The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 01, 1920, Image 4
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and government
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the arfnjr. The peas
gat, hha to aoM food to tho
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fcr Voo good to thetn. They>M1
ts&a foo4 for anybody they Jis~
?feilt) t*t* glaftke tho ttttaole
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f* ?o aat osoerfsaruy (the the
?sei e( Pe4eh*vUm. Delikts*.
med* each heidway
let arnilea. falietj, be?
an* depised the
e?ltlv*Usg thoir
hK 4 latter nrrUteo hint by
y oosoi on the ooeaalon >f the
<r> rg*raaiaeOi. and, reoemly pub
A< ssOkes that clear; Denlkine
I Its vktocteO la tho Herd, hut
I ho hast woo territory ho had
?Off pert from the rural papula'
gud pvovaton* were withheld
I b VOL to Iiis victorious ?rmlos
Od away.
rsafel Ig wiser. Ho cultivate*
peasant*, and aj trusted by them
i *iwt is probably tho most hope
|ti Op about him. end one of the
SO ?gos*? why France gave hi in
glitten, though moving from
Ooglsainirs.' coot rolling as yet
SOU segment La the Crimea,
wta tho aettvo support of
pel rotation he may event
al Russia.
UtlUUAXD
the present Brit
recogslsed by
rvere a* gain
lly. It seeme
y of coercion
t by Uoyd
_eu hott tUtex
Ireland,
e Irish
ginn
out
*eun correspondent whose obeerva
?re presumably disinterested.
'pMi*? otjt tho hard, distasteful (ash
the British army has ahead of it
"I know", he says, "the military
Obmiminden* piuyed the government,
would maae a positive offer of do
minion home rule, and none curt>
Ulster's selfishness and Lloyd George's!
evldeut disdain for Ireland more than!
tho army which mutt carry out his
orders. Now begins a long, tense
struggle In the attempt to seise, and
court-martial Volunteer leaders and
suppress tho Sinn Fein courts and)
councils, which means an attempt to |
rocoraiuer Ireland. It will not sue
coed, dealer* the republicans. The
government can hardly ?rpect t >
break down the Volunteer*.
-Every Irishman if v potential!
Iflna Feiner, and It is Hail Ml Will
be, aftsr the next two months' op
?ruastmV From today the situation
pmctioedly will he this: All Irishmen
in revolt on on e side, an 1 the British
Amy mt Occupation, rying to re*i
press them, on the ether.
Ihriqbntiy it It no trivial revolt
that Great Britain has to deal with
this t?*">e. It looks wort like another
A^ogrssan Revolution. . There la a|
"flpirll of Tl" abroad in ireland, gnd
with all, the Ulster opposition, per?
haps an much unity gainst England
an there we* in this country when
the struggle for our own independ
Ogee started The British army, an
vug ,$he case with America, has little
U fur **? taatc. flave the British
any more, And Lloyd George |
?Atting moat Warne for th?
InUpjlssn firm he . aspire fa|
f^Mrrge llXT
? WtOi UHT PRICKS DOWN.
Lie tie by Utile prices are coming
denen, and tue reduction Iii general.
Fsiwt one oonssnodlty showed it, then'
somber. Jn IM ?oeuiree of a few
get iths people *hoold ke buying thfe]
haH^searVes] fft Hfe gt somewhere near
te> flgtjrsJs."
^?tg*t Ojfcey'" * Ihe danger point,
flunking ,,hm ''anon the future fairly
sscuro, the oonsumnr 11 likely to re?
lax hie vigilance and economy, toj
rising he need not hive been ao
iilfajped at the high coat of every
tionjr, that he made an undue amount j
frt fun*, and that above all he need
got have dropped so suddenly from
bin (roe and easy, extravagance into
cautious buying.
Ali wrong! It Is precisely becau*
polpW did get the acetro of tfreir
ttteo) and fly Into a ??ge of protest,
and stop buying at profiteer prints)
the thing* they needed and wanted
tnat thoae prices ers tumbling.
Moreover tho good work, is only
Just begun. Exactly as the buyit
public retains IU self-control of'the
prW Situation. Normal needs should
he> provided for in' a normal way
gnd no more. To feel that the
srtHrii tiling Was a tempest in a lea
POt and go back to extravagant buy?
ing wilt send prices up with a rush]
gr.f put heart into tho now fainting
tpjffta of the proimar.
