The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 17, 1920, Image 4
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N ri m isMiNfJ COMPANY
.1 Mil R, H. O.
Term*;
$2.00 pre annum?In advance-.
Advert kwmenta
On* Square, first inset torn _.$1.00
Bvery subeequent insertion .?0
Contract* (or this* montha or long
?r will be mad* at reduced rate*.
All cammanlcatlon* which subserve
priest? int*r**t* will a* charged for
a* ?dvenieemeru?.
Obltuariee and tribute* of respect
Will be charted for.
Th* Bumter Watchman was found
?ft In 1110 and the Urue Southron in
lllf. Th* Watchman and Southron
now haa the combined clroulation and
influence ef both of th* old papers,
and Is manifesto the best advertising
a*i*diufa In Sumtsr.
**M***s^aaws?BBi 1 m ? 11 '? ?' ? 1 *-*-gEg^g?*
ItKH ( H(?SS BOLL CALL.
"AH you need is a heart and a dol?
lar." ramiliar words nut they will
?horthy be heard again on every han I.
j appending (i "oi printed page and pos:
er. tjhr fourth mnual Bed Cross rol.
rrll tM-v'uo mm ArmiHtWe Day, Nov.
11. and continues ur.til Thanksgiving
Hay. November J5. Hereafter Armkt
tice Day i* to mark regularly *he be?
ginning of the annual drive of th*
R*d Cross for the dollar member?
ship subscription of th* people of the
United States.
The lust call resulted In a member?
ship 10.000.Odo Miong exclusive of the
junior roll of i.?OO.SOa. But until ev?
ery adult and every* child in the coun?
try is enrolled undei the banner ?f
this great toiler uhose w.ttch-worj
la "JdXrey." th* enrollment is net
heavy enough. ?
Th'i money r.ow collected will be
ue?-d to adven e the peaceful activi?
ties of the orfjanixut.on,. which Include
work among-Anon icVa world war vet
?runt, especially the disabled; service
to the peace-tin.c army und navy
forces, including W- t.k among their
families and tho. provision of a link
between t^e man and his home in
many ways; t^ie establishment 'and
?ejttlptnent of urut* ti develop the na?
tional resistance to disease throng i
work In health renters; preparedness
for disaster rel.lt f ; home service an 1
communltv work and the completion
of relief work union*- the war-exhaust
ed and disease-? idder nations of Ku
rope.
Therr is no real need of * selling"
the Red Cross to the people of
Americ.4 l's *'irl purpo.-te an J
achievement* are too well known. But
Juat hjr way ot reminder?"All you
n**tl is a heart ami a dollar. '
Wi)MK\ \s 1*1 Bt.lt WATtllDOGV
Four hundre t women, members or
a women'* civic association, have
pledged themiwl.es t attend the ses
sions of a murrt . trial soon to be held
In their elty. Th* evidence will be
followed cloaely. and any attempt on
the part of tonn**!, mry or presiding
Judge to conceal matters which
should be emp'.iaslxco will br given
prompt publicity 1 h? trial is one
In which a member of the city's Jt -
dh la! family is ' \oI\ed. and there *
reason to belt*. ? th ,: *fl nls already
ha\e i?**?n male to suppress impor
ant facta
It may be that tbt* ?ort of obse -
vatlon of civic prccco ire will pro-e
one of the mo-a practical benefits re?
sulting from women'*, entrance in o
full cltlsenshlp. It has long bet n
agreed that the public, keculv inte
?ated In the election of its offblals,
forgets them the m'.nut* election is
over, no attenud being made to
eheck up upon **rvfte* rendered. This
ha* been true )argv'> hocauae imn
had not the time te devote to such
matter*, being of necessity ahooii?d
In lh-? prove** of pioviding for the.r
laniUUa.
