The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 23, 1920, Image 4
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influence of both of the old papers, j
? and is manifestly the best advertising )
medium in Sumter.
TBE H. C. OF BASEBALLS
???'
Something really must be done j
ahout the high cost of everything,
Iand^of some things in particular,""be
fore our whole democratic social
structure is undermined by the latest
menace. It is rumored baseballs and
hats have gone up so in price that
they are now beyond the reach of the
^average small boy, and even neighbor
hood "nines" can scarcely scrape to
? gether a collection -of funds large
enough to supply'the teams with the
merest essentials for the national
..game."
It is feared that this will drive base
'bali off the- vacant lots of the town;
and-, it needs no words to point' out
calamity that would be'to any
community. Another' worry
?
it will make of baseball a class
1? be^iln^^ge^ in only by spoil
Ie.hoys whose parents liave lots
money.- I
the ce&t of bats is going to bring
\. a caste^system among the small
OfV-&e> community it will be
doing a ierrible thing ^indeed. B?tj
somehow are can't get worried ahout
the youtjr-of'America on this score.
The" unbelievably wealthy lad who
can affordf a- hat or glove or ball-can
3not enjoy .4us riches without-vthe rest
;t>f the gang, and once the game is" on,
his artificial glories will fade before
the l^eater glories Of the boy who is
most skilful in swinging that bat.
CpR OFTTS OX THE FARM
"The profitableness of the farenyj
r "depends on three things?
'ample pi^oduction, mhiimum cost of
. ^production and adequate prices," said
L Secretary of Agriculture Meredith in
a recent, address to the United States
*. Chamber of Commerce.
''Adequate production. at minimum
-c?st involves more efficient methods
and economical operations. Factors
in this are better-utilization of the
.?? ."? -4*' . -
vspil, more intelligent use of fertilizers,
the use of better seed, the growing of
minore productive strains and varieties,
better methods of preventing soil
Ce^ii?n, more effective ways of combat
ting insect pests, plant and animal
diseases, the Jiroduction'of more and
Setter grades of li7e stock, better util
ization of forage and roughage and
?waste materials on the farms,.better
maintenance of soil- fertility by con
serving soil moisture, and manure arid
. a greater use of legumes in rotatTon
and as companion or intertilled crops;
the greater use of machinery and
-practical mechanical power on
rfarms."
This1 sounds as if the successful
farmer must have a college education
^BiOi-?'i?ew extra degrees. But it is
not quite the .case. The Department
of Agriculture has the education and
fSR the power to furnish the necessary
information to the farmer who cares
for if That fcr what the Department
i? for?to gather information relat
ing to better farming and to dissemi
nate it for the benefit of the farmer.
Just now the Departement is devot
ing a great deal of attention to prob
lems of market news, better transpor
on and distribution, elimination of
waste,, better roads, better refrigera
tor cars, heated cars to prevent freez
ing in winter, etc.
Jf the farmer wants to make a pro
fit he cannot do better than to make
the Department work for him. Let
him use it in every possible way. By
using its resources to the limit he not
only helps himself but by telling it of
his experience, he helps it to ma"ke
its service better to every farmer in
the country.
SHERIFF CALLS FOR TROOPS.
Fear Attack on Duluth Jail to Lynch
Negroes.
Duluth. Minn., June 19.?National
Guardsmen today reinforced the
guard at the jail where 14 negroes
are held in connection with an at
itack on a white girl.
Barn Burned.
i Mr. John T. Green received a tele
phone message stating that Henry
Sampson, one of the tenant? on the
farm of the estate of W. A Green, in
Lee county, had lost his barn and all
feed stuff, also his horse; by fire,
caused by spontaneous combustion,
from oats that had b?en lately put
*in the""barn,.
Invited to New Zion
Meeting To Be Held to Discuss
Annexation to Sumter County
The Sumter Chamber of Commerce
has received a request from citizens of
New Zion School district to have rep
resentatives of the Chamber of Com
merce, county board of commission
ers, and Legislative delegation of
Sumter county to' meet with New
Zion voters next -Saturday afternoon
to discuss the question of New Zion
district annexing to Sumter county.
