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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-15
LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY.

There has been much talk lately
Of cooperation nationally and in
seraasionafiy. and tf1a. is well. Il
IS senasncy fun Of hope for The
furars. But cooperation, like
charity ;seg;ns at l1one-in ones
ows family on ones own street,
II ones own towa.
Herbert Hooge-, thinking along
this une in a recent speech, and
eongratniating ms audience on the
new american capacity for team,
rork, sdded:
TT IS not weIl that the govern
nent shonla be constantly calling
upon our people to mobilize for
sszss er thar Il is Infinitely I'M
porlantS fhaa every community
should sst up those arrangements
that viii secure consideration Of
fas pr5hasnts Of that community,
ana its as.;-:aacensnt; for when all
is said and done. the success of our
government ard t.eople has been
ast because cf our government.
mt even ii spite OF it
do NOT think many of US be-
Isve the government should ex-
send It's long arm into business any
farther than is absolutely neces-
IN the main, economic wounds
are like wounds in the human
body They cannot be cured by
economic patent medicines or por-
ons Ssasters. They must cure
themseives by healing, ceH by cell,
and It IS the american people who
the cells that must heal this
wound, not the government,
is q sound view; and fortu-
rarely it IS a view that is steadily
ndIng acceptance. Little by little,
natefngghI people recognize that
prosperity and happiness are less
government matters than COM
mln1ify matters, less political is
ssfes than focal and personal issues.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-15
i COMMODITY PANIC

III recent address in Denver.
Secretary of Commerce Hoover
analyzed rhe business situation
with his usual clarity, and pointed
out fact worth remembering. We
have just been through a panic, he
said. If we did not recognize it
as panic, it was because it vas a
rev kind Of panic.
Former panics have been finan-
cia1; but as everybody knows. there
was no financial crisis last year or
the year before. Money was a
little tight. but that was caused in
tentionally by the conservative
policy of the Federal Reserve
Board, not by the usual blind
shrinkage of credit and furry Of
fear known in former periods Of
depression.
II was what Mr.. Hoover calls "a
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-15
CovR4GE.

A story is told in the current
Etude, in relation to the good
which may be accomplished by
connmunity singing, which seems
ito have wider application and
to dig deeper down into fund
amentals of life than even the
good cause for whose benefit It
was told.
"When that terrible plague. the
Black Death swept over Europe in
the 18th century, whole cities were
wiped out and thousands Of homes
became pest houses. One citizen
remained in his home and gradu-
ally watched all traffic in the
streets cease. It was city Of
death; not a soul stirred in any Of
its avenues. Finally this man de-
cided he was not going to die like
rat in a hole. especially since it
was Christmas Eve. He brarely
put on his hat and went into the
streets singing carol a window
opened and one panic-stricken man
called to him, then another. until
o5 souls marched out Of town to
the top Of a high hill. all singing.
Instead Of waiting in their little
houses, in despair, for death, they
tool, on new spirit, and not one of
the group died. The music saved
them.
The nran who says, in extremity,
We'll. if I've got to face the worst.
may as we'll do it with my head
up. is the man who puts things
over and seldom meets defeat. And
in the few cases when defeat or
death does get him, his name goes
down the centuries. bringing new
hope and courage to those who
come after.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-15
THREE VICTORIES

Says the Cleveland Plain Dealer:
when Lloyd George won his
vote of confidence there were three
great victories. There was mag
.nificent personal victory for Lloyd
George; there was a notable VIC
tory for Poincare; and there was a
significant victory for world peace
in the new cementing of the sore
ly Shaken Franco British alliance.
Whether or not the Genoa confer
ence achieves all that Its propon-
ents hope for; it win have served
"a useful purpose in bringing France
and England together and setting
them once more shoulder to
shoulder to face the perpleSins
problems Of peace.
I It makes one wonder just what
kind Of victory one might cali the
decision of the United States not
to participate in the conference.
To good many Americans, chief
anong1them being those hard
headed business men who want to
see economic peace and prosperity
based on sound world conditions. it
s.1-- =
looks IKE victory OF senatorial
provineialism and timidity over
American courage and common
sense.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-15
Portland. Oregon, to Have Roose-
welt Statue.

