The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 10, 1919, Image 4
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The Sumter Watchman was found
m?< in 1850 and the True Southron m
j&66. The Watchman &ud Southron
now has i^ie combined circulation and
influence of both of the old papers,
and is-ma~*t:estly the best advertising
medium in Sumter.
DENATURED HAIR TONIC.
One?6f the first problems taken up
,:Z *>3T the federal prohibition commission
; er. John F. Kramer, is how to take
the kieic out of hair tonic.
Mos? persons ..may not be aware
that vtjiere was any kick in it. Cbn
| sumetj?, however, have been iinding it
out, :a|id have been taking such ad
vantage of their discovery that the
authorities are concerned about it, and
barbers are worried by the growing
scarcity and rising prices.
It fs proposed to make bay rum
and ether tonics undrinkable bv de
naturing them with tartar emetic or
some other disagreeable substance.
It soonds funny; yet isn't it pretty
disgraceful tnat such measures should
be found necessary?
M '? ?
LAW-BREAK IN? AUTHORITIES.
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There is enough lawlessness in this
county today without official guar
dian*, of the law playing the role of
law-breakers.
There have been reports from Pitts
burgil recently of striking steel men
being- barred from their meeting
places, and forbidden to gather else
whejse. What is this but a denial of
that^right oi assembly" which is one
offtae rocks of Anglo-Saxon liberty,
guaranteed by the Constitution? Men
hav?"no right to break the law when
ass*$nb!ed?but they have a right to
asse^nble, and that right must never
be ^?enied except in emergencies so
^t.- as to justify the replacement
:il law by martial law.
lere have been many denials, too,
right of free speech. It is true
the United States has been too
tolerant of vocal disloyalty in the
past; but now the pendulum is swing
ing* the other way, and often a man
wup has a perfect right to be heard
is ^suppressed by local authorities.
Sometimes a man with an objection
able record is suppressed merely on
thlf; chance that he might say some
thing objectionable.
&ayor Couzons of Detroit recently
taught a needed lesson in this regard.
W&sn "Big Bill" Hay wood, the L W.
leader, was .announced to speak in
the city, and the mayor was urged to
parent it, he refused. There was no
law. the mayor explained, by which
h? could forbid Hay wood to speak.
iSbt if Haywood. when he spoke,
should utter treason or sedition, then
thjs police could, and would arrest
him. That is the proper way to deal
w4*h such matters.
-The police of Cleveland have been
systematically arresting men coming
other cities to work in the steel
in place of strikers, charging
newcomers with "suspicion" and
tding them out of town. Hun
Is of men~~a?? said to have been
packed off thus unceremoniously,
rhough well behaved and in no sense
^grants or - offensive characters.
-'?jany of them were war veterans. A
~2cL
"IjSederal court has declared that the
l^tty authorities were acting absolute
fy without legal right.
One of the worst cases of abused
j.power is that of Carneyville, Wyo.,
?-where federal troops are reported to
have arrested coal miners because
C^vey would not go to work. For
workmen to refuse to go to work may
^i>e morally culpable, but it is not a le
1-gfal offense in Wyoming or anywhere
I jplse. It was the soldiers who broke
r
| the law.
The intentions of the authorities in
^piall such cases are good. They err
?^rom excess of zeal. None the less,
sir they do a great deal of mischief. This
ES*time of social restlessness calls, more
J rthan ever, for discretion in high
Igplaees.
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London, Nov. ]6.?England's army
jj^ofwdrunkards is disappearing. About
r^rjifteen years ago 70.00<? persons were
" annually committed to prison for
drunkenness and the average for a
i few years before the war was about
m 00,000. The commissioners of pris
ons in their annual report say that
son last
emales.
the numbers committed to pri?
s "year were 671 males and 999 f
?f Reports from a'l the prisons testify
|s to the beneficent effects of restriction
on the sale of intoxicating' liquors.
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\ The police arrested a negro on
Saturday named W. Jackson. He is
[" enlarged with being one of the "pock
et book finders" that have been op
erating around Sumter for some time.