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Sumter County Pop?
ulation Announced |
Fourteenth Census?Preliminary
Announcement of Population?Subject
to correction.
?amter County South Carolina.
mo ioiq is*o1
msmter cduntj . .41040 88473 oust
Ooncord township 3193 2900 2W2|
Manchester* . 700 043 700
Mayesvills township
tncl'g MaeevUle 1037 2607 0011
Mlddlston * 2112 2114 2338
Privateer* . 0190 3220 8174
Providence* . 4240 3240 280?
Rafting Creek ..... 3084 3098 3813
fthlloh* _ (. 8004 271? 3002
ttatesburg* . 8101 8408 3762
Sumter* including ?
gumter City .18791 18*61 0184
tttshepvjtls, Car?
ters Crossing.
Lynchburg. Mt.
Clio. Spring Hill
and Swimming
PO?* .. 18347
Incorporated Place
Mayesvjlle* . 889 7S1 711
Sumter city ?608 8109 607*2
Sumter City by ward?. 1920
Sung er City . 96?8
Ward 1 .
Ward 3 . 3018
Ward 3 . 3540
Ward 4 . 2034
? townships, i
City School Note?.
The superintendent wll be In his off
flee on Wednesday and Thursday of
this week between the hours of 10
and 2 and 4 and 0 to glv* certlflcatea
to the pupil* who expect to attend
school for the hist time. The public
Is asked to bring the < bildi *n on these
two days, In order to save any confu?
sion on the opening day of school
[Tuesday, September *1.
Chicago, Aug. 80.?The senate com?
mittee that is investigating campaign
funds began work toduy on president?
ial c andidates' expenditures. The com?
mittee has been spurred to action by
^Governor Cox's charges, and is pre
Better Schools
For
Your
Kids
"Every boy and girl in this country is
entitled to an equal chance and should
have the right to attend a good school."
That program is the basis of a counts
wide series on1' Good Country Schools''
starting next week in
TRe COUNTRY
GENTLEMAN
In this series Mr. A. B. Macdonaid
graphically presents the growth of the
consolidated schools, using a little Ar?
kansas town as illustration.
If you have children or
if you arc interested in
the future welfare of tins
community, it will pay
you to read each of these
articles. The first one,
which appears next week,
contains helpful sugges?
tions which can be ap?
plied right here at home.
But that is only one of
the many good things in
this particular Huee.
There's an enlightening
review of "The Railroad
Tangle," including the
rate advance;: a timely
article on farmer cooper
at km; a review of the
Holstein recent census;
corking stoHes and?but
why go on? Surely you'll
get two cents' worth in
each issue. And for less
than two cents a week
52 big numbers of :his
Great National Farm
Service are yours?a o >py
ewry Thursday. Srnd
me your check for $1.00.
A National Service That's Also Neighborly
JNO. S. RICHARDSON
Phone No. 328 Sumter, S. C
Box 86
mn ?aebertaed subscription representative of
laet^aatryCianaaai fte?alW Hs*mJeesaat TVeSaturday Ereaiaf Put
O aasas~ll.it 12 issnta-fl M 52iasaaa-ta.se
Mystery 8olved.
Mrs. A * "You say yon kept a cook
far a whole month. How In tho world
did, yoo romiage It?" Mrs. B: "We
vaste cruising oa a houseboat and she
couldn't swim.
Migration of the flat.
The yat was carried from Tndin and
fcerrlo to Eostood !t< 1727. by 17G0 had
tnade Its way to Franco and thence
HUT I ml throughout Europe,
On^uly 28, 1838, Oeueral Zachary
Taylor, afterward president of the
Waited States, requested the govern?
ment to tarnish him with bloodhounds
to bo osed In hunting the Semioole In
d(nns of Florida, lie was furulslied
With tha doesL
Aberd?*n s City of Granits.
Aberdeei, Scotland, Is popularly
khown as the Gr&nite City, from the
?ct that it bus more hoildlngs of sol?
lt} granite than any other c.ity of Its
?tao m tho world.
Faunding of Siberia.
10 t582 Yermak, a Cossack chieftain,
with chosen warriors set oat to subdue
? powerful Tartar tribe east of the
TJrals. Tiger Iren IV sent orders for
the expedition to re*^rn. But It was
too lots; T vim ok sod his men cap?
tured; the city of Slb.'r, the stronghold
of the Tartar chief, end this dty be?
soms the nucleus of Siberia.
