
Perhaps the origin of the hat
was the fillet, which was in almost,
universal use among smooth haired
peoples to keep. back their stray
locks. We have made additions
from time to time in both horizon
tai and vertical directions until the
creations worn in New York and
Paris have come about, as we'll as
the picturesque hats and caps worn
with various national costumes, for
tickle fashion makes her influence
felt wherever people live.
d. His. Hat You Shall Know the
Persian.
"In Persia the headgear worn
proves very useful to a stranger as
well as to the natives in Identify
ing both the residence and the So
cial standing Of the wearer. The
KurdS in that country wear hat
which looks like a huge inverted
black coffee pot bound around with
q gay silk handkerchief The Bakh-
tiars, who live in the mountains
near the British Oil fields, wear Il
white felt hat that looks like a
preserving kettle. The peasant or
artisan wears q rough felt dome,
the merchant or student the black
pill box, the porter q skullchap, the
police officer a white lambs wool
hat, and the eccleciastic a cushion
like turban.
In the Holy Land, too, the hat
is indicative OF the station of the
wearer The Bedouin, the dwelier,
in the houses Of hair in the desert
to the south. east. and northeast,
wears a large flowing scarf Of silk
OR COTTON, called the 'kefeeyah'
bound round his head by a twisted
rope Of goats or. camefs hair, gen.
orally about TWO inches thick. The
Turkish soldiers of Bagdad during
the World War. though they adopt.
ed uniform much like that worn
by British and American soldiers.
retained the kefeeyah, which artists
call the most picturesque headdress
worn by men. The fellah, or farm
er Of Palestine, wears II turban
consisting Of four parts, small
white felt Sluilcap, over this an
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DRIFTING

With the steel Industry finding
itself short OF coal and coke, pro-
duesion IS threatened already by The
coal strike; and prices are going up
aceordingly. Pig iron. is costing 20
per cent more. Steel sheets and
bars have gone up several dollars
a. ton. The effect is being felt
throughout the industry, and in
evitably the effect is beginning 10
sesaseate ether industries.
That ceaa strike already is more
serious than anybody expected it to
be. The manufacturers thought
they had plenty of coal stored: and
could get plenty more in spite OF
TIE strike, but the wa!k-out in the
formerly non-enion fields has up
see their calculations.
Yet nobody is doing anything
about 1t. The strike grows in
scope. dag by day; coal reserves
melt away; prices, Of the neces-
saries OF life rise wheels. of in
dostry slaclep. How long must
this last until somebody does some
thing besides talking-until opera
tors and strikers get together vol;
unfairly and settle the controversy
in sensible way, or the govern
ment makes them get together?
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food. and found that the rest
floeked around just the same as
soon as The roach inside found the

food. and found that the rest
floeRed aronaa just the same as
soon as The roach inside found the
food.
The Conclusion seemed inevitable
that the forager communicated
with his ftiend1 and relatives by
means of radio. and subsequent
conclusions, he says. have corrobo-
rated this theory He says the
reaches use a wave length Of half
an inch OF SO, with very low
frequency. and have the whole ap-
paratus built into their own anato-
my
II may be so. There are eels
with electric batteries in them,
then why not bugs? And many
kinds of insects must have Tnysteri-
Gus senders and. receivers OF some
sort. for they certainly con1muni-
cate with each other in ways that
man has never been able 10 under
stand. So do birds and fishes.
Who has not seen a whole flock OF
birds or school of fishes take alarm,
and rise or sink or dart in a given
direction. in an instant, with those
fartaest away apparently acting as,
promptly and intelTgently as those
nearest the point OF danger?
Maybe radio is an old story to the
rest OF creation.
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IN H3EA aBOET RT.SIA

