The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 28, 1920, Image 6
WRNEWOOD
ICitiiens Gather to Dig?
it* Annexation Proposal
If 1R SPEAKERS
ARE ON THE JOB
nentu of C arendon Sup
fcoirioTB Answe ed, May Have
! Big Picnic
Onri hundred end seventy-five
voters of Pin* wood echool dls
ui about foit., - rive colored cltl
*ttended the meeting at Ptne
/ester day which waa held In
luge audtorlcm of the magnlft.
it hrtck school building of that
lea dlstrtc
IIr Walter TX Epperaon presided.
Jap int'-educed the nine Speakern and
ise time keeper on each talker
m each to time wh *n the time
t bad expired. I
M. R Booth, preslcent cf the
Or County Chamber o' Commerce
4 ? first speaker and be extend
a cordial invitation to the section
g g# diaoussing annexation to.
ae county, and told how the bus?
men of Bumter would receive
|dne cttaene of Bumter county with
open arms K they voted into our
tj.
ff**etery f*. i Rtardon followed
flrad the first shot in the scrap
a then commenced In which both
hammered each other for all
were worth, but In par I lament
tied strictly courteous style. Cap
C. JR. Bprott. Captain W. C. Dav
feptain R. J. alderman, und Mun?
is Chartton J?urant represented
?a county of the "Old Guard"
the section seeking connection
tnmter County. Messrs. R. B.
; D. D. Motse. and U D. Jen
held op the flag with the crow
ggescoca for Bumrtor county,
line of ai foments eras about
as on provioua occasions at
looo, New 2 ion and Turbevllls,
I reo sections of which are talk
dbout voting Into Bumter county,
sag at yesterday's meeting May
able to preoeut facts
I
l allied the argumenta of the
Inden speakers that it requires
thousand dollars to bot Id a mile
rd surfaced road, and he show
ttinere such roads siiteen feet in
Ii er? being constructed at a cost
fsrtween twenty-sight i.nd thirty
ad dollsrs per mile.
$0 Clarendon county speakers
I t del that Bumter county could
mm nedl hard surfaced road bonds,
flgegfcVt build mors than forty miles
myt sird surfaced roads with three
e dollars: treed to create the im
lea that the city of Sumter win
tiring the voters of Bumter ooun-1
fy a* 4 are try lag to use Clarendon
taw payers to p*y for a few miles ol
Nerd surfaced highways through the
Sjjeee of a few Sumter men.
- Tee saaaner in which Mosers. Bel
ear, Messe and Jennings knocked our
gggeui misrepresentations brought fre
ejnea and prolonged applause and
pgels fresn the Ptnewood voters. The
ggesaUer speakers hammerod the Clar
eads*--% county roads and the manner
gg refrdch Clarendon county has neg?
lect sd ptnewood. handled county
font fc.t and showed that/four hundred
tuend dollars of Claret.don's sand
read bonds will ho money thrown i
f. and that only about eight miles|
t ad clay roads could to built and
Ptnewood will never nee an Inch
?f P iece roads. The Clarendon
spotlit era tried to show that Pine wood
wot Id never get a hard surfaced road
from Bumter county.
Judging from the reception of the
Cgji lassnts of the Bumter speakers,
(Bet M the very liberal applause com
eased with the rather cold reception
of lg* episches of the Clarendon era.
tevefc looksd ss though an overwhelm
teg raajority of thlose present favor
ggSMxiag to Bumter county.
A somber of Clarendon county ctt
ajpaa questions!, the Clarendon speak
eye rather closely about the m gleet
ad Ptnewood section, about what had
nee of thousands of dollars of
Sean collected snd which no
eat seems able to Intelligently account
fat. and with other somewhat em
be miss Ins questions which the Clar
doa orators couldn't satisfactorily
Tea survey has been completed,
ssape made and sent with other nec?
esesTy papers to Governor Cooper
with a request to order the special
ei<etw>n to settle the question. Thorn
Is some opposition to voting Into
Bvniter county, very slight opposition
some of ths annexatlontats contend
Berne of the Ptnewood r It Isens fuv
ertsg annexation suggested that there
he held a big basket picnic and gala
day it Pine wood similar to the a n next
atloa meeting and picnic .it Turbo
?file on July 1th. It seemn that IMm -
woei wants to have a big time too
There clt'ssns suggested that the Pine
wood people put on this phnic din
nor, and that the ettlscna of Bumter
come and bring then* entire famtll<?
