The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 28, 1920, Image 1
WATCHMAN, IfrstablU
>ATED AUG. 2, It
JUrw Ideas on City
Aitaintotr.ation
ION OF THE
?NS IS NEEDED
Criticism and Wil!
to Run the City
People
Howard Still well has
a trip to Norfolk, Vs..
t to study too met?ods
tetratton that were in?
a few ysars ago and
_ so much ?uccesa by
Asbburner. Mr. gtillwell
I in hfs trip having
with Mr. Ash
having an opportunity to
band, the most mod
Of city government. The
that was discussed be
tstanagg rs w#e the gen?
et the different de
'and the methods that Mr.
In securing his
Uon. Mr. Ash
streas) pa the proper
the departments them
? the various depart
a the city manager
of the city. Mis
going to Norfolk
I als men together and
the value of cooperation,
there their success
dpended entirely on
Mr# Ash burner was ac
Ja sacs ring the assistance
along this line, that with
mm that were In tho old
thai proved very sue
has oae of the model
Wk of the country.
tor Mr. Ashburncr's
fact thai he Is backed
defined charter that
latail his duties and re
This has been a gres*
Hi his work/ Mr. Aih
task was to get th?
froin the clthtcnn he
Ahr taiing Mr. still
diffkulttcs, he point
that tHe city managet
1a understand tha<
df the city to sat i
eat does what It Is,
at tho same tira?
|y as possible,
discord la caused In
at the commission
criticism. A city
destructive criti
a, of the destructive
referred. When a ctt
wi' h some part oi
a he should no:
who r.re doing the
to Other people, hit
pursue is to go to the
Hate he can Ulk the
and after the .managet
Skies Of the question
the* beat action to ?><
/??asm ami on form 01
ss fasttiuted on the Ides
ettisen equal rtght>
whether he be rich
Introduced to tflf
Of sJI this different depart
waai through each de
f Uss elty of Norfolk, ob.
hand the operation
of tho work. Nor
a budget system wtych
?m rsfM?rt tb be submitted b>
outlining its flnon
the eniutng year. The
rs then appropriate th
are , the department of
gaaclt It will hsve to
departments in the city
s#e the dpsrtment ot
I sjgMIr works, law. public
m*M sjsjhite safety.. this in
and police depart
ill succeeded in securing
af Information In Nor?
th** will apply to Sumter and he
(that tho various depart men tu
?f the local government can be made
fa fase?iOn equally as well as those of
ftSflSs^ regardleas of the difference
ss sssa.
Mr, artUtwell la busy today going
the streets of the city with ?
itatlve of tho Georgia Engt
Company, which company
wkH* h*v? charge of the repairing or
tht bad place? la the various street*,
representative believes he will he
va start the repairing by the
meddle of September. The reason
far the delay is the great difficulty
la securing brick and cement, es?
pecially essnent Us promises how
evST that fast as soon as the mmier.
taJs can be sscurtd, the work will be
Woodbury Appointed
Tw Rae 9**4 Bo?tvtft mm Atmiat
mni Secretary
Washington, A ig. St.?Gordon
?odbury of New Hampshire was to
appointed asakitant secretury of
aavy. succeeding Roosevelt.
Figg in Married
Bslmonte. Cat. Aug. 2?.?Assstant
Ualted mates Aftcrnsy General II.
at. ?igg fhtaine t a license today to
saairy sMdth gtrnusa. daughter of Mr.
asat Mrs. Charles Htruu**?. of New
toed April, 1S50. "Be Just
181.
GREAT FAIR
FORSUMTER
I
id;
Chamber of Commerce Will En?
tertain and Advertise
MANY THOUSANDS
WILL VISIT CITY
Merchants and Others Will Be
Asked to Contribute to Enter?
tainment Fund
Several of Sumter's far seeing
business men have taken up with the
Chamber okf Commerce the proposi?
tion of turning fair week. November
I6h to 20th into a big thing for Sum
ter, and doing some entertaining and
advertising.
To begin with the Sumter County
Fair Association has engaged at a
cost t>f 81.500.00, the famous Royal
Scoter Highlanders Band that play?
ed here during the 191? county fair
for the mo fair.
