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Iii Stfmte*. -
A XKARIA WAGE
A new plan for a minimum-year- j
ly wage for the garment industry !
is" being considered by the Inter- j
national Ladies' Garment Work- i
ers Union. It calls for an unem- j
j:'^?oyment fund to which both em
ployers and employee would con
% ifabuW^ofi the ground "that it Ls an
.obligation of the industry to pro
vide ,4or; the regular .-workers a
guaranteed yearly compensation."
It seems that the average work
??sfeiis^idle about 100 days a" year.
The proponent of this plan believes
.thai if it is put into operation it will
help t? stabilize the trade, and
will make it imperative for manu
facturers to work out , means of
making * it more regular and less
seasonal in its employment.
Thoughtful employers would be i
^lad to obviate the seasonal na-j
ture/of the trade, because it would 1
sreatly- lessen the labor turnover j
and utilize the machinery to better j
advantage. Frenzied rushes fol
lowed by idleness are good neither
for a bu^ine.<s advantage nor for
the human beings engaged in it. :
WhetherJthe garment trades suc
ceed in carrying out this plan to,
a satisfactory concision or not, it!
seems to have ? suggestion for the;
equally , seasonal coal industry.
Might not.the cor.slderat'on of the
whole "coal- business on the basis!
of a yearly; minmum wage ser\'e:
is *a handle by which to take hold }
of the situation ?
*' ~ ANOTHER ALLIANCE j
? . - ? ? ' j
Tm?r--arinonncemf^t that France i
and ,-Belgium had concluded "anf
airtight pact for joint action in no (
jfiatter what: circumstances" came j
aV Another shock to people who
h?%-e\hqped for an end of that sort
of thing
, 'How long ago it seems since the
months of the war and the
'j^^dp?ii' after the armistice,
^eii^ralllions everywhere were.
^38Sm^?lt'"no more alliances or!
balances? of power" but a general
cogoje^p^n for the benefit of all!!
To^injjft^he League of Nations of- j
fe?i?d *p^mise of such a result, j
confe^jjiting 'as 'it' did a sort, of
?J|ten?e-' of all countries which j
WouJd: eliminate ~ partial alliances:
i^^'g0?ji^B of powers,
t Tjhaz'lfope- seems to have failed ?
3By'ftii''^4oSo:ig members of. the j
Le?^^^-p'ledged to stand by each J
otheiv.ajid ? supposedly guaranteed
in their rights by virtue of their
ra&khership, there has been one al
Han?f?oWher after another! this
??^^Belgian pact' is- simply the
"jfe?-?^gatns emphasis :.f rom thie j
fact thai it Ts "the second alliance ar- j
ranged since the opening of the i
Genoa -conference. The German- :
m pact was 'probably more!
f?ci;nl and fu'l of potential;
'rouble. There is also a French- j
Polish, ailiance, the alliance com-;
prising Czecho-Slovakia, Jugoslavia,!
&nS ffcoumahia and generally known ?
as the "Lltle Entente", the Anglo- j
S^tifteh aHiance ai:d others of minor!
importance.
One thing at least brings a note
fc'f "cheer. It is the fact that these j
Alliances are made* public, as pro- j
tided 'by the Versailles treaty and j
"as fte-jnanded by modem sentiment, |
iriitead..of being kept secret ae-j
cording to the dark methods of the j
diplomacy. Still,-the American;
public would rather not hear any j
more/for the present. Every one
^f them-seems to postpone the gf-n- j
eral getting together on equai j
terms which forward-loo king pco- !
pie now regard as the most desi?- ?
able way of handling international!
- i
affairs.
THE DOPE WAVE
Many people imagine that, be
tfaulse- there has been considerable
agitit'ons in this country against
narcotic drugs and some corrective
legislation has been exacted, the
"evil is greatly reduced. There is
Jtrtle evidence of such improve
ment,- -
?:. The most convincing proof of the
spread of deadly drug habits is the
<?nsamption of opium and its
products. ' It was bad enough back
in 1909. when the United States
\ used 470,000 pounds of opium,
many times as much as all Europe
together, and nearly 30 times* as
much as Germany. France or Great
Britain. Teh years" later, however,
th? American consumption had
risen to 730.000 pounds, and those
who keep track of the traffic say
the increase still continues.