The hours of the average woman
b?lng nrmre id*?uTc, ?hn inn so adju-tt
h? r affairs as to glv the time needr I
for continued ol>*ervation of publ e
service In oid<j that (hps observa?
tion may be of first value, it wfil I e
nteasaurv for wom?i to futnhiuriie
themerUes m?>re or less with the la x
mi d wlth\court procedure, and to
r**)t their minds of prejudice But
this la ae-ompiished. their bl?
atten! oi to public affaire
i:?ke for" h< nesty, eflikflenry
?e
A!>s ABI s \*r ml
id* v ti in ? it if" and
continue to pile op
t of killed and i .
dlroads. on the
ncials, in per hips parti) due to the
fait that there '4te teuer tramps than
formerly, and ha they wen ihe < ;. ? i
trespassers, lhe> huv< naturally em
down the casualties h\ keeping out of
the way.
It ia good to know that the aggre?
gate of killed am. in ured in :vny pad
tieidar type of accident has heen
greatly reduced. There should
steadily dcereas ug* i urn hers of ac< i
dent every ear. as safety methods
and devices become more widely an
derstood and used. The pubiie
should not he content with a sing''.'
roeo d year, but r.hould strive to make
eaeh succeeding year better than the
last, and should demmd of manufac?
turer's, of automohilists, railroad of?
ficials and all the other special groups
which have end ttigered human lite in
the past, that they co-operate l"
eliminate death-dealing accidents.
More Funds Needed
Fall Festival Committee Finds
That More Money Will Be
Needed for Expenses
Secretary fleordon "f the Chamber
of Commerce, who has been giving
the greater part of his time and ener?
gy during th? past two or three weeks
in co-operating with the Kail Festi
I val and dala Week committee to
I make the Pair Week festivities a
success, today a?ked the Daily Item
to make public announcement for the
Information of the business men id'
Sumter that the committee is in urgent j
need of additlo nil financial support
The contributions by merchant!, oth?
er business men and public spirited
citizens have no' aggregated as much
aa was anth Ipated and that a second
call Is necessar* to put the fair we<-'..
festival over success!ully. Those who
have not contributed anything are
asked to do their share and those who
have not contribute 1 as liberally as
they should are aske<; to come again. |
It is also asked that those who have
pledged contribution*, but have not
paid aa yet, lo*o no time in sending
chocks or cash to Secretary Kear
don.
The effort of the committee to make
this week a big event In a business
way and to attract trade to Bumter
from all the rut rounding country is
for the benefit of the community as a
whole. The cimmittee has been
doing a public service for the good
of all and they merit and should re
'?cive the necessary support, financial
and otherwise?especially the finan?
cial?that will guarantee, success.
The call has been made, Secretary
Ueurdon and the committee are wait?
ing ami expecting s liberal and an
Immediate response, it Is a case of
do it for Sumte , and do it now.
athm.tic DEIwivtmunt?
at covxtv FAIR.
50 yard dash, open to all hoys under
100 pounds. First prize $1.00; 2nd,
75c; 3rd, 25e.
50 yard dash, open to all boys under
135 pounds. First pi ize $1.00j, 2ml,
75c; 3rd. !Cc. |
1U0 yard dash, ope?i tr> all boil un?
der loo pounds. First prise, 41.oo;
2nd. 75c; 3rd 2*:c. j
100 yard dash, open to all bofs un?
der 135 pounds. First prize $1.00;
2nd. 7*f.c; 3rd. 2Zc.
Standing broad Jump, open to all
boys under 135 pounds First prize.
It; Snd, 75c; 3rd, 2r.c.
Running high, open to all boys
under 133 pounds. First prize, $1;
Bad, 7;.c; 3rd. 25c.
6 boy relay race, 100 yards each,
under 100 pounds. First prize $."..00.
5 boy relay lace, 100 yard each,
under 133 pounds. Fust prize, $5.
Tug of war. 5 boys, boys to report
at 1.30. First i rize. $5.
Tug of war, 5 boys, race to begin
i i ' 00 p m First prize $r..?n>.
tlirla under X'i years of age.
50 yard dash. Fust $1; 2nd, 75o;
3rd, 25c.
50 yard relav, C girls. First prize i
$5 00 .
Tug of war, 5 girls First prize $."?.
