The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 21, 1920, Image 6
Imerican Firm to Buy
Oil Local Market
IMPORTANT
FIRMS SEND MEN
Wjire tildes Begin Busi
11 on Next Tuesday and
MbBptct Great Season
entrecce of the big China-Am -
Tobacco and Trading Company
?I lumi?>r tobacco market next
I.H) meant that the tobacco sell
?III not have to rush thier tobac
l the market. If the other tobacco
decide tc cloae the 19JO
m earlier than September
t#th. because the China-American
wHI be local and large buyera
ta.str stsmm drying and stemming
located right hero In 8umter.
China-American Tobacco and
Hg* t'o. ? buyers will remain
_/Ssxffltar for months after the regu?
lar sjksrkot closes, and always In the
rfcrt for tobacco st tha highest
prices.
.Tfci* will slno mean higher prices
mm U'? Sumter market besauee the
flHfcMHASOsrlcun people ce.n i.ff >rd to
?fhjit U\m fsrmer* the benefit of the
Magtt saved in whipping tobacco to
places for stemming. Itaving
own stsmmery right here in
itei Other tobacco buyerr must
rlly meet the higher prices of
Chune-American people and that
is' estraordinary competition on
Satnter markst.
iHingeSher speaking the ?'hm-.t-Am?
is Company, one of the largest id
|JSeg*try. heavy exporters also, will
a big difference in th< local
NSjt and will place the Mumtee
ltd on a plane of competition and
I rless hard to follow. Kvsry
Snd important 'tobacco com?
-the Imperial. The Rxpo't. The
fftt gad Myers, The Amen an. J.
'Hjlor, K J. Ibsynolds Coinpsny,
C Monk and Company. The Galla
jUralted. K B. Flckling Com,
fl V Wsbb and Company. John
I'ughes Company. Hughes. Thomas
(IsnfMur. aed possibly other corn
Is edJ have buyers on the Mumter
beginning nest Tuesday, July
^? two Sumter warehouses are
JteS> t?ot business. The Banner Ware
aSMgg(< en South Magnolia 8tr?et un
?eenngement of Knott Bros, a Bei?
ansi the Sumter Warehouse on
Lib-srpr Street under manage
of Moore Brothers will be In full
it Tuesday. Both otf these
will have manage a who
gge .a>rge buyers, also, thu* giving
Sjgtg#gr additional competition in buy
0*' lebaceo thin aeunon.
t*?
?many Answers
Today
X* Reply Has Been Received
To Armistice Proposal
i
a, July II?The German? hive
nod and seat word to the su
gge a'4 eoanctl that Oermany's reply to
ffcgt neal deliver!*-* ultimatum will not
Mppsdy until four p. m. It Is expect?
ed that the Germans wil ask a modlfi
n of the termn of tha prootocol.
ftW. July IS?Brttish officials de
Sdart that no reply has been received
the Russian soviet relative to
llSS proposal of an arrnl.itice >etween
Ibssskt and Poland.
S|ta* July Ii?Oer man delegates]
in the conference have agreed In prin
exf)ls w|th tha terms submitted by the
fa* coal deliveries but will ask
l ?AB explanation of certain articles I
tike Allied note.
ig Will Not
Interfere I
Will Not Ask Connect lev. t Gov
ernu-r to Call Special Session
t
Hertford. July IS?Senator Hard
dees not intsnd to sak or sdvtse
govsrnor of ConnectU ut t o call a
special session of the u glnlature to
ratify the suffrage smendment accord
leg to a response from Harding to an
fcxeulry Of th? Hertford Times.
Americans Killed
_in Battle'
As Ulor and Y. M. C. A. Worker
Lives in Polish-Botehe
viki Fight
. July If?Alexander Ucsl
weU. Cfclsmgo. T. M. C A. worksr with
the Pnltah army, was kilted in a bat?
tle between Pols* and Doshsv Iki. while
?'M?tain Msrlon Cooper, of Jackson?
ville, ftoctds. a member of the h'osius
**> elr squadron, has been missing for
fs nr fays.
Another Murder Mys?
tery in New York
Weil Dressed Man Shot und Dies
on Way to Hospit tl
Mow Tnrk. July is? An unidentified
art*II dreased mnn wax found with gun?
shot wounds today ami died snroute
to Oso hoapltal MIm l^>retta 1
who took him to the honpitnl in her
tbnooslne told the police that ahe had
ftimd him in s dying condhlou. Af?
terward a revolver wss found In her
tbsoustns and the woman and her two
c*sxeenlon* were held
SERVICEMEN
GET TOGETHER
American Legion Has Supper on
Court House Green
T. G. McLEOD MAKES
GREAT SPEECH
Holds Up Ideals of the Confed?
eracy For Legfon Men to Fol?
low Hereafter
The supper given for the cx-servlcel
men Thursday night on the court
house green was a great success in
the opinion of all those that attended.