Or Should Be,
j Tht vgl oc ot experience is estimated
In gouge imthtr man in doUare^Bos
! von Transcript
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f?eeolfar Will UpheM.
; Ao elderly Frenclnusn was found
[ dead in his house et\ Doupiely In tho
Ardennes. A search among his pa?
pers failed to reveal any will .until,
oader his bed, a place of sheetlron was
discovered, with these words written
oo It In white chalk: "1 bequeath all
toy proj^rty to% the borough of Ar?
dennes on condition that the mayor
fives ?1? to the local fire brigade for
a beapfest, (Signed) -.M The rel?
atives disputed this queer and very
brief will, but the local court decided
that I? was valid._
Columbus' III Fata.
On the twentieth of May, 150ft,
Christopher Columbus died at Valla
doltd, Spain, at the age of seventy. His
whole lifo had been devoted to ex?
ploration and discovery for the ag
graodlsemenf of Spain, yet his last
years were embittered by the in?
gratitude shown him by the notion.
ft Is laid that hatpins to match tha
color of the eyes are to be worn this
year and will be very fashionable.
"Indeed," said Brown, as he read the
foregoing to bis wife, "then I won't
hove to bare green hatpins stuck Into
toy blue eyas."
Beetles' Blood for Warts.
A Peruvian doctor states that the
blood of certain beetles found In Pe?
ru ha* been used from the Immemo?
rial by the natives for curing warts.
Uuder It these growths turu white,
gs if ciulerUed by an acid.
Dago of War.
Thankful for That.
3
, A Nincompoop.
"Nincompoop" lg a most entirely sat?
isfying and refined way of calling a
person a fool or blockhead or a sim?
pleton. It Is a corruption of the Latin
phrase "non compos mentis"?net
sound of mind. Besides ^elpg satisfy?
ing and refined it has a classical origin
in addition. '
Qrest Man's Tribute to Mother.
A wii? mother and good books en
*bM nte to succeed in life.-?Henry
Clay.
Analogous.
Spending a dollar befo-e it Is earn
?d is like eating today the egg that Is*
to be laid tomorrow.?Boston Tran?
script
For, Age Computation.
To compute the age and-birth month
of a person ask the person to think; of
his age, multiply by 10, add 25, multi?
ply by 10, add the number of th|
month in which he was born, subtract
250. The first two numerals will be
the person's age and thai last two tho
month in which he was born.
Comparison of.Tires.
Mauling a rubber-tinnl vehicle on
an average roadway and a steel-tired
rehlcle on a track require about the
same amount of power, as was demon?
strated recently In, a court trial.
To Rem vate Old Oil Pnlnttngs.
When old oil paintings "hAV3 tear
eome jiark and, cracked they may \H
made to look like new by the folio*
log process, says tie niustratid
World : Pour'alcohol In a dish and
put the picture over It, face down
ward. The fumas of the alcohol dis?
solve the paint of tlie picture, the
cracks close up and thd color becomes
more fresh. Caution Is absolute!/
necessary, as the paint may becoms
so soft as to run together, thus spoil
lug the Whi*U nio*>vr?.
Missing His Opportunity.
The conductor of a band, giving AH
>pen-alr concert, beat time very ener?
getically, leaning now toward one
pan of the, band and now to nnoth
3r, and stamping his foot apparently
in paroxysms of musical fervor. Mike,
In the audience, watched him, fasci?
nated ; but at the end of the selection,
with u disappointed air, he turned to
leave. "How did ye 1 ke it. Mlker
asked his friend. "Com* away!" said
Mike, in disgust, "Ol've been watch
in' him for half an hour, and ho hasu't
hit oue of ?Mm yett"
.. ,,?.,?,.~-.
A Real Hero.
Self-respect will sometimes do as
tauch for a man as real physical,
courage. The man who wants to run
and doesn't Is a hero.? St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Peruvian Idea of Dignity.
The mayor of the smallest town In
Peru feelH that It is ncuaibent upon
him, in order to make the proper dis?
play of oflicfa] dignity, to be accom?
panied hyja band of pipers whenever
he appeal* on any state occasion.
These musician! have instruments
which consist of a series of reeds
sitting together and make a weird
music. .
COUNTY BOARD
HOLDS MEETING
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Will Borrow Thirty Thousand
Dollars
HAYNSWORTH APPOINTED
L)EPUTY COTTON WEIGHER
EJoard or Permanent Road Com-,
mission Can Spend Auto Li?
cense Funds
At a special meeting of the County 1
Hoard of Commissioner^ held Satur?
day afternoon ail members were pres?
ent except Commissioner Minis.