There will be three days of com
munity welfare meetings and home
demonstration cluB short course at
New Zion on Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday of this week. Mr. J. Smith
and several other leading citizens of
New Zion guarantee that they will
have a good crowd of New Zion "dis
trict voters to listen to the Sumter
county, speakers. If the Chamber of
Commerce can secure speakers, and
if the county commissioners and leg-1
islators and Chamber members will
attend, the invtation will be accept
ed.
New Zion desires to hasten the pre
liminary wofk incidental to calling
an election in time to vote the ques
tion at'the same time that Turbeville
School district votes on the question
of annexation to Sumter county, but
the voters of New Zion desire the mat
ter put intelligently to the voters of
that district They have therefore ap
pealed to the Sumter ; Chamber of
Commerce to assist " them in every
possible way to get all the informa
tion . possible in the quickest possible
time.
The Sumter Chamber of Com
merce is the1 recognized public forum
of this county, and is so recognized
also by a large portion of Clarendon
county. Whenever we want to "put
over", anything it is !feenerally "put
it up to. the Chamber of Commerce".
Now if Sumter's business men want
hundreds'of ^square miles of new
territory for Sumter county, hund
reds of miles? of new trade territory,
and thousands of new customers for
the Sumter tobacco market, Sumter's
stores, banks, - professional men, and
other business; then the Chamber of
Commerce must have the undivided,
financial support, and other necessary
cooperation to enable that organiza
tion to continue to be the "starting
point of Sumter county".
Large Ftrei, Vancouver
Many Killed When Large Apart
ment Burns
. Vancouver, British Columbia, June
21.?Six persons .were'kilied and sev
eral injured by a fire that destroyed
an apartment house in a fashionable
part of the city at midnight.
?
Hagood in Atlanta.
* Hotel Aragon, / :
? Atlanta, Ga., June IS.
Atlanta does not grow a bit smaller
but if you poke, about in it a bit you
will see it is getting bigger and fuller
fast. In my last I spoke of the burnt
district, very much of which is just as
the fire left it, but much building is
going on in other parta It is a well
advertised place. You would be sur- .
prised how many things come here. :
This week they entertain the State
Sunday school convention- ^Already
they are slated for one or two other .
great meetings to come off in 1921.
There are people here in large
numbers from nearly, if not all. the
States, quite a number from South
Carolina, all of whom save one is
proud of the fact He's not and you
are not for he is a Bleaseite.
More women use tobacco here than
in any place I know. No, I didn't say
"nigger" women.
One sees people coming in here
from all quarters of the country and
every one pf them is of opinion that
with a good, strong man the Demo
crat have' an easy job of it. Many
of them affirm Mr. McAdoo is that
man.
I said something in a previous let
ter about preachers, churches, wor
ship. I have averaged two services a
day since leaving home. (I refer to
Sunday.) But often I expect I would
have been better off in my room
studying the Bible, for little or no
profit came my way. I met up with
a little crowd, in a little house in a
little corner who confidently, con
stantly affirmed they were it, and
learned ere long that what they Jack
ed in meat they made up in fuss and
feathers. The preacher was a good
man, and preached good doctrine, but
he emphasized noise in religion,
which is not essential to godliness. He
professed great humility but strut
ted like a little bantam rooster. It
was amusing to behold. I thought
when I found that crowd I was in my
element but my mistake was soon ap
parent
There is one church I knew was in
Atlanta, and only one I knew by
name, and I suppose, reader, you are
aware what church that was. Yes/
the Baptist Tabernacle, aijd. I pur
posed going there with half a chance.
The first sabbath in June found me
there in a hc.se jammed and crowd
ed, but it v. cr. the commencement ex
ercises of Oglethorpe University, a
Presbyterian institution. The reason
for this was, I was told, that *he Tab
ernacle was the largest white church
in the city. I went back that night
and Dr. Ham conducted a regular
preaching service, very much on the
order of an old fashioned revival. He
called tor mourners and they carne,
when prayer was offered for them.