About SO men were present when Mr.
Sach Darr, who was a bugler for th<
80th division sounded mess call and
the general cry was "come and get it".
The men lined up with their mess
kits and filed by the supper prepared
and served by the Camp Fire girls un?
der the direction of Mrs. John A.
Rice. Of course there were
'^seconds" and even "thirds" for
those who wanted it for'a wonderful
supper had been propured. After
every one had done his full duty to
the eats, a business session was held
and the organisation of the local post
of the American Legion was perfect-'
ed. Hon. T. O. McLeod of Blshopville
was the speaker of the evening and
the wonderful address that he made
will be long remembered by those
that were so fortunate to hear it. Mr.
McLeod told of the fathers of the
men who were present as they ser?
ved in the Confederate army, and
?poke of the awful struggle during
the reconstruction days that follow?
ed, lie said that the men he was ad?
dressing were following the example
of their fathers when they served in
the World War for a cause they
thought right. In speaking of the
World War he said that America wat
only fulfilling her destiny when sh?
entered tho war. He spoke of the
people who first came to America tc
escape oppression and said that It
was only right that the sons of tin
men should return to the old country
and give the people of the world the
freedom that they had found in Amer?
ica.
He told of the wonderful rccon
made by southern men in the war and
then turned to the days that are fol?
lowing. Mr. McLeod said that now It
the time for the men of the Ameri?
can Legion to show their real worth
They have a period of ^construction
to go through Just as their fathers,
and they should be able to accom?
plish more as they do not have the
difficulties that their fathers had to
contend with.
Mr McLeod congratulated the men
of the south tor not asking for com?
pensation for their services. The
soldiers worth while are those that
serve for ideals, not money, and he
urged the American Legion to keep
on in the path in which it had begun
and in tho days that are coming that
pflQ try men's souls*, to ke-ep fatih
with the dead and make tie world
tfe for democracy and freedom.
Another Strike of
Railroad Workers
Con
ference of Clerks in Chicago
to Force Demands on Labor
? Board
Chicago, July 16?President Fitz?
gerald, of the Brotherhood of Hail
way Clerks arrived today to confer
with the executives of sixteen reor?
ganized railroad organizations. He
will confer Monday with 200 general^
chairmen of clerk's brotherhood and
In a mass meeting Monday night, will
perfect plans for the immediate call?
ing of a strike if the awards of the
labor board are unsatisfactory, it is
?aid.
Roosevelt Arrives
in Washington
Is Acting Secretary of the Navy
In Daniels Absence
Washington. July 16?Franklin D.
Roosevelt. Democratic vice presid- n
Ual nominee, arrived today and Im?
mediately s*t to work clearing his
desk of matter accumulated since his
departure for San Francisco. Roose?
velt is acting secretary of ttve navy ow?
ing to the absence of Secretary Dan?
iels. After a conference with the pres?
ident and Cox Sunday, Roosevelt will
go to Dayton with Cox for tho Demo?
cratic national committee meeting
Monda jand Tuesday when speakln|
tours will he arranged.
Search For
Georgia Murderer
? v ^ ? -
Columbus. (la,?Mulv n;_The search
was continued 'tod;, for J dm Heath,
cotton mill work. r. charged with the
murder of Mrs. Mattie Wells. ? palm?
ist. Robbery was de, hired the motive
as the woman's stocking where -do
was known to havo kept a large* sum
of money was drawn down wle p the
body was found.
Another Race For
_Yacht Cup
Hands HOOh, .Inly 1 .">- I;*.,,,,,, s ,,.
Um Resotvts proceeded raptgly today
with ererj prospect that the defender
wil be in r? .ohnes for another race
for the America's cup tomorrow.
Peace With Austria
Tails. Julv 1 ?'? An exchange or rat?
ifications ot no treaty *'Stn blish! rig
peace with tho al'Jes and Austria, look
1'lae. he *e t"tiay.
