The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 27, 1920, Image 4
>rs Worry
er Cancellations
of Credit Men 8 Associa
snfcjra There Han Been I
ft* Two Hundred Kitty Mil.
Million
Neer fork Nov. S3?Lone* I Mhrfl
ISptetea, throus<?u? ihr < mmn,
i\\y ted |? ? lo?s of IWO hundred
Q%> million dollars through < an
tiin of ni*Tchiin.hM?- order*. H K
;er, 'no ofTbiul of l ht- national
0/fJOWOet?rlon of rreilit iniMi H- advo-rd
U feJMf*0?OMl iiK-n to mido short mil it.
t* Mansie and prompt ? otPi t ions
Itatehery
in
Dublin Unchecked
K? Lilt Ye*terda> Totalled
w Persona?No Report on
Woundei
HatCst. Nov. IS?The death toll in
Ehltrtin. totaled IW? persons vest er
dar/.
Record in (iasoline
Now Mark for Output During
September
' Waahiottou. Nov. 22? All gasoline
? rsjilptt records were broken dulrng
asjU'iel'M lb** bureau of mines an
eaten* . tedav. Refineries produced a
00417 averagv of tf>.ooo.?oo gallons.
*??*tug the output tottil for the first
atn? months of it.'o 3 joo ooo.ooo gal
tdaa\ af sempured with 2,SOU.000.000
smite a a during the same period tu
tfit.
f^Msumption and >xporte contln
sod hsfh. however, the bureau said.
*aO ahai While storuae t?nk* on Sep
* tdjbssif ? ? held ."?l.coo.tHMj gallons,
tsw amovnt en bund then wus uctually
mat than tb.it on bund August 80.
fifteen i for the first nine months
oWtlt amounted to MS-.4SS.a92, al
BJgjgf fSS.OOe.OOO gallons more than
WSM sent ubroad during the same pe?
rt*] to m*.
, e.
Oupld's -Shaft*
I taiajsaeoo dews a reel pV tonn da
%U Wttrd and dark; hoi (hat. at
pal the trat trip made by
law bridegroom after the chorea
f. The hrldegroem wss ?
manager, sad his now wife
er been dowo a coal-pit. or
one till the wedding day.
?wo request they wont from
rrh. downed suitable attire,
into the care, tf.d were taken
hot tern uf the shaft, o bere
d a rousing reception from
ermed with pl.k snd thotel.
NtsHah Fad ef Idle Rich.
time see 11 racing was a
la Austria. Vienna had a
anal! racing club, where
were frequently wagered on
eaiowe contests. Careful rec
C the time taken by the * inning
te crawl around the miniature
were kept, in order that
might .be properly baud!*
la enbeoquout mate hue.
Mschlns Werth Having.
?mo typewriter will nesar be
*sj<i* says lbs Wrscuae Herald. "ta>
mV rt con gn ahead snd write some
si lag Without ?.ini.-bodv telling It what
* ?J|v Which remind! us of whst
KbjMag la his livelier days wrote as
g tegflnioofal for a certain machine
"I Jeat start the typewriter off with
e isen;'* he said; "then I go out for a
wVi, sad when I return there la the
?sn all wrltter."--Host on Tran
let
Warte Are Contagious.
' .Warm are contsglous. sa la proved
1)9 fnpiilments on their own fingers
seade by l>re, Udo i. Wile and Lyle
sV Kmgery of the University of Mich
tgga Medical school. These physt
efene seem to hsvs proved that the
wnVtt sro canned by some sort of s
vlrne that passes easily through a
aod therefors through the sound
in sale.
TW4 pllaers Have Privilege*.
Tie men who work in the Coratei
astase are a claas by thamssrvoa
all their dlfferoncea are adjusted
st the stannary courts, as they sro
eeJhsd from the Latin word itannum,
SPeasslag tin These curious court!
hero emitted In their present form
score the middle of the thirteenth cen?
tal y and1, la a simpler form, meet
earlier; and ths miners rial** to be
from all other Jurisdiction, ex opt
matter* affecting the laud, life of
Hairs" In Mivw gngbjnd.