This band at some additional cost
ould be engaged by,the business men
to furnish music for some kind of
fall festival for our thousands of
-ustomer* from several counties whom
some business men think that Sum.
tar's business men should occasional?
ly entertain free of cost.
It haa been suggested that a pre
?ram of appropriate entertainment be
arranged for such as Is done annual
?y by hundreds of other progressive
dties, and1 that we endeavor to get
is many thousand people as possible
0 visit Sumter fcr several days during
our 1920 fair and show that Sumter
's willing to "loosen up" a little to
ihow our friends and customers that
we apprecliite their trade and like to
mingle with them on friendly rela
iona as well as on purely business
grounds.. #
Towns aind cities, like individual
business concerns should turn loose
?ome of the money that the business
inen make In getting into closer touch
vith their -egular customers and in
he mean time seek to Induce other
ustomer* to vlst their towns to see
?hat Is to be had.
Thousands of new people will visit
1 town or city for a fall festival or
?ome kind of entertainment, a muse
nent. and relaxation who would not
[orobably visit that city under o.rdi
airy conditions. Once they visit
Sumter and see and mix with the
tumter busness concerns they are apt
to do some business with us after?
wards. If this annual custom was not
n vogue in other towns In South
Carolina Sumter would perhaps not
*>e benefited so much by occasional?
ly spreading its hospitality among
regular and prospective new custo.
-nera But since other towns and
cities are rutting on something every
vear to advertise, entertain, and draw
new trade It is a question of whether
Sumter cat afford not to follow suit
ind come across with the same kind
*f stunt.
Our anrua! county fair Is Just as
much a Sumter city as a Sumtcr
M>nnty annual event of pleasure, in
'truction. cooperation, educaton and
rood fellowship. Sumter city de
ives more actual cash advantage out
of the annual county fair than all of
aounty put together.
Hundreds of ,men and women con?
nected with the various attractions
ncldental to a county fair, thousands
)f farmers and their famillles and ex?
hibitors, and other visitors necessar?
ily spend thousands of dollars in
Sumter during every fair. These
'laltors must eat. sleep, and other?
wise be sccomodated. and they spend
many thousands of dollars here dur?
ing their short stay.
It is true that people while frol.
'Icking do not spend a great deal of
'heir money for dotting, fertilizers,
horses and mules, automobiles, agri?
cultural machinery .to. but they
?pend a lot of money in the town or
city they are visiting Just the same.
And they spend a lot of their cash
here also when they are not out for
a good time. People will enjoy
themselves In their own particular
way occasonally. If Sumter does
not provide legitimate amusement
and entertainmnt for her thousands
of customers why some other com?
petitive town or city will,'and will
set the friendship and good will, and
no little of Sumter's legitimate busi?
ness while doing so.
The friendship and' good will of
thousands of people who annually
seek pleasure and recreation are well
worth having, and hospitality is one
of the best things in the world to se?
cure the gnod will of people.
Other cities and towns are annual?
ly endeavoring to get and to keep
business. 8umter will have, to play
the same game In the same way or
lose some business to the hospitable
cities and towns which do go after
new business and seek to keep regu?
lar or old business. We don't put on
hospitality and entertainment events
for our pleasure but for the pleasure
and amusement <>f our cutuomers.
Just because a Sumter business man
doesn't care himself for the kind of
recreation or pleasure that his cus?
tomers like Is no Indication that his
customers are not out. occasionally,
for a little fun and relaxation.
The managers of crlcuses and the.
gtfteal companies, and the actors and
actrcsHCM do not unjoy the perform
ggSBt us much as the audiences do,
but the artists and show owners keep
the perfOmAnoes going for the money
there Is to be made out of the pleus
and Fear Not?I*t ail the ends Thou A
SUMTER, S. C, SATU1
BOLL WEEVILS
IN SUMTER
Reports of Pest Are Coming in
From Many Sections
TO HOLD DEMONSTRATION
ON MONDi
Ciemson Experts Will Be
Sumter to Show Methods of
Weevil Poisoning
The experts from the division of
Kntymology will hold a demonstration
of boll weevil poisoning on the farm
of Mr. Isaac Strauss near Sumter on
Monday, August 30. Daily reports
are coming in of the finding of boU I
weevils in various sections of ttys
county and it is hoped that a largo
number of farmers will be present to
see the most modern methods of boll
weevil fighting.