Last Sunday morning and night it
was the same way, only things seem
ed much warmer. It would do you
good to hear the singing, for I sup
pose they have usually more than a
thousand voices, congregation-0.', led
by a man who is master of the situa
tion. To hear them sing "All Hail,"
your imagination cadres you away in
the last verse to that scene when with
that sacred throng falling before the
Lamb they shout "All hail," and
crown Him Lord of all.
"Hagood" Bethea.
New Zion Wants
to Annex
^ There ought not to be any doubt
whatsoever about the Chamber of
j Commerce being able to get a rep
resentative delegation of Sumter bus
iness men, and members of the Sum
ter county board of commissioners
and Sumter legislative delegation to
go to New Zion next Saturday after
noon to discuss the question of an
nexation of New Zion school district
to Sumter county. ^Notwithstanding
Saturday is a busy day in Sumter,
nevertheless the Chamber of Com
merce must be supported by several
good speakers and by representatives
of the county commissioners and
legislative delegation, if not by^ the
two boards entire membership.
Here is an instance of citizens of
another county voluntarily inviting:
the Sumter Chamber of Commerce to
assist, these citizens in arriving at a
decision as to whether , when, and
how they will annex their section to
Sumter county. If the citizens of New
Zion.are willing to gather to listen to
facts and figures, and especially
when they have requested this coun
ty to cooperate with them, it does
not seem to be a violation of ethics
for Sumter county to accept the invi
tation:
Several citizens of New Zion told
Secretary Reardon last week that
they will try out the Sumter tobacco
market this year. Further that if the
roads from New Zion to the Sumter
count-line were put in good condition,
as good as the roads in .Sumter coun
ty, that much more tobacco would be
hauled to Sumter.
The New Zion tobacco growers
want to vote into Sumter county in or
der to get at least passable roads,
they say, for the present, and they
seem to be Willing to, wait until hard
surfaced roads and gravel or sand
clay latteral roads leading to the
hard surface main highway system
can be, constructed. >
' The "Business men of Sumter should
line up strongly for the big day in
Turbeville on July 7th, when Turbe
ville voters will entertain Sumter's
Chamber of Commerce, county com
missioners, permanent road commis
sioners, legislative delegation, arid
others? from Sumter county. *r8rbe
ville is putting on this big meeting
and basket picnic to get the voters of
two school districts together to vote
into Sumter county. Sumter's busi
ness men should not refuse the Cham
ber of Commerce committee any
thing when that committee calls in a
few days for funds to employ a good
band, and to take care of Sumter's
part of "the program for July. 7th.
GARRETT-ROWLAND
Laurens, June 20.?The First Pres
byterian church of Laurens was the
scene of a pretty wedding Wednes
day evening, .when Miss Edmonia
Preston Garrett, daughter of Mrs. Guy
S. Garrett," of this city/ became the
bride of Earle Rowland, of Sumter.
. The. church was beautifully deco
rated, smilax in large quantities being
banked about the altar in pyramid
fashion, making a striking picture
under the glow of a'myraid of soft
lights. :"'
? Preceding the arrivah of this bridal
party a muscial program was given
by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hudgens Ro
per, both singing solo selections, with
organ accompaniments by Mrs. Mar
tin Luther Roper.
With the frst notes of the wedding
march from Lonhengrin, the ushers,
H. L. McCoy, J .P. Booth, Jr., K. L.
Elliott, and James Hood, entered and,
took their places at the front on the
right and left of the altar. Then came
the bridesmaids and groomsmen, en
tering simultaneously in pairs but in
opposite aisles, as follows: Miss Grace
Garrett, of Greenwood, cousin of the
bride, and E. C. Dunn, of Sumter; Miss
Wilma Prentiss ,of Greenville, also a
cousin , of the bride, and Dr. Robert
W. McKay, of Sumter; Miss Hattie
Gray of Laurens and Charles Wilson,
Sumter, M'ss Lula Dial, of Laurens,.
and Irvine Richardson; of Sumter.
Next came the pretty little flower
girls, Misses Annie Osteen and Mazie
Clark, both of Sumter, and they were
followed by the dame of honor, Mrs.