?*lt> them to meet and become ac
gontated with Ptnewood ctttseng and
the ir families.
Denies Rumor
TIM Seaboard Railway Will
Discharge Many Employees
Norfolk. July II?Vies president,
Coobrs. of the Beat>oard Air Mne, to?
day denied the reports of a whir
sprsjsd dismissal of employees of
that rait road.
' Shoots Bell Boy
Detroit. July 14?Patrick Keany. a
wealthy Dallas. Texas,' business man.
was arrested after shooting a hotel
bellboy In his room. The bov was
p-Crably fatally ai>und> -d.
ttumter County Fair Will Be the
Best Ever
ALL PRIZES ARE
DOUBLED BY DIRECTORS
Additional Premiums Will Be
Offered Clubs by Business
Men of Sumter
At a meeting of the directors of the
premium fist committee of the Sumter
County Fair Association held at the
Sumter Chamber of Commerce on
June 21st, it was enthusiastically de?
cided to make the 1920 Sumter County
Fair the biggest and grandest ever
heid in Eastern Carolina, if money for
premiums and money for entertain?
ment and educational and cooperative
work can accomplish this aim of the
directors.
It was decided to double the amount
of money offered during 1910?that in
to say. that for every dollar offered in
every department last year, there will
be double that amount throughout the
entire premium list in every depart?
ment. The management will also
about double the expense account for
amusements this year.
The famous Royal Scotch Highland?
ers' band, wearing their typical Scotch
kilties, the band that attracted thous?
ands to last year's fair during their
three days' engagement, has been se?
cured for h?x days for the 1920 fajr,
the fair proper, however1 lasting only
four days. Tho fair management in
order to secure this band for four daya
ia puylng tho band for six days' en?
gagement.
The well known and popular Krause
Greater 8hows and numerous freo at?
tractions have been booked for tent
and midway amusements.
In the Home Demonstration De
.partment the prises for club boothb
[this year will bo as follows:
First Prise.,.$200
Second Prise.160
Third Prise. . 100
Fourth Prise. 60
In the individual farm display de?
partment th* premiums for the 1920
fair will be also doubled over last
year, panning out as an Inducement
to farmers to participate. The follow?
ing premiums will be offered.
First Prise. .$200
Second Prise....".".1G0
Third Prise. 100
Fourth Prise. CO
The business men of Sumter
through the Sumter Chamber of Com?
merce and the Sumter County 'Board of
Education will stimulate interest in
the schools and various rural clubs1
of the girls and boys by offering at?
tractive premiums in addition to tho
regular and large premium list of the
fair association. Mr. J. Frank Wil?
liams, tin farm demonstration agent,
Misa Caro Trulu^k, the home demon?
stration agent, Dr. J. H. Haynsworth,
county superintendent of education.
Prof. C. 8. Hutcnlnaon. assistant
county superintendent of education,
and varloua other ladies and gentle?
men of Sumter and Sumter county,
club presidents, teachers,* officers off
two civic and business and agricultu?
ral societies and others will be on the
official staff, of the numerous depart?
ments. Mr. E. I. Reardon. manager
secretary of the Sumter County Cham?
ber of Commerce will be the manager
of publicity and Information. The
headquarters of the 1920 fair will be
at the Sumter Chamber of Commerce.
The premium list is being prepared
for the printer, and Mr. J. )<\ Williams
and Miss Caro Truluck are selecting
their numerous department superin?
tendents. The officers and directors
of the Sumter County Fair associa?
tion are: President, O. A. Lommnn;
vice president, Dr. M. U Parier; di
reetors. H. L. Tlsdalc. J. Z. Hea ton,
W Percy Smith? T H. DuBose. Jr., J.