\*any primitive New Rogiand aay
Msga dre festrlrted wholly to the eg
rteeltdrsi popuiatloo. and among th*ss
are) ge tor an ceo whose provincialism i?
esPt spper#f r to the ipeaker oboes ear
nee become familiar to them. "Got
oete It commonly used to eipress In
sredtHlty snd In remote dlatiicts Mdti
SI* It. ettll good form In the best
"!e This the Mighty Ocesnr
la trie sitoblography. James O. He
aekcr. the rrltlc. says of his first tlew
et'tie etreao: -When I aaw the aea
ft ??? so 1st ss a temperance b
tore. I was disappoint m! because of
*ej wet mouotony. 1 quoted Lsndor
m aaip aas out: 'la thla ths mighty
orseiV-Ja this ail? UWs the girl in
rag gteodnal ao*sl. who found lote
:me1tml. 1 Ml like asking: 'Is that
, aOT ?-"?.feeple'ftck," by Jamet (Jlb
^end Huiisker. .
Million Worth
of Narcotics
Government Agents Have Seized
During the Year More Than a
Million Dollars Worth of
Drugs
Nee fork, Mot, lt?-Oov#rnm*ril
agent* ha' f seized over I million dol
worth of narcotics, whteh win be
dlstrii.ut.< among the noeplUli ot the
country. Poeplte Hie larva aetaure Ihe
dma habl is on the decrease, In Ihe
opintonjoi shjperv|uor FWafiatrlck, of
i the prohibition enforeemenl depart
i gsepfe
Wilhelm Cannot
Leave Holland
Dutch Government Says He Can?
not Go to Corfu Without Per?
mission of Aliies
The Hagme, Nov. 23?Former Km
peror William of Qerrnnny eould go to
Corfu only with the coneenl of thtc
allies the fare lam ofnee announce, even
thueh the fnrnier Qreeh King; Con
atantinc regained Iii? throne end In?
\ him.
Conveys Idea of Mcr.nnes*.
Thrifty habits of the rural New Fng
land deacon have resulted in the per?
version of the noun and its use ns ft
verb Is well understood. To "deacon"
e calf It to knock it In the head alien
horn, hence, 'deaconed" veal. To
"denen" etrswherries, a custom BKKfl
honored In the observance than Ifl the
breach, ig to put the lurgeat oiks on
top, end to "deacon" land Is to extend
one's fence to lrelude a portion of the
hJghwaj._
Cattle Eat "Rubber Cakes."
Experiments at Singapore hav?
shown ihm a feeding cake for cattli
and other stock eau be produced fron
the residue of l'sra rubber seed nttei
the extraction of an oil comparing fa
vnrably with linseed oil.
Te Win Success.
The trouble with a great many peo?
ple It that 'hey are not wining te
make preseut sacrifices for future gain.
The tools for self-improvement are at
tour hand. Use them. If the ax Is
dull the more strength must be put
forth, if your opportunities are lim?
ited you roust use your energy, pifc
forth more effort. Progress msy seem
Slew at first, but perseverance assures
success.-- Orison tffftt Mcrden In Chi*
esge News.
On- to the Sex.
A lady hgelpg left tier nmbrella In
? cur snpltpd tor it at the office. "Oh,
eon Indie*, you Ir.dles." said the om?
elet In charge, a* be brought about
thirty umbrellas for her luspect.Ten,
I "you are su terribly forjttfnllM The
lady entiled as si e kindly pointed out
to him that, with the exception of
three, they were sll gentlemen's UIU?
' brellns!
Memorial to sn Apple.
There rs p ui mument of stone with
1 bronze t th' >t winch marks the spot
shere the York Imperial opple was
ieveloned from n seedling WO years
Igo. The mot. iiucnt Is erected on a
fsrm slong the Italtlmore pike, two
stiles fron York. Ts., und was dedi?
cated .1 fPff days ago.
Osslar\
Oaatan, a mythlcat Oaellc hero and
herd, it said to bave lived In the third
century, end to hare been the eon of
Flogst, t Oeledoulan priuce sad hero,
whom he accompanied on various ex?
peditions. The story goes that Oseisu
was carried away by his fhlry hind
mother to the "Isle of the ever
young." but he returned later, and
then old. blind end alone, "Ossian after
the Felon," be told the story of the
beroee to S'. Patrick. In 170008
James alcpherson published two epics,
which he claimed to be translations
from Ossian s poems.