Ways have been found to get
around ail of "the corrective laws
yet advised. The "dope" is not
only imported in regular ways and
and then diverted to improper
purposes, but vast quantities are
smuggled in. Methods of sales
manship are worked out with dia
bolical cleverness. The worst
phase of the whole ugly business is
said to be the systematic distribu
tion of samples of heroin, codeine, {
or cocaine among school children. I
They acquire the habit easily, and i
then they are customers for life.
There are hundreds of thousands i
of recorded victims in the country,!
and estimates of the total number I
. ? ? x i
run into millions. The evil ought to
be taken more seriously by the pub
lic, the press and legislative bodies
than it has been taken so far.
THE HEDGE PROFITABLE j
A" nature Writer suggests ihat if I
you are going to have a hedge you j
may as well have one with money t
hanging from it ready for your
picking. He* proposes a hedge of
currants, or gooseberries or black
berries or raspberries. Some of the
latter, nowadays, are "everbearing",
and ? productive of desserts, even if
not of canning quantities, right
through the summer.
According to the American For
estry Magazine, a productive hedge
may be as beautiful as a non-pro
ductive one, and the non-productive
hedge is always a liability. It has
tc be cared f?r. mit and sprayed
just tit? same a* the productive one.
A berrj kedge along the outside
of one's estate is liable to be a|
temptation to' the passing small |
boy, but if it is well cared for, it
will produce enough for the house
hold besides, and the hoy's good
will is extra.
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STRENGTH OR GRACE?
A public lecturer; director of an
art school, said recently that
physical education should aim at
"strength for men and grace for
women!" He objected strenously
to what he knew of modern physi
cal education for girls and Women
in the high- schools and colleges.
Why ;n th& world, he inquired,
should girls do stunts on the
rings, jump the gymnasium horse
or twirl around on parallel bars?
And still more, why Should girls
play baseball? Esthetic dancing,
training in posture and grace were
what they required. Let the other
things be left for the men.
In discussing these statements a
coAege senior who spends>:x hours
a week in gymnasium activities, in
cluding indoor baseball, said:
"is there a real reason why a
grace, ei woman should not knowj
h^tr to think quickly and act
promptly and understand-team co
operation? Those are some of the
things baseball teaches women."
Said her father: "Is there any
reasoh why the round-shouldered
girl Should not have her muscles
strengthened to a point enabling \
her to straighten her posture and
maintain it correctly? As.I under- j
stand it, that is what many of the :
so-called stunts' enable her to do." j
Almost any phyiscal education;
teacher will say that girls love the
"stunts" and spend their free time
before class playing with ap
paratus. They do not stand around j
in corners practising graceful ges- j
tures. But any physical education j
teacher who is awake to the pur
pose of her teaching, as well as its
method, knows that health is the
first consideration, and that every
bit of apparatus work, every game
and daneirg step, properly under
stood and taught, does help to cul- j
tivate not :>nly health but also grace
both of body and spirit.
GOMPERS Ai>f>-BOLSHEVISM j
It is not surprising that Samuel j
Gompers opposes strongly any rec- j
ognitlon by the United States go - !
eminent of the Soviet government
of Russia He has stood firmly
against allowing the American Fed
eration to be eaten through with
Bolshevism. He has, at every turn,
opposed Red-ism with American
ism. It has not been an easy fight
for the veteran, nor is it over.
Mr. Gompers very wisely urges
Americans to beware c i* "now-we
are-good" propaganda "poured out
of the Moscow machine into the
ears of the world." He does not
want the world to forget that it is
hardly a month since Lenine said:
"We encountered the fight against
us by instituting terror* a threefold
terror. If it becomes necessary
again we will have it once more."
In many respects,' though not
all, Mr. Gmvers is on firm ground.
And in fact, the agreement of the
powers to assist Russia with loans
and materials does not say any
thing about political recognition.
The important thin;; in the Rus
sian muddle is to keep clear as to
the exact situation. Nobody can
oust the Soviet government but the j
Russian people. Nor can they do i
it until thev are on their feet, nor!
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can they get on their feet without
outside help.
It's" going to be a ticklish course j
to steer nations and governments j
through the mess without recogni- j
tion of the Reds as rulers of Rus- j
sia, but perhaps it can- be done.
Meantime, Mr. Gompers' warning |
of the dangers involved comes not
amiss.