James Servant
Pronounced Guilty
(Court Adjourns Over Sunday
Willis Jones Trial Monday
The ease of James .Servant, charged
With tho murder of Abraham Holl,
went to the jury Frhiay morning and
after due deliberation, they brought
in a vcrdicU of guilty, with a recom?
mendation to men y. The detente
have asked for a new trial. This ease
took up most of the day. and the next
ease was that ol Daniel Rick, Jr..
charged with the murder of R?gens
Cantey. Cuntey was killed several
years ago and the last time he was up
the case resulted in a mistrial. Only
a few witnesses were heard, and the
court decided to adjourn until 9.30
Monday morning. The caw is expect?
ed to be llnished early in the morning
and the case of Willie Jones will then
bo taken up.
Ready For Cox
Friends Will Hold Big Demon?
stration in Washington
.Washington, July 17.?Friends of
Governor' Cox are ready with a big
demonstration in honor of the Demo?
cratic presidential nominee upon his
arrival here this afternoon for ? con?
ference tomorrow with President Wil?
son.
Harding Through
Has Finished Speech of Accept?
ance .,
i * f a
Marion, July 17.?Senator Harding
Put the final touches on his acceptance
speech today after weeks of continu?
ous work.
New Remedy For
Boll Weevil
"Vegro Discovers Sure Cure For
Dreaded Pest
Springfield, July 16.?A practical,
common sense negro man, A. D, Sax
<?on. better known as Ouss, has prob?
ably discovered the best methods of
lighting the boll woevil as yet sug?
gested. Saxwon is a farmer of long
experience and rents the Inabinet
place near town. IjxbI year he naii.-d
a' slat across the beam of his plow
?tock, about live inches below the end
of the beam, and to each end of the
(crossbar he fastened a heavy sack,
^thoroughly saturated with oil of tar
and kerosene oil. By running a cen?
ter furrow with a sweep in every other
row he succeeded in dragging the
sacks directly over the growing plan's
n two rows at a time. A careful vx
tmlnatton of his cotton last year fail?
ed to disclose the presence of a single
nreeeili while they were found nearby
in varying numbers. Again this year,
while the weevils are said to be uni?
versally numerous ifi the Springneid
section, not a weevil has been diseov
red in tho Sax son ttelds.
Of course, the oil of tar and kero?
sene is applied to the sacks at short
intervals, say, every few rounds in,
otton rows that average five acres
long. The -experiment cost practically
nothing, as both oil of tar and kero?
sene are inexpensive and easily ob?
tainable at any drug store.
New Dental Association
Florence, July 16?Tho Sixth Dis?
trict Dental Association of South Caro?
lina was formed yesterday, when the
profession of this section held a con?
vention an Florence, and elected the
.following officers:
President?Dr. Marion L. Brocking
ton. of Florence.
Vice President?Dr. T. W. Hamilton
of Marion.
Secretary-Treasurer?Dr. Irving P.
Carr, of Florence.
Corespondlng Secretary, Dr. C. B.
Youut, of Florence.
Dr. A. Weinberg, of Sumter, con?
ducted two clinics, one in the forenoon
on the subject of "Removable Bridge
Work and Partial L iture" and one in j
the afternoon on "Taking Impres?
sions". The attendants generally
joined heartily into the discussion of
the topics after the lecture.
The convention sessions were held
at the Hotel Florence, with luncheon
there. In conclusion, the convention
repaired to Muldrow's Mm where they
enjnyed a genuine Florence fish stew.
Dr. Brooks Rutiedge, of Florence,
was elected an honorary member. He
in one of the retired veterans of the
profession. Active mombors attending
yesterday were:
Sumter? Drs. G. P. Barringer. (',. w.
Dick, A. Weinberg, x. O. Oateen, Jr.
Mollins Drs. 1) S. Altaian, P. M.
Blatu on.
Darlington Drs 11. J. Johnson, J,
\V. Gray.
Havtsville? Drs. F. H. Hlnes. .T. \\\
Wiliford. F. W. Ham. C. J. Grant.
Hike City?Dr. H. I'. Whltlock.
Marion?Dr. T. W Hamilton.
Floren??- Drs. H. K. Gee, .!. J, Mc
Cullen, Marion U Brockington. ('. p..
Yount. Irving P. C m\
The next meeting will be held here
October 7. in January, Br, Suppled
of N't w York, considered the foremost
authority on "Removable Bridge
Work and Partial Denture", will ad?
dress the association.
American Tennis
Team Wins
Will Challenge Australian Team
For International Trophy
Wimbledon, Eng., July IT.?Amort
can won the light to challenge Aus?
tral Is for the Davis CUp, the iuterna
tlonal tennis trOphy, when Johnson
ind Tilden defeated Park and Mings
mis of Bngland today hi ? double
nah ||,
Fighting in China
Many Wounded in Big Battle
South of Pekin
Peking, .luiy 17. - Fighting between
(In- troops of rival factions Occurred
Friday at EC wann tin, 80 miles south
of Peking. Many wounded have ar?
rived here. Peking is quiet but wire
and rail communications with Tien
Tsin have boon interrupted. Mediat?
ors who Were sent to endeavor to rec?
oncile the contending faotons have
returned to Peking, their mission hav?
ing failed.