All contestants In this program will
report at the secretary's otllco at thu |
fair grounds at 1:30 p. m., Novem?
ber 17. as the events will start prompt- ,
ly at 2 o'clock u in.
t in s, um ( bun I, Notice.
Tlsr series ?.; evangelistic meetings
ut t*bnstian ehmch continues with in
^JOMOod Inter** and Spirit. There is
prvacning b) th* pastor. Hearty sing
it g of gospel hymns by choir and con?
gregation and s| eelai music at times, i
You ars most cordially invited t<>
? mm' tonight
Columbia, Nov. 15.?-The South |
Carolina Methodist conference (the
"lower" conferemei will meet in Mo
Methodist church of Georgetown nn
November II, Wednesday of next'
week. Illaltop C. v. \V. Darlington j
will pies.de. The conference will j
I elect a new secretary. Uev. 11 (1. liar- j
I din. secretary, hiving Im on transferred |
jto the North ''arohna conference. Ilev. '
J. H Nolaml. the mw manager of
The Christian Advoeute, will be oth
elally appointed to hi- position. Itev,
H. 11 Jones, oi (?cetgetown, will be
Ihe Mssoelatlon host.
Chairman I I |li?nnnn announces
the following committee appointments
m connectio with the open an dance
to he ludd on Tl ursdfiy evening, No.
venil.er 1Mb of fair week, Commit?
tee Is now arranging a suitable stn ei
where ample lights will he available,
and exact location wil' be announce.],
through the press later
The following ladies and gentle?
men have been requested to a t as
chit pennies*
Mr. and Mrs. K. I llonrdon, Mr.
And Mrs W. A Prvan. Mi and \l i
Oeo. 1> lav\. Mr and Mrs M t;.id
berg. Mi and Mrs C i: Mm t Mi
Lyyl Mrs. C. ]|. Itanium Mr. and Mis
CLh. Moses. Mr and Mis Ned Lovell,
Nina Solomons I'm in i
LssV\s>^
Coming of the Weevil
The Things to Do to Meet the
Weevil is to Adopt the Polity
that Would Me Most Sensible
Even if the Weevil Were
Not a Threat
This urtirU' written h> .lohn \V.
Mctlrath, one nl the biggest business
men in the southern halt' of Missis
sippi, should be of tin keenest inter?
est to every husiuess man. profession?
al man ami farmer in the south.
While it <hals L.rgely with Loll wee?
vil history, yet it is so full of sound
philosophy and agricultural advice
I hit it flta everywhere. Mr. Mctliatli
knows what he is talking about-lu?
ll ?s been through "the tiro."
"In order to make this art ich1 as
brief as possible so that he who runs
may read. 1 have decided to treat the
boll Weevil subject under three heads:
The Anticipation. The Coming and
IZtl ret, the Kenn dy.
"The Anticipation?The that great
mistake made by out farmers and
business men was their indifference
to the gravity oi the situation. Even
when the boll weevil reached tin
Mississippi river which is 7- miles
west of Hrookhaven and later on
when ii was reported on this side of
the river; everyone was going along
at the same old gait; planting cotton
and some corn; raising big crops of
cotton and sending the greater por?
tion of the proceeds north to pay for
provisions und main.
?'None of us realized the greatness
of the danger. Wo thought it would
treat us like all the other cotton pests
which we had .so sucessfully cone
batted? reduce our yield for tw<? or
three years and then pass on *?> other
fields. 1 had been in business here
for thirty years. 1 had never seen a
complete failure In all that time. For?
ty per cent of a cotton crop was our
lowest record. Why then should we
dread the boll weevil any more than
its predecessors? We would light it
out on the old lines. We would just
trim our sails .1 little and light our
way through the storm.
Alas! hoy many dollars would have
been saved* and how much suffer?
ing spared; and what a long up hill '
strugglo would have been avoided,
through the seven lean years that fol
lowed, had we only taken the pre?
caution to visit the devastated regions
beyond the rive-. Had we only seen i
u;,h our own eyes the ravages of the
w.evil and then adopted the proper
means of fighting the oncoming evil;
bit we .nist waited and we paid the
penalty thta always follows apathy.