A Cleveland scientist who has
been making' experiments with
"ether drift" says his results cast
doubt on the Einstein calculations.
It's a hard world for ordinary, un
scientific folks to grope about , in.
If science isn't even positive that
it is relative, what in space is it.!
anyhow? j
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The. woman who is thought to !
... . ? ? . i
have killed three husbands to get
the insurance money says she has j
had three proposals since the death
of her last husband. Some'men!
will dare anything. i
TOO FAT?
i
If you are a man of 30 years, and j
you weigh 30 pounds too much, j
your chance of living to be 100 is}
only half as great as it ought to]
be. So says New York's health com- I
missioner, Dr. R. S. Copeland.
"I know; absolutely how to live
to be 100 years old. and I don't
practise wmat I know. There are j
in this country 3,500 men and wo
men past iOO years of age, and
there is no reason why the average
man should not attain the century
mark."
The great trouble with most5
people is what Dr. Copeland con - |
fesses?they don't practise what j
they know. Surely there cannot I
be any large proportion left who}
have not yet heard the gospel of j
fresh air, sound sleep, exercise and j
wholesome food .in proper p'ropor-j
tibns. A great many of them, in!
fact, do not want to practise what!
they know. They prefer the pres- j
ent pleasure or the present indo- i
lence to the more or less shadowy j
future, with its very uncertain ben- j
efit of living to be 100.
More and more people every j
year find out, however, that the
present pleasure is greatly en- j
hanced by good health, that present ?
indolence is far less enjoyable than']
present exercise followed by well
earned rest. The excess baggage
which is a product of lazy living
and uncontrolled appetites, is of no
good to the carrier or to anyone
else. When the pounds and puffs j
have given way to leanness .and!
power, when the will and character j
have been strengthened by the ef- j
feet, then life begins to be worth I
living again. And whether it con-1
tinues to 100 is a minor detail, not J
because today is bad, as it used to
be, but because today is good.
THE TENANT'S IXXTXG
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"Moving day" in New York is j
said to have been a glum day for I
landlords. There w as a great pro- j
cession of tenants moving, with
their effects, to the suburbs. Large i
?. . t
numbers of flats are left vacant. I
Landlords have been obliged to
compromise oh rent and improve- j
ments. i
Likewise in Chicago, where there
is a sort of strike against landlords,
with tenants refusing to pay high
rents and establishing tent colonies. J
Likewise, on a smaller scale, all'
over the country, wherever rents;
have been so high as to arouse gen- ',
eral resentment.
The landlord has had his inning.
Now it is to be Hie tenant's inning. I
He insists, reasonably enough, that I
rents must be deflated along with
other costs of living, and the big j
increase of building helps his j
cause. Another year or two should j
see rents quite reasonable again.
If the tenant is wise, however, ?
he will not press his advantage un- |
duly?as many a landlord did? |
when he finds fate playing into his j
hands. What is needed in the real
estate business is some general ;
agreement, in -every section and j
every community, as to what is a I
fair percentage of return on prop- j
erty. Then, with valuation < s- j
tahlished, rents could *>c figured j
out on a basis mutually.satisfactory ;
to landlord and tenant. y*?ry much!
as interest rates are adjusted her
tween lender and borrower.
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There's many a rough neck in a
stiff collar.
I BETTERMENT OF
tl f CONDITIONS
I *r?
Business Situation Compared
With That of a Year Ago
! London, April 15.?Trade and
industrial conditions in this country
on the whole are, in the opinion of
experts, steadily improving though
somewhat slowly.
Xo big revival has materialized,
but there has been a continuous
betterment of conditions, a seem
ingly healthy growth, that has sat
isfied traders more than any sud
den "revival" which might have
been jbuilt on shifting sands and
would have collapse, leaving matr
ters worse than before.
One outstanding indication of the
trend of affair.-: is that money is
easier and more is being loaned,
which indicates confidence in the
trade situation generally.
Encouraging reports come from
various trades, notably coal, tex
tile, and pig-iron. General Jiving
conditions have improved, com
modities having dropped in price
and there has been a decrease in
unemployment, although it is still
large.