He Had Reformed.
Charles was known as a scrapper
by all his playmates ami could whip
any boy in his neighborhood. Finally
n new family moved to town whose
boy ws9 about Ids own age. <?harlei
tackled btpJ ami received a good * hip?
ping at hi* hand*. He went home
trying, ami the next day ?QgeMhsCUd to
bis plsymates: "| want vou all to uo
derstand that from this time on I'm
en sstnsjrtpgsyr."
But What "Tor Sh->rt?"
Zulu* bgve n custom of naming a
Child from SOfas cent that occurred at
the time Prien ihe child \W's burn. Not
nail ago a Hdid at NalsI wag brought
to Ihe registry on a nay when a strike
had Interrupted iraUk on the rnllrond
lie eras glvea the name "Uuiblahelung
|Caattlnbelalnilnn?ln,M meaning, "When
the white piep stopped the irs a."
What do y,.?j gupimse they ever called
tbi? boy -f^r teert T*
Iron Or?t Formed by Oacterls.
Stotoglste are renllslhf more fnltf
ss they Oil end their mutes lbs mag
' ultnde of the werk dorn bj plants and
snJmsts in bnlhllug up ami P arlng
down parts of lbs crust of lh? earth
Bven tulcrosco; le organisms |?crfariii
s large part of Ihla work I'esteui
long ago jdiowed u* the demlly powei
of bacteria In disease ami ibelr eltV
rJenry in promoting fermentation, but
1 hdr Influence on the fertility o.' soiN
and their work In expediiing ro k de
cay are still suhjecti of icieiitilb
study.
Another Financial
Near Suicide
Blythewood Farmer Who Disap?
peared Inder Mysterious
Circumstance Turns Up
in Jacksonville
Polumbta, s. ?\, Nov. l1 IS? Marlon
Bagood, tho Blythewood farmer whose
cor, Willi blood spots on it, was found
near Colonial 1 Ici^litH Saturday night,
with a note Indicating that he had
been killed ami robbed is not dead.
but is alive. He has wired his father.
4. A. Hagood. of Blythewood, accord?
ing to a telephone m?ssag<- received
here from tllylhewood. today that lie
in alive and he will return to Colum?
bia Monday afternoon.
Tin- telegram came from Jackson?
ville and stated thai he would return
hole by tin* Seaboard Air L?ne train
Monday afternoon. When ibis mes?
sage was received by the press the
police were still looking the woods
for the man's whereabouts and an ex
alpnation for the mysterious disap?
pearance. Mr HegOOd's t;n- as found
in a ditch on the roadside with blood
on it and. a loaded "pistol in the ear.
Financial trouble is believed to be
the rausr.
Overseas Air?
plane Service
Miami.. Nov. 28? 1 tegular airplane
servics will be Inaugurated between
Miami and the Bahamas, Cuba, Jack?
sonville and Palm Bench this winter.
Former Empress
Very Sick
Doom, Holland. N'?v. 2%?The for?
mer am press of srmay Is very weak.
Sugar Drops Again
Niw York. Nov. J3?The piree of
sugar dvoped again today. One re
Ifiner quoted I T.r> (or fins granulated
hi.e others quoted nine tents.
Larger Grain Crops
Rome, Nov. It?The ISlO wheat
crops show a slight Increaae over last
year's llgures of the world's crops.
Marriage Licenses
Marriage licenses were issued Sat?
urday to the following couplea:
Lyedrugis Jackson of Suniter, and
1 Rebecca Harker "f Atkina.
t 'olored:
Eddie CabbageatalU and Rnaina Sin?
gleton ot Oswego.
Johnnie Spencer and Annie Mur?
phy of Dalzell.
Henry Nixon and WlllOUghby Sin?
gleton of Horatio.
i W. M. Qallpway and Mamie I'at
Iteraon <>f Sumter.
Apparent Mental Lapse.
Kot a great wuMe ago a young man
I told us that ho was thinking seriously
of getting married. Shortly after*
I ward he did. Some people have no
' i conception at all of. what serious
j thinking really is? K. S. A. C. |g
! Brown BelL
Plant Growth.