Mr. Frank Williams is especially
desirous of seeing, a large number Of
farmers present, as he believes it w^!|
mean much to the planters of tl
county. The following letter froi
Mr. Williams shows the great import
ance of the farmers knowing whi
they are doing when they plant cott<
next spring:
During the present week boll wee?
vils arc appearing on a great number
of the cottdn farms in the lower half
of Sumter county. On one tarra neaT
Wedgetlold 1 was told that' by actual
count eight hundred weevils wereT^
raught and killed on several acres of
land. It looks as if they will get here
in sufficient numbers this fall to Rive
us a great deal of trouble next year if
conditions are favorable to their dep
radations. Already we hear of farm?
ers within 40 and 60 miles of us who
states that they will be cut 50 per cent,
this year.
I know the farmers of Sumter eouji
ty and I know that they are going to
try growing cotton next year. A num?
ber will resort to the use of calcium
nrsenate to poison him and t seems to"
be a very good remedy, bgl it certain-^
ly adds to the cost of production and
anything that adds to the cost of pro
uction decreases the profits and should
be thoroughly investigated.
Now we are to have a boll weevil
dusting or poisoning demonstration on
Mr. Isaac Strauss' farm three miles
south of Sumter under the supervis?
ion of the division of Entymology or
Ciemson college at which the different
kinds of machines will be exhibted and
you wll be told the principle of pol
sonng and you can decide for yourself
upon the merits of the machines. The
date in next Monday. August 30th, at
11 o'clock.
Come out. inform yourself and
make up your own mind whether you
will poison the weevils next year or
not. If you do not attend thts demon?
stration do not blame me if you ar^
induced by a salesman to purchase
poisoning machines and make a fail?
ure. J. Frank Wlllams,
Co. Dem Agent.
Boll Weevils Busy
in Sumter County
Almost daily reports are received of
the finding of boll weevils in various
sections ot Sumter county. The re?
ports all agree that the w evils have
not spread over entire fields, but are
found in spots here, and there showing
that the pest is spreading from iso
.ated centers of infestation. In the
infested spots the weevils are quite
numerous and are doing considerable
damage to the cotton, but as compar
ativtly small areas are infested the
loss from weevil damage will not be
serious this season. The widespread
presence of the weevils at this season,
the wet weather and the long time be?
fore frost threatens heavy infestation
next season and serious damage to
cotton. The latest report of the dis?
covery of weevils in cotton was made
by Mr. Herman Myers, who said
that he had found weevils in several
places on his farm on the Statcburg
road, and that III each infested area
the weevils were destroying the forms.
There appeared to be a largo number
of weevils in each area. He said that
the damage that the weevils are doing
convinces him that with heavy infest*
ation enrly In the season that it will
be impossible to plant cotton on the
j large scale heretofore customary and
make a profit.
Appeal For Relief
Washington. Aug. 26.?A North
Carolina delegation appealed to the
interstate commerce commission to?
day to relieve the fuel shortage in
North Carolina, which they said is
very serious.
ure that the ticket buyers get from the
show.
Any business man who has passed
the age where he wants to enjoy
himself should take this business
view of the nnnual hospitality and en?
tertainment event ho is asked to help
pay for in order to induce people to
visit Sumter as often as possible.
Every business man has some kind of
recreation anil pleasure. No one
wards Sumter business man to stand
on his head, dnnee the shimmy, cut
the pigeon wing step, or walk a tight
wire to amuse his customers. The
Sumter Chamber of Commerce can
secure plenty of performers to do
funny things much better than all the
Sumter business men put together
for less money too?nnd amuse- the
visitors. ,
f
Jms't at be thy C ountry's, Thy God's, a
RDAY, AUGUST 28, 1920
EUROPE FEARS
RED SUCCESS
Hungarian Statesman Afraid
For Their Country
PEOPLE HAVE NOT RECOV?