In seeking for an unbiased state
ment regarding conditions from an
authority, The" Associated Press
turned to Robert Skinner, the
American Consul General in Lon
don. In response Mr. Skinner gave
the following statement:
"While governments undoubtedly
continue to have their very serious
difficulties of a political nature,
there are signs of improvement in
business which is much less de
? ' J'i
pendent upon the activities of gov-j
ernments than might appear to be
the case. The recovery of trade!
is taking place very slowly and un-1
everttfufly but to realize that it is
recovering, it is only necessary to
recall, for exa*mple, the state of this
country just one year ago.
"At the moment there was- much
polit^c-rtl ? and industrial unrest,
troops in large numbers were on
active service, the coal industry'had
closed down and dependent lines
were necessarily affected. Prices
were high, unemployment was
much greater than at present and
the psychological factors disturbed.
"It seemed a year ago as though
Great Britain had lost her foreign
coal market, but today it-rs obvious
that this has been ? recovered to a
great extent.
"The Manchester Chamber of
Commerce tells us that hopes of a
moderate revival of trade with In
dia have been realized and that in
quiries from India and China have
been numerous. Egypt also has
placed a fair number of orders.
South America continues quiet.
"India, for many years the great
market for British " cotton goods,
has become herself a manufactur
er of such goods.
"China has become more or less
a manufacturing country absorbing,
say, 100,000 bales of American; cot
ton last year. South. America nota
bly Argentine and Brazil have, be
gun to manufacture textiles and
generally all countries give signs
of interest in domestic manufact
ure. While this shifting of. pro
duction from one place to another
creates certain difficulties, on the
other hand,. ?ar .from indi
cating depression it suggests the
reverse condition.
Britain and United States ex
ports: from.thercityiof London are
suggestive. For the three months
ended March 31, 1922, declared ex
ports from London to the United
States aggregated ?7,870.399 plus
merchandise valued at .$1,272,589 j
which was invoiced in American {
currency only, as against exports j
for the same period in 1921!
amounting to ?7,201,675.
"If we remember how prices have
dropped since a year ago we shall
at once see that not only has there
been an increase in values but still
greater increase in ojuantities. The
large single items of these exports;
which show increase are: leather,
precious metals, gums, linens, scrap
metal, aluminium, linseed oil, and
copper concentrates.
"One hesitates to pick out these
cheerful symptoms for purposes of |
optimistic discussion because it is j
always very dangerous to prophecy j
and yet he would fail to recognize j
the prevailing indicatiors as most
encouraging.
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Boarders realize there's no place j
like home when they see strawber
ries on the market and prunes on
the table.
Some women brag about the men j
they could have married because
the fish that gets away seems the!
biggest.
Two married people can live
cheaper than one single man in
love.
In England, a Ford license Is
more than $100. They don't like a
joke.
Money doesn't talk as much as
people who have mom y.
For the sake of his professional
pride, it's probably a good thing
Jesse James died before our time.
Some people think they are in
tellectual just- because they skip
tlit* sport page and read the scan
dal stories.
In some instances there is suffi
cient evidence' to convict the wo
man, and in others the woman is+
good-looking.
Not enough married men leave,
their business cares at ihe office,
and too many leave their good
manners there.
Tbe equator, they say, is not
?ber?- it was." Perhaps it K<?t t<?o
hot there.
? ? ?
<"nst of living is said to be drop
ping about one per rent a month.
First loo months are the hardest. *
?:-wj~?m
The man who has been kicking
about the coid weather will stljbfrt"be
kicking about tile hot weather.
j To-day's Best Jokes
?ndStbries
? Hint to executives: Youp can't
I develop a spirit of team-work and
j your ego at the same time.
I The most appropriate place for
ja male person to wear a wrist
! watch is on his wife's wrist.
Success is largely a matter of
marrying the right woman and let
ting nature take its course.
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J The length of time between strike
I and settlement depends upon the
j length of time between meals.
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It isn't a moral sense that makes
I flapper seem offensive. It is har
I dening of the arteries.
1
Hell doubtless has its draw
backs, but there probably won't be
any smell of Turkish cigarettes
I there.
The average American never
j feels truly impotant unless he is
! spending more than he can afford.
What has become, of the old
fashioned young man' who felt wild
and wicked when he smoked a
cubeb ?
i It's much easier to impress the
neighbors than to impress the
man who makes the loans at. the
bank.
"Another thing that encourages
us to awake and breathe the early
morning air is the early-morning
fly.
? ?
"Habitual law-breakers are usu
ally mental defectives." We some
times fear this is true of habitual
law-makers.
