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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11
BLOCKING THE BLOC.
Prohibiting legislative bloc.

Prohibiting legislative "blocs"
altogether, on penalty Of $4,000
fine, as bill introduced in the
House aims to do, seems like pref
ty drastic treatment. Whatever OBJ
jections may be brought against the
bloc system-and there are SOME
serious ones-it must be admitted
that<the members OF the now cele-
.brated agricultural bloc at Wash
ington make a plausible defense.
They maintain that there is
nothing new in their operations ex-
cept the name, for, which they
themselves are not responsible
tsiat they have only tried to do, in
the interest Of agriculture, what
groups of congressman have often
done before with regard to other
economic or sectional interests.
They maintain that they were driv-
en- to this action because congress
as a whole had ignored agriculture,
most vital of American industries;
and furthermore, that all their
acts have been open and above
board-no secret sessions or eau
cuses or undue coercion Or other
paraphernalia Of villainous con-
spiracy.
It does look as if there isn't any
way to keep groups of legislators
from doing what this group has
done, unless it is by giving them
what they want, or at least
enough of i to lure them back into
congressional regu 'arity.
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Thousands Hear
Billy Sunday

Spartanburg. Jan. S.-''BilIy"
Sunday opened his meeting in
Spartanburs today. speaking at
three services. morning. afternoon
and night. to audiences that pack
ed every possible seat in the Taber-
nacle. seating more than 5000.
Though the rain was falling
throughout the day, the crowds
came and hundreds remained in the
rest building throughout the dar
except for journeys To ncishborinS
restaurants for dinner and supper.
Mr. Sundays three texts We're: In
the norning Have You Received
the Holy Ghost Since Yc Believed 2"
in the afternoon, The Hour is
Come" and ct night. WHY Call Yc
Me Lord, Lord y" The speakers
enthusiasm. his power of action
and the amazing rapidity with
which Il" speaks We're all contrib
utinS clements in the hold he has
already established on his audi
enceS. At the afternoon meeting
The choir OF 300 voices. under the
direction Of Homer Rodehcavcr
turned into its real revival swing
with The old-time songs. above
which the voice OF the song leader
was heard Alr. Sunday viii preach
every day in the week except Mon
day.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11

1t is interesting that this demand
for the all-round development of
all the youth of the schools has
arisen simults sneously with pubic
interest in the competitive games
among selected teams Of different
schools. It may be found that
more inter-class and group ath-
letics, with training for every boy
or man in the school, will, in the
long run, produce more and better
material for first teams.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11
Pcnnett-M -McCay.

Chicago, Jan. An event Of
great interest to hundreds OF
friends in South Carolina was the
marriage on the evening of De-
cember 9th of Miss Theodore
Bennett to Mr.. John L. McCay at
the Sheridan Plaza Hotel in Chi
cago.
The beautiful ring ceremony
vas performed by DR.. Eleazer
0a%,e Of the Sheridan Road Meth
odiSt Episcopal church.
Little Miss Josephine McCay, "a
beautiful picture in a charming lit
rle fower-girl costume, scattered
roses in the path Of the lovely
bride. who entered on the arm Of
her father, Mr.. Herbert w Ben
nett. The bride wore beautiful
gown OF white satin, jeweled with
pearls. Her costume was beauti-
fuliy and brilliantly touched off by
q beautiful headdress of hand
some pearls and a veil draped with
orange blossoms.
Attending the bride was Miss
:! Josephine Bechwith Of Chicago a
cousin OF the groom. Miss Beck
with entered the spacious parlar
Ion the arm OF Mn Harold Bennett.
the groon's best man, who is the
only brother OF the bride.
Among the South Carolinians
present were Mr.. -. r. China, of
Sumter, student at the College Of
Engineering Of Milwaukee, Wis,
ard Rev. ]. F. Herbert of Ben
F. ncttsville. a student in the Biblical
school OF Northwestern University
in suburban Chicago.
Mrs. AIcCay will be delightful
ly remembered by many Carolin-
iaenS as. formerly of Sumter where
her many friends will rejoice in
! her happy marriage. Mr.. McCay
is g Chicago man Of sterling. worth.
prominently connected with a wes-
tern advertising company of Chi
cago, where he bids fair to rise
rapidly in business circles.
Many beautiful gifts attest the
popularity of the bride and groom
The eighty wedding guests join the
scores OF friends over the country
in wishing all happiness to the
fortunate young couple.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11
FRENCH SENSITgvENESS.

