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Evening star., 1922-02-24

Monday. which was the earliest date
a new show was procurable.
Charles f. Roberts presided. and.
after William b. Ritchie, president of
the kiwanis Club of Port Angeles,
Wash. had told of the wonderful ac-
tivities of the International organiza-
tion in that section of the country,
John A. O'Rourke. chairman of the en-
tertainment committee, announced
final details for the costume-masked ed
party and dance to be held on the roof
or the Washington Hotel Monday
night by the local club.
Tommy Lyons of the Baltimore club
outlined plans for the forthcoming in
be held at Toronto. Canada. in June,
and urged that the Washington club
send large delegation
Prizes for the handsomest and home
l1est guests present were split on
fifty-fifty basis between Tom Powers
of Baltimore and d. N. Luce of Iowa.
Resolutions Of Cong
after resolutions congratulating the
Rotary Club on the seventeenth ami
Versary of its international organAa-
tlof mad been unanimously adopted
at the meeting of the COSMOPOLITAN
club in the Hotel Harrington, Cosmo-
poltan John Merkling delivered a
short talk on Watches" their origin,
ana the intricate process of manufac-
ture required to turn out perfect time
pieces. He declared that the advent
OF the wrist watch has provided "a
problem for the jewellers of the coun-
Try, as 1t requires special experts to
repair them.
Mr.. Merkling said further that the
bureau OF standards has inaugu-
rated a. Watchmakers' school, which
IS expected to make possible an all
American watch and to solve the
problem of getting expert repair
men. Philip Buetner presided.
Civitan Club Meets.
Robert Armstrong, president of the
national Press Club, was the princi-
pal speaker at the weekly meeting
OF the Civitan Club at the City Club
MT Armstrong stressed the i'm
portance of the National Capital as
the news center of the world today,
and delighted his auditors with many
amusing stories of the newspaper
mans life
Ernest Greenwood, director of
the international Organization of
ClVitan. announced that a hat would
be given the member suggesting the
best slogan for the club, and out
lined several innovations to be in
augurated in the local organization
in the future.
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Nations Revert to Barter When Ex-
change Rates Restrict Business

London July: 24-Barter, OF the
exchange OF goods. as against the
ira asfer4of actual cass has figured
in recent interna tional ioesas, ac-
cording TO the Geneva correspond
ent of the Observer. In this way
the difficultses Of exchange have
been overcome. es
Rumania wanted loan of 45s-
eeo. 600 gold francs from Swatzer-
land. TheSwiss said il was iEnpos-
sibie unless they knew how the
money was to be spent. Ranaasa
replied: eve need to repienish ralI-s
road rolling stock, particularly en-.
gines." -. :
~Fine." said the Swiss bankers.
eve have these for sale. Take
them. ana pay fer them in cereals
and petroleum. both Of mich you
produce and we need !" Thus were
the arrangements concluded.
Similar borrowing and l.assng
by barter also has taken place w.th
czechosl6Sakla. Here. again.
czechosidVakia IS receiving Swsss
manufactured goods and is to pay
for them With truckioads of sugar.
Therefore the question Of exchange
and the Comparative values of the
Czechoslovakia krone and the Swiss
franc does not arise.
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Students OF Spanish Find Coed
Openings i'll Porto Rico.

San Juan, 2. r., Aug. S.-Stu-
dents from ten or more of the
United States have enrolled for
the special Spanish course at the
!! University Summer School at Rio
Piearas, and Miss. josephine Holt,
in charge of the school, is more
than pleased with the fact that stu
dents have been attracted from
such wide territory. Massachu-
setts. Connecticut, Virginia, New
York, Alabama, Illinois. Florida.
PENNSYLVANIA, Kentucky, North
Carolina and the District Of CO.
; lumbia, are SO far represented in
the school, which opended on Mon
day.
Spanish cannot longer be con-
sidered a commercial or bread
and butter language, but is being
studied purely for its cultural quail
tiles said Miss Holt. "One OF the
outstanding features Of the course
is that the students attracted by
il, are. interested in the broader
study of the language and its eul-
tural value. and not IN acquiring
it for purely commercial purposes.