? Christ healed the woman with
ah issue of blood. His spirit can
h'en.l those who suffer from issues
of liat currency.
The financial wizard usually
: winds up by getting free board and
clothes, and that is considerable
accomplishment in times like these.
! Willie Willis: "Pa, what do they
? mean when they say a woman is
dressed in the 'height of fashion'?"
Papa Willis: "About an inch
above the knees, my son."?Town
Topics.
' Boy to His Dad: "Dad, can you
sign your name with your eyes
shut?"
\ .His Dad: "Certainly."
Boy: "Well, then shut your eyes
and sign my report card."?The
Boys' Magazine.
1 . "Why the golf sticks? I didn't
know you golfed?"
*i don't. These are merely to im
press a bank president. I'm going
to strike him for ? loan."?Louis
ville Courier-Journal.
?;. "How is it you have such a good
memory, Norah?" her mistress in
quired.
"Well, mum, I'll tell ye. Since
ine childhood never a lie have I
told, and when ye don't have to be
taxin' yer memory to be remem
berin" what ye "told this' one or
that, or how ye explained this or
that, share ye don't overwork it
an" it lasts ye, good as new, tell ye
die!"?Chrisitna Advoeale.
The conjurer was producing eggs
from a top-hat. He addressed a
boy in the front row.
"Your mother can't get' eggs
without hens, can she?" he asked.
"Oh, yes," said the boy.
"How's that ?" asked the con
jurer.
"She keeps dncks." answered the
boy.?Rural Life.
"Robert," said the mother stern
| ly to her offspring who had -Just
broken a window with a baseball,
"I'm going ' to give you a good
whipping?hot because you broke
the window, but because yon broke
your promise to me that, you would
stop playing ball near the house."
"Aw. ma." whimpered the boy,
"can't yon do it for breakin* the
window? Dadil have to lick some
body for that.?American Boy.
Mother (apropos of young son):
Well, what's keeping you from tak
ing hold of the youngster and mak
ing him behave?
I Father: No, no: not armed in
tervention?an economic penalty.
(Take away his dessen.?Le Rire
!< Paris).
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Mrs. Worth had just learned that
I her colored work-woman. Aunt
I Dinah, had at the age of seventy
i married for the fourth time. "Why.
Aunt Dinah." she exclaimed, "you
surely haven't married again!"
"Yassum. honey. T has.' was Aunt
Dinah's smiling reply. ".Tes' as
j of'en as de Lawd takes 'em. so will
j I."?Ladies' Home Journal.
i
Mrs. Skinner (across fence): 'it
il had the family skeleton you have
jl wouldn't parade it before the
? neighbors."
I .Mrs. Sapp: "No, you wouldn't,
if ^'ou had a family skeleton you'd
i probably sell it to a medical
i school."?-Boston Transsrript.
; It was a wet day. and as the
[.pretty girl entered the crowded
I ear a man ros+? to his feet,
j "No. you must not give up your
I seat; I insist," said the y<>nn^r wo
i man.
j "You may insist as much as you
i like, miss." was tin- reply. "Im get
jlirig out here!"?Erie Review.
!. "A" Operator: "Has -Marjorle
j an.* education along musical lines?"
j "Ii" Operator: "1 should say so!
; Name any record and she can tell
you what's on the other side."?
iTelephon?- Review.
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j A Japanese h<>y came to the home
!t>f, a minister in Los Angeles re
??cently and applied for a position.
I Now.it happened that the house
; hold was already well supplied with
I servants, so the rr mister's wife said,
j "I am sorry. bu!.*we:* re'ally'liaven't
j enough woi\ to keep another boy
I busy."
; "Madam." said the Oriental po
; litely. "I an; sure that you must
j have. You may not know what a
j little bir of work it takes to keep
: me employed."?Tokio Times.
I Patron of the Arts: "Eighty
i five franes? That's' rather expen
! sive for the work of a painter who's
: still alive."
j Art Dealer: "Well, you might
! give me the money, and T'll see
'what can-be done about it."?Le
: Matin.
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i The Boss: "I'm afraid you are
j not qualified for the position: you
don't know anything' about my
business."
Applicant: "Don't I. though: I
! am engaged to your stenograhper."
I?Boston Transcript.