Portland. Oregon, March 2S.-
Admiration for Theodore Roose-
2clt as man and citizen prompted
DR.. Henry Waldo Coe, Portland
physician. who knew Roosevelt as
a. cowboy in North Dakota, to do
nate TO The city OF Portland an
equestrian statue Of the former
president. The statue is now being
.1."Ge by q Pllin1ister Proctor, not
cd sculptor. II is expected 10 be
finished some time this coming
summer and President Warren G..
Harding has been asked to offici-
ate at the unveiIng. :: if the statue
is finished AT the time the presi :
dent makes his proposed western
trip.
When Roosevelt lived at Medora,
Or. Coc was at Mandan. and they
met as hunters DR.. Coe had some
hunting dogs that Roosevelt liked
Very we'll: and Roosevelt used to
visit the Mandan region where the
hunting was better than around
Medora. In later years Dr. Coe
visited with Roosevelt. in his train,
while the president was making a
western trip, and relates that when
they reached Medora Roosevelt in
sisted upon shaking hands with
every person in town.
The statue is of heroic size. being
IS feet high above the base. An
architect is to be engaged to de-
sign the base which will be about
10 feet high. a site for the, statue
has been chosen in a centrally To-
Gated park.
DR.. Coe plans to place somewhere
in North Dakota the acts from
which the statue is made. Mandan,
Minot and Hismark have asked for
it, but the place has not yet been
selected.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-15
MORE BIRDS. MORE FLOWERS

Who says there is no progress ?
Take birds and flowers. which af-
ford a pretty good test Ok civiliza-
ton. Carl T. Robertson, a hatiir-
alist, writes:
1.-TWO decades ago any little bird
was fair prey for a hulking adult
With a shotgun Of hopeful
young slaugfterer with flobert
or an air rifle. There were bird
lovers then, but they were not or
ganized. They .deplored the cruel
ty, but their deplorings had little
or no practical value. Now condI-
tons are different. Almost no one
except un-Americanized recent ar
rivals and a few young male saw
ages makes a practice of killing
song birds or shooting game birds
|out Of season.
The Audubon societies and other
organizations have done it, by
preaching the protection of birds
because of their beauty and use
fuiness. A new generation is
growing up which does not Kill for
the sake of killing, and the next
w:n be stiil better.
The case is not quite so good as
regards wild flowers, but there is
much Improvement there, too.
There has grown up a general SEN
tinlent for. the preservation Of all
beautiful things in the woods and
fields. For flowers there are no
commercial considerations. They
t do not eat bugs and worms, as birds
|do. Nevertheless, so strong is this
new attitude. becoming that in al
most any progressive community,
people tearing UP and bringing
home fragile wild flowers are hRe-
II to be cond emned rather than ad-
mired, and in many section flow
ers which few years ago seemed
destined to extinction are now re-
established again.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-15

Professionalism in college atll-
letics has almost run it's course
the stencil having become so rank
that the public and the college au-
thorities cannot submit to it any
longer. Unless the evil is correct
ed by radical reforms and strict
enforcement of regulations 10 keep
athletics in the proper place, the
reaction viii be SO great that par
ents who send their sons TO col
leSe to obtain a broad and liberal
education will give preference to
the institutions that put ban on
I'LL forms Of intercollegiate ath-
letic contests. The result Will be
that there will be schools Cor col
leges) for the training Of profess
sional baseball and football players
and other strong and physically
skilled sports m e n, and other
schools for men who value the in
tellectual above the muscular.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-15
BUSINESS ADVERTIsERS.