II Myers, W. T. Brown. <ieo. V. Epper?
son. S. .1. White. H. K Scarborough.
There Is the greatest of cooperation
In every department and the Sumter
County Chamber of Commerce is go?
ing to do Its level best to help the fair
association and the county board of
education to make the 1920 Sum tor
County Fair resemble the South? rn
States* Agricultural, Industrial and
Livestock Exposition.
Zionist Home Planned
Conference Pledges Large
Amount to Found Palestine
I/ondon, July 2.1?The Zionists con?
ference today decided to Inaugui ate
a foundation fund of $lSf(t00t0<M|
f??r the establshment of the Palestine
as a Jewish National h??me. Ple?1 ? |
of self taxation on the principle \\ i re?
made.
French Advance
Encounter Nd Opposition in
March on Damascus
?strut, iuiy 2n -French troop* in
view of the failure of King Kelsal of
Syria to begm m the execution or the
ultimatum terms, began ? march on
Damascus yeaterduy. Tiny encouul
ered no 'opposition und are proce?d
ing b'wanl Alpo.
Band at Funeral
California Man Provides Tor Im?
pressive Ceremony
San J?>se. California. July ?'S?A
thirty glees band will attend ths fun
i ral of Jose Cast i o an aged man who
was staying in MM e??nnty hospital
whose Body uas found In Park Lake
yesterday. Five years ago. Castro de
[>osited money in a l??eal bank and
contracted with an undertaker for a
.and ami heaise with six white horses
DECLARE PEACE
BY MANDAMUS
Chicago Attorney Appeals To
Court for Order to Force
Secretary of State to De?
clare Peace
SAYS PRESIDENTS VETO
WAS ILLEGAL
Joint Resolution of Congress
Declaring That State of
Peace Exists Between United
States and Germany *s Final
Washington, July 26?Chief Justice
McCoy of tho District of Columbia
supreme court, will he asked to pass*
on the request of Harry McCartney, a
Chicago lawyer, for a mandamus or?
der compelling Secretary of State Col?
by to declare officially that a state of
peace exists between the United States
and Germany. The petition declares
that the president had not the author?
ity to veto the joint peace resolution
passed by the .last Hession of congress.
Tho peace resolution hearing has
been postponed until Wednesday. 4
Woman Suffrage
If Ratified, Must Our State
Election Laws be Changed
(Wyatt A. Taylor.)
Columbia. July 2G.?Following up
the suggestion made to Governor
Cooper .several weeks ago by Thomas
l*. Cothrnn, of Greenville, speaker of
he House of Representatives, to the
effect that the South Carolina election
law will be without full force upon
tl ?? ratification of the national suf
Yugc amendment and that the
;?>\?rnor might take sume ac?
tion looking to remedying the
situation, the sulTrage leaders
of South Carolina he.ve tisked Attor?
ney General Wolfe for a nopinion as
to what extent the present election
provisions of the state constitution
and of the' state laws will be without
force when tho national amendment
is proclaimed, and what action will be
necessary to correct the discrepancy
between state and national statutes.
The attorney general is expected to
render the opinion this week. The
suffrage leaders uro looking for the
ballot this fall.
Speaker Cothran recently suggested
to Governor Cooper that if the amend?
ment Is ratified and the election laws
in South Curolinaure not changed, the
election as far as it ^'as held In South
Carolina might be thrown ont as ille?
gal. He suggested two remedies, one
that the Governor call s special ses?
sion of the legislature to enact -new
election laws, and tho other that the
governor Instruct tho SVpsrviSOtS of
registration to allow women to regis?
ter during the registration period, the
lirsf half of August.
As yet Governor Cooper has taken
no action but something will probably
be done within a few days. Podding
his action, the suffrage; leaders have
asked the attorney general for an
opinion as to tho situation, und their
further action will depend on that.