None of the lectures are on COM
mercial subjects.
Some CT the best equipped Span
ish students and scholars among the
public men of Porto Rico are to
give, special lectures during the
course, in addition to the intensive
routine study.
When the Spanish course is fin
ished Miss. Holt Will return to her
work as supervisor Of foreign
language instruction in the public
schools of Richmond, Va.
sPorto Rico offers all the op-
portunities OF Spain for the study
OF Spanish, besides having the ad-
vantage of being American terri
tory said Miss Holt. Teachers
and Others desiring to acquire a
working knowledge Of Spanish can
study much more cneaply here than
in Spain
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search of atmosphere resents:
there are many Hollanders but
few OF them have retained the
baggy trousers and the wooden
shoes of the homeland. About
half the inhabitants are negroes
or ynaulattoes. Llnguistically The
place is something of Babel
Dutch is the official language, Eng
hsh is generally spoken, and the
negroes: speak lingo which Is a
mixture of those two tongues and
French, Spanish, Portuguese, In
dian, and Hebrew as well This lin
guistic potpo,lrri is called Papia-
mento.
They Import Their Water
'Obtaining fresh water is a see
rious problem in Curacao. Water
from the few rains is caught in
cisterns, but those who are able I'M
port their drinking water along
with their meat from the South
American mainland; and ice IS
brought from the United States.
The dryness of it's climate is. a
blessing to the island, though, lit
tile less valuable than it's match
less harbor. Damp Puerto Cabello
n few miles away on the mainland
/ is one Of the unfaealthiest places
washed by the Caribbean: while
desert Curacao is one Of the health
Eiest.. Neither. malaria, nor the
dreaded Yellow Jack, the twin
seeurges OF the tropics. has ever
been, able to get foothold there.
s..Ill spite of an annual loss in
administering Curacao, Holland
holds on to it; largely because She
cannot let go. The United States
has never shown any desire to pur-
chase the island. and the Monroe
Doctrine. probably would not sane
ton its transfer to any other pow
er. Germany dreamed of making
Willemstad's harbor a base for con-
troll OF the West Indies. and Ger
man men-of-war actually used the
El1arbor during the blockade OF
Venezuela in 1903.
Curacao is governed by an Of
fetal sent over by the Queen OF
Holland, assisted by appointed
councillors. Holland frankly is not
Interested in ultra democracy, and
though the negroes Of the island
were freed in 1861 they do not
vote"
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th,,, ~, ;n,ns rtial i,1dcuent of tbe
s;t,,a+son
This conflict of interests serves
10 complicate attempts to find the
noost satisfactory answer to the
nrah1en of admitting. distributing
assin,ilaf;ns. and naturalizing the
aJ;ens who come TO our shores.
f,Iea,.lv ia. is a problem that can
not properly he solved by the ap-
p4ieafion of class motives.
The. economic benefit of immi-
o,.afion to the United States must
not he oper,ok oed. In the five wears
;r,o,,,,aas,ia civ. preceding the war
,,ore than .15t0 900 common and
| n axcess. of 500 coo skilled work
ers arrived in this country. Ac-
corasns ito the 1910 census, three
6fths of our hitumineus. coal, 65
Der cent of our copper, more than
half of our iron ore, three-quar-
ters of our construction work,
three-ffths OF our slaughtering
and meat packing 80 per cent Of
our sugar refining, between &c and
70 per cent. of; our wooden and cot
ton goods, nearly three-quarters of
our clothing, more than halt of our
iron and steel. and e7 per cent. Of
our leather were produced with the
labor of foreign born wage earners.
Moreover. our railroad and high
way building, as well as other con-
srr,,etion recurring unskilled labor.
has been done for the most part
bys this type of worker.
Since in the ordinary course Of
events the common laborers may be
expected to make a certain amount
of progress, many of them advanc-
ing to the skilled classes. an appre-
cable cnrtailment of the supply
will seriously interfere with the
further expansion of the produc-
tive capacity of the United States.