The recorder does not assume juris
diction in this case, but binds the ac
cused over to a. higher court.
SPANISH CABINET
DECIDES TO QUIT j
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Resignation of Toca and Other
Members May Me Handed
to King Today
Madrid. Dec. 7.?King Alphonso will
be handed the resignation of the
whole Toca cabinet when he returns
from his curtailed hunting trip, prob
i ably on Monday. The cabinet held a
meeting last night, following the ac- ?
tion of General Covaro, minister of
war. who resigned after the cabinet i
published the decision of the court of
honor calling upon 23 officers to
? leave the army.
Juaquin Sanchez Toca, the head of;
the retiring cabinet, had a long tele
phonic conversation today with *hei
chief of the household as a result of
which the king will return to Madrid !
either tonight or Monday morning:
when the council will meet under his;
presidency and Senor Toca will ex- j
plain the reasons for the cabinet's,
resignation.
The talk in Madrid today is of a j
new conservative cabinet under the j
! new premiership of some neutral,
possibly the former minister of ma
rine. Admiral Angel Miranda, who ^ad
an hour's conference with Former
Premier Maura yesterday.
The Socialist deputies have an
nounced their determination, if a
military government replaces the!
Toca cabinet, to call a general strike I
in Spain.
! COMMERCIAL CON
GRESS IN SESSION
Programme Provides For Days,
of Speech Making
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Savannah, Ga., Dec. 7.?Formal j
j opening of the Southern Commercial
I congress will take place tomorrow I
morning at the municipal auditorium. I
where, after addresses of welcome by j
Gov. Hugh Dorsey and Mayor Murray j
Stewart and a response by Governor j
CooDer of South Carolina, Gen. J. J. i
Pershing. commander in chief of the j
American expeditionary forces, will1
deliver an address on "The South's
Part in the -World War."
The theme of the congress will be j
three-fold: The South's part in the j
solution of economic problems of the
I nation: the South's part in the restor- j
ation of the American merchant ma- j
rine. and the extension of trade re- j
iations with Latin American coun-j
tries.
The House of Southern governors \
will be in session in Savannah during j
the congress. Many distinguished j
persons are to be present, and more j
than 100 addresses are to be madel
by men of -national and international
prominence. j
General Pershing and his staff will I
reach Savannah from Charleston early
in the morning and at 8.30 a. m. he
will be met at the station and con
ducted with a military escorr. to the
DeSoto hotel, where breakfast will be j
served. The Chatham artillery wfi] fire I
a salute of 21 guns. At 1 o'clock Gen-1
eral Pershing and his staff will be en- \
tertained at luncheon at the DeSoto
hotel by Joseph Hull of Savannah. In I
the afternoon an inspection of the har- i
bor and docks will be made and a
cruise on the Cypress with Edwin F. j
Sweet, acting secretary, as host. In
the evening a banquet will be given
in honor of General Pershing. Re
sponses will be made by Senator
I Fletcher of Florida. Secretary Sweet ,
j and General Pershing.
WORLD-WIDE CAM
PAIGN SUCCEEDS
Episcopalian Drive For Big!
Fund Goes Over the Top
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Columbia. Dec. 8.? Reports reach- !
ing headquarters of the Episcopal
church nationwide campaign here last
night indicate that the drive for
$481,605 in South Carolina will be
oversubscribed by thousands of dol- ;
lars. Many of the churches were can
vassing the members until a late hour
and figures were not available at head
quarters here. Every church reporting
either raised or exceeded its quota.
Columbia. Spartanburg, Greenville,
Florence and Charleston all went over
the top in the drive.
The South Carolina diocese .accept
ed its allotmer . of $4<>",.605 and lead
ers said last night thi nount would
be reached when reports are received
today. Figures announced at head
quarters last nis:ht showed the fol
lowing figures for churches report
ing:
Trinity. Columbia $11.600, quota
$11,550; St. Timothy's. Columbia $750, j
quota $750; St. John's Shandoh, $2.
300.70, quota $2,250; Trinity Mission,!