The board adopted resolutions au?
thorizing the borrowing of $30,0('0 at
T 1-2 per cent., which had been secur- !
ed by Representative Moiae in Colum?
bia, acting upon request. Mr. Moise \
was thanked for his services and ask?
ed to render bill tor expense account
in connection with the matter.
The board received as information
the appointment of Mr. Bert. J.
Haynaworth as deputy cotton weigher,
by Cotton Weigher John It. Hayna
worth, during the latter's temporary
absence on account of sickness.
Representative Moise advised the
board that he had consulted with the
attorney general relative to the re?
sponsibility lying between the board
and the Permanent Road Commission
as to tie expenditure of- the funds
arising from the auto license fees, spe?
cial state 2 mills levy and special
county 7 mills levy und that the at?
torney ger/erul held that either of
these bodies could legally undertake
these expenditures, provided'the other
body delegated Its authority to it.
Whereupon it was moved and car?
ried that fonda derived from above
sources together with any federal ild
funds, less the $37,500 agreed upon io
be spent on the earner's Ferry pro?
ject,, be put'at the disposition of th*
Permanent Roads Commiaison to be
used on the roads, ultimately to be
?hard-surfaced, In building permanent
bridges and doing otner preliminary
work as it might determine. Chvir->
man Jennings of the lvi nnnont Rood*
('urnmission , waa present i.nd said he
would call commission together at
once to put this work undov way.
Application was received from Tash
Burgess, a decrepit, for admission "to
alma house. This was granted and
the county physician was directed to
give him necessary attention.
wM-it '? '.. \ : '-. ; "-<"
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Would Release
MacSweeney
Lloyd George Receives Many
Appeals For-Clemency
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London, Aug. 30?The hunger strike
of Mayor MacSwoeriey r>r Cork has
'progressed so far that food would not
aave him. the Brixton prison doctor
says. A change for tho worse is exj?
pected In 24 hours. The mayor's wjfe
said he was sti!l conscious, but unable
to speak. * -
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" Belfast, Aug, ao-^RTottag and de?
struction Of property Was renewed
today, serious disorder occurring in
the Unionist quarter. Further grave
devlopments are apprehended. Shops
were wrecked in the neighborhood of
lQwarts road, and troops opened tire
from an armored car critically
iwoundirg a woman and man. There
was great excitement in other sec?
tions and crowds gathered. 4..
Pel fast, Aug. 30.?Today's rioting is
said by the police to be the worst Bel?
fast lias seen. Feur deaths are kno^rn
to ha ve occurred, up to 1 o'clock* this
afternoon and numerous persons have
been treated at the hospital for bulb I
wrour.ds^ One hundred and thirty-five
'ights have occurred since the disorders
beg**. A girl-in a green blouse led
the Sinn Fiener attack 0 > Yoke su eet
and numerous Batton charges were
made by the police. j
Steel Markers Placed
Safety First Signs on the Lin
. coin Highway
. . - ,
Detroit, Mich.. Aug. 25r-Before win?
ter corned enameled steel markers will
huve been placed at every tfonfusing
turn and crossroads on the Lincoln
Highway Trom New York to flan
Francisco, inakipg what is said to bo
tho longest highway In the world with
stich guide marks, acording to an?
nouncement from headquarters of the
Lincoln highway commission. Tho
road from Omaha to San Francis?
co already'h?8 such markers and work
of marking the highway from New
York to Omaha now is in progress.
The LlncQln Highway is 3,223 mile*
long. Tt passes through Phila?i
phla, Pittsburgh. Canton, O., Fort
Wayne and South Bend, Ind., Clinton,
Iowa, Omaha, Salt Lake City, and Car?
son OHy, Nev., among other yoints.The
Highway never haa been permanently
marked between New York and Om?
aha.
IT'S FOOLISH TO SUFFER.
Whew So Many Sumtes* People Are
Poiuting tlie \Vay*Oin.
You may be brave enough to stand
backache r^r headache or dizziness.