"The Coming and Kffects- in the'
year lWis the compress receipts ]
lirookhaven were 31,000 bales; in 1
1011 they wer?- reduced to 3.100 j
hab s. Just ten p*?r dent of a full crop 1
was all that wo eouln harvest at tl^
end of ihrer years. The drop was
rapid after 190??. Thai year we made
about 1 T.oop bales of cotton; in Ilm
year IP10 about ?..."mo hab s; ami I
then the most complete failure. The
farmers did not begin, to get demoi
alixed, nor the merchants alarmed,
until the early pan ot HMO. Then |
fear took possession of all of us. We
decided to try new crops; and se?
lected peanuts ad what wc call a !
money crop, and nntd( a failure. The \
merchants distributed eleven f ar- !
loads of peanut seed and shipped
iwttj that full only thirteen carloads ,
?f peanuts. Thank God, we got our
c? d back! The next year we tried
syrup, sorghum principally, and some
ribbon cane. Wc installed a canning
factory and shipped our product to
Wisconsin. Iowa, and Illinois. We
gained quite a reputation there for
Ihe last grade of sorghum, but being I
in absolutely pure grade, a quantity!
of if fermented and was a tot il loss. 1
The factory full <l in consequence ami
the growing of syrup as a money crop !
was a de, ided failure. j
"In the meantime, the negroes were ?
moving north to the delta; labor whs
getting scarce; ami the supph mer?
chant and bankers were getting tired.
The strain on the financial strength
uf all was great. The farmers were j
trying to raise a little cotton all this!
lime, but were devoting most of their 1
acreage to cowpeas, potatoes, hay, ;
the raising of cattle and hogs, and i
experimenting with "money crops."
"AH the time, however, there was
one class of demonsttators who wer?*
continuously at work?tin- dairy di?
visions of both the State agricul?
ture college and the I'nited States
government. A dairy association was
formed in the year 1913. At the
lust meeting there were just nine per?
sons piesent?the two demonstrators,
Heven furmers '?nd myself. Hut we or
gnnir.vMl and three years afterwards
the niv'oi.ng of the same association
p.KY.cd the city nail (capacity of
it..I {"?0) to its uttermost.
"We :. w have two creameries here
und the combined output amounts to
$750,000 a Near. Hermit me to state
here that tjie great success ol the
dairy business in our section was not
ilue to my efforts, l was only a mod?
est booster. During tlo- year 1911,
Mr. IV l\ Ilecker an ex-banker, took
1 barge of the (teamen He spent
most of his lime the llrsl year of he.
management in 1 bind?-board ti"';i".
from farm to farm, explaining the
wonderful possibilities ol the Indus
iry. He built i Up Success begets
success! Tin . ? ? 1,? I creamery was
instalb d .1 shoi 1 ti m< ?? 1 o-rwards
"We com mem 0,1 t.. climb the hill
of prospcril\ in I I V u hen we re
. , l \ < .| . 1 1,0 OI l II.oioi I i, ( 11 ? - o| < o! t . .1.
the Cl Op o| l'.'l > w .1 1 I.ami bales
and w e cNp< ? t ; ? ' ibout an eipial
amount tbi< - ? m
'?The It 1 no d 11 I \\ ? 1 ? ? 11 \ ing in
a coti nl 1 v 11 it was a boot 1 ? > be in
\ ,,b . I I? > I lie b?dl \\ e, vi!. I <\ Olli,I
ptotii pt b rail .1 meet in ; .1 all I In
ban krt4 me re ha n I s .? n,| I a ? n 1 a ami
I a oil 111 .\ ? Ho- a o. ? p 1. o n , 1 1 h e
I ollow 1 ne, 1 ? olid 101
'?When 1 This c'tioin unit \ will
t.11 lie int? le I h\ Ihe d: e.i,| bo!l
u ? ?? \ il. ami belnv t oll', aw n e of 1 he.
dancer wit h which w ? an t In eat ??in-. I.
t |h ha - M.i IIMle ins. , 1 !? ., ..
in p 4 11 a it ot t he demoralize .not
ii > 1.s a i; ion I be business m< n .