Columbia $251, quota $75; St. George
Mission $75, quota $75; Holy Comfort-;
er, Sumter $4,060, quota $3.900: Na- j
tivity. Union $1.050. quota $975; [
Grace. Ridge Spring $900, quota $300; j
Redeemer, Orangeburg $1.800, quota
$1.050; Ascension, Seneca $75, quota
S75; St. John's. Winnsboro $600. quota I
$600; Advent. Spartanburg $13.039.-1
67; Christ. Greenville $1 1.550. quota
i $11.550; St. Michael's. Charleston, j
! $13,230, quota $9.000; Epiphany, Lau- ,
rens. over the top and 25 per cent of|
members to !>?? canvassed; Advent.;
I Marion. $1,646; Zion, Eastover $339M
'and total incomplete. Columbia!
churches raised $14.891.70!
The campaign is on a three year;
[budget and the money raised yester
day was for one year. Renewals for-'!
I two more years are expected from all j
; t b?- subscribers!
Capable Men Scarce.
I London. Nov. 19.- -Sir A Iben Stan
j ley. a former President of the Roard
of Trade has stated that there were
plenty of positions vacant with sala- j
rie.s of $25.000 jo $50,000 a year, but j
the great difficulty was to find men
capable of filling the bill, it was
quite easy to find men for positions
of $2.500. $4.000 or S5.0GU a year.
AUTOMOTIVE DEAL
ERS' ASSOCIATION
Columbia. Dee. ?Members of the
Sumter County .Automotive Dealers'
Association, have decided to affiliate
with the South Carolina Automotive
Trades' Association, says a letter from
S. K. Rowland, acting secretary of
the association, to Harold C. Booker,
secretary of the State association.
The Sumter County Automotive
Dealers' Association was recently or
ganized with a membership of eight
een dealers and a good number of as
sociation members composed of mem
bers of the different dealers' selling
force. The association is 100 per
cent strong, says the letter from Act
ing Secretary Rowland./
"We are delighted toj welcome the
Sumter dealers into the State associa
tion." said Mr. Booker today. "They
are a live punch of dealers who do
business on a high plane. They stand
for the same principles that the State
association stands for. They will help
us and we will help them "
The Spartanburg County Automo
tive Trades Association will be or
ganized at a banquet to be given on ,
Tuesday evening at the Hotel Cleve
land in that city. A. Mason Gibbs,
president, and Harold C. Booker, sec
retary, of the State Association have j
been invited to attend this banquet j
and will leave Columbia Tuesday af-!
ternoon foK the Spartan City. All the
dealers of the Spartan City are ex
pected to affiliate with the State asso-j
ciation. Present members of the State
association in Spartanburg are the
Piedmont Overland Co.: J. S. Wingo
and Son: The Carolina Stutz Sales Co.:
The Oldsmobile Company of South
Carolina: R. H. Nesbitt Company and
Burnett and Garlington.
The board of directors of the South j
Carolina Automotive Trades' Assoei- j
tion has been called to meet Tuesday.
December 16 at the Jefferson Hotel,
this city, by President Gibbs. Mem-:
bers of the board are A. Mason j
Gibbs. president; Charles E. Com
mander, Florence, first vice president:
O. P. -Mills. Greenville, second vice
president: Santo Sotille. Charleston;
Neils Christensen. Beaufort: J. W.
Caritield. Greenwood: John P. Can
non. Spartanburg: Paul Hard in.
Chester: W. P. Law, Darlington; R.
D. Lambert, Columbia.. A number of
matters of importance will come up.
The dealers of Greenwood County
will meet in Greenwood Monday af
ternoon at 4 o'clock. E. V. Plane.
State treasurer and H. C. Booker, sec
retary, will meet with them and assist
in the formation of an*organization.
Cotton Market
(Corrected daily at 12 o'clock by1
Chamber of Commerce.)
Good Middling 39 1-2.
St riot Middling 38 3-4.
Middling 38.
Strict Low Middling 36.
Low Middling 33.