Several of the suffrage leaders of
the state, some in Columbia, con?
sidered recently the plan of going to
the places of club enrollment and ask?
ing to be allowed to enroll on the
Democratic club books. However, this
was not done, as it would probably
have been of no value. The women
would hardly huye been allowed to
enroll. It Is probable that some ex?
ecutive or legislative action will be
necessary before the women of the
state can register for voting this fall.
However, they expect to vote during
the coming elections, they state. They
point to the fact that ony one more
state has to ratify ami Tennessee.
North Carolina and Connecticut legis?
latures are to meet at an early date,
in special sessions. The suffrage
leaders* in South Carolina are not
overconfident that Tennessee or North
Carolina will ratify the amendment,
but the y pin hopes to Connecticut.
Connecticut is Republican and the
two Southern states are in the major?
ity Democratic, The race between the
two parties for ratification may re?
sult in Mich perSnslon being brought
on Tennessee and North Carolina as
to result, so the suffrage leaders hope,
in ratification by one of these leg?
islatures.
Cox Writing Speech
Acceptance of Democratic Nom?
ination Will Be Completed by
Friday
has ton, July 2fi -Governor Cox to?
day began drafting his address accept"
lag the Democratic nomination. He
expects to finish it and send it to the
prlntor by next Friday,
Yacht Race Delayed
Wind Fails When Cup Racers
Were Lined Up For the Start
Sandy Hook, July L'tf. Tin; Ameri?
ca's CUp race was postponed at U.30
.i. in. for IT. RlinUte intervals. The
wind conditions were responsible,
Shortly before tho start the wind was
so light that It was not enough to
drive the sloops over the 10 mile
course within the six hours' tints limit.
While trying out her sails the Sham?
rock fell Into a calm epol and signall?
ed for a tow.
Signals Were later set for the race
lo start at 11 ::<>,
: I
LAST RACE FOR
AMERICA'S CUP.
Brisk Breeze Blowing From
Northwest Gives Promise of
STRAIGHT RUN SEAWARD
AND THRASH WINDWARD
Sir Thomas i Lipton is Now
Nearer Winning Cup for
Which He Has So Long Con?
tended Than Ever Before
Sandy Hook, July 26.?A brisk
breeze blowing something like 12
knots, came out of the northwest this
morning, providing a. (ine wind for' the
final contest between thy Kesolutr and
Shamrock. With the wind blowing
northwest a run of tifteen miles sea?
ward and a thrash to the windward
home is indicated.
Sandy Hook, July 2G.?The Sham?
rock crossed the starting line almost)
a minute ahead of the Resolute in
the fifth race which will decide the
series.
The course Wae a 16 mile run from
Ambrose channel to Light Ship with
a 15 mile beat back to the Light Ship.
At 12.45 the yachts were moving slow?
ly with the Shamrock still ahead. In
the Luffing match which carried the
yachts far off their course the Sham?
rock kept in too far toward the beach'
and when the ytichts finally gybed and
started toward the filter mark the
Resolute slipped, in the lead at 1.50
and three minutes later was about 10
seconds ahead of the Shamrock.
Legislature Gossip
Who Will be the Next Speaker
of the House?
Columbia. July 2G.?The recent an?
nouncement from Orangeburg that
Joseph A. Berry, speaker pro tem' of
the House, will not offer for reelection
but is a candidate for tho state senate
from his county, is of more than local
interest in South Carolina. It is taken
by many to mean that Speaker Thom?
as P. Cothran, of Greenville, will of?
fer for reelection, despite his an?
nouncement during the !'J20 session,
that he would not offer for reelection,
It is known that Mr. Cothran and
Mr. Perry are gCOd friends, and i. i
Understood thaC th^y have discuss d
the legislative situation recently. Mr.