Once the postwar adjustments
have been completed, which look
to the complete. utilization OF ex-
isting facilities rather than to the
creation Of new, the way viii be
clear for the continued 1ndnstrlai
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FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS SURVEY
LABOR SUPPLY AND IMMIGRATION

II the labor shortage which is
said TO inapend IN the United States
becomes an actually, there is lit
tie doubt that cur present iinmi-
grasien laws VIII be considered an
important contributing cause, de-
elares the current issue Of The
GnaranIy Survey. published by the
: 8Gaaranty Trust Company OF New
zEors -
Aside from voluntary idleness
resulting from strikes, reported in
voluntary idleness due TO unen-
spacyment continues to decrease,
the surrey points out. At the same
tine press dispatches herald the ap-
proach OF a possible. shortage OF Ia
!. hor in some lines and localities.
Ii H,is said that steel mills are COM
peting for common IA bor, that iu1,a-- II
her camps and sawn1iils are flndlng
the pessens supaaly snslf fficient, ar and
that the automobile industry re-
cures more workers. The reported
{ scarcity seems TO be among com
mon as wel as skilled and semi
skilled workers, nor viii the COM
fng Of the harvest season With It's
resEirsments for extra help ale
vate matters, assuRaing hat The
separfs represent q. reasonably ae-
curate view of the situation
The lam limiting Migration
into this country became operative
S.TTaane s. 1921, and does not expire
srnIa June 80, ls24 Admissions
N any fiscal year ending June ~,
J. are restricted to 8 per cent OF the
persons in the United States Of any
nationality 6the Asiatic barred zene
& and certain other countries ex-
eepted3 computed on the basis OF
the 1910 census The revised quota
for the fiscal year 4 922 amounted
rs S5S,Ss5, while the S23 quota
has been fixed at S. sos. 4 gsattast
mis- Quota the acti.ai number OF
Sssanaagrants. in ..he fiscal year @fof
~ mas only 2a3, 953, as compared
With ge5,22s IN the. preeeding
year
As Far as controlling inmigra-
ion Is concerned, it is generally
agreed that unsoaHd aliens, waaesfl-
sr morally, mentally, or paysica i1y
aefcienr, should besdebarred How
p.auch further restriction should go
gives rise to widely DIVERGENT
views, with the proponents of to-
TAI exclusion at one extreme and
the advocates of the open door at
the other. In consistently oppes-
ing the policy of unrestricted I'M.
n,igratien, organized labor has held
that it intensifes unemployment
and that manufacturers use foreign
workers to defeat the unions.
On the other side are the enter
preneurs who, in striving to mann
tain low production costs, look TO
cheap. labor as a principal means
to that end. Thus it is quite prob
able that most of the criticism dl-
rected against any existing imn1i-
era1ion law VIII reflect the eco-
nouaic status os the critic rather
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Jazz Banned by Asneyil1e, N. G.
Musicians.

Peoria. Ill.,: Aug. 7.-"Jazz' nau-
sic has been banned by the Asne-
Vile. n. c., local Of the American
Federation of Musicians, as are
suit of movement toward better
music in that city sponsored by
the Saturday. Morning Music Club,
according to an announcement
from the publicity headquarters OF
the National Federation OF Music
Clubs.
The announcement stated. that
this was the first movement in this
direction by any club affiliated with
the national body. a resolution
adopted by musicians, Local No.
12S of Asheville, was quoted as fol-
lows:
Resolved, that orchestra nu-
sicians playing any engagement
must conduct themselves as if they
were on professional engagement,
and refrain from making any un-
necessary or unsual noises not in
dicated in the music, or making
movements consplcuously notice-
able that would tend to detract
from the dignity Of their per-
forrnance"
The movement of the Ashevllle
Music club, it was stated, was head
ed by Mrs. O. C. Hamilton, presi-
dent, and chairman of the local
board now making arrangements
for the entertainment Of the blen-
nial festival to be held at Ashe-
vile by the National Federation OF
Music clubs next June,
"This action" the announcement
said, is based upon plan Of
cooperation with various civic Or
sanizations to bring the standard
Of music to a higher level. These
musicians are on record as being
opposed to cat-calls, squawks OF
the clarinet. and wheeZes from the
saxophone, especially in connection
with dance music
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Fashions in Hairdressins
District Lawmakcr

London. Aug IA member OF
Parliament has proposed legislation
to compel girls under 16 to wear
their hair loose, plated, or hang
ing down their backs.