ERED FROM WORLD WAR
Cost of Living Greatly Increas?
ed and All Production is
Paralysed
Budapest, August 24 -Hungary'*
statesmen are fearful of the eon se?
quences if the Bolshevik! crush Po?
land. Admiral Nicholas Horthy, Ke
gent of Hungary, when seen at his
palace otttce by The Associated Press
correspondent, said on the subject: ? I
"Should Poland collapse Europe
would have to face a serious crisis,
since all international order and stand?
ing power of Central Europe has been
shaken by the breakdown after five
years r.f war and by the crushing
peace treaty In addition to other evils
dictated by the Allies were unable to
create order and tranqrility, on the
contrary all our evils grew mors acute
and all painful problems, o.i way of
soution more or less in the p*?st, fuse
us grimly like as many sphinxes. Cen?
tral Europe is a volcano after the
eruption, still covered with smoke and
we cannot see any reaesurirg sign as
yet to avert dangers lurking in the fu?
ture above Europe.
"I am informed about the prepa?
rations of the Bolshevists These prep?
arations are not related to Bolshe
visitic propaganda is an enemy of all
countries not accepting the principles
of the Third Internationale, trying to
spread its doctrines 1 In the United
States as well as Hungary.
"The most dangerous means of all
Bolshevistic offensives is Just the pro?
paganda and from that viewpoint
there was not i moment's hesitation
in the Bolshevistic offensive against
Hungary. On the contrary it main?
tains a feverish activity against us by
the means of the Hungarian commun?
istic fugitives in Vienna ajd*d with
Russian money. It is a pity that in
many Western countries people do
not realize the dangers and the mean?
ing ot the Bo'shevist propaganda.
j'i "The relation of Hungary to her
neighbors depends solely upon how
JgttJ&kghho** Wiah to ?nlobliab M to?
ward us. It in In trielr interest that
the treaty has been forced on us by
the Allies so that is their duty to start
better relations. Although it is much
easier for them to do that, unhappily
they show very few signs of their in~
entions to that effect up to the pres?
ent. They continue their intolerable
attitude toward Hungarians living on
territories severed from Hungary.
"Day by day for 18 months our
people have been fleeing from the oc?
cupied territories and our railroad ter?
minals are not large enough to shelter
the railroad cars they are living in.
These persecuted families of course,
are strong advocates of an irredentist
propaganda. If our neighbors have a
realty serious intention to improve
'-onditions in these territories they
have to make it possible, first df all,
for those fellow countrymen of ours to
return home. They have to stop per?
secutions so that even on that most
unfortunate spot of Europe there
should be open for everybody a chance
to make a living compatible with hu?
man dignity. It would b? of a first
rate importance to have effected
that improvement In public senti?
ment, as a preliminary condition to
the resumption of economic connec?
tions.
"The misery of the people of these
territories of the Autro-Hungarian
monarchy, a compact economical ter
?itiry in the past, is due mainly to thor
fact, that all the natural, economic
ties are cut and they are being forced
Into most unnatural connections. We
quote as an Instance the salt supply
of the country which commodity could
be procured from the mies a few kilo?
meters distant from the present boun?
dary line in Marmaros. In spite of all
that we are obliged to supply our needs
in salt from Germany. That unnatural
order of things increases enormously
the cost of living and paralyzes all.
I production."
Cox at Evansville
Bvansville, Aug. 25.?Cox arrived
here to open another campaign tour
and was met by a large crowd. He is
expected to deal extensively with the
campaign fund charges until his Pitts?
burgh address tomorrow.
Mother Kills Children
Fresno. Cal.. August 2 5?The eight
year old daughter of Mrs. T?uura If.
Brown is dead, and Mrs. Brown and
her ten year old son are seriously
wounded by shots fired by Mrs. Hnown
who. acocrding to the police, stood
Mind folded with her children against,
i the wall and opened fired With shot
gun. The authorities believe she war
insane.
Hughes Favors Harding
Marlon. Aug. 25.?Charles Bvans
Hughes Issued: a long statement to?
day endorsing Harding and expressing
confidence that Harding would SOOtlrs
the establishment of an international
tribunal. He charged that khO Cos
j nomination was brought about bv
I bosses.
nd Truth's."