Ysas always interesting Philip
Gibbs has solufffon an his own
tor The Russian preblenn- He sag-
eses fIsat the sowee government
ae recognized as defseto' govern
Hsent: Then:
esIR retsarn for economic aid IN
fse OF food for4her-s -starsing
peouie, industrial reconstruction
ana financial loans on fun securi-
lies, one condition would be i'm
posed which weald selieEe Europe
Of a standing menace saand I'M
but Gripping financial
sasrdaas IS, tlaessd smebiliza-
fisn el the Red ArIsss
wsald lead so.the denaeb-
iiszatiosa os4fhe Polish army and the
genera relseT Of frances ei,iee fi-'
.fsaneiM Supporter, Poland. It
would lead 10 less aggressive policy
ef France in relation to Germany,
and SO on.in long chain OF cause
and eject. venture TO say that
saais gcEemes Of mine is not only
sound, but is the only policy by
which Europe naay get into quick
recoyeryr is not piaying into
the hands Of Bolshexism, it is tax
ing away the last weapon of the
Bolsheyass..
This is. perhaps. as good a plan
as any. granting iteonld be put
into appiieatioa. But leaves some
tains andonea fails TO provide
for any proper government OF Rus
s.a Or does Sir Philip assume that
WITH abe Red army gone. leaders
would arise from within the Rus
san people to take hold and to
brias and maintain order?
Speculation about Russia is pop
uiar 5nsenow A good many people
know what ought to be done, bat
nsbeay bat Lloyd George seems to
Be- doing anything
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:, tendency TO do away with the
cloak worn by Turkisi, women, 1t z
is still used to a great extent IN The :.
1owns and some Christian women
living in close proximity to Mos
lens have been forced 10 adopt
the attire.
The Bulgarian woman wears a
little round skuileap covered III
gold braid with n long fringe hang
ing down the back which she GOV z
ers with a white scarf eTnbro1def- /.
ed around the egdes and fasten-
ed 10 the cap with innvnaercpte
ornaments and strings OF coins:
Everyone is familiar with the euts
little white Dutch cap with its be-
coming little flaps. on the side, and
knows the, grace with which the
Spanish lady wears. her rlantiila. :
A Bow OF Black Ribbon.
THE Alsatian woman wears n
huge bow OF black ribbon on her, !.
head Occasionally you see = red
or q plaid ribbon and sometimes
it is ornamenteG with large bright
flowers. The wouen OF the Canal !
valley wear g snowy-white starcheds
cap. and thet tHerZegovinian women
in Ragusa wear Fascinating long
white lace veTis attached to tiny
red caps, which they decorate dur
ing festivals with bright yellow
marigolds. The Sandman farmer .
wears an enlarged edition of the =
Scotch cap. which serve him not
only as a head covering but as q
lunch bag from which he will take
LOAF Of bread at noon, and On ].
which he occasionally sleeps at
night
The Wanachian farmer. affects
a small derby, smaller than Char@ :
lie Chaplin's well-known lid, :
which he often adorns with q
wreath OF flowers, The elegant
Saleniki dame wears Il fiat COW
red frame that could scarcely be
termed hat. 1t is usually crown
ed with an oval gilt plaque orna
raented in seed pearls, and invari-5.
ably has a fringed tail of dark
green silk, also ornanaeated with
a similar plaque, in which she
keeps her hair.
But IN one particular the peas
ant woman of Russia has the adj
vantage OF all Of us. She wraps
about her head one Of those soft
beautiful Persian or Cashmert
shawls which is generally richer
in texture and color than any ere
alton Of 18th Street nliIliner.
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Turban Worn By Farmer