: h< ip -oin am im nl 1? causes 1.no
0vi lie i n mm-; ? leim nt; and know
lli.il unless ihe issue Is bravely
m<t ;iinl 1 oic 1 \ a t i\el \ hand''.I it
inai ? iuse deprt'ssiuii that ia likel)
to ho fell for u! h ast vi n I<.i,f: years. ?
'lie it. I herd "I'', n 1 ??>'?. ?-i| : That |
econeirn> an.I ? ?< nsi ;? ??fi?? i: shall he !
on*- watohw ?< ?1 ?I; thai hankers an<l I
I merchants shall ho rem si. ,| i., screw j
j dnWII Ihe ad va no i.O I,' nt i ???Iii i..
Ihe Iowa?81 possdih- iml'li; il.it. \>\<
smiling the farm* rs oi i his .v..-.
arc composed of thim classes Kirsl j
raters, second, ami plugs ahmii <??, |
only divirlod. 'tnc-third in ?a? h . i.isn
anil lei Iheni r ?? ?1 Imi or iln . m> at - j
[tent ion tn the lirst class, as th. \ wi'l j
la- able tu lake rar? of themselves,
that wc will cast loose From th<- ihir?l j
class and lei tin m runt h or die; ;
hut t hat u c will ih> ii II we can t<> j
elevate No. - and make them hotter
producers.
"That We will not run after false
gods, such as peanuts, sorghum, etc. i
but will diversify and stiel* to such
crops as we are accustomed i<? lUlti- i
vating; namely, corn row pens, hay
velvet beans ami cotton, and that we
will raise as many cattle and hoys a- !
possible and will endeavor t?i eiicour j
age dairying as much as we can, re- j
questing our farmers to tackle the j
industry in a sin ill way at the begin- i
nlng.
"1 would then adjourn the meeting
urging each one t<i strive with all his
might and main t.> pul into exeeu- j
lion the spirit of these resolutions. |
"Somewhere in the ? ?I?1 Testament.!
?1 think in Jeremiah i: i.s written.
|"My people were destroyed for want I
I of knowledge" and tin- imiuorial
bard, Shakespeare, has said: "Swcel j
arc the uses of e.d versify."
"In our experience both ihe in?
spired writer and the great poet were
rieht. We came near to being d<>- ;
stroyeil for wan; <d' knowledge aim
lack of belief; and while our adver?
sity has been a great educator and we
are now better farmers and business
men and this section is more pros?
perous than ev.-r. We could have ac?
complished in four years what re- i
quired eight ha I wo used cant it i in !
the beginning and put the brakes on j
hard.
Kx-CSovernor Manning of South '
('arohna. who vi .itcd this section with |
a large delegation several years ago !
in search of information on the boll j
wee d question. remarked ? after j
hearing several busimss men ?"Well i
Mr. Mcflrath, >our advice is to keep
our feet warm and our heads coed.
"Yes, 1 replied, "and your purse
light."
"The three classes into which I di?
vide the farmers is true of all other
trades and professions, and the ratio
about the sann . l know it applies to
merchants. I ar.ked a good lawyer
about Ins fellows and he said. "Yes." !
i then inqviired of an . minent preach- J
er and he replied. "Assuredly so. ?
only I fear we have more than the |
* in- thud in the.third class."
The common barbotry, onci a fa?
miliar sin tib in all parts of the north?
eastern and central western states, is
being eradicate ! through the efforts I
of the Tinted States depart meet of
agriculture, which found that tin
shrub was an enemy <>\ wheat in thai
it harbored in-' spines during the
winter. An er idieation campaign is I
being earned ?;: in I", states.