English mothers are protesting
They say the tendency among girls
today is to postpone the time for
putting up" their hair, and that
they have trouble in persuading
their daughters TO do this at rea-
sonable age.
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directed to give due publicity to
same. Council further directed
that the three canvassers be paid
500 each for their services IN con-
neetion with the circulation Of such
petitions.
The City Manager stated that he
was IN need of about q half car
of sewer pipe, and as this pipe
could be purchased with other par
ties at carload prices he was au-
thorized to make same.
s. The manager of the ice plant
asked for authority to sink well
there so that colder water could
be obtained which would increase
the capacity Of the plant a ton Of
ice per day. Council authorized
same.
The clerk opened the ballot boxes
received from the managers Of
election held. for, a councilman
and tabulated returns which show
led Mr.. r. L. Mcleod received all
OF the Is votes cast. He was there
upon declared duly elected, the. oath
of Office read by the clerk and
signed by Mr.. Mcleod. Upon re-
firing, Mr. Mccallum was present
ed With beautiful Masonic watch
charm by Mayor Jennings as a gift
from the employees Of the city in
appreciation Of his untiring efforts
for the welfare OF the city during
his administration, and the esteem
ln which he was held by them per-
sonally.
Upon the retirement of Mr.. Nc
Gal1,,Im as councilman, vacancy
was created in the board of trus-
tees. OF Camp Alice. and Council
NAN Rafield nominated Council
man Mcleod as member of that
beard. which was seconded by
Mayor Jennings and carried.
"A delegation from Mayesville was
present for the purpose OF further
discussing With council the contract
for supplying that town with elec-
tric current. and Mr.. r. J. Bland,
attorney tor Mayesville, was re-
! auestea 20 draw the contract in ac-
cerdanee with verbal agreements
and submit same TO council at
some subsequent meeting. Mr.
Doughty, manager Of the light
plant, stated that it would cost
about $1,000 to arrange for this
service from the plant to the city
limits at which point the line from
Mayesville would be cut in, and
recommended that the town OF
Mayesville pay to the city Of sum
ter SG00.00, being one-half of the
cost Of such extension, all poles,
lines. etc. to be owned by the city
of Sumter, and all up-keep costs
TO be horne by the city OF Sumter.
This agreement to be embodied in
i-the contract.
Mrs. H. NJ. Sfu"key, chairman;
! Mrs. LYMAN and Mrs. Hearon, rep
resenting the Music Club were pres.
ent for the purpose Of laying before
council their plans for the organ
ization of an orchestra and G
brass band to dispense music al
Memorial Park for three months
during the summer. and donation
Of $500 by the city for a perna-
nent band. The matter was discuss
ed with Mrs Stuekey at some
! length, and after the committee re-
tired council went into executive
session and decided that at this
time they did not feel justified in
making the appropriation asked
for, and directed the clerk to SO
notify Mrs. Stuckey.
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The FARMER Feeds Then All. an

The Farmer Feeds Them ALL.
The politician talks and talks.
The.actor plays his pars
The soldier cutters on parade
The goldsmith pies hsssart
IKE Scientist pnrsues his germ
o.ershe terrestrial ball.
The sailors mav1gates his ship; SIS
But the farmer feeds them ak
!! The preacher pounds the pulpit
desla,
Thesbsuaeer reads the tape
The tailor. cuts and sews his cloth
TO ftsthe human shape.
The characterization dressed in silk
Goesferth to dine or cal,
or,drive, or. dance. or proHaenades
But the farmer feeds them an
The WORKMAN wields his shining
toofs.s
&, The merchant shows hisswares,
The aeronam above the clouds
A dizzy journey dares. =
But ART and science ssoen woain
fade.
And4cemnaerce- dead would fan
IF the farmer ceased to reap and
For thesfarn.er feeds them All
: Selected.