1t is natural enough that French
feelings should be hurt by the un-
accustomed chorus of criticism to
which France has been subjected
lately. It seems, however, as if the
French conference delegates and
others who are complaining OF this
criticism should exercise the clar-
ity of mind for which the French
in tho past have been noted, in an
effort to find out and remedy the
cause.
If France is becoming more
and more isolated, in international
policy and in public opinion, as the
arms conference proceeds, it is be
cause of the way the representa-
tives of France have conducted
themselves in the Washington ne
gotiations. Nothing was expected
from so old and loyal a friend ex-
cept friendly cooperation in car
rying out the ideals for which
France herself has stood IN the
past ard for which French spokes-
men have been accustomed to de-
clare that F. ance fought the war
against Germany. Instead of CO.
operating, the French have come
near to. wrecking the conference.
They have opposed both the peace
spirit that gave rise to- the confer
ence and the peace proposals made
by the United States and acquies-
ced in by the other powers.
other nations are sensitive, too.
America, for instance, is sensitive
about her ideals for world peace
and orderly progress, and IS hurt
that France, of all nations, should
seem to scorn those ideals; Ameri-
cans cannot believe that this re-
cent French turbulence indicates
the real spirit of the French na-
ton but rather the viii of a small
group that happens to be in pow
,er. If so, the way for France to
redeem herself in the eyes OF the
world is for tie French people to
reassert themselves and oplige the
Fyench government to adopt q less
high handed and militaristic tone.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11

ed. They cannot amus@ themselves
for ten minutes. They DO not know
how TO do any useful things. They
have to so to shows, or to dance, OF
to play cards madly, or to gamble
madly with foolish toys, TO rush
around madly III automobiles, often
to drink madly.
Who is to blame? Everybody
more Or less, but chiefly mothers
and fathers. They were lazy while
the children We're young. They
taught their children none Of the
honaely accomplishments which
make life rich.
Does the woman who thorough
ly understands the housewifely arts
get bored? Not she. When the
dishes. tire her with their monot-
ony, she can, because she is eX-
pert. forget what her hands are
doing, and turn her mind to the
book she has been reading. Though
darning stockings and sewing on
buttons wearies her, yet will the
sight of fresh ginghams in a store
window stir her soul TO creative
zeal. While Mrs. Jones across the
way is spending every cent hel
husband makes on himsy clothes
and foolish bridge and foolish
shows in which noise passes fol
music or Stiffness for fun, and res
taurar1 food with dancing .rhich is
running the digestion and tempers
of both Of them, the woman who
was educated is getting ahead
financially, is teaching her chill
dren to do things better and easier
than she can, is having a happy
home life in which the whole
family shares.
What are we all after, anyhow
Life, liberty and the pursuit OF
happiness?
Well, who gets it? The doers
or the drifters?
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11
ATHLETICS FOR ALL.

a high school athletic coach the
other day gave some suggestions
sor athletics in secondary schools
which were deserving Of wide
spread attention. He wants, first
Of al, to develop school athletics
extensively instead Of intensiveiy,
getting practically all students into
wholesome games rather than a
limited, number of stars
Hegadgocates giving recognition
q in different sports for attendance,
conduct and general Improvement
as well asefor marked ability m
ferschsofsgames and keen compe-
tition for victories cannot be sup
pressed and probably should not be.
But in high schools, certainly, it
would be yell to place more en-
phasiss on othe Improvement of the
greatest number of individual boys
m the course Of season or a
school, year, and less emphasis on
games.
This far.sighted coach urges also
that no body should ever be cat
from a squad or otherwise dis
eouraged because he does not ap-
pear to9be promising material for
immediate use. He is the very lad
who needs the training and de-
velopmente athletics affords and Ia
tire on, perhaps, he will reward
such earesby good team play.
The, ideas expressed by the
coach quoted are the ideas of many
coaches and athletic instructors in
high schools, colleges and uni
versities throughout the country.
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JOBS