It la said that the length or the dsy
Irat? er ihno the temperature affect
:he growth of plants. Iris gleen 18
SOUSS of light every day bloomed two
iwnihs earlier than similar plants
which experienced only Ihe day of
laturnl length. This was proved tu
ioiue government experiments.
Cauac of Fatigue.
A man wh i has made a study of rhs
eause* of fatigue ilecla?,ed that people
get tired not because the work In?
volves muscular effort, hut bemuse
they remain lO one position all day.
Thus the woman who has to he on her
feet at homework all day is tired?
but not more so than the o.nce woman
who has to ait at a desk all day. It
Is the confining position without
Change or relaxation that makes fa?
tigue more trig laborious effort.
Tr*ue Frlcndthip.
Two are friends who have lelined
to Interpret aright Ihe alienees thnt
fall between I hem, They know that
?l?e understanding i? complete ani that
WOrdj nr..? unnecessary to an explana?
tion. It Is a relief when one may
without reservation trust and be
trusted, though nothing is said. We
might, Indeed, lenrn from our l. iinhla
dependent the dog a valuable lesson
of implicit faith thai docs nut need
Hal medium of writ Inj; or of *iio?:h.
Frolicsome Birds and Fkhes.
The Crane Will amuse itself some?
times by running round in circles and
throwing small pebbles and hits of
wood into |he air. Other water birds
Can any time I.bservod al their
frolics, cleaving llie water or diving
?fter eaeli other.
Brother of Nelson.
Sir .Ian * Mack ? ' . the first re
j corder of Bombay, records in his dlnry
a fad not generally known that
"Lord Nela i. had ? brother, com*
nmnder of .?. trading ship, who was
cut off by the Malays, Ills murderers
were executed on the Oyster Rock lu
Bombay hs**bor."
S,)snUh Dancers.
There la one nice thing about a
group of Spanish dancers. They en
Joy It ao much themselves. Always
merry und laughing and calling out
litt If pleasantries to each other, clap
filng their hands and stamping their
feet. But why. In the name of fCdgar
\V. Cervantes, don't they leuru some
Lew slepa??Life.
Greek Plebiscite
Postponed
Vole on Question of Return of
Former King Constantino Not
to b?. Hastened
Paris, Nov. 23 ?The French foreign
office lias been Informed that tin- pleb?
iscite to decide on the return of ex
King Konstantine has been post?
poned until fJecemlier 5th.
Six Refineries
Will Be Closed
Slight Demand For Sugar Are
Causing American Company
to Slow Down
New York. n<?v. :o.?All ?ix rofln*
trlei of the American Sugar Refining
company will be closed as iho result
of the slight demand for the com?
modity, offlc als announced today.
They said they had ample stocks and
are prepared to make prompt deliv?
ery.
Banker Takes Own Life
Chaney Littlefield Shoots Self.
Had Not Been in Good
Health
tlreer, Nov. 10.?Chancy Uttleficld,
vice president of the bank of Gr^er
,and president of the Greer Bonded
Warehouse company, committed sui?
cide this morning by shooting him?
self. Mr. Littlefield lived about an
l hour and t half, but never regained
j consciousness. He had not been In
the best of health for several years,
More Troops For Ireland
British Government Seriously
C onsidering Sending Stronger
Force
London, Nov. 22?England is seri?
ously considering .vending more troopi
to Ireland, the war office said today.
Venizelos is Despondent
Great Greek Statesman May Re?
tire Permanently From
Politics
Paris, Nov. 23?M. Venizelos is de?
spondent over his defeat at the polll
find may retire permanently from poll
tics, his son tells the newspaper cor?
respondents*
Watch Night Meeting
To the Churches in Sumter count,' al
every faith ^and Order?
There is a movement on foot lor th?
churches to observe Watchnl?7ill on ih
? list of December, tt each cllU'vh re?
maining up until midnight, engaged
i" song and prayer for t gr.?at re?
r:\ul, and you are askei t ? join h;
this laudable endeavor. As many ac
w! l ph ase notify nie ul on ??.? that I
ri'??y give it publicity in '.)? press id
the county.
At the recent session of tho Sant"?
li iptlat Association reaoluvoiin to the
etui wore passed. It is ;i good move
so wh> not all join? It the weathei
is such as tu prevent assembly at
the church it is proposed to observe
it at our homes.