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City Council NJ Meet ting.

- 4fse =
The regular meeting OF council
was held in the council chamber
Tuesday, there being present Mayor
Jennings Connciimen McCallum
and Rafiisld, and AR. r. l.. Nc
Leod who was nominated on July
25fh In the primary election held
On that date to succeed Mr. D. r.
Mccallun. The votes on that date
were counted by the municipal
demoeratie party, and Mr.. w.
McKieyeT, president, declared the
result as follows:
RI. Mcleod -.----------- 5S9
d. r. McCal1um 2S5
and Mr.. Mcleod nominated.
The minutes of July 25th were
read and approved as corrected.
sfr. Jennings stated that he had
received a telephone message from
sfrs. Horace Harry, president Of
the Civic. League OF the city, advis-
I ing that the automobile used by
the Civic League nurse should be
replaced with one in better cendi-
ton. After discussing the matter,
coaae.. {, ss,,.t IT, o5..i.zed the purchase Of
the anrolnebsle formerly used by
-aiss Gibson sa Red Cross repre-
sentative, ss.a :srsce OF $500, and
,hs old ca. ssea Ay the Civic
League nurse TO be sold ard the
proceeds 2s5i.eG GA The price OF
AFR. jennings aeSt presented the
mater OF paving the Sidewalks on
west Liberty street sfreaa Pnrdy
street TO the city limits. stating
that the Sumter County Fair: assa-
cation had purchased the old Dick
place containing 3s acres Oh which
they proposed to hold the county
fairs IN future; that. there are no
sideWalks from Purdy street to the
city limits and due TO the
fact that asnunaber OF visitors TO
the fair would very likely walk
rather taan ride. these sidewalks
shonla be paved. AIR. Jennings
stated that he had seen Mr.. Powell
OF the Powell Paving company,
who are now building the. road
leading across Second Mil. and
that ;aIr. Powell advised he could
Duild these sidewalks at cost OF
about sl.58 per square yard. and
ssotlsd also put on an asphalt top
at a cost of about s1.e0 per square
yard and could do the work inn
mediafely after finishing. the road
work. Council authorized the work
TO be done
The clerk read reports from the
police department. Civic League
nurse and city physician for the
month of July. which were reeeIF-
ed as information.
The city manager turned in the
three petitions which have been
circulated among the freeholders
of the city Of Sumter. which Pc
titions have been duly signed by a
majority OF such freeholders, caR-
ing for an election as early as
practicable for the purpose OF vs.
suing bonds not to exceed s25o.-
600 90 for the sole purpose OF pay
ing the expenses OF liabilities in
Cured in the improvement Of GER
tain streets and sidewalks, abuttsng
nroperty owners to pay two-thlrds
of the cost thereof. Council direct
cd that this election be held on the
second Tuesday in September next,
being the 18th OF the month, to de-
eide such bond issue, and the clerk
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a cooperative marketing asso-
cation for hog raisers might be a
good thing to get started. Sumter
county will be forced to raise more
,.oes in future years. if farming Is
to continue profitable, and the sell
ing of livestock at profit is a big
ger Job than raising it.
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It's a wise man who keeps quiet
about catching a big fish.
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These are stirring times. Som
of us don't stir hard enough.
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One can't help but remember the
mine strike began April Fools
Day.
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Being at the bottom isn't so bad
if YOU use it for a foothold.
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We don't know all the cuss
words. but are learning these hot
DAYS.
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Never turn up your nose at
people. Remember the law OF
gravity.
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Price Of rubber is up. 1t costs
one man $25 10 rubber.
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A man doesn't have to be head
ed your way to be. going some
where.
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Remember when "I pronounce
you man and wife. was a life sem
tenee?
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Harems Crave Lipstiek
headline. Sorry. but we are using
them.
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Never criticize q mans clothes.
He may be supporting an auto.
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Albania IS, looking Cor king.
There are lots cs them out Of
no9ns
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Sometimes we think a pessimist
is a man who, is consumer.
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These are striking times an
Babe Ruth is doing his part.