- "A ~
S gepresentative Of the American
sssswas,aser Publishers Association,
sd speech m chicago, calls at
fention To- the surprising increase
IN nswspaper advertising lately.
NalioaaI advertising campaigns are
coming t6 be the usual thing, he
Business houses that never
before used any extensive news
paper space are doah1ing and treb-
ling thennewspaper appropriations
for THIS year,
This has come about, he explains,
nes from solicitation or propaganda
bas .sm the necessities of the
presens-day business situation" ;"
Business organizations realize more
tsfan ever before their need of sueh
publRiry ana the immense field It
opens tothem.
The speaker mentioned one firm
that rssarfed, I'm 1929, to use ad-
vertising space in a national way
for tie, zdEsE tine. Last year it in
creased sise scope es its campaign,
exteddmg II to several dozen news
papess iii as -.eny cities, with the
rssaH that in the worst year in a
decade ewas able to declare a {
per cent dieidena This year the
same firm is planning to adver.
tise insae0 cities. Another illustra-
ton is that of a magazine which,
BY advertising in the daily papers,
increased its circulation from 49,
oe0 I,5Ge, goo.
All this shows clearly that the
wholeBnited States is. for most
commodities, one market the big
gesS and richest in the world, and
shat the key to It is the newspaper
which goes every day into the
homes Of the people who constitute
that market.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-15
ADDITIONAL
ARREST MADE
Negro Placed in Jail on Illicit
Whiskey Distilling
Charges

John Henry Smith. negro al
legged 10 be of the moonshine elan,
has been arrested and placed in
the county jail on the charge Of
being connected with the affair Of
Tuesday morning, which took place
at Baltimore Island Of the Big
Bay" district some fifteen miles
from Sumter, at which time officers
forming a raidins party into the
illicit whiskey distilling territory
were fred upon from ambush by
moonShmes. The arrest Of the ne
gro was made Wednesday night by
Deputy Sheriff H..G. McKaeen and
Rural Officers Alex Norris and
Hamilton Boykin.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-15
Immigrants TRY to- Enter United
States Via Argentina.

Buenos Aires. March 17.-Poles,
Germans, RumanianS and Other
Europeans unable to enter The
United States directly from their
countries on account OF the -Ameri-
CAN immigration laws are coming
against which the law is not di-
rected with the hope Of getting into
the United States by this route.
The movement has been noted for
the past three months at the Unit
ed States consulate here whcr..
several hundred immigrants from
Europe have applied for wise OF
passports 10 the United States. They
are told that no passport can BE-
viZed until they have resided IN
Argentina for one year
Ninety percent OF the immi-
grants say they have families or
relative in the United States whom
they wish 10 join. Some come
With full knowledge that one years $
residence in Argentina is required
before they are free to enter the
United States but others say they
We're told by steamship agents that
il would be merely necessary for
them 10 tranS-ship here 10 Il
steamer bound for an American
port.
The American coNsulates al Rio
de .Janeiro and Mon1cvjdeo are
also reported to he busy with these
applications, the majority of which
come from Polish Jews.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-15
. NOTICE

The Democratic Clubs of sumter
county are hereby called to meet at
their respective places of meeting
on SATURDAY. April 22nd, 1922 at
such convenient hours as the OFF,
GERS OF the respective clubs may
designate, except that in the city
of Sumter the. clubs Of the said
city Of Sumter. shall meet Friday
afternoon, April 21st, not earlier
than O'clock p. m. on said day.
Said Clubs shah reorganize by
the, election of officers. executive
committee, member OF the, county
executive committee and delegates
to the county convention, which
meets in the Court House, Sanatef.
S. c., on. Monday the .1st. day Of
May, 1922, at II o'clock, noon. 8,
Each club is entitled to one dele
gate to the convention for every
sventy-fye .(25) members, or ma
5ority part thereof, based upon
the vote 81, Of, fhe club at the last pri-
mary.
The club officers are requested to
give this notice all possible pub
licity that fun meeting of The
IN; H. G. osTEEN.
Secretary County. Democratic Ex-
ecutme Committee.
Sumner, S. G, April sth, 1922.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-15
You see the Europeans fttriously
going somewhere. but none can say