(Jrecnville, N? v. 1::. A total of
$300.000 will be available for loans
t<? farmers of (Jroenvtlle county on
cotton beginning.; Monday morning,
according to announci men! today by
the Mcrchuls' t'otton company of tin ,
(Jrecnville chamber of commerce
which has charge of the lending oi
money pooled for this purpose by
'Jre.uville business men. Loans of j
lad mote than $00 |. r bale will bei
made, for a tei m of mx months, and J
must be paid at the end of that time. |
Interest is at Ihe t?te of S per con:.
N. w ark. N. .1. .\o\ .11. A band of [
whiskey lllieVt.s, hclh-Vcd by Ihe po- I
lice to number L'? c- more, earl;, to?
day brol.pc i two freight cars in
he South Proa I streei railroad
yards here and sti l< .".ss cases of
whiskey and 'II ha ire's of alcohol. 1
The whiskey is vain-.' at M-'.HIn and
the alcohol at >j?.?OO. The loot was
carried off in motor trucks after a j
railroad policeman had been kid- !
nuppeii. Two trucks filled with .
plunder w ere recovered.
Greece Quiet
After Election
Only Minor Disorders Result
From Election in Which Veni
zelos Won a Victory
Athens. Nov. lf>.?(IreecO is quiet,
except for a lew minoi i lashes as the I
result of the elcctioi in which Pre?
mier Veni/.eloH clainiec victory. Small
disorders war. quieted by lire hose
streams Public meetings have been
forbidden.
Freezing in Far South
Weather Bureau Predicts Bitter
Cold as Tar South as Central
Texas
Washington. Nov. IV
;. m per.?' Ul es a r?< i ep? I ted a
a s i cut ra I Te> a s.
Plan to Restrict
Immigration
Congressional" Committee Consid
ers legislation io i^xeculive
Session
\\ a- bim- 'oii. \IM I . I ns for
legislation i* e > 11 i i in i n i io ic. i a t ion
? a ml nat ili a li/a l ion " I duns v .-i > 'I is
missed ;?t |||,. i\e.lMl\e -essioll.s I?fl
Ihe Imust immiv.raiu n lommutee.
Tin football im- I" ' w ? en Smnter
ami I No em .? e\ cm- a I t lie Sunttei
t in mounds, ? i .. ; i io \' Krida j a I
'lei..ii. N'oveml.ei I '.Mb is e\ci l mu
j more 11i.i n oi dim.i > ir I er? si. 11 is said
j that this is going to prove a lmtl\ ecu I
teblcd guiuu all the was through.
I 'i .-.-/im;
s fai s .nth
FIRST MEETING OF THE
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Association of Nations to Maintain World Peace
Assembles in Geneva, Switzerland
THE UNITED STATES HAS NO
DELEGATES AT OPENING MEETING
Forty-One Nations Have Representatives in At?
tendance and Fifteen Others Ask For Admission
to the League
CcilOva, \.?\ . I 1 ( p.y the
oiaied Pres*).? Iii?' |eagn?> ?>i na?
tion* ussciiihly will begin work
lint* supported by the pray or of
all (?nievu. SpiH'ial services ucic
hold in all the douche- today and
wvtv largely attended b\ the dele?
gations.
Tin* it'prcsrntat ives of threat
llritain and her doniliiioiis wont
to llo|> Trinity church, where
(George N'ieoll P.ai nc- read the
lirst part of the servic?' and Lord
|(ol;nl (Veil the second part.
The bishop of Worcester, who
<amo to t'euevn expressly lor the
purpoM-. delivered a sermon on
Christ a* the originator ot the
idea of international good fellow?
ship.
The principal delegations held
coiiiVivnces during the day. The
British with the dominion rep?
resentatives continued talk- iM'gun
in London on (he policy to be fol?
lowed on the lloor of the assem?
bly ami it is ho|M'd in league cir?
cles that these preliminary con
I'oreiioes will diminish the chance
of friction which il Is desired to
avoid in this first meeting.
Ralph Flowers
Wins For Tech
Georgetown University Eleven
Goes Down in Defeat Kiefore
Yellow J; -keis
PLANS r?lt MsAUMAMKXT.