"I want," said the very plain
i girl, "a book entitled 'Cultivate
j Your Natural Beauty.' "
j "Here it is," said the clerk, who
j wanted to be sociable. "Are you
J getting it'for a friend?"
! And the very plain girl put her
? purse back into her bag and went
? right, out. ? Philadelphia Retail
i Ledger.
? i
\ Willie (to his father who had
' recently married the second time):
I "Ther'fi a shop in the High Street
j just like you. daddie."
Father: "Shop like me? What
I do you mean ?*" '
j Willie (getting near to the door):
j "Why, it's under entirely new man
I agement."?Edinburgh Scotsman.
"You had a forty-dollar gas bill
! last month," said the dry agent,
j '-The wife has-er-been doing; a
i little canning," said the home dis
j tiller. .? - ? '
"Hum. T want to sample -some of
;the stuff."
"Wife," called the home distill
j er. in quavering tones, "open a can
j of salmon for the gentleman."?
i Birmingham Age-Herald.
P He (lingering in the hall): And,
? dearest, we shall grow old togeth
I cr, you1 and J.
i Her Father's Voice: Well; you J
j needn't start doing it down there, j
I need you??Boston Transcript. ? j
"When Is your daughter think
I ing of getting married?"
i "Constantly.'?Tbe American Le
; gion Weekly. ':
Mrs. Baring: "Do you know, |
I Mr. Jolly, that your wife is the |
j most tactful woman I ever met?" ?
! Mr. Jolly: "She's a mai*vel. j
You'll hardly believe it, but she hasj
managed to keep an Irish cook and ;
j an English housemaid for your
I years:"?Judge. ? ? *
I ?
"The slump in business doesn't
t seem to worry MacTavish in the
I least." ' ; ' i
j "On the contrary, he's tickled to J
j death because he has so much more
I time- for golf."
j Biltohr "What do you consider:
j the meanest act a man can do a
j woman?"
! Mrs. Billon: "Will her a fortune
: payable at the age of C;V
The latest fad in the United
I States is for men to carry photo
j graphs of their wives inside the
I crowns of their hats.- An enter
1 prising firm is specializing in extra
: large f rowns for the. State of
I Utah.?Eve.
Algernon (city cousin): "What
! has that cow got the bell strapped!
1 'round her neck for?" i
I Bobb: "That's to call the calf [
? when dinner's ready." ? Home |
i Chronicle.
1 : . . - ..... I
"So you've been speculating in j
the market, have you?"
"Not at all; I always lose my I
I money on sure things."?Judge.
! "I wonder how China feels about j
j the peace conference?"
"All broken tip."?Judge. i
? First Italian: "Oh, looka data;
j bird on da rubber plant!"
! Second Ditto: "Sure; he" gutta
j percha."?Harvard Lampoon.
"Papa, if I was twins would buy j
! the other boy a banana too?"
"Certainly, my son."
i "Well, pap, you surely ain't go- j
ling to cheat me out of another;
banana just 'cause I'm all in one;
i piece?"?The Futurist.
"A lobster in a hurry, waiter."
"Yes, sir; I'll attend to you right
' away."?Boston Transcript.
In a small town a man is known ;
! bv the things he tries to conceal.
! '- i
As a rule, a grouch is just the;
triumph of a yellow streak ovex ;
; good nature.
; _
It occurs to us that whatever;
I may be the matter with the world!
it isn't gray matter.
_
\ Civil service enables efficient men ;
to hold their jobs on and on until,
tie* other party gets into power. j
- j
j Tb?? headlines indicate that thej
list of hazardous occupations may j
vet include that of being a husband.
France isn't alone in her trouble.'
A l<?t of credit men in the country ;
know how to .sympathize with her.;
-m~?~m
Harding s.mokcs a corncob pipe.!
Bet his wife is mad.
? 9 ?
We don't know bow much edu- i
cation there is: hm it isn't enough.I
-1?mt ? m
I
Sutne of these new drivers think
a train ought to take t?? the woods;
w hen it sees them coming.
WANTED?You to come to the!
Service Barber Shop. Just been i
put in repair. All new and clean. ?
Opposite the post office. L. E.
Cubbage, J. L. Mooneyham. j
Funeral Held Pop . .Charles Wood.
The following: is a clipping tak
en from the Wilmington Dispatch.
The deceased is a brother of Mr.
F. A. Wood of Sumter:
Funeral-service for Charles E.