You see the Europeans furiously
going somewhere; but none can say
WHITTIER.
This busy-ness OF Germany was
one of the puzzles. '"The Germans
have orders on their books which
will require them to so into the
worlds market for materials to q
larger degree than they have done.
Out Of this condition some inn
provement in Infernationaf trade
may come
Russia was another matter per-
picking everybody's mind:
Mr.. Geddes found the same sit
uation obtaining in Europe in re-
sgara to stfe Genoa conference
winch Sir Philip Gibbs reported IS
holding in the United States-the
men of business we're disappoinr-
ed at Americas failure to take part
IN the conference. They have the
feeling chat the strong hand of
America, coming in from outside
the muddIe VIII eventually be re-
ou;red before matters are put in
order. It does not appear to be
a desire. for more money, but.
rather for assistance IN organizing
from some disinferested power.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-15
Bald Headed Men Take Notice.

Sibert's cat has again broken in
TO notoriety. Sometime during the
night after the store had been
closed if is presumed she got into
a drawer full Of cat-nip aud got a
cat jag on, thereafter wandering
over the tops Of the show cases
and wherever else fancy led her.
During her walk. over the cases she
knocked off q bottle Of hair tonic
and the Cri Ager. We don't know
whether this. last is musical in
strument, a surgical instrument or
some other Kind Of an instrument.
1t seems to be a, new idea. q patent
OF John's.-but however and not
withstanding. here is the strange
part OF our story. When the bottle
Of hair tonic fell to the floor and
broke, some Of the liquid spatter-
ed upon the cats face, and what do
you think? When the store was
opened in the morning it was
found the cats whiskers had
grown so fast during the night
they were dragging on the ground
behind her. and eight inches of
them had To = clipped off SO she
could walk without getting them
tangled in her feet. Some tonic.
This may sound a little exaggerat-
ed but ii you don't Eelieve it Del
mar can prove it by showing you
the scissors which We're used in
clipping the whiskerS.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-15
pUzzLrNG EUROPE.
A banker and the export ma

a banker and the export man
ager of large OF company, re-
Gently returned from a study of
European conditions. report that
Germany is extremely busy. They
found many factories working at
night and were told that t;iere are
hardly 175, 600 workmen idle in the
whole country.
.sasl Europe is a puzzle. said the
banker Mf. j. G. Geddes. "a trip
through. Europe raises more aues-
aons than. it answers. 1t creates
cenfusfoa of Impressions There
issso great diversity Of conditions,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-15
New Washing
Machine Invented

! Anderson. April 11.-Mr. 7. G.
Watson, who is the proprietor and
| manager of q tin shop on South
Main street. and who. some six
or seven years ago. patented and
! put on the local market one OF the
most economical, as We'll as one of
the most simple canning outfits
known TO the trade is now manu-
| featuring equally as successful
washing machine. In fact this new
machine being put out by Mr.. Wat
son is really an outsrowth OF his
former invention and may be
quickly converted into a canning
outfit itself. 1t is extremely SIM
/ pie. durable and inexpensive.
/ The machine is compact, neat in
appearance. and has a number Of
advantages over washing machines
NOV commonly in use. 1t does its
work with thoroughness and dis
patch, washing clothes by alter
nately subjecting them to boiling
water and steam. With Mr.. Wat
sons machine the whole opera
ton of washing is accomplished
with the machine. You do not
have TO heat water and pour in it
as in some machines The clothes
receiving drum is rotatably mount
ed within the container and water
/ is introduced into the conta:ner
through a spout conveniently ar
ranged on the side Of the ma
chine. BY means Of heat general
ed from burning fuel. fired as you
would fire an ordinary cook stove,
! the water is heated TO a boiling
/ point, and under this boiling action
| caused TO circulate completely
around and through the clothes.
boiling wafer and steam passing
out through the drum containing
them.
! The machine has been patented,
and quite number OF them man
ufactured already Mr.. Watson
plans, in the near future, TO man
iufacture it ON large scale; in
fact. will be forced 10 do SO. Tor
without any effort on his part to
secure them he is almost swamp
ed with orders for the machine
now.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-15