<.ciLc\a, Nov. I.Y?Delegates
Of forty-one countries arc attend?
ing the lirst session of the assem?
bly <d' the League of Nations. A
definite system of ilisarmnmcut
and a plan for using ?fononiic
blockade agaiiLst nations trans?
gressing the league's orders were
among the subjects discussed.
The I nitod Slate- i- not repro
HciiUtl by delegation, btil ar?
rangements have la-en made for
I nitcd states representation on
financial. <-<-on unit and mandates
commissions lies been decided.
Members Are Named
ALania, \.,\. ):?.- riforgidown um
,versit> of Washington, heb] Georgia
Tc< ii to a 7 i?, u score for the first
half of their gerne here today, but
in tin- latter half the Mue and Gruy
defense crunife>d up aginst the ler
rilie drives of tin- Vellow Jackets'
machine and the gan.? went to Tech,
to 6.
Ceorgetown's attack made but lit
. tie headway against the Tech. lino
I as .-hewn |?y Tech's 2U tirs; downs
to !ln- visitors' four, but in the last
period, when I'oach Alexander had re
i placed all of his regulars hut four,
the inn Toppers launched a drive of
their n.vn that ended with Kenyon's
, skir 'ng hd't-end foi a touchdown on
a triple criss-ci? ss.
Three of Tec h's touchdowns fol?
lowed .-mashing attacks against line
and ends that moved the ball irro
isiably down *h< Ii?.Id, another was
on ;i !u yards run by Ferst around
right end. but the most spectacular
was that by Captain Flowers, who
1 I roke through right tackle and dash?
ed SU yards through the Ulue and
1 < 1 ra y players.
IMlTs |'i;OM POLU I. (OI KT.
Among other cases- tried at the
lb corder's court this morning waa
one against two young while men
chaiged with gambling and vagrancy.
The friendly game of polkor came
mighty mar having a regrettable if
not fatal ending whrr. one man had
to look down the muzzle of a pistol
z^.- CJKi.-k,^;,*I>^v.??./-1 i d hear its report when the excited
On Snipping Hoard ,,,?,. ln ;1 ?\mv SUUKht lo lakw
- Iiis revenue upon the winner. For
Four Democrats and Three Rc- innately the si..; missed and as it
. turned out lat r tin gunman hail
publicans Appointed?Benson .i the wrong party. The man
. . . who did the shooting could not be
Again tnairmail ;f.,nnd and no one -..und able to fur
_ nish information eoncering him. The
Washington, Nov. i:t. The seven ?h?d was tired just a' the door o! the
members of i lie m?w shipping hoard jClarcmont bot? 1.
created by Ihe merchant marine act j One of the men brought into the
finally have been appointed b> l?rcsi- cant was found imt guilty of the
dent Wilson. They an : charge of gambling but was found
Hear Admiral William S. Ilenson, uuilty of the chargi of vagrancy,
of tleorgia, Democrat, term of seven He was given the choice of a *ine of
years and reappointed c hairman. I or 30 days. It was proved by the
T*?e <dlu-r s,x members are: Fred- evidence in the case that he was en
erick J. Thompson, ot Alabama. Dem- joying a game of solitair while his
ocrat, term of bvo yiars; Joseph X. Partner tried his hand at poker. There.
Teal.' of Oregon. Democrat, term of was a theory advanced th.it this man
four years; John A. Donald, of New was making signals to his partner by
York, Democrat, i-mi. of three years; means of the looking glass on the
?-luster II Kowell. o; California, lie- dresser u-ar where he was playing
publnan, term ?d two years; tiny D. solilare.