Lowrance of Sumter, and the maid
of honor, Miss Anna Prentiss of
Greenville, the bride's cousin. The
bride, a vision ot loveliness in a wed
ding dress, of duchess satin with, rose
point lace, her wedding veil arranged
in ca? effect ,and carrying a bouquet
of bride roses and orchids, came next,
escorted by_ her young brother, Gar
rington Cabell Garrett, who gave his
sister in marriage. They were met
immediately in front- of the alter by
the bridegroom and his brother,
George Rowland of Sumter. who act
ed as best man. Using the impressive
ring service, the marriage ceremony
was performed by the Rev. Charles
T. Squires, pastor of the church, as
sisted by Rev. J. P. Marion, D. D., of
Sumter.
As Mendelssohn's wedding march
was played by the pianist, "he bridal
party in reverse order marched out
of the church, and together with the
guests, immediatelj' repaired to. the
home of the bride's mother, on West
Main street, for the reception, which
was largely attended. The wedding
gifts, of a varied assortment, were
greatly admired by the callers and
well wishers. Mr. and Mrs. George
H. Rowland of Sumter, parents of the
bridegroom, were among the out of
town guests here for the wedding.
The bride, the only daughter of
Mrs. Garrett, is a graduate of Win
throp college, and during the past
year she taught in the Laurens city!
schools. Mr. Rowland, the bride- j
groom, is a cashier c"f a bank in
Sumter and is a prominent young cit
itizen of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Row
kind are on a bridal visit North#
London, June 21?The Consular in
vestigation of the reports that the
Irish police had seized the personal
arms of officers of the American
steamer, Milwaukee, in port at Dub
lin has proved the stox*y to be untrue.
Special Meeting of
County Commissioners
Consider Privateer Road, Turbe
ville Picnic and Other Matters
A special meeting of the county
commissioners was held in the Court
House June 19. All members were
present to consider the matters before,
the board. The minutes of the meet
ing of June 1 were read and approv
ed. Mrs. Stroup, the county nurse,
made a statement of the work being
done in the county and the number
of patients at Camp Alice. The pay
ment of bills for the repair, of her'
car was ordered by the board: She
was granred a request for a leave
of absence-in July for a month's va
cation.
The -buildii: of the roads in the
Pinewood secti n of Clarendon coun
ty, in case they should annex, was)
discussed. The board obligated itself
to work the roads in this section as
j S003 as the annexation took
! piace. A letter was received
! from the county delegation rel
ative to "the building of the
road in the Privateer section. After
some discussion, the board asked the
parties interested to cooperate with
:the superintendent of roads in get
ting up maps and the route desired.
The interested parties must get the
right of way and then the road will
be constructed, either by contract or
otherwise. The' indications were that
I the road would have to be built by
contract.
Mr. E. I. Reardon, secretary of the
Sumter Chamber of Commerce, pre
sented a resolution adopted by the
mass meeting of the citizens of the
county June 15, relative to the Gar
ner's Ferry proposition. The resolu
tion approved the action of the board
in agreeing to .pay their pz^rt in the
construction of the bridge but not of
the approaches. The board received
this resolution as information.
Secretary Reardon presented an
invitation to the board to attend the
basket picnic at Turbeville on July
7, this in the interest of the proposed
annexation of the Turbeville section
to Sumter county, and the building
of a connection road from Turbeville
to connect with Sumter county's main
road system, should they annex. The
board expressed their thanks for the
invitation and expressed their inten
tion of attending the picnic with the
view of consulting with the citizens
of that section as to the proposed an
nexation and the route desired for
the new road. )
The clerk reported to the board
that papers of a suit against the
county in the case of Mrs. Belle King
for the loss of her husband who was
killed in an auto' wreck. in the Shi
loh section, December 26,' 1918, had
been turned over to the county attor
ney.
Superintendent Thompson < again
called the attention of the board to
the difficulty of accomplishing any
thing^ .under the present labor condi
tibnat-imless the necessary equipment
of tractors and ditching machines'
were obtained. He gave the details of
the cost of such equipment for the
county.
The board deferred action on thi3"
matter and adjourned. .