While talking with the traffic
cop at PaSville the other day a
man drove by with six bales Of boil
weevil food on a wagon drawn by
one mule. Some mule. Noticed
very little cotton being planted in
that section and less grass in the
street than usual.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-15
Signs or SPRING

And soon, will echo sweet and clean
The warbling OF the lark.
Ana in the 6alIly atmosphere
Of yonder baseball park
The smiling citizens will hear
The hot dogs cheerful bark.
George. Phair in Reardslee Talks
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-15
Congressman
Brinson Dead

Newbern. y. c.. April 13.-Rep-
resentative S. N. Brison of the
Third congressional district. died
early today.
Mr.. Crimson is survived by a
daughter. Mary Steel Brinson. The
funeral arrangements have not
been completed. He returned to
this city week ago from Roches-
ter. Mimi. where ne underwent an
operation. He had beer i'll for
several months.
washington. April l3.--Speaker
Ciilett of the house has appointed
committee of fifteen TO attend
the Brison funeral tomorrow.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-15

after all, We should be grateful
to Russia. Think OF the agony she
has saved other peoples, who long
have dreamed of a similar expert
] ment
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-15

are overstocked on
screen doors and windows. We
are going TO sell them now when
YOU need them at greatly re-
duced prices so as 10 reduce our
stock. Booth & Mcleod.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-15

Society seems TO be divided into
two classes: Those who break
part Of the laws all the time and
those who break alt the laws part
Of the time.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-15

Fl lrope may begin to suspect af-
ter q while that, our habit Of
changing our minds about treaties
is indicative of growing feminine
influence in our national politics.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-15

Since $500 Americans are going
to Russia, they should learn the
motto, abandon soap all We who
enter here.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-15

Apparently there is no way TO
cut the pattern OF peace without
having few scraps LETT oge".
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-15

The average man has a vo-
cabuIary of 335 words, most OF
which are: used in combination with
the pronoun a.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-15

Pupil: 4 don't think I should
get zero on this paper
Teacher: Wen, I don't either,
but that's the lowest I could give
you. u.-OranSe and Black.
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-15

Some men are horn rich. some
by industry acquire riches, but
some have frequent twins thrust
upon them.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-15

It is well to remember, how
ever, that, the only girls who leap
from strangers automobiles are
those who climb in.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-15

There is something about the
breath OF bootleg patron that re-
minds us Of an air Of finali,y.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-15

At this season of the year it is
difficult to distinguish between So
cial unrest and an acute attack of
laZinaSs 80.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-15

A middle-aged mans contempt
for the, youngster who thinks he
understands women IS. always ting
ed with compassion. 49,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-15

Those senator's who put heir
faith in reservations have had lit
tie Pullman experience.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-15

After q time the small boy be-
gins to understand that it is wrong
to tefl lies unless you are a par
ent talking to a small boy.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-15

Al times, when we observe the
direction in which this age is
headed, we WISH it wasn't quite so
fast, :;
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-15

The chap who smokes Turkish
cigarette in a holder is doubtless
trying to get the smell aS far as
possible from his nose.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-15

another of life's sad little fail
ures is the effort of, a high-brow
to keep from laughing at slap
stick movie comedy
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-15

Central may fail at times 70 get
the right number, but she has the
world beat in the matter of getting
goats. -
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To-day''s Best Jokes
and Stories
spinsterhood is simply the tri
urnph of mind over curiosity.

We may vet be able to get the
doughboy out of the dumps by
Christmas.