Berry stated la.?t winter that he would
be a candidate for reelection to tho
house and would Beek to be speaker
next year due to Mr. Cothran's in?
tended retirement. It is known that
he would not ober against Mr. Coth
ran. and the fact that he has now of?
fered for th'e state senate instead of
for the house is taken to mean that
he knows Mr. Cothran intends to run
again. No announcement has been
made by Mr. Coihran, but this is po?
litical gossip Indulged in in the cap?
ital city. Mr. Cothran is expected to
make some announcement right away.
Fraud in War
Risk Bureau
District of Columbia Grand Jury
Begins N Investigation?Ten
Employees Arrested
Washington. July 2<i.?The District
of Columbia Grand Jury today began
an investigation of the alleged conspir?
acy of certain employes of the war
risk insurance bureau to defraud dis?
abled service men and dependants of
compensation they were legally en?
titled to. Ten persons have already
been arrested.
Cox Prepares Speech
Dayton, July 2-t?(lovernor Cox
hoped today to end all political con?
ferences until his speech of acceptance
was completed, lie bad half a dozen
conferences today afler Which he will
begin preparation <d the speech which
is scheduled for Aumist 7th
^Exciting Race
Yachts
( Wyatt a. Taylor)
CHECK FLASHER
ARRESTED HERE
Young Man Confesses to Seri?
ous Charge
MAY BE WANTED
IN COLUMBIA
Is Said to Come From Very
Prominent Family in Oconee
County
A well dressed young man. giving
the names of James M. Moss, was ar?
rested at a local hotel Thursday eve?
ning by Officers Chandler and Owens*
of the local police, on the charge of
passing worthless checks.
Chief Harwick had a telegram from!
the sheriff of Oconee county and a
telephone message from Columbia
Thursday asking him to be on the
watch for a young man. 22 years old,
with an impediment in ins speech,
who was passing bad checks. The
chief put Officers Chandler and Owens
on the job and they found ft young
man at a hotel who answered the de?
scription. He was h/ought to the city
jail and searched and about 75
checks already made out and signed
were found on him. The, cheeks were
on various banks throughout the state
and were signed with different names.
Moss confessed to having tried to
pass checks hi Sumter, being turned
down at the Palmetto Fire Insurance
Co. He says that this is the only place
be tried.
The Columbia State Friday morning
carried a description of a young* fel?
low who worked that town With bad
checks Wednesday. While th-p young
man arrested here complies with the
description given In the State and tins
one sent by officers in Columbia, he
denies having been there, saying he
had been in Sumter since Tuesday
evening.
It is said that Moss conies from a
very prominent family of/Walhalla,
his father having been sheriff of Oco?
nee county.
He will be held here until the prop?
er authorities arrive.
Congressman Whaley
Withdraws From Race
Books Will Be Re-opened to Per?
mit Other Candidates to
Enter
Columbia, July^23?The withdraw?
al from congress of congressman
Whaley of the fifth district leaving
Turner W. Dogan as the sole candi?
date came as a surprise to the dem?
ocratic leaders in South Carolina to
Jday. The withdrawal was announced
Jin a telegram from Washington in
jwhich the congressman ascribed his
withdrawal to the condition of his
health.
Secretary Edmunds of the State
Democratic Committee was asked
whether or i\ot the entries would be
reopened and he replied by quoting
a paragraph of the party rules re?
quiring that where there are one or
two candidates in a race if one should
withdraw because of health or dies,
the State Committee shall offer an
opportunity for the entry of other
candidates, provided the withdrawal
comes more than twenty days prior
to the first primary. I
It is not known when Chairman
Cothran will call the committee to
open the entries. Congressman Wha?
ley in withdrawing from the race
states that his physician forbids him
making a vigorous campaign that
would be necessary due to the fight
that, is being waged against him in
[Charleston and he feels it necessary
jto retire. In his statement he pays a
i tribute to President Wilson as tho
! greatest execut ive since Washington.
Harding Starts Fight
j Managers Expect His Stand To
Be Attacked
Marion, July 23?The Harding
stand on the league of nations out?
lined in his speech of acceptance yes?
terday was expected by his managers
to furnish the chief bone of conten?
tion during next stage of the pollti
|cal campaign.