? New City Manager Arrives
' Mb Howard Stillwell of Atlanta
has arrived in the city and has taken
charge of his new duties as City ^lan
ager. Mr. Stillwell is an experienced
engineer having been connected with
one of the leading firms in Atlanta
for a number Of years and also had
valuable experience as captain in the
army in charge of construction work.
He comes to Sumter highly recom
mended and we hope the citizens will
give him their full co-operation ip
his efforts to make Sumter a bigger
and better place.
Weevils in Oran^eburg
- Pest Found in The Cope Section
j Columbia. June 19.? J. H. Cl.iffcy,
vice president or the South Carolina
I division of the Arrerican Cpitou ?S
jsociation who was in Columbia this
j week, said tbrt the boll weevil was
?attacking the young cotton in th^
! Cope section of Orangeburg county.
!He said that a tenant on the farm of
N. H. Hughes was in Qrangeburg ar d
! reported that the insect was destroy
ing the cotton on the farms in that
i section. In some places it was found
! that as many as five out of ^ix squares
j or. a stalk of cotton had been punc
? tured;
j The farmers of the Cope section
i plant their cotton unusually early.
?I Mr. Claffey said, usually planting in
j March. The insect invaded that sec
? tion last fall, but too late to do any
: damage. This year, however, it Jkih
[gotten an early start and Mr. ClaSfey
: fears is going to do a great deal of
i damage. ^
j Reports from oyer thr- State indi
' cate that the insect is also invading
; other counties and apprehension is
j felt that the damage from it this year
j is going to be very great.
Mr. Claffey was in the city to at
.tend a meeting of the audit commit -
? tee of the South Carolina division.
(Other members of the committee
! present were G.. Lg? Toole of Aiken
jand John T. Mackey of Camden.
CONFERENCE OF PREMIERS.
Lloyd George and Millerand Meet at
Hythe.
London, June 19.-T-A ? conference
will be held between Premiers Lloyd
George of England and Millerand of
j France at Hythe today and tomorrow.
The meeting is preliminary to thi
conference at Boulogne Monday at
which France, Great. Britain, Italy,
j Belgium, Greece and Japan will bs
[ represented.
AFGHANS ON WAR PATH.
Troops Concentrated at Frontier to ?
Attack India. ' '
London.. June 10.?A Moscow "wire- '
Jess dispatch declared that Afghan
I troops are consentrating at the Ind
?an-Afghnn fronties to attack the Bri
j tish in India._
j Through SLEEPING CARS Between
I WILMINGTON and ASHEVILLE
j Via the ATLANTIC COAST LINE
iTlie Standard Railroad Of the South
j Effective from June 20 to about.
[September 30, 1920, inclusive, through -
sleeping cars will be" operated be
i tweeri Wilmington and Asheville in
. connection with the Southern Rail
way System on the following daily
i schedules:
Westbound Eastbound J
j'3:50pm Lv. Wilmington Ar 1:00pm
} 5:07nm Lv. Whiteville Ar. 11:26am
j 5:28pm Lv. Chadbourn Ar.'11:05am
j 6:25pm Lv Mullins Ar. 10:07am
j 6:44pm Lv. Marion Ar. 9:48am
; 7:30pm Ar Florence Lv.- 9:05aii? .
7:55pm Lv. Florence Ar. 8:45am
j S:20pm Lv. Timmonsville Ar. 8:20am;
?0:25pm Lv. Siimter Ar. 7:15am.
10:50pm Ar. Columbia Lv. 5:40am
11:50pm Lv. Columbia Ar. 2:50am.
3:30am Ar. Sparfanburg Lv. 11:35pm
6~30am Ar. Hendersonyilile Lv. 9pm.
7:30am Ar. Asheville Lv. '8:00pm
I Proix>rtionate Time at Intermediate
f Stations
ihis new sleeping car line will af
ford comfortable - accomdations for
passengers visiting either the moun
tains or the seashore during, the sum
mer.
Call on ticket agents for informa- ..
tion regarding various summer exr
j c?rsions and other fares, or address,
W. J. Craig, Pass. Traf. Mgr.
T. C. White, Gen.' Pass. Agt,
Wilmington, N. C '
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