Very truly yours.
H. C. Bethen.
Itembert. S. C, Nov. 20, 1920.
Fatal Duel Fought
Oaffney, Nov. ?Iva Rurratt, well
to do farmer, and Will Dawson, Bur
ratt's grandson, killed each other at
the Barrett home l .*. miles from here
last night, Platole were used in th?'
duel. There were no eyo witnesses
Dawson and hla( wife were parted
and it is said ho belt eyed his grand?
father was responsible for his do?
mestic troubles.
Flume, Nov. 22?Oabrlel D'Annun
zio. the insurgent commander at
Flume, declared that he is unalter?
ably opposed to accepting the treaty
of Kapaiio settling the Adriatic treaty
between laly and Jugo-Slavia and
would coni^ue Aghing unll he just
claims of Italy are met.
Poet Starts Hun- 1
ger Strike
Venezulan Who is Prisoner in I
Santo Domingo Tries Mac
Swiney Stunt
Knvnna, Nov. 23?Horacio Bianco
Pom buna, the Vencseulan newspaper' 1
man and poet, who is held prisoner it
by the American military authorities I
In Santo Domingo, has started a bun- '
arcr. sumke. 1 i
Lloyd George
States Position
Declares Difference Between
England and France Do Not
Amount to a Quarrel
. Paris, Nov. 20.?Premier Lloyd i
George ,in an interview with a corre?
spondent of The Petit Parisien Jeclar
lod that the differences between Great |
Britain uncKFrance do not amount to
la quarrel and divergent views did
not prejudice tho alliance created dur
i ing tho war. Regaring reparations
, he declared that Rngland would
'stand elbow to elbow with Fiance.
! but he insisted that the. amount
Germany is called upon to pay should
I be fixed.
Bridge Over
Santee River
Adovcatcs to Postpone Soiicita-j
tion, of Stock for While
1
-
Manning. Nov. 19?Today a meet?
ing was held tO dlacuSS the project
Of building a bridge over Santee
river at PineJcney*s Landjng. e. o. |
i j Black. preaMent Columbia chamber
' 'of commerce. Charles H. Moorefield of
the state highway commission, Irvine
' 1<\ BelSer Of Columbia, and K. B. Bel
?er of gumter were present.
The matter was discussed irom j
every angle and after the addresses |
a ro'.nd table discussion by ;'ll pies
cut seemed to consider the proposi?
tion a feasible one and that it would
I benefit not only this section of the
country, but the entire state. It was
idecided to postpone the solicitation of
- stock subscriptions until the finan-j
' ; cial condition improved, but not :o 1
allow the matter to drop and to con-j
' tinue a campaign of education and
agitation of the matter until active
work could be done.
Pittsburg Bank Robbed
I Pittsburg, Nov. 22?Three armed
men held up the employes of the
Metropolitan Trust Company ami es?
caped In an automobile with a Ihreg
amount of funds.
Alabama Mine Disaster
Birmingham. Nov. 2?>?Two men
were killed and nine injured in a
mine explosion at Parrish today.
Murder in North Carolina
Hickory, N. <*.. Nov. 23?Officers of
Hickory and Burke county, follow
ing an investigation here that lasted
most of the day, carried five white
men to jail at Morganton tonight on
charges of conspiring and murdering
Glenn Lippnrd, young white man.
whose body woa found in the woods
of Burke county, three miles from
here Sunday.
Geneva, Sov. 22Tho possibility of
American aid for the Armenians was
discussed in the debate in the assem
I bly league nationsaseyt resolutions de
I mending intervention by league in Ar
Imenla. A. J. Balfour, of Great Bri?
tain said the United States would
make an ideal mandatory over Armen?
ia and that, the league has been un
the Armenian situation. Dr. Nansen,
of Norway, estimated that sixty thou?
sand men would be sufficient force to
deal with the situation and that if
'the assembly appealed to the whole
J world the United States would share
;her burden.