THE TRUE S<
POLAND REJECTS
PEACE TERMS
.Russians Are Fleeing From
Battlefield in Disorder
FENSIVE BEYOND BORDER
WILL NOT PUSH OF
I
France Agrees With America
in Recent Note to Polish Au?
thorities
London. August 25?Poland's reply
to the peace terms of the Russians
amounts to a flat rejection says the
Mancheser Guardian's Minsk corres?
pondent in a wireless filed Monday.
Warsaw. August 25?Reports from
various fronts indicate that the Bol?
shevik! are demoralized and are flee?
ing everywhere in great disorder. The
minister of war at Warsaw says that
of the quarter of a million Russians
participating in the Warsaw offensive
140,000 are accounted for and nearly
all other detachments are shot to
I pieces.
London, August 25?Krassin and
Kamineff. the Russian representatives
here have applied for passports and
will start for Moscow Friday unless
the British change their attitude to?
ward extending recognition to the So?
viets, a morning newspaper says.
Paris, Aug. 25.?Negotiations look?
ing to the surrender to the Potes of
the northern Russian army were be?
gun, according to Vienna dispatches
here which places the Russian prison?
ers at ?m00.
Paria? Aug. 25.?The French 'for?
eign office announces today thati
France is in accord with the United
States that the Polish armies should
remain within Poland's ethnographic
frontier.
London. Aug. 25.?Lloyd George
promised tat England would recog?
nize the new free state of Fiume dur?
ing a conference with Italian premier,
says a Rome Central News dispatch
quoting Lucerne advices.
Ixmdon. Aug. 25.?Immediate rup?
ture of the Russi-Polish peace nego?
tiation will tp*ua if the poles,adher?
to their demand f^r the withdrawal
of the main Russian terms says a
Moscow wireless dispstch.
Intrastate Fares May
Be Increased
Columbia, August 25?According to
Columbia officials of the main trunk
lines operating in the state, an effort
will be mado at the next term of the
legislature, which convenes in Janu?
ary, to have an act passed increasing
the pasenger fare limit for intrastate
passenger business in South Carolina.
At present the limit Is three cents j
mile. No r< ad is allowed to charge
morethan this, unless the road Is less
than forty miles in length. The rail?
road commission recently it-sued an
order refusing to allow the railroads
to increase their pasenger fares for
journeys wholly within the bounds of
the state, duo to the fact tha the pres?
ent fare of hree cents a mile is all that
the state law allows. For the roada
to chargp more for intrastate travel
would require a new law, enacted by
the legislature. It is stated that thiti
wil be presented to the solons in Jan?
uary.
The increased railroad rates, and
fares take affect Thursday of this
week. The freight increase is twenty
five per cent for the South, thirty-five
for the West and forty for the Norh.
On shipmens from one section to an?
other the increase is thirty-three and
a third. The income on interstate
passenger fares is wenty per cent Pull?
man fares will be increased fifty per
cent. The new charge take effect at
m,dnight Wednesday night.
Ex-Service Men Will
Help Comrades
I ,
Go* lumbia. August 25?A commit?
tee of ex-service men was today an
I Mounced to aid in the work of train?
ing wounded and disabled veterans of
the World War under the government
vocational training plan. This com?
mittee was named at a conference here
yesterday afternoon between J. L.
Davis, director of the work for the
state, and Dr. C. G. Shuts, of Atlanta,
head of the vocational training work
of the southeast. The South Carolina
committee is composed of the follow?
ing: Joseph \V. Phillips. Sparen?
burg; B. W. Rogers, Charleston; S. Iv.
Nash. Sumter; L. B. Harrison. Green?
wood; W. A. Mooney, Greenville; O.
H. Doyle. Anderson; J. P. McNeill.
Florence; J. L. Glenn. Chester, and
Marcus Price and T. \V. Wilson. Co?
lumbia. Approximately 1.500 disabled
t former soldiers are on the lists to be
! helped right away, it was stated.
Traer, la#, Aug. 26?James Wilson,
former secretary of agriculture, died
at his home here today.
Honolulu, Aug. 24.?The recall by
Japan of all Japansee who have emi?
grated to tb" United States has been
proposed by prominent Tokio citizens
l us a means ot solving the Japanese
problem in American, says a Tokio
I cablegram to a newspaper here and
I the proposal is supported by the prom
OL THRON, Established Jim?