Wood, for 40 years a member of
Wilmington's police force, who died
Sunday afternoon following a
stroke of apoplexy, was held from
St. Andrew's Presbyterian church
yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Interment was in Oakdale ceme
tery. The service was conducted
by Rev. .1. E. Purcell, pastor of St.
Andrew's church, assisted by Rev.
J. A. Sullivan, pastor of Calvary
Baptist church.
Mayor James H. CoWan, com
missioner of puhlio safety, made a
most impressive talk at the church.
He paid a beautiful tribute to the
deceased and he was profuse in his
praise for the entire police force.
Mayor Cowan had previously di
rected a. letter to' the entire force
calling Upon them to attend the
funeral, and practically the en
tire force responded to the notice.
In addition there were hundreds of
other friends of Mr. WOod who
went to pay their respects to the
memory of Wilmington's oldest po
lice officer.
Many beautiful flora! designs, in
cluding one sent by the police de
partment, were placed on the
grave. The pallbearers were May
or James H. Cowan, Commission
ers J. E. Thompson and R. C.
?Cantwell and Chief Claude C.
C?shwell, honorary, and apt.. W. C.
Wo?l?rd, Sergeants W. R. Ap
pieberry and E. J. Grimsley. and
Officers S. H. Fulford, J. S. Bryant
adn E. M. Sessoms. active-. Record
er's court, which Was in session
yesterday afternoon, recessed for
the funeral hour.
? Mayor Cowan's letter to the police
department with reference to the
death of Officer Wood under date
of May 7, reads as follows:
"One of our comrades In arms
has- fallen. One who yesterday
was in our midst, companionable
and apparently in the full bloom
of health, has answered the final
summons.
"Charles E. Wood has entered
info eternity. Last night attentive
to duty, faithful to his trust and
alert to- protect the lives and
property of a gr^at city. Tonight
he lies silent and lifeless. Truly, in
the midst of life we are in death."
'"He was a patriot to his duty,
a brave warrior in the perform
ance of that duty and a sentinel
who was always alert at his post.
Hfe was a credit to the Wilmington
police force'and his memory is'not
only sweet to us personally, but, in
the manner in which he lived up to
his trust', sets up an example
worthy of emulation and adds lau
rels to the history of the force,
which we l?ve and in which we
take pride.
"A veteran in the service, yet he
was always a youth in vigor and in
spirit in the discharge of his duty;
Whether in the heat of summer or
the ' bleakness of the Winter-^and
no matter the hardships, no.mat
ter the danger. A valiant soldier
has gone to his eternal slumber.
"There is a great bond of friend
ship and comradeship that links
the brotherhood of policeman.
Perhaps, it obtains its greatest
strength because" they face dangers
and endure hardships together and
stand sh?ulder-to-shoulder in the
front line trenches in protecting
the safety of the public and in ad
vancing the weal of the commun
ity. Only those who have served
in the great ranks can appreciate
the difficulties that beset the path
of the policeman, the obstructions
that he encounters and must over
come, the rigors of weather that
he must meet. Yet he must always
'carry oh,' no matter the trying
circumstances and no matter if
people just fail to understand. For
that reason' above all others, no
doubt, the tie of brotherhood is
stronger. So when the Grim Reap
er makes his visitation a message
of deep grief is sent to the hearts
of the entire fore- and a remem
brance of keen sorrow' is left with
them.
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He. who always has a kick coming
finds it eventually arrives.
Generals' nam^s in the Chinese
war sounds like a, juggling team.
j SAVANNAH TO
BE BRIDGED
! Chatham County, Georgia,
Votes Bonds For Half
Cost of Bridge
Charleston. May 10.?Chairman
R. G. Rhett Of the state highway
{commission, today echoed the sitis
! faction felt here over the suecess
| ful outcome of th'1 Savannah
( bridge bond election yesterday, as
I This assures The Chatham 'county's
i share toward the building of that
I $600,000 span over the Savannah
j river, an important link in the
1 coastal highway route. The Char
j leston-Savannah highway, nrnst^
i ly sand^gravel, will, it is said, be
'completed before the bridge is
ready for use. South Carolina and
j federal aid will provide the rest "of
J the- funds for the bridge.' *
I ??'>'
j Federation of Music Clubs Offer
j Prizes to American Composers.
j Peoria. Til.; May 4.??s a sfira
i ulus to American composers, the
j National Federation of Music Club?;"
'today announced a prize. compe
Etition for musical productions,
I which will be performed at the
(thirteenth biennial festival of the
organization at Asheville, X. C, in
June. 1923.