Turban Worn BY Farmer
The third class in the Holy
Land. artisans, teachers. scribes,
and governing officials wea: a tur-
ban similar 10 that worr by the
farmers. except that the scarf is
larger. cleaner. and Of lighter and
more delicate colors and materials.
".An enormous chignon made Of
sleeps wool is Worn by the nuns
of the Ta-Tshang Eunnery of Tibet,
which one traveller says lies IN one
of the most desolate and wind
swept spots imaginable.
Much OF the charm Of the Turk
oman OF Transcaspia, is due TO his
huge and fantastic cap made OF
shaggy. sleeps wool, TWO or three
times as large as his head, which
he perches at q characteristically
rakish and independent angle.
Looks Like Football Gear.
"phe Arab woman OF oman
wears a peculiar aeaddress that 10
the American mind suggests blink
ers,' since il fits around her eyes
and down her nose from its bridge
TO its tip after the fashion Of foot
ball gear
The Hindu woman's dress is
made glorious by the sari, as dis
t;nctiye a touch in her attire as is
the nantilla of the Spanish lady.
She drapes it about her body for
a skirt. allows its graceful folds TO
pass over her shoulders and head,
where by a trick Of moving it be-
fore her luminous eyes when the IN
spiration prompts she makes 1t a
luring instrument Of coquetry.
The children and young girls of
Savoy wear little caps in shape like
those an. American baby wears, ex-
cept that the turned back frill
stands out over the face at the top.
They are made of vivid red and
blue or blue and green -cembina-
tions and are lied under their chins
with a ribbon. There is just a slight
difference in this 'begine' in each
village and it soon beeOr IS easy to
tell just where any peasant comes
from. In Mont Rond, for instance.
the stiff part Of the begine slopes
back at a rather acute angle, White
in ST. Jean D'Arves the lace Of the
begine stands up straight. In st.
Sorlin D'Afves the lace ia the front
of the begine is ben, Town fat and
its back is squarer than that OF
ST. Jean D'Arves When il "ains
these women put On, over these
caps a very. large fat felt nat,
which takes the place OF our un1-
bfella.
Turkish Women Adopt Hood
when the Osmanh Turkish wo-
man goes ol the streets she wears
garment enveloping her whole
person which resembles a scanty
double petticoat made Of any kind
of cloth. The upper part is drawn
hoodwise OYER her head and fast
ened under. her chin. Her face. is
then completely hidden by q small
square Of dafk-colored silk or mus
lin. Despite.sthe fact that there is
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\ Good Memory.

DO YOU know said Professor
Brown TO his bosom friend. Il can
nct understand how people forget
the ages of their children. | have
no trouble. For example. WAS
born twenty-three hundred years
after: Socrates: my wife eighteen
hundred years after the death OF
Tiberius Caesar; my son John, TWO
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-03

The champion eater Of Sumter
county has been found. A colored
man named Nathaniel Coal<ley roll
cd up q new record at one Of the
filliing stations on West Liberty
street last night and incidentally
GRATED good bit OF excitement and
interest in his eating feat, which
was attended by n large gathering
of envious eyed brethren. During
the process OF assimilation, accord
ing to the record which was kept
on a piece Of paste board and hand
ed to yours truly later, the official
score that Nathaniel devoured and
tucked away during the contest:
3 rolls. 3 cups of coffee, 4 Chero
Ce1as. + pieces of pie, > glasses OF
water. 6 dozen doaghnuts and
hamburg steak, and ended UP BY
saving he wished he had been hun
CRY SO he could have eaten some
tning-as the bill was paid by the
audience.
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vileu Silence Was Dangerous


A merchant was recently per-
spaded to purchase an excellent
parrot. This one had travelled
far and could jabber in sev-
eral fore gn lingo oes. He
O + d.ered it sent home. That
same day his wife had ordered a
fresh spring chicken for dinner.
On leaving the house she said to
the COOK: Mary. there's bird COM
ing for dinner. Wiring its neck and
have it fried hot for Mr.. Richards
when he gets home"
Unfortunately the parrot arrived
first and Mary followed ins1ruc-
tionS. At dinner he was duly serv-
ed.
Whats this?" exclaimed Mr..
Richards. Mary told him.
But. for goodness sakes. Mary.
he said, this is awful. That bird
could speak seven languages.
Then phwy the divil didn't he
say something?" asked Mary
Exchange.
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FREsPAss NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that any
person fishing, or otherwise tres
passing, in or about the waters
leased or controlled by the Com
cord Fishing Club, located at Null
drow's Crossing, including Big
Lake, Adams Lake and Robinsen's
Lake, Will be prosecuted 10 the
full extent OF the law:
c. NJ. Prescott, Pres.
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thousand years after Tiberius
Senpronins Gracious was chosen
tribune Of the. people; and our
daughter Amanda, fifteen hundred
years after the beginning OF the
Folk Wandering. 1t Is perfectly
simple. YOU see..: Nothing could be
more so. ."-Ex
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To-day's Best Jokes
and Stories
Might Be

Might Be
Teacher: What happened TO
the arms of Venus de Milo ?'
Tommy: Il guess She got or
ders from Washington to scrap
them. =
Oh every fly that slzips our swat
ters.
VIII have five million sons and
daughters.
And countless first and second
cousins; :.
OF aunts and unc.es. scores and
dozens,
And fifty-seven billion nieces:
SO knock the blame thing all to
pieces.
Walt Mason