California Earthquake
\ -
Four Shocks Produce Slight
Damage
Ivos: Angelte, July 17.-The four
earthquake shocks of varying intensity
yesterday left relatively slight dam ape
though scores of people suffered slight
hurts.
Ukranians Stop
Bolsheviki Advance
Are Making a Successful Coun?
ter Advance Against Enemy
Berne, July IS?The Russian offen?
she in the Ukraine has come to a
standstill according- to Bucharest ad?
vices. A counter offensive of the
Ukranians is making great progress.
Health of French
President Improved
Paris, July 16?The health of pres?
ident Deeehanol is reported to bo
greatly improved. He will probably
resume the presidential functions in
September.
Allies Help Germans
Have Agreed to Conditions Ask
^ ed By Ministers
Bpa, July 17.?The allies will take
appropriate measures to assist Ger?
many 'in doating loans Intended to
nie? t her International requirements
ami to assist er In ts prompt ?Ii?
charge of her debt to the allies, ac?
cording to an agreement Signed today
by the principal allied countries. The
distribution of indemnities has been
agreed upon
Allies Threaten
Turkish Empire
Will Divide Them From Europe
If They Refuse To Sign
Treaty
Ixmdon, July 17.?A threat to di?
vide Turkey from Europe "once an 1
for all," Is contained in the allied n -
ply to the Turkish objections to the
peace treaty made public here today.
Such action might follow Turkye's re?
fusal to sign the treaty or failure to
give it effect, the reply states. The
time limit for Turkey to make known
her decision expires at midnight July
27th.
Spanish American
Veterans Receive Aid
Attention! Of gjl e\-soldicrs who
served in the War \. tth Spain, at home
or abroad, or those who saw service
in the Philippine insurrection or the
China relief expedition and their wid?
ows. The late congress passed laws of
the utmost interest to above clash of
soldiers and if Ihey will send name
and address to Walter 8. Buchanan,
Nation^: Aid de-Camp, Army and Na?
vy Union, Houte Louisa, Va.. he will
be glad to advise you fully as to your
rights/uttdef the new law. prompt ac?
tion will mean the possible saving of
money, as the pension Commences
from the filing of the claim. Mr. Bu?
chanan is also a member of the Gen?
eral Nelson A. r/.iles Camp. No. I.
United Spanish War Veterans and the
President's <>wn Garrison, No. 104, of
the Army and Ngvy Union, and wishes
to assist bis comrades in every possi?
ble manner. Write him and enclose
stamp lor reply.
Low Grade Cotton
Conditions This Season Are Un?
favorable to Production of
Better Grades of Staple
Columbia, July 16..That the per
centage of low grade cotton produced
this y<-ar win be greater than ever
before because of weather conditions
and the ac tivities of the boll weevil in
the prediction made by J. Bkottowe
Wannamaker, president of the Ameri?
can Cotton Association, in a statement
Issued today.
Owing to the lateness of the crop,"
says tile Statement, "a normal sea?
son cannot be had for the usual fruit?
age and full development of the sta?
ple to maturity. This will shorten the
fibre and weaken its strength.
I "The widespread distribution Of the
boll weevil now reaching from south?
western Textas to the Atlantic tea
board, will be another most important
factor in affecting the- staple adversely.
One lock of cotton puno ired in a ma?
turing boll Will stain the other three
or four locks ami thereby reduce the
value of the entire balo where much
of this damage is in evidence. The
boil wevH is responsible for a large
amount of stains in the cotton grown
in 1919, and wiil undoubtedly affect a
large proportion of the staple harvest?
ed in 1 ?20.
"The spinners and cotton trade gen
erally may just as well prepare to
encounter these difficulties on an in?
creasing scale for the 1920 crop. The
lower grades will have to be used \is
nothing like enough of the higher
grades can be grown to supply the
steadily increasing demand by the
mills of' tln> world for \merican cot?
ton.
"This is a statement of the facts gg
they now appear and which I believe
will be fully b< rue out by ac tual con?
ditions at harvest lime, 'JO days from;
date.
"The wer its began their destructive
activities on tl" first squares which
appeared in May and June this year
throughout the entire area covered by
the insect, and a ?nuch larger number
of young bolls will be Infected this
season than ev\?r before ."