Coif, of Wisc onsin. la-publican, term The par tner plead guilty to the
year; Charleston Sutler, of eh nge ot g.unblig and was a!so foun.l
Missouri. licpul.Iiean term of one guilty o, the charg. of vagrancy.
lib' was given $.'50 or :',<? days for each
" \ll ,ee. ????i a!- ointments and ?o" t he-c eha rg..-c wit Ii the proviso that
subject to approval by lh? senate the s-,ui.,| sememe would be SUs
which meets ne\i un'nlh. Since the ponded upon the payment oi the first
majority of the board are Democrats j ho- and his immediate withdrawal
and are' appointed for the l-oig terms from the city.
some doubl was expressed today in_.
congressional ami other official circles ,
whether the Republican majority inj Columbia. Nov. l?.?Attorney Cen
the senate would confirm the muni- Wolfe will this week appear be
nation. fore a circuit judge and ask for the
___., ._.-? ; appointment of a rec?iver for the Mu?
tual Savings Dank, of Dennettsvllle,
iln institution .a which Tims. It. Mc
-. Laurin was president. Directors of
Catch as-euiih can met hods of con- ? . ,M. ,(.||lU ||;|Xl. suggested that G. CJ.
din ting the farming business are be- j v,dams, ;u-tive vice president, be nam?
ing discouraged tin i.gh the efforts j ^ |.Cl.,,pi.t.r
of the c mnt\ id in Madison c ounty Tiu, allul.,u.y ^. ncial's move will bo
Farmers were lirst encouraged ^ ihe advice ??f Stale I tank Examiner
i,, Ueep i'Xpei.se mi labor accounts r,.aig. w Lose ex animation of the bank
,?, ,]?. growing ?d' a singh' lM.'0,>'ilast week disclosed "concealed liabili
CltOP ItKCOlil) D'biks.
Standard record books were fur nish-? [ii>s? ,oiisisting of "worthless securi
!.d f??r this purpos?'. Th?' practice has , (,<>v. p], ,...,.,] m x\u. form ??f ware
In- plan
a meal assistame m
\ ear's worK
ning Ol U Slll?S?MiUel.t
.ind has result. 1 in the saving ol . x
,NM the serioi.shess of which had
??l be?Ul read/, d wie "
were kept. \ nuinb?
w ho starti d ke. pmg
c'd habits
lioiise c?M*tilicates and concealed p?*r
sonal liabiliti?'s of Mr. McLaurin," ihe
warehouse certillcat?'s described as
-worthless ami bogus" Mr. McLaur?
in was an otlicer of %th?? Deiint^ttsville
larnieis NV;ir,.h,,use. b> whicfj the certiticates
W ere issued.
eoimts have
,) having a
ihri!
.P.ri b I. '
Hunt. ne.;:-.
an ? XcMlOg
n un 11
,|.l> of an a^e .
\,,v. II Have
, a :?! in ed al tef
:i |?.i>s. ngc r
Lima. Nov. i j. Tin arrest of thirty
persons disclos.'d :c I'eruvian revolu
lionaiy pbd to attack President L? guia
.it ,i formal diUlHM*.
T
U ,|,,. assaull l-'ri- W.\.NTI-*D P??siti??n uy overseer of a,
j xvloti woin.in. was farm. i"h??loughl> competent, ami
;lt \\ i-e \ i. l>e expcrieiu'ed in all kinds of farming.
taken iroin ' ..i... i n;i< moruiuu im-lndinu stock, trink, pmiltrx and
,u' , .iw.iii T men and power tanning .;s years ?>l age;
?I I, i*
i, \ a in
, ,| 1" i
I i id;
lie.i i IN en
I .1 n in
w lo t ? I
,?, aii mi"'- 1
11,? , nnc >'
-.i.d to ha\
marrii-d and can furnish the best
of isMeremes. W. P. Arnold,
Ma\es\ dl". S. ?'.. 15 \o. :t.
To the. Farmers of Sumter County
Manv <vt you ;ttv jyoinjj: to hold your cotton and surely
\ ou are not going lo leave it in the weather. Storage
room is becoming scan t4. WV have room yet for a con?
siderable amount in the Palmetto Warehouse, Columbia,
S. t'., and will be gladj to furnish terms and information
to any desiring them.
W. GORDON McCABE & Co., 5. J. Smith, Agt.
SUMTER, S. C.
Office over Burnett's Store, Phone 304