New York. Nov. 10.?Steven Bir?
mingham, a member of tho New York
j police is alleged to be manager of the j
? "compensation bureau" maintained by
; Labor Leader Brindell, who has been ;
j Indicted for connection with the ai- j
i leged building trust. I
Ivery Vote Cast by Jackso*
County Indians Thrown Out
by Canvassing Board
ABhevtlle. N. <\. Nov. '2?,~Kvrry In
lan yote rast In Jackson county at
he general election was thrown out by
he vote Of the Jackson county board
f canvassers, who moved the hoer
ng lore, j,, prevent threatened dis- *
trdei s
By throwing mit the Indian votes,
id the Republicans except ?>ne ween
lefeated and ? protest Will be heard in
he courts.
Housing Problem
in Paris
Difficulty in Obtaining Lodgings
Has in Some Instances Pre>
vented Divorce
Paris. Nov. 19.?The great difficul?
ty of finding lodging In Paris has
been the cause of many unusual inci?
dents recently.
Divorced persons seeking separate
ipartments are having such difficulty
in finding them that, in one case at
L ast, they composed their tempermen
t;il differences in order to keep their
Did apartment.
A painter ami his wife who had
been divorced by mutual agreement
were both looking for apartments.
Frequently their paths crossed in
their search for quarters. The first
time they met they bowed gravely Ynit
politely. Their mutual smile grad?
ually broadened as the hunt for flats
narrowed down to a few hovels in
the slum section.
"Let's kiss and make up and go
Pack to our flat," the wife finally said;
and they did.
President Mlllerand, who recently
took possession of the Elysee Palace,
received 4 1 applications for his apart?
ment on the Avenue de Villars.
Henry Landru, who has been In
Ijjl Sante prison for the past 20 months
awaiting trial on charges growing out
of the disappearance of 11 women, re?
cently was dispossessed from the flat
that he had occupied on the Boule?
vard Rochechouart, a rather Sordid
section of Pails. Requests c ime from,
every quarter in Paris, some even
from aristocratic Auteuil, asking th&t
the Hat be reserved.
A vagrant just finishing 30 days in
La Sante prison told his cell-mate
under sentence of five years for
swindling, that he dreaded to return
into cold, dreary Paris. He was home?
less, prospects of spending the win?
ter nights under Paris bridges did not
appeal to him. The prisoners ex?
changed clothing and cards of identity
and when the warder called for Ihe
vagrant to send him out into 're cold
world, the swindler responded. Tho
fraud was discovered only when the
Bwindler'a lawyer called at the Jail.'
Cotton Ginners Report
Nearly Nine Million Bales Gin?
ned Prior to November 14
Washington. Nov. 22?The cotton,
ginned prior to November nth *?
mounted to x.920 7TO bales, the census
bureau announced today. .
Call For Army
For Armenia
Geneva, Nov. 22?The League As?
sembly adopted a resolution inviting
the council of the League of Nationa
to confer with the powers with the
view of constituting a force to end hos?
tilities In Armenia.
Hordes Coming
From Europe
New York. Nov. 2 2?Ole Hansen,
a former mayor of Seattle, returninc
Crom abroad says, that everybody
from everywhere is trying to emigrate
to the United States and he advocates
the total suspension of immigration
for two yearn.
Crisis in Retail Trade
New Vork. Nov. 23?A council of
the National Retail Associations has
be* n organised to meet the crisis in re?
tail trade occasioned by price declines.
LUMBER
LUMBER
I or I. a,
HlllgCS,
Nails,
< ? l.i I CM,
sawn,
llntclieta,
flatiiineee,
Door Hungers,
BUILDING
MATERIAL
Floorings
Oiling,
Hiding,
< 'using,
Mouldings,
Framing I aim tier,
Red cedar shingles,
rinr and Cypress .shingle*.
????"" v.?KS ^S?S*
? t it I inside Decorations,
V?... y U Rkfc. ?-"?? < ?'?">?"'<'?? ??" ??" W?tcr I'.ln.,.
Wllti: FENCING. UtON AND WOOD
HARDWARE
PAINTS
OILS
llrlck,
3. line,
Cement,
Plaster,
l ire Brick,
Fire i lay,
Sewer Pipe,
Stove Flue,
Terra rVHfn Thimbles
Mortar Colors and Stains
Water Prooffuag Mineral,
Corrugated Metal Hoofing,
Aatafttng and Composition Roofing.
POSTS
EVERYTHING FOR THE HOUSE
Booth & McLeod, Inc.
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