But, if, la addition urination is disor?
dered, look out! If you don't try to
fix your sick kidneys, you may fall
into the clutches of dangerous disease
before you 2:now It. But if you live
more carefully and help ;.our kidneys
with Doan's. Kidney Pills, you can
?top the pains you ha,ve and avoid fu?
ture danger as well. Don't experiment
?ose the remedy Sumter people are
publicly endorsing. Ite&d this case:
Mrs. A. D .Owens, 204 S. Council
St., Sumter, says: "About eight years
ago I was down in bed with kidney
trouble and my back lelt as If It were
broken. 1 bad headaches and dizzy
spells, so bad, T dimply can't tell bow
1 Seit! I vvaa nervous, too and the
slightest excitement would upset me.
I felt languid and wanted to sle&p
most of the time, tut couldn't', on ac?
count of the pains. Finally I used
Doan's Kidney Pills and it wasn't
long before I was out of bed and
cured of all the trouble.*'
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy?get
Doan's Kidney Pille?tlu same that
Mrs. Owens had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Mfgrs., Buffalo. N. Y.?Advt. (58)
COTTON LETTE?,
i _
(John F. Clark & Co.)
i New York Aug. 30?The heavy cov?
ering on last Friday and Saturday
left the market in very much easier
position technically and prices gave
way today under renewed pressure
from Liverpool? the South and eom
J mission and professionals. There
j was sorme trade buying but not of
sufficient volume to absorb- the of
? feringfc. Prices declined 180 to 200
} points. Trade is looking for the gov?
ernment report on Wednesday to
i show in the nogihborhood of ?7 to
! 69, but weather forecasts the com-,
j ing week are favorable. This togeth
J er with the stringency in the money.
I market and continued unfavorable
, textile reports both here and abroad
are restieting buying. * '.0
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NEW YORK COTTON
Y'st'dr'a
Month Open High Low Close Cloa?
Oct ..29.26 29.25 27.70 27.70 29.71
Doc .. 27.40 27.45 26t80 25.80 27.So
Jan ;26.45 26.45 28.16 25.15 2.5-15
?M?hv.. 2*5.90 20.00 24.60 24.70 25.75
May <.. 2.5.75 25.75 24.60 24.40 2C.40
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
T'st'dy's
Month Open High Low Close Close
Oct 28.00 28.05 26.45 26.45 28.4r,
Dec .... 26.50 26.50 24.50 24.85 26.94
Jan ,. . 26.05 26.05 24.59 21.59 26.59
Meli . 25 00 25 60 24.15 24.15 26.15
May .. 25.05 25.05 23.75 23.75 25.75
LIVERPOOL COTTON.
Close: Jfin 19.41; Men 18.92; May
18.47; July 18.16; Oct 20.32; Dec 19.
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Armenia Has Food.
Palis. Aug. 10?The Armenian re?
public now has sufficient grain sup?
plies for eight months, according to
a telegram to the United States Grain
Corporation executives here from
Colonel William N. Hnskell, Allied
High Commissioner to Armenia, wh?/
has left that country to come
Paris with his staff of America i
army officers. The telegram says
that the grain supplies will come
largely from the harvest, there being
a small amount remaining of 40,00*
tons of flour sent from America,
Jtio H?s Housing Problem.
-.e -
Klo De Janeiro, Aug. 6?In a spec?
ial message, just sent to Congress,
President Pessoa point* x>u% the ur?
gency of solving the houeing problem
in the Federal District He depre?
cates the actual busjding of houses
>by the government, but recommends
indirect assistance by the granting of
Joans to private building companies
and individuals at a- low rale of in?
terest. , 4^
Quite u. large crowd of farmers and
others interested in methods for right?
ing the boll weevil attended the dem?
onstration of dusting machines at Mr.
Isaac Strauss' form, near Pocalla, to?
day.
FORDSON. TU ACTORS?We have
just taken over the celebrated
Fordson Tractor linef and Imple?
ments for same. Call and see \?
for demonstration. Shaw Motor CO.
HEMSTITCHING and piceting at?
tachment, worlds on all sewing ma?
chines. Price 32.00. Personal
checks 10 cents extra. Light's Mail
Ordei* House, Box 127, Birmingham,
Ala.
.
WANTED? First grade certilicate
teacher, experienced, wants posi?
tion . State length of school term,
salary, price board, and, if possible
date of opening. Can teach music.
References. Address "D", care Item*
otnoe.
FARMERS
' Light your Giir with Delco-Light
We have small outfits for Gin Lighting.
Place your order early. Thousands being
sold.
Call at 10 E. Liberty St., or Phone 649-L.
' T. M. BRADLEY. Dealer.
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