The mayor of large city start
ed out by firing a large proportion
Of those employed The city had
gone far into debt in the admin
istrations preceding and the new
mayor intended that it should
live within it's income under him.
That's no way to begin in these
times" a man said ON a street car.
with all the people out Of work
now, what we need is more employ
ment, not less. All the mayor is
doing. is throwing thousand men
out of work. He'll have to hire
most of them back again. It's just
a grand stand play"
This is the superficial view fof
employment, regarding, job SIM
ply as a chance to a .heaven-sent
payroll. It leaves out of account
all the important factors.
First Of all, money for payroils,
whether public or private, is not
mama. 1t has to be earned by
those doing the work. II they don't
earn every cent of it, and enough
over to cover such matters as
overhead, depreciation and inter-
est on. capital invested. the busi-
ness cannot last. Any business
must earn its own way or go to
smash.
In the case of the city treasury,
where two men We're doing one
man.. work-and probably doing
it at only efficiency, besides
the salareis of both came out Of
the fockets of the entire citizen
cry in the form Of taxes. If the
same work can be done for half
the money it means that, with the
money that is left, other men can
be hired to de work that is crying
aloud to DE accomplished. In
most cities street repair is always
behind any decent standard; parks
and fairgrounds are e'chronically in
need Of new equipment and more
attentions; dozen civic activities
need more money and more labor.
These cannot be given because the
city is deeply in debt already, and
the taxpayers are overburdened.
Cutting a civic payroll to the
quick is good business, not bad
1t means that the employees left
will work hard and we'll to keep
their places. And it means that
when tRese men ere hired back
again. it Will be to do useful work
that has been hitherto neglected.
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is good work to capture and
destroy moonsnine stills, but II
would lbeabetter TO capture a few
more nioenshiners and put them
on the chain gang. Law abiding
cItiizenss have no sympathy with
the rotten proposition that a
monetary fine IS adequate punish
rnent for deliberate and persistent
breaking from which large
profits are realized.
TAX reform does not mean a
way to escape taxation but the for
mutation eand adoption Of well
considered plan to equalize taxa
ton, to eat cut unnecessary taxes
and to- ieatorce economy and eff
ficiency IN the conduct of public
affairs.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11
Senior Patrol Lee
Loses Barn and Stables.

Mr.. Harrv Davis OF Brosdon,
met with IN misfortune OF losing
his barn and stables by fire on
Wednesday night which caught
from falling sparks from the near
by burning woods With the burn
ing OF the Darn. Mr.. Davis lost his
corn, peas. feed and provinder and
also a large amount Of his farm
gear. No insurance whatsoever was
carried on either the barn or the
stables.
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Profit IN Peanut Growing.
Charleston News and Courier

(CharIeSton News and Courler)
The Pee Dee Advocate of Zen
nettsville reports that Mr.. John l..
mccall, a Marlboro county farmer,
who made 70 bushels OF peanuts
and half a ton OF hay per acre the
past year, Will net more than fifty
dollars an acre from his ten-acre
crop. Mr.. Mccall expects to have
each of his tenants plant four or
five acres OF peanuts 20 the horse
this season. Many farmers who
tried peanuts in South Carolina
two years aso were disappointed
in the results; but the conditions
were exceptional. Peanuts viii
yet be one Of our important crops
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11
The agricultural bloc in II

sstfss
The agricultural bloc in the
senate being non-partisan and hav-
ing been Drought into being for the
purpose doing something prae-
teal for he agricultural interests
of the Yssde United States, regard
Tess sS :iaws the special privileges
OF the dominant financial and mar
assacsuring interests might be cur
tailed hy senaetnent of laws that
protect ssEhe farmers in their rights
and give i them something ap-
preaching ia fair deal. is intensely
uaspopxlsr with the old line Re-
panifcans The old guard who
the big interests. find
Ives Handicapped by the
nor. partisan bloc, and are trying
Sd Hna means to destroy It. Any
thing savers Of independence
"a SSlS A&1d ~ Ss1SiS ekE'' ''AANSAA -
by the stand patters, is rank
heresy IN Republican circles,
therefore the Lodge faction is
using ITS full strength to force
Presidsa Harding to practically
eSconar narnanicate al Republican
senatoss VINO persist in acting with
the bloc It will BE- interesting to
watch; dsvelopments during eext
feMfao The contest in the
senate win lineup those who have
with and understanding
o the problems of the farmers and
PRODUCING sclasses@on one side and
on the other VIII be found the
senators who are controlled by the
pvilege classes and who believe
that All the farmers of the country
are fit tor us to produce crops and
Svese as etaey are told.
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They say the Kaiser is to be mar
ried again. And will Germany
find this another reason for trying
to have the reparations cut down?
The dove of peace is having just
as hard a time as ever in finding a
place to light with that olive
branch.
Hope springs eternal with the
dawn of another year. We notice
that New York is going to try
curbing its ticket spectators
again.
A Jugoslav strong man, who
has been refused admittance to
this country because the immigrant
quota for his country was filled, is
writing poetry in the hope OF beng
cS1aitted as a member of one Of
the learned professions. Why not
combine the two, and qualify as an
expert in weights and measures?
The trouble at the disarmament
conference is that some Of the
powers don't believe that the meek
are destined to inherit the earth.
'.All men should retire at %"
says an English writer. And then,
no doubt, society should support
them all in the style to which they
are accustomed.
Instead of finding Jobs for 1000
unemployed men as night watch
men, why doesn't Philadelphia
simply pay them for sleeping at
home?
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11

Washington, Jan. Though un-
precedented progress is being made
by the arms conference committees
in disposing OF the remaining ma
val questions, British spokesmen
said today that there is not the
faihtest chance Of getting matters in
shape for a plenary session Of the
conference this week.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11

An Nerson county farmer who
breeds English ring-neck pheas-
arltsfor naarket claims to have dis
covered that these birds are the
euiek andSsure remedy for the boil
weevil pest. Every year there is a
new remedy discovered and a score
sof new machines invented, but the
weeyfas continue to multiply by the
billion and the march northward
toward the limit of the cotton re-
glen IS unchecked.
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of improved laundering methods,
originated by the government and
now copied voluntarily by big wcs-
tern lumbre companies; of the say
ing of many kinds of game, big
and little, by closed seasons and
laws limiting the kill Or catch OF
sportSmen.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11
Death.