VOL. LI. M
PARR SHOALS
CASE ABANDO!
i _
Department of Justice
draws Former Action
STRUCTURE SAID TO II
FERE WITH NAVIGAT1
Many Columbians To Go
Washington to Consult JVi
Secretes? Baker
Columbia, August 25?The
Shoals case, in which an effort
instituted to have the big power
above Columbia torn down, has
abandoned by the department of
tice, despite the fact that there is 1
be a hearing before Secretary of Wi
I Baker on September 9th. Recent
I United States District Attorney I
1H. Weston received instructions
! the attorney general's office to dil
itinue the case; that its prosecution
.stopped. The hearing on the 9th. i
'sated, is called for the purpose of aJ|
lowing all parties concerned to have^
hearing, and to have a mutual un<
standing between the war deparvHsj
and the Parr Shoals company a*to
future operation of the power pi
and its control of the water flow,
the light of the possibility of naaxf
tion on the Congaree.
Governor Cooper has been adt
as have officials of the Parr Si
company, of the hearing on the
notice having been sent by Major
eral Lansing H. Beach, chief of engi?
neers. Secretary of War Bake- will,
it- is said, hear the discussion of the
case. .T. B S. Lyles. cojnsel, and V
H. Knox, president of the Parr Shoal*
company, will attend the hearing tu
the national capital, as will probably
other Columbians.
The case against the Parr ghoaJn
dam was instituted on the ground thai
the structure interferes with naviga?
tion of the Congaree and streams be?
tween Columbia and the occar. Fol?
lowing the oMerti from the . epart
ment of justice for District Attorney
Weston to proceed against the dam, *
committee of Columbians went to
Washington representing the Cham?
ber of Commerce. Protest wan made
and it was explained to war depart*
ment officials that the Congaree is!
practically out of use ae a navigable
^.?stream. The case was c rtiered'dlftemi
tinued. The hearing on the Sth wilt
probobly be the list step in the pro
ceedlng8.
Cotton Meeting in
Columbia
Will Hold Cotton and Fora Ex
port Corporation
Wthout a dissenting voice the South
Carom a division of the American Cot?
ton association yesterday adopted in
toto the plan formulated by the ex?
ecutive committee for averting th?5
"financial bankruptcy wheh the cot?
ton producer faces under present mar?
keting conditona"
The plan in brief provides that ev.
ery bale of cotton be held off the mar?
ket until the minimum price to be fil?
ed in Montgomery next week is 6%?
tained; to form an export corporation
with a capital stock of S0O.000 bales,
one purpose of this corporation being
to ship cotton to foreign countries,
to reduce the 1921 crop by one-third
this reduction being brought, about
by the signing of a pedgc in which the
signer agrees to have his acreage
measured by his neighbors. The
pledge provides that if the signer vo
lates it, he may be penalised by a fine
of $500 collectable in any of the
courts.
The meeting yesterday - was^aaily
the most important gathering of cot?
ton producers held in this state. an?T"
it was featured by an air of earn?
estness and determination which
would seem to indicate that the farm
I ers are through with "resorting' and
i are now determined to take concrete
j action to save themselves. Wh le there
I was some diversity of opinion as to
,the feasibility of the report corpora?
tion, L. D. Jennings of Si.mter propos?
ing another plan for tiding over the
present crisis as a general thing un?
animity of opinion prevailed and when
pledge was offered to "retire 25 per
cent, of the present crop and to hold
cotton untd Hades freezes over if need
he" there was a burst of applause
from the great throng.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
To hold every bale of cotton off the
market until the minimum price to bei ^
fixed, in Montgomery next week is
i obtained.
To form an export corporation with
ia capital stock of 500.000 bales.
To reduce the 19 21 crop by one
third.
Airplanes Return
Nome. Aug. 26.?The three sir
planes began their return flight to
Mineola. N. Y., today.
Cox Promises Sen?
sation at Pittsburgh
I En Route With Cox. Aug. 26?Cox
traveling towards Pittsburgh to de
I Iver his address promising to dsclose
? evdence of a Republics \ presdeatial
fund exceeding fifteen million Is plan
n'ng to make his ndlrcss from a
breast pocket collection he sad that
? contained Mnvlnoing proof ef hi*1
charges. j