Bolivia Will Protect
Ex-Presideni
Washington, July 17.? Tin Bolivian
presidential government has given as?
surances that the deposed President
rjusrra and his adherents would be
carefully guarded and their personal
Interests protected, the American min?
ister reported today.
Poles Retreat
Bolshevikt Make Continued Ad?
vances on Northern Sector
London. July 16?The continued
buccos of the Bolshevik! against the
Poles along the northern sector was
announced from Moscow today.
British Sailors Insult
American Flag
Have Been Fined and Sentenced
To Prison
Washington. July 17.?British ofll
cials at Bermuda have expressed their
regret at the insult offered the Ameri?
can flag by British sailors on July 4th.
The state department was advised to?
day by the American consul. The sail?
ors trampled on the flag and have
been lined heavily and sentenced to
prisons.
??? . mm mj s?sne i i ? ossjssndgynssgj
England and Japan
Renew Alliance
Honolulu. July 17.?Japan and Eng?
land have decided to renew their al?
liance, according to a- Tokio foreign
office announcement in today's dis?
patch to the Nippu Ji Ji here.
Poles Retreat
London. July 17.- Further gain*:
by the Bolshevlkl against the PdJea
along the entire line from Vllng to
Minsk is reported from Moscow^
i Cornell Coach Dead
Auburn, N. V.. July 17.?Charls E.
Courtney, the'famous Cornell coach.
is ch ad.
fifth party
is doomed:
Bolter* From Farmer Labor
Party Cannot Agree
- *L?Hfi
CHRISTENSEN BRANDS
THEM AS FOOLISH
t-, ? * 'I
Committee Leaders Turn Lights
Out and Order Bolters From
the Hall *
Chicago, July 16?Members of th<*
committee of forty-eight, who yester?
day bolted the fusion movement oC
the Farm er-Labor party, tonight, after '
a day *?f futile wrangling, adjourntdj
with n?? arrangements made to put a;
.separate presidential ticket in tho
lie id.
Adjournment was taken over the?
protest of a minority groups and was
only accomplished when th< commit?
tee leaden turned out the 1 ghts and
Ordere?' ;! ? owners t<? clear the hall.
Prior to adjournment the leaders!
presented a report providing lor the
continuation of the organization' in
each state. The report*wat a?U?pted.
It makes no provision for ;. national
ticket, but does provide that another
national convention may be called at
some future date.
Parley P. Christensen, of Salt Lake
City, presidential nominee of the Far?
mer-Labor party, threw the dying for?
ty-eight coii vent ion into an uproar by
sending it a mess;ige characterizing its
;icfi<>ns at foolish.
"Regardless of the actior taken at
this meeting, however fooli*h." Chrls
tensen's message -ahi, "I an the can?
didate of the Farmer-Labor party and
will continue In this race.*
Three of the minority groups origi?
nally bid scribing to the fusion move?
ment were represented in today's
meeting. Besides a part of the forty
olghteri, leaders of the world war vet
eram and People's party joined the
b?U-_M&iml
Negro On Trial
Charged With Murder and Rob?
bery in Virginia
1 Richmond, July 16?William Turn?
er, was placed o \ trial for murder of
T, Morgan Moore, of Alexindria and
attempt n?r to rob Miss Pearl Citric,
secretary to congressman Britten, II
llfl us. The killing occurred on the
night oV May 23 at the V rginia end
? of the Highway Bridge between Wash-,
i ington i?nd Alexandria.
Empress Bamed
i1 Rumored That Tzai ina and
Children Suffered Horrible
Death
Paris July 16?The Russian Em?
press and her children w* re burned
alive alter the execution' of Ex-em?
peror Nicholas at Ekaterir burg it is
alleged in a statement attributed to a
former courier of the emp-ess which
was published here today.
Johnson Wins
Tennis Contest
Wimbledon. England. July 16?
William Johnston of California, won
the first match for the American
Davis cup team in a contest with the
British team for the righ' to chal?
lenge Australia for the troi by.
Columbus, July 16?-Governor Cox
met the delegation of National Wo?
man's Party which urged him \o use
his Influence to havx the Tennessee
legislature ratify the suffrage amend?
ment time to permit womer to vote In
Xovemher election. Cox leaves to?
night for Washington to confer with
Wilson
Mexican General
Placed on Trial
Mexico Qfty, July 16?General Pablo
ftonsales, former candidate for presi?
dent and alleged leader of ihe Nuevo
Leon revolution was capCtired yester?
day. He will be placed on trial im
! mediately* I
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