The prizes total $2.000, and are
divided into ten classes including
a lyric dance drama, for which
?1,000 is offered. $400 for the lib
retto and ??;0O for the compo
: sition.
] The competition is open to all
? American citizens, it was announcr
led by Mrs. Helen Harrison Mills, of
j this city, editor of the Official.'^Bul
letin of the federation. Mrs. Mills
istated that Mrs. Edwin B. Garri
gues. chairman of the division of
American Composers, Philadelphia,
Pa., was sending out detailed infor
mation concerning the competition.
The list of prizes follows:
Class 1?Lyric, Dance, Drama?
j $1,000.00. ($400, Libretto?$600,
Composition, open to Any American
citizen).
Class II?Chamber Music^-f500.
(Poem, "Spring in Sicily" by Cecil
Fanning).
Class III?A One Act Opera?
$500.
I Class IV ? Women's Chorus?
j $250.
j Class V?Trio for Violin, ViOlin
j cello and Piano?$150. *
j Class VI?Chorus for Unchanged
Children's Voices?$100.
j Class VII?Violin Solo?$100.'
j Class VIII?Federation ,-Ode?
I $100. -? ' ,
j Class IX?Violihcellb Solo?$100.
! Class X?Song?$100. . s
-, g ? -
I Products of American Industry.
Washington. Ma? ?' 4.-?American:
productive industry's output reach
ed the enormous total of $87,000,
000,000 in gross value in 1919, Cen
sus Bureau statistics,^ x. , The
[unprecedented total, undoubtedh^g
I due. to some extent to the hig^H
I prices prevailing in that year, ? O
an increase of 186.7 per cent.?
$56,600,000,000, over 1909 wM
year's products has a gross vaiue^[
I of $30,400,000. The statistics of
{productive industry, which em
I braces manufactures, farm products
I and mines and quarries products.^
as announced by the Census Bu-*
reau for 1919, follow: ? .
Manufactures, gross value, $62,
j 418.078,773, compared with $20,
I 072,051.^70 'for 1909.
j Farm products, gross value,
$21,425,623,614, compared with
$8,494,230,307 for" 1909.
Mines- and quarries products;
gross value, $3,158.463,966, com-,
pared with $1,238,410,322 for 1909.
? m m '
\ With a war in China, that fa
> mous open door is marked "Exit."
! ?- ? ? O
j Any boy can tell you that auap
? pie a day"v on't* keep the doctor *
! away if it is a green apple.
j - --.
I 666
Cures Malaria, Chills and
Fever, Dengue or Bilious.
Fever. It kills the* geraos. .
CONDENSED REPORT OF THE CONDITION' O** '
THE FIRST NATIONAL-"BANK
(ill OF SUMTER, S. C.
At the call of the Comptroller of Currency at the close of business
May 5. 1922
RESOURCES . LIABILITIES
Loans and Discounts.?. 786,249.97 Capital Stock ___.__$ 100,000.00
Overdrafts . 1,667.96|e , t ??'
United States Bonos.. 111.000.00 i S"rp,u* ? - 150,000.00
Other Securities_ 27.330.12 ! ^divided profits
Banking House. 35,000.00 j (earned) ._ 25,650.63
Cash in vault and in ! Circulation -1 49,100.00
Banks . 160.148.15 j Deposits -._. 799,145.57
5 per cent. Redemp- ; Bills Payable. None
tion Fund. 2,500.00 ! Rediscounts . None
Total .il,123,896.20 j Total.$1,123,896.20
DEPOSITORY OF THE
Cnited States, Postal Savings Fund. County of Sumter and City of Snmter
YVe solicit Accounts of Corporations, Manufacturers, Merchants and
Individuals.
The National Bank of South Carolina
Of Sumter, S. C.
The Most Painstaking SERVICE with COURTESY
Capital $300,000 Surplus and Profits $280,000
STRONG AND PROGRESSIVE
Give ns the Pleasure of Serving YOU.
The Bank With the Chime Clock.
C. G. ROWLAND, Pres. EARIJE ROWLAND, Cashier