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET. i
y?*'td'y j
Open Hi*h I*ow new* Clos* j
Jan . . 20.95 37.55 36.95 37.50 36.60 '
Mach . .34.40 34.9* 34.33 34.08 34.00
May . .32.20 Z'l.'M 32.15 32.95 31.92 \
July . .30.75 31.48 20.75 31.45 20.50
New Orleans.
Jan . .37.00 37.90 37.00 37.80 36.90
Mch - .34.90 35.48 34.7% 35.4s 34.42
May . .32.90 23.43 32.SO 33.40 32.35
July . .31.20 31.83 31.15 21.80 20.77
NO REASON FOR IT.
When Sumter Citizens Show a Way.
There can be no reason why any I
reader of this who suffers the tor- j
tures of an aching back, the annoy- j
ance of urinary "isorders, the pains j
and dangers of kidney ills will fail to j
heed the words of a neighbor who t
has found relief. Read what a Sum
ter citizen says:
Mrs. A. N. Skinner, 20S W. Oakland j
Avenue, says: "I certainly can
recommend Loan's Kidney Pills. J j
had kidney trouble and I was subject
to headaches and dizzy spells. Some
times I had to hold on to something
for fear I would fall over. Tired
spells often came over me and J j
would feel languid and sleepy. My !
kidneys acted irregularly and worried j
me a great deal. 1 knew I would have
to get something, so when I heard of
Doan's Kidney Pills, I got some. Two
boxes of Doan's cured me of all the
trouble and 1 think they are splendid."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy?get
Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that !
Mrs. Skinner had. Foster-Milburn }
Co.. Mfgrs.. Buffalo. N. Y.?Advt. 72 \
FOR SALE?S.une of the best regist-j
ered Guernsey bulls of various agesi |
Join a prize winning family. C. \\.
Roykfn. Mayesville. S. <'., n. p, D.
No. 3. '
FOR SALE?Lot of nice mules and:
horses at pvblic auction at Court
House next Saturday. December '
at ten A. M. Box SL2A. Sumter, K.
LIVE MAN?With Ford to .lemon-;
strait and sell the .J. C. M. Acceie-j
rator Liberal proposition. J. i'.
Mewsluiw. 17 Stk. Kx, h. Bldg., Ba'-j
timore. Md.
FOB SATjE?Waving sold my farm on j
the White s Mill Road. 1 want to seltt
3 fine mules which can he seen on}
the plantation. 1 could not deliver.!
these mules until January lsr. Neil!
O'Donnell. J.
BOND OF JENKINS
REMAINS MYSTERY |
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No Word Indicating; Who Put
Up Money
Washington. Dec. 7.?There was no;
word tonight indicating a solution ofj
the mystery which lias developed from :
the sudden release of William <?. Jen-j
kins. American consular agent, from]
tin- Puebla jail, after the deteiTTiino t,'
demand of this government apparent-j
ly had failed t<> influence Iiis Mexicaru
captors. Both the Stale department
and Jenkins himself already have \
started invesfig:itions with the objocti
of determining what influences were;
instrumental in putting up 'he .<~,:i<>.
bail bond which the Mexican govern-'
ment so readily accept" <!.
Admittedly tie- crux of an interna?i
tional situation of utmost Intensenessi
two days ago. 'lie Jenkins easp has'
now become a diplomatic enginia. the
solution of which offers interest butj
noi dangerous possibilities.
A careful investigation of reports)
that Mexico h:t<i taken steps lb augr- j
ment her aviation forces has failed I??'
corroborate the statement that a
squadron of 24 modern pursuit planes
are available for service. Informa- J
tion obtained through reliable sources)
considered ' by military and State
agencies to be thoroughly dependable i
put the total strength of the Mexican
air department at less than a dozen
obsolete planes.
Hot Supper.
There will be a barbecue and
turkey supper for the benefit of 'Ira
ham Graded School at the residence
of W. J. Kinney odd Brogdon home
on Manning road) Priday night, De
cember 12th.
Miss Jessie McLean, Principle.
Berlin. Nov. 14.?The Duke of Co
burg Gotha has sold o> Prince Ar
thur of Connaugh; a five-thousand -
acre estate, including Samter Palace,
located in the area which is to be
ceded to the Poles:
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