News was received in Sumter Of
the death Of Mrs. c. c. Johnson
who died in Camden Sunday night
at . o'clock The funeral services
Will be held at the Zoar church
at o'clock Monday ,,fternoon-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11

Dublin, jan 9.-yVhcn the Dali
E;reann convened this morning
I:amon De Valera placed his res
iSnation rs president Of the Irish
republic formally before the house.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11

Chicago. Jan. 9.-.tn earthquake
was recorded twenty-five hundred
and forty miles southwest OF Chi
cago.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11

Forgivins spirit The peculiar
possession OF those who haze feath
cred their nests
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Cleveland, Jan. 9.-ralestine is
now being rchabilitated, according
to President Sokolow Of the
Worlds Zionist organization.
Twelve thousand homes have been
purchased lands have been irri-,
gated and twenty-five thousand
pioneers are offered privilege of
settlement.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11

FOR SALE-Several pairs Duroc
pigs: also large. Duroc male hog,
registered. Rhode Island Red
cockerels and eggs. E. F. Mill
or, 1I5 \. Main st.
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Advertisement.
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No, DR.. Sawyer isn't Harding'>
Secretary Of Interior
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Osaka Celebrates Bi-centenary OF
Shakespeare of Japan

Osaka, Japan, Nov. 24.-osaka
celebrated the bi-centenary OF
Chikamatsu Monzaemon. poet and
playwright, called the Shakespeare
Of Japan. his life and works being
closely identified with this town
One of his best works, entitled
''Tenno Amijima'. was staged at
the NakaZa Theatre by Nakamura
Ganjiro. the best exponent Of Chik-
amatsu's drama.
Chikamatsu Monzaenaon was born
in the seventeenth century. in
Choshu province. southern Japan,
Of samurai family. After having
served as a public servant he retir-
ed from official life and spent the
rest of his days in Osaka and Kyo-
to, devoting himself to literary
works His plays number more
than one hundred. many Of which
depict the life of the merchant
class of Osaka. Nearly all OF his
dramas have been staged.
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x >-.- .s9gssA--
Women Voters !.
Propose Z Legislation
Chairman of Committee of
League Preparing Strong
Report orLegislature

| Columbia. Nov.~27.-The legisla.
tive committee of the South Caro-.
lima League of Women Voters viii
have strong recommendation fo,
new legislation to- make to the
South Carolina General Assembly
which meets in January. Mrs. C.
Y. Reamer iss chairman OF the
committee, and she states that she
will probably have the report Il
her committee completed durirs
the next few weeks.
The committee will probably
meet this week with Governor
Harvey, to confer regarding certain
proposed and needed legislation j
The women will again this tim..
ask for enactment OF. the Simonhoff
bill, to require men to undergo
physical examinations before be-
ing granted marriage licenses. This
bill. introduced by Representative
Harry Simonhoff, of. Charleston,
has been in two legislative sessions
already. In the 1921 session it
found itself in a pigeon hole when
the solons had all gone home. It
was revived at the 1922 sess,on
and came close to enactment, but
was brutally slain after a hard
fight was fought over it. In It's
original form it provided for ex-
ianinations of both men and @o-
men. Later the application to wo-
men was eliminated and it vas ia-
tended only for the male party to
the marriage contract. However,
opposition. to it was strongly fos-
tered, and the bill breathed its last
late in the session. after a manly
struggle for life.
The women. also WANT law to
require feminine voters to pay poll
tax. They say they have the rights
of citizenship and they should be
required. as are the men, to help
; in paying the bills.
The women voters will also prob
ably ask the legislature, as they
have asked in past years. for a
woman's building constructed along
proper lines, in the state peniten-
tiary. Governor Hervey has en-
dorsed this, and he will probably
discuss the matter with the NO.
mems legislative committee.
The women voters platform is
also likely to contain plank for
| education. with a plea for liberal
appropriations for the schools, es-
peciaily the rural schools. Liberal
support of Winthrop College and
the woman's building at the Uni
versity are possible planks, though
no definite announcement regard
ing these has as yet been made
! by the committee.