STEAM LAUNDRY
BBURNED
Lagre and Expensive Plant De?
stroyed by Fire
_ s i i
VERY LITTLE SAVED
FROM FLAMES
Loss to Management Will Total
Many Thousand Dollars, Will
Salvage Some
One of the largest fires in Sumter
for some time occurred Thursday
night when the plant of U e Sumtei:
Steam Laundry on South Washington
street was burned to tho ground. The
fire was discovered about 11.30 and,
the fire department was soDn on the
job, but th>2 Ore had evidently burned
on the inside a good bit before it was!
discovered. The firemen did their best
to check the blaze but it had too big
a start on them so there was nothing
left to do but keep it from spreading.
The building was valued at $1,0001
and had $500 insurance on it. The
contents were valued at $;:5,000 and}
had $4,2<>0 insurance. There was aboutt
$8,000 worth of finished and unfinish?
ed laundry in the building.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
Messrs. II. <>. and W. T. Hrightwell.
the managers of the laundry, state that
both the < lectric and gas irons were
examiiud by them at 8 p m., before
they left and there was no rign, of fire.
Some of the laundry will be salvage^,
as soon as the adjusters irrive and
'will be returned to the own?rs as soon
as possible.
The budding belonged tc the estate
of Marion Moise.
More Rioting in Belfast
Ten Are Killed and Many Are
Wounded
Belfast. July 23?Shoot;ng in tho
ty was renewed this morning in tho
area wher the bitter fighling occur?
red ladt night in a clash between the
Unionists and the Sinn Fei ters which
necessitated military intervention. It
was definitely stated that ten presons
were killed last night anc ..over one
hundred were wounded.
Poles Ask Aid
Of United States
Say They Need the Mora! Sup?
port of the America! People
Washington, July 23?Poland has
asked the state department to form?
ally announce to the world the mioral
support of the United States to Po?
land in its battle against tie Russian
Bolshev:ki. Suggestion was also made
that simlar expression from Presi?
dent Wilson would be welcomed and
would do rnuoh to stiffen the morals
of the Polish people. , / ? /
Polish Outlook Gloomy
Newspapers of Europe Fear
For the Peace of the Conti?
nent
London. July 23?The Polish out?
look appears increasingly menacing
to the newspapers. Emphasis was
laid on the danger to the peace Of
Europe by most newspapers today.
Some free a Bolshevik determination
to destroy Poland. Fears also were
expressed that if the Bolshevik! reach
the Eastern frontier, a German spar
tacists or monarchists uprising th* re
will be. certain.
Warsaw, July 23?Polat d has sent
armistice proposals direct to the Sov?
iet Government at Mosccw. accord?
ing to advices received here.
London. July 23 ?The capture by
the So /let troops of the Dubno For?
tress defending the South astern Po?
lish border was announcer in a Mos?
cow wireless received her: today.
Roosevelt Resigns
Washington, July 24?Franklin D.
Roosevelt, democratic vice-president
nominee formally presented the pres?
ident with his resignation effective on
August ninth, the day he will be for?
mally notified of his nomination.
LUMBER
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MATERIALISE PAINTS
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Flooring,
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Siding,
(using, Grates,
Mouldings, Saws,
lrumlng Lumber, Hatchets.
Red Cedar shingles, Hammers, Beerer Pipe.
Pino and Clptcea Shingles, Door Hangern, Stove Flue,
Metal and Composition Shingles, Curpcntcr's Tools, Terra '>>ttn Thimbles
DOOM, Sash and Hlinds, Paint finishes, Mortar Colon und stains
1'oroh Columns and liallasters, PuhiLs and Oils, Water Proofing Mineral.
Beaver Hoard, Inside Decorations, Corrugated Metal Roofing,
Valley Tin and Ridge Roll, Calsomincs and Odd Water Paints,Asbctos and Composition RoofLig.
WIRK FENCING, IRON AND WOOD POSTS
EVERYTHING FOR THE HOUSE
Booth & McLeod, Inc.
SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA