The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 22, 1921, Page Page 2, Image 2
-a ri'ear
.t?-g MWBpfacfr; Srst
i; 5 0 cems s^-anch. each
si >inssg^ & ? -Li beral? rates
p# .'monthly coatracts.
& of incivMtiai. or'' busi
cfea^ged foe as ad
-
5r,? of public :r>-'
... ; .signed., viU. al
K--.1.-.- in the eolumns 01
:The name of the
aeaomj?any every- coin
ion aot -puoMeation. ?!
an ^vid?ice of ,-goad\ faith.j
:T^Ut&!Kes -.should u e ;
zzmm&. OSTSEX. :
JJg|feneraI Manager.
^^^Hpta^nes- and nevs
^BBRura-ly. .opposed to
|HBra---as.ap^2ie'd to se
iss/.j^^fltge".* By ".the zone
1 eyifrpay tire..; cost - of car-1
i^?p?birea*tiqns to the re-;
?^ens of the-.conntry, wall
old. y-i' rate the, govern
>c-t'e?t'.tfce .Mil. The news
and ; ubiieations of local
ion', ander the bid fiat rate
iii&k vaore"-than ? the cost
Asides-having to con
competition of na
ils tor advertising
in their own home
^ jrf. tul> should stand
attorn and every news- j
igazine should pay
f necesary to pay the
to'deliver it. It is not
to charge a flat rate
Icatjons that is great
service costs and at
ime charge others the
[sat; on aconnt of the
mces the mail/matter
ransported. is far less
Under the old rate
Sg^ magazines of national
ion cost the postoffice de
it milions of dollars an
L- MOVEMENT CLUBS
^drives" and "campaigns"
have been sweeping the
from- the border to border
jce the declaration of war
are equalled in number
r the clubs and committees
ed and appointed to reme
ng conditions and meet al
eeds.
latttr" how serious or how
;he suddenly discovered civ
aat is, an investigation must
snded by an organization
for the purpose, while
; ^roup prepares itself to
?altering things for the bet
is fine to have a communi
ce to its own needs and eag
j-operate in fulfilling them,
? is possible that the
s" and '"clubs" and "com
" and "societies" have
most as overdone as the
and campaigns and special
%? The citizens trying to
it his own affairs is pester
?eas to join and pay a dol
lo sign a petition. Too" of
y are time and money was
iter in Goilier's Weekly has
less useful of these or
ions the happy title of
Movement Clubs", and ad
te reader thus: v
next time yon are asked
C something?don't."
s good advice. Action is
the things most needed
here in the world today?
uiet, thoughtful action,
las been too much talk, too:
bjpeking about conditions, j
ill-considered t suggesting j
?s. If every ad alt citi-!
o his own job a little
he has been doing it,
ipart in promotion of
relfare as a matter of
fefeerai confusion would
with amazing bene
t concerned.
of McCormick coun
part in the lynching
lunday did more to
rlessness than they
it crime. The negro
^yond the shadow of
>rding to published
fdicted reports, and
tave been tried,
punished by pro
fcvithout delay, as the
lerai sessions for the
scheduled to con
FeguJar term on Monday.
that put the negro to
ithout process of law may
action by claiming that
mted justice in a rough
manner, but as .a matter
ihey yielded to a violent
less impulse, as surely as
brute was impelled to !
in outragemis crime by
.instincts. ,
[muel Gompers is ousted
>resideney of ihe Feder
foor by Lewis, there
be a split m the rants
labor before many
re passed.
read a great deal
loys of a eomrauter's
half has never been
>t an eight hoar job,
tngeburg and sleep
A.generous donor is building a
church in Pennsylvania which is
.to be a "Church of All Christians."
It is to. contain three movable al
-tars, one for the Roman Catholics,
one for the Episcopalians and one |
for . the other denominations. All |
the faiths have agreed to use the j
church and all seem happy about |
"die idea,
Much has been said in the past
few years about the desirability of
uniting churches, especially* in
small communities. It has been so
absurd for four or five tiny con
gregations to go through the mo
tions of supporting as many;
churches and pastors, none of them j
well supported, when . one build
ing would house them all, and in
many cases one minister serve for
two or three of the congregations.
This, however, is the first time |
that any effort has been made to!
unite all Christian faiths under j
one roof. If it succeeds, as it well J
deserves to do, this church willi
have many successors. !
Uniting all Christians in itself!
seems a vast step ahead. But the
fancy insists upon going further.
Why not,- next, a church of All Be
lievers? Religion is a matter of!
mental attitude rather than of
dogma, after all . Why bar out the
Theo3ophists or Buddhists? Why
the Jews?
Many spiritually-minded people:
have dreamed of such temples of
worship, where every group seek-'
ing fuller life of the Spirit may|
join to use the ritual they find most
comforting and enlightening,
, where every man who looks upward )
for' help may find strength and
peace.
? - ?. '
THE SANE FOURTH
President Harding is Ohe of the j
advocates of a safe and sane
Fourth of July, and has so express
ed himself in a letter written to
the head of a Baltimore committee j
Drep&ring for such a day in that >
city. . .
The object of the Baltimore cele-1
bration is "to inculcate the princi-j
pies of the Declaration of Inde-;
pendence and to conserve life and!
limb from the reckless and ignor-:
ant use of fireworks." This j
sounds a good note for celebra
tion generally.
In many places the non-explo-j
sive Fourth is now compulsory, but (
in many others tie unrestricted;
sale and use lirearms and ex- j
plosive toys goes on. Where this
is. true the casualties of the uay
will roll up as usual.
The better plan makes the great*
national holiday a civic and patri-j
otic occasion in which, if fire-!
works are used at all, it is mere- j
ly to close the ceremonies with a I
public display, carefuly safe- j
guarded to prevent accident to j
the onlookers.
Such a celebration is especially j
appropriate this year, for the;
world is struggling as never before j
to free itself of the obsession of ;
arms, of which the explosive toy:
ist the sign and symbol.
''--?~
TRAVELING -MAN
PRAISES SUMTER\
Impression That Our\
Town Makes Upon a j
Transient Visitor
Editor of Daily Item:
know that all of us are pleased i
to hear nice things said of our
towni I am enclosing an extract
from a letter this day received
from my son. who includes your
State in his territory. Will* ask
that you keep name on: of any
item you make of this, as sonie
one might think it is written for
business; but I can assure you not j
and he has no idea that it will j
ever be known by any of your
people. Only wish he could" say
half as much of his home town.
Respectfully.
i Salem, Va., June 16. 1921.
1 ______ '
; I wish some of the Salem pro-!
I moters could see the -sown of
j Sumter, S. C. Population about
10,000 and they have many miles
of paved streets, fine shade trees
and the streets kept spotlessly
clean. Wish the same could be
said of Salem.
Florence, S. C June 15, 1'921.
Solicitor F. A. McLeod spent
Monday in Bishopville in attend
ance upon the summer term of
the Court of General Sessions,
which convened that morning.
There were practically no jury
ca-^s and all the business on the
docket that could be taken up at
this term was disposed of by coz
ftinuance, or otherwise, in the one
I day. The only matter of particular
f interest was a complaint to the
grand jury that Sheriff Scarbor
| ough was not disposing of contra
band liquor in the manner pro
vided by law. The sheriif claimed
I that he was issuing* :he liquor for
medicinal "purposes on j-rescrip
: tion. Judge John S. Wilson
1 charged the grand jury ;?t some
I length on the matter and Solicitor
[ McLeod quote! the law relating
j to the manner in which contra
j band- liquor- shall be destroyed,
l There appeared to be a conflict in
I the construction of the law and no
action was taken bv the court.
-ry? .
j The Salvation Army says: **A
! man may be down, but he's never
I out." A newspaper plant may
burn down, but still came out?
and otu of town at that.
Mrs. Peter Gaiagher aas gone
to Annapolis. )ia., to spcrna sonic
time with ner sons.
Mrs. .1. P. Mellett hai returned
h?rne alter an extended visit to
ner daughters in i^aureus.
Miss Jeannette White has been
appointed playground worker ana
wul De at tne park every day
from 4:30 to 7:30.
Misses Beulah Hunter u?J Ma
dalie Hicks spent ttie week end
witn irienus in Florence.
Friends of Miss Fannie White,
who was operated on iur appen
dicitis at tne Tuomey hospital
.Monday morning will ue glad io
know tliat sne is doing weh.
Miss Lourine Cummings spent
Sunday at her home in (^swego.
Mrs. A. E. Tern of Columbia
is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W.
F. Carr of this city.
Messrs. K. P. Foresterj'and Ray
Blanding are visiting friends in
North Carolina this week'.!
Mr. Jack Skinner of Elliotts
spent the week end with friends
in Suniter ?
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. ; Wheeler
have returned to their 'home in
Florence after visiting Mr. and
Mrs. J. D. Lemmon of this city.
Miss Minnie GofT spent Sunday !
with her sister in Bishopviile.
Master Samuel Mothner of Au- j
gusta is visiting Mr. and Mrs.
M. Goldberg of this city.
Miss Frances Kraker of this
city is visiting friend? at Man
ning. . j
Miss Harriett Hirsch has return
ed from Camden where she has
been visiting friends.
Mrs. Wm. Berg and daughter j
left Sunday for Dalton. Ga., where |
they wil visit relatives.
_ i
Mr. J. D. iKng and H. .0 Bright- I
well are attending the laundry
convention in iWlmington.
Mrs. Robert W. Beaty and
daughter Ruth left yestreday for j
Charlotte, N. C where they will ;
viist Mrs. Beaty's mother.
Miss Wilma Bates has return- j
to Eastover after visiting rela- j
tives in the city.
Julian S- Wolfe of Orangeburg
spent the day in Sumter on busi
ness.
Solicitor Frank A. McLeod left I
this morning for Eutawville. I
where he will spend several days.
Mrs. -McLeod and children have!
been visiting her parents at Eu-1
tav, ville for the past two weeks.
FATS VERSUS LEANS \
Editor Daily Item: j
1 am very much interested in
the game of baseball that is to j
take place between the Fats and ?
the Leans of Sumter. especially in-1
terested on account of the Afso? .
ciation that is to r-3eeive the iinuu
cial benefit. I am delighted to se^
that the proceeds or' the game will;
go to the treasury of the Sumter
High School Athletic Association. \
It has made us a little envious |
when we noticed from time to.
time that other communities were !
giving benefit attractions for their 1
high school athletic associations, i
Chester raising by one a:traction
as much as $600 for her high!
school boys.
The Sumter High School's deri
cit is due to the game of foot ball j
.that was played with Charleston..]
This wasa very expensive game;
but. in spite of the expense, noj
loss would have been sustained j
had it not been for the\*ains thai
continued all day. Whatever the,
reason, the deceit is the stubborn I
fact that has to be met. It is. j
therefore, a source of genuine sat-;
isfaction that the men of Sumter.;
who have always takeuvso much I
interest in the ath'etic-Jnctivities1
of our high school, are* now ? de-'
termined to' do what th'fy can to ;
life the deht that has -been op
pressing the Association Jsince last j
November. i
The cause, however, is not the!
real source of interest in'the game'
that is to take place on the after
noon of the twenty-eigth of j
June. The contestants will fur
nish the source of pleasure.
Both sides are determined to
win. , Each side has declared that
the game will go the full period I
of a regular game, it matters noi j
how long it may take. Each side!
has a pride in the sort of men rep- \
resented. It is individual and j
class pride. Nothing is more dis- j
tasteful than a burlesque pur-'
posely staged. If there is to be j
any interest, ir will come from j
each side doing its best, and the
burlesque resulting in spite of the
most vigorous efforts to the con
trary.
Baseball enthusiasts may count
upon seeing 18 men doing their
best. If the game should prove a
travesty, it will not be because
every man on the team has failed
to do his best t > make, it a real
game. ;
Aside from the interest that
these players have in baseball it
self and in the cause ifor which
?;hey are giving the beneiit per
formance, there will be a very
vigorous contest betwefen the fat
and the lean. The fats realize that
nothing great was ever accom
plished without enthusiasm and
they believe that they will win
?hrough their enthusiasm. The
leans have heard all of their lives
that it takes a lean dog for a long
race and. while much has been
accomplished by enthusiasm,
what really counts in the long
run is the quality of endurance.
Men who are rotund, ruddy and
rosy to meet men who. like Cas
sius of old. have a lean and hun
gry look. It is a contest between
la-itude and longitude; between
enthusiasm and endurance; be-'
tween avoidupois and agility. It
is more than a baseball game; it
is a battle. While side will tri
umph? The battle alone will de
termine the issue. You must be
there when it is fought, confiden:
that right will prevail.
Cordiallv vours,
x S. H. "Edmunds.
Superintendent.
The new addition to the W. B. !
Burns store is now completed and
?in use, giving the firm almo-st
nouble floor space. A feature of
the new part at the rear of thei
saore is the large door driveways
on either side, wihch allows a car
or truck to drive thr ugh.
Convicted Man Would
Have Been Hung* en
j July 8
TWENTY GUARDS
WERK USELESS
j -
Killed Victim to Keep
Her From Telling of
the Assault
Moultrie. Ga., June 21. -John
Henry Wiliams, negro slayer of
Loreha Wilkes, i 2year old white
girl, was burned to the Stake Fri
I day by a mob after lie had Deen
convicted of first degree murder
and sentenced to be Hanged July
8. The prisoner was tai^/i y.jrn
the officers as lie was i;eir*? es
corted from the court room and
was rushed to the scene oi his
crime, where he was tied t>> the
stump of a tree.
Wiliams calmly smoked a ciga
rette as the match was applied to
the fuel around him .tnd he made
but little outcry as the dames
slowly burned him to death, it
was reported that he made a full
confession.
The mob quietly dispersed after
the lynching* and thus far no ar
rests have been made.
Williams, who at Iiis trial de
nied his guilt, is allege-.: Lo rfave
made a full and detail;'! con
fession to members of the mcb.
eevn telling bow the girl begged
him to spare her life.
It was when he saw the girl
pass his house on her way to a
store at Autreyville. Ga.. thct he
planned crime, he is said Lo have
declared. He cut her throat with
a knife and then dragged her body
into a shallow pond and weigh ed
it down with watersoaked logs,
according to his alleged conces
sion. The negro waded out into
the pond and showed mob mem
bers where he had hid the body.
He appeared little disturbed. The
mob stood quietly on the banks of
the pond and listened to his story.
It was to a big stumu near the
edge of the pond that" Williams
was chained and burned. Wood
was piled around him and gaso
line was poured on it. Jus:
before the match was applied the
negro asked for a cigarette and
it was put in his month and
lighted for him. He was calmly
puffing smoke when the match
was applied to the slake. As the
flames flared up and found their
way to Williams he made little
outcry, but his body went through
horrible contortions.
Finally the wind veered, blow
ing the smoke and flame-" away
from his head, making it possible
for him to speak, and the negro
began to sing, continuing until the
smoke stifled him.
When tne 20 armed officers
with Williams in their custody a*>
peared on the steps of the court
house there came shouts "Let's
get him!" Immediately ?&hat
seemed to be a multitude pressed
in on the officers. The deputies
were powerless. News of the seiz
ing of the negro spread rapidly
and throngs rushed to the scene
of the crime.
It was' more than 30 minutes af
ter the arrival at the pond before
Williams was chained and barn d.
It was when he saw that death
was at -land that he mad" his con
fession.
'"The devils put the crime into
my head and after I had com
mitted it there was nothing L'or me
to do but to kill the ^i:-! to keep
her from telling." the negro is
said to have stated in t< Hing vvhai
prompted the deed.
Williams was brought to Monl
trie from Columbus L'or trial early
this morning. The trial began im
mediately. *r--Aftejr being oyt/ondy
a minute or two the jurv returned
a verdict finding Williams guilty
of two capital crimes;, ojtie dt
which was murd< r.
T?e lynching of Williams was
averred the day of his arses'; by
Sheriff Beard, "of Coiquitt" Coun
ty, after a wild ride oj more than
60 miles during which he was pur
sued by nearly 100 automobile.-..
He managed to reach Thomas
ville. and later went to Cairo,
whence he was forced re go Io
; Bain bridge, where he chained his
prisoner in the woods. The :: -
I gro later was take:: to Cuthbert
and then to Columbus.
Reprisal seekers in the An rey
I ville section during the week
; burned many negro homes and
churches, whipped several ne
groes and shot one. This is the
first lynching in the history of
Coiquitt county.
Moultrie. Ga.. June 21.?Hun
dreds of people have vieitcd the
scene, where John Henry Wil
liams, negro, was burned to a
stake Friday by a Coiquitt
county mob after he had been tak
en fro ma strong guard in front of
the court here. Williams' charred
remains was still chained to the
stump late this afternoon.
Williams was convicted and
; sentenced to hang for the murder
of Lorena Wiikes. 12 year old
i white girl.
The Autreyville section of Col
I quitt county, which lias bee:: a
? turmoil since last .Monday the day
I the little girl was slain. w,^s qniec
! tonight. Prominent white citi
i zens. especially those residing in
the Autreyville section, startec
taking up a collection today a?
(rebuild the negro churches. lodge
buildings and homes destroyed
during the week by reprisal raid
ers. One negro was shot and sev
Iera! were whipped by mobs.
r The chimney of the Mohawk
i Hotel, on Bartlette street, was
j struck by lightning Sunday af
i ternoon. during the rainstorm,
I which was accompanied by quite
': a vivid electric display for a few
j minutes. Xo great damage was
;' done, but the inmates of the hos
! teiry rushed out?-or to express
; the idea in i more forma! raan
j ner-?they emerged precipitately
; from the edifice with every in dica
i tion of haste. Those who observ
ed the performance expressed the
opinion that some of the emer
gants were silghtly alarmed
A hi?h wind, almost cyclonic
in nature, passed over the section
near Mr. S- J. White's home 0 i
the Manning road Saturday. Xo
buildinc; was damaged but 3
number of large trees were un
rooted.
; ?ffilfl HHP
! Iff HE STATE
$400,000 Bis'httjiUed by
Superintendent of Edu
cation Swearing-en
' ?RANGEBITRG GETS
ONLY ABOUT $2,200
Many Other Counties
Wore in Need of More
Assistance
Columbia, June 20.?Under Die
equalizing law guaranteeing a
seven months' term State aid in
the sum of $384,422 was paid to
day to 603 districts in 39 coun
ties. The distribution could not
be undertaken until every appli
cation from every county had been
filed with the 3!a;e Superintend
ent of Education and had been
carefully checked.
Tb?- legislature of 1921 appro
priated $400;000 under this law.
Districts participating in the fund \
must li;-;;: levy a special local tax
of eight mills to pa yteachers'sal-I
aries. must enroll not fewer than
25 nor more than 50 pupils under
each teacher in each class room
.and must maintain under each
? such teacher in each such class
room a regular monthly attend
ance of not less than 15 pupils.
For the scholastic year 1919-20,
342 districts qualified under the
equalizing act. The increase dur
? ing the- last 12 months, therefore,
is 16 j districts?76 per cent.
Horry leads with 72 districts
while Greenvillej comes second
! with -In districts "and Spartanbarg
'third with 46 districts. In the
seven counties of Beaufort. Cal
horn;. Charleston. Cherokee. Fair
?! dd. Jasper and Marlboro no dis
tricts qualified under the law. Ap
proximately 20i? applications
could not be approved because
!h":-je districts failed to observe
!;?-<- requirements as to enrollment
and average attendance. Com
i munities wishing :u employ teach
ers with an enrollment below 25
pupils or an average attendance
; heiow i ? pupils must pay for this
: excessive type of education out of
local funds. The State standard
' is exceedingly liberal. Its main
tenance is the only hope for the
[seven months' term for ;he rural
schools. The growth of the im
mediate future will doubtless add
300 additional districts to the
first of 603 for the current year.
Every approved claim has been
paid in full. The distribution of
this fund will enable some 1,500
[teachers to receive their too Icng
delayed pay.
Nine counties received upward
j of $20.nun. si:: cctr.ities received
between $10.U:M) and $20,000
each, one county received $6.000.
a second county $5.000. a third
county $4.000 and a fifth county
S3.GOO. Payments among the re
maining 2:1 counties ranged from
?3.000 dowr.
Below is g -u the list of cpun
ties showing the number of-dis
i tricts participating and the
amount of State aid paid in each
instance:
Xo. of
District
S
4
.\a;np of
(nuntv
?Abbeville . .
Aiken : . .
Allendale . .
Anderson . .
Hamberg . .
Barnwell . .
j Beaufort . .
Berkeley . .
Calhoun . .
Charleston .
Cherokee . .
Chester . . .
Chesterfield .
Clarendon .... 5
Colletbn.32
Darlington ... 4
Dili on . . .4
.Dorchesterf- 3
Sdgefield ....
Fairfield .... ?
Florence .
George to wh .
Greenviiie .. .
Greenwood .
Hampton . .
Horry.72
Jasber.?
KershaV . . . . 2-"
Lancaster .... 22
Laurens.25
Amount
$ 4..">u2
973
1.275
13.4 4 6
i.067
S36
1.926
?1
Lee ....
Lexington .
McCormick .
Marlon . . .
Marlboro . .
Xe .-.merry . .
Oconee . . .
Grangeburg .
Bickens . . .
Rich land . .
Sa in da . . .
Spartanburg
Sumter . . .
Suniter . . .
union . . .
Williamsburg
Vor!: . . . .
1
46
46
1
:o
11.684
23.920
17.453
6.453
11.85 4
:;.2.';s
5.442
6.264
26.799
2.200
14.9 01
,442
21.50 0
29.066
29.066
253
1.4 31
13.750
1.647
603 $384,432
POCALLA THIEF
CAPTURED
Proprietor Beck Did
Good Detective Work
in Running Down
Robber
Through some fast sleuth work
and regular Sherlock Holmes de
diiction by Mr. Beck at Pocalla.
the >arties who lost their jnoney
and watches Sunday afternoon
a./e in possosion of them once
more.
The robbery of envelope con
taining the valuables was traced
to a young man or boy about sev
enteen years of age living in the
country a. few miles from
Sumter. When confronted with
evidence showing he had taken
the envelope, he first denied any
knowledge of it. but later owned
up and gave up all but a few
dollars which ho had already
spent One of the watches he had
hidden behind a rafter in a *<a
>rage and the other he had given
; to a colored transfer driver for
[safe keeping. The boy is now out
[under a twenty dolar bond. Mr.
I Beck deserves a good deal of credit
I for unraveling the mystery wich
very lew clues to work upon.
Mr. .7. M. Green of Columbia
was he*e on business yesterday.
fan
DLES NEGRO
Was Tied to a Tree and
Shot to Pieces by An
gry Men
SEARCH LASTED
SEVERAL DAYS
I McCormick. June 21. ? The
posse that Saturday in 'ning be
, gan the hunt, for Herben Quartes. I
a negro, charged with criminally
assaulting a while woman, one
i mile west of Plum Branch, caught |
I negro at Z o'clock Sunday after- j
' noon and put him to death. There
1 were probobly two thousand tuen
' in the search. The negro was
founa hiding under some brush,
about, tifteer. miles from the place
I where he committed the crime and ,
[about one mile from where he waa \
(raised. When those finding him
: were in about ten feet of him. he
i jumped up out of the brush, hold
; ing his hands up in an effort to !
! keep from being shot. Hundreds
I of shots were fired in the uir as |
,'an alarm by those near the spot.?.'
The news spread rapidly and the '
I posse soon gathered on the scene.
I Men from Greenwood, Saluda,
Edgefield, Aiken, Abbeville. New- \
berry and Lincoln county. Georgia
joined in the hunt.
From the spot where Quarles j
was found he was taken to the j
home of his victim, and whilej
there was no doubt ok the part of
those finding him about his be- j
ing the right party, the crowd
i was cool and orderly and they im- j
mediately agreea to take him back
to the scene of the crime and to
the victim for her identification, j
Not only were those in charge oi'i
him sure of his identiy. but the
negro himself admitted having
committed the crime and while!
he gave no reason for committing j
the deed, he said: "Tell all the!
colored people that this is the
wrong thing, and tell them to try '
and be better people and nevei j
try the deed that I treid."
After being identified by his vie-,
tim and making a full confesison.
the negro was taken to a point
within the Robinson graveyard, inj
the clump of bushes where the
deed was committed, just 100 j
yards from bis home and about
two hundred yards from the home j
of his victim, and with a plow line \
around his neck and a trace chain
around his body, he was directed !
to climb a cedar tree. He broke
the limbs and climbed the tree
about fifteen feet. When he had
reached this point, some one wentj
up and chained and tied him to ,
the tree. When all was in readi
ness a volley of probablv five1
j thousand shots were fired. He was j
I left hanging to the tree.
This is the first lynching tnai
has ever occurred in McCormick {
: county, and although the regular
; June term of the court of general
; sessions for McCormick county
I commtneed here Monday, the j
; appeal of the officers and those ;
; who do not favor lynching fell cs i
deaf ears, as the men'went about j
their work. j
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! WHO WILL BE NEXT
i ADJUTANT GENERAL
COLUMBIA, June 21.?Three i
names have already been ad vane- |
! ed as possible appointees to the j
? office of adjutant general, ?made j
?; vacant by the death last Thursday i
: evening of Adjutant General W.
i W. Moore, Governor Cooper will |
: make an appointment of a suc
: cessor, following his return to the
city in about 10 days.
R. W. Grant, assistant adjutant
| general; Former Assistant Adju
l tant General John D. Frost, ot
Spartanburg. and Major Frank W. 1
? Glen, of Columbia, property and ;
j disbursing officer of the National j
ySu4rd, have ,all been mentioned, i
Major |G2en $as' i <re<3iei?ed ;
&dOFsjemenj"ss from a^sa^in- j
Sif Officers-frt? MMMld
?qua'
The'- gby
j hold office until the election of j
I 1 922 names another adjutant gen- ]
' era!. .
Col. T. E. Marchant. of Colum
bia, the new commander of tne:
First Regiment, today received his [
; commission as colonel and he an- j
1 nounced several appointments.
, Rev. J.- W. Oxner, of New
Brookland, has been named as:
j chaplain of the regiment.
Onan A. Hydrick, of Orange-'
1 burg, a member of the Orange-!
; burg delegation in the house of;
I representatives, has been named ;
; major, and will have charge of the j
i machine gun units of the regi-;
i ment.
j Geddings H. Crawford, of Co-:
I lumbia. has been appointed regi-:
; mental adjutant, with the rank of!
captain. John A. Rice, of Colum
| bia. is made regimental supply of- j
; tier, with rank of captain,
j E. C. Von Tresckow, of Camden. |
Iis lieutenant colonel; Harry 0.
i Withington. of Charleston, * and i
; George Morgan, of Greenville, are I
j majors. An election for another j
I major is to be held this week.!
? Murray Mack, Fort Mill and A. M. i
McLeod. Camden, are tne candi
i dates in the race.
, The only other officer yet to be
appointed is a first lieutenant, a
staff officer, who will have charge
of regimental training.
Candidates ior the Citizen's I
Military Training Camps to be es- I
tablished throughout the eoun-1
try this summer will be given free j
physical examination bv any phv-1
sian connected with the United!
Public Health Service. This Ser
vice has 140 stations. Any young ;
man who desires to attend one (
of the training camps may secure j
the necessary physical test by tak
ing his apolication blank to the '
nearest Public Health Service sta- :
tion. This arrangement was made
in order, that candidates might
be saved the expense of a physi
cal examination by civilian phy
sicians. Arrangements are being
completed whereby candidates
may be examined by officers of
the Medical Reserve Corps. Ex- j
animations are also given at any j
military camp, pest or station.
,. .. , ? + .
An examination will be held in
the office cf the County Superin- ;
tendent of Education oil J'uly 8th
to fill the vacant Sumter county
scholarship in the Citadel. This
scholarship is good for four years ,
and offers an opportunity for a j
boy to obtain a college education |
at the expense of the State.
BUYING POWER
OF FARMER LOW
Only Two-Thirds of the
* 1914 Level
GAMBLING MANIA
Sweeping Country Says
Reform Head
By Ji it. Hunt
VV ASH] XG TON, June 21.? T wo
gray-haired messengers, long ia
Uncle Sum's service at the Navy
Department, were discussing Ad
miral Sims' latest clash with his
department chief.
''That man." declared one. sut
tinly am hard-boiled. He's spent
'bout half his life in hot water."
Transcontinental railroads have
made a proposition to Pacific
Coast fruit growers which Attor
ney General Daugherty should
watch with care.
The roads promise, to reduce
rates on transcontinental fruit
shipments if the shippers will
agree not to patronize the refrig
erator boat lines that have been
undercutting the railroads on
coast-to-coast shipments.
In other words, the railroads
propose a definite agreement in
restriction of commerce.
4 * *
Relative figures covering what
the farmer has to buy and what
he has to sell, show that his buy
ing power today is only two-thirds
as great as it was in 1914.
These figures have given the
administration new impetuf; to
ward more active relief for the
farm relief.
"It is agreed that on the before
the-war status, the farmer did not
have, on the average, to exceed 10
per cent profit." one administra
tion authority explains. "With his
buying power now C7 per cent of
what it was in 1914, measure.) in
terms in the price at which he
sells and the prices he must pay
it is evident that one of two things
is happening.
"Either his standard of living,
is being reduced, or he is being
forced more deeply into debt."
* * *
''Reconstruction" has not pro
gressed as rapidly the past three
months as administration heads
hoped or expected.
"I think things will hit a defi
nite upgrade next month," said
one cabinet member this week.
"You know." he added, "when
you're going by a graveyard it's
always cheerful to whistle. I'm
trying to keep whistling!"
A new epidemic of gamb.ing
mania is sweeping the country, ac
croding to Rev. Clarence True
Yv'ilson. general secretary of the
Board of Temperance. Prohibition
and Morals of the Methodist Epis
copal church.
Even in government offices in
Washington, gambling on races
and baseball was found flourish
ing to such an extent recently that
drastic steps had to be taken to
stamp it out. A number of employ
ees?women as well?were dis
missed, others were . suspended
and the rule laid down that any
employee discovered gambling
would summarily lose her or his
head.
DECREASE IN
MILK OUTPUT
Los of Nearly Four Hun
dred Million Pounds
Washington. June 20.?Milk
production in the United States
last year amounted to 89,(5 38.
OoO.OOO pounds, a decrease of
approximately 400.000,000 pounds
as compared with 1919. the de
4>artm'ei}t ofi agriculture an
nounced tocljay. The 1 number of.
cows'ion farhisSad920 5-was-. 2$S>
000;less than.in 1919.,.'Per.ca?)it>;
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Burns. Jr..
returned Monday from Atlanta,
where they have been visiting
friends. They were accompanied
on the home trip by Miss Marga
ret McDonald, a sistre of Mrs.
Burns who will be their guest
for a few days.
i
I Raise Your Own .
360 Boars, Gilts, Pigs ai
Bargain Prices to I
and Meet fi
Our Herd Boars
were sired by Inter
national and Atlanta
Grand Champions.
Our sows are big
type, hardy and pro
duce big litters.
Every animal ad
vertised has been im
munized for Hog
Cholera.
Visit my plant and
make your own se
lection. If you can
not come, write, and
your inquiry will re
ceive personal atten
tention.
L. D. JEr
Sumter, Sou
conoN UNION
IS AT MEMPHIS
Delta Planters to Meet
on June 29
PLEDGE MAN / BALE
16 Cotton States Now in
the Plan
MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 21.?
Delta planters, growls oi me
greater part of all long staple cot
ton raised in the united States,
will meet, here cm June 29. :<> com
plete organization of a cooperative
market organization!
Representatives from the' I?
cotton growing states ia confer
ence here recently voted in favor
of uniform marketing organiza
tions for handling and disposinj
of future Jcotton crops.
Ten of the states have already
adopted the plan and now are or
ganizing marketing agencies.
Oscar F. Bleclsoe, Jr.. Green
wood. Miss., has b^en selected
president of the marketing assoc
iation of delta planters. Other of
ficers will be elected ;;c the cod
ing conference.
The organization will be known
as the Staple Cotton Cooperative
Association and will be chartered
under Tennessee laws, although
its membership w?i be made up
of the largest plantation owners
and cotton growers in the South.
The association will be perfect
ed under the act ot legislature of
1917. authorizing the forming of
cooperative associations for mar
keting purposes.
Objects of the association will
be to finance and sell the enor
mous amount of staple cotton
produced in the delta. The orga
nization has no capital ;:tock. but
financial arrangements are to 1)3
made through the banks, the pa
per used by the agency being se
cured by cotton held in pool in
name of the association.
Farmers already enrolled as
members of the Staple Cotton As
scoiation have pledged 200.000
bales of the coming crop.
Members have signed five-year
contracts, agreeing to sell their
entire product for the next five
years through he association.
Keeping Children
SC;TC?
Every state now has a compul
sory attendance lav, according to
! information recently furnished by
I the U. S. Department of Labor
(through the Children's Burear?.
The Bureau has just completed an
i analysis of education laws affec:
i 'ing- child labor, the results of
! which are published in a chart
; entitled "State Compulsory Schoo!
Standards Affecting the Employ
I ment of Minors." .
In live states atiendafece is re
i quired until 18 years of age. in
I two of these in certain districts
only: in 3 until 17; and in 3 2 un
til 16. One state reo^i^es attend
ance until 15. six others and the
District of Columbia until 14: and
one state requires attendance
until the age of 12 years, bit* ap
plies to illiterates only.
Unfortunately the exemptions
in the majority of states are so ;
numerous that they grcatlv limit
the application of the law. The
most common exemptions are for
employment, or upon com.sinion. "
of a specified school grade. Four
states specifically exempt for work
in agricultural * pursuits. 3 with
no age provision. The laws of 14
other states certain loosely worded
provisions exempting a child at
any age, which might be used to
cover absence for farm work us
well as for many other purposes.
Several states exempt a child
whose services are necessary for
the support of himself or orhe.rs.
without any age or educational
provision.
The amount of attendance re
quired is ill unsatisfactory in '
many states, several demanding
only.*12. 16 or 20 weeks in a year.
Even in states where city chil
dren must attend for <S or 9
monjtfis, theamount- of attendances
ieq,u*red%}in*"rural sekoM- districts
is sometipies considerably less.
h V
Mr. A. H. Harrison, formerly of
Augusta, who has had charge of
the agency of the lccai office for |
the American Railway- expres.: j
company left Saturday night for
his home in Augusta where he has
been transferred as messenger be
tween that city and Florence. Mr.
Harrison made many friends while
in Sumter who regret to sec him
leave.
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Registered Duroi
nee
nd Shoais For Sale at
ntroduce Our Stock
he Demands.
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Clip this coupon and mail to
day.
L. I). JEXNIXG?,
Sumter, South Carolina
Please send me price list,
description and g-uarantee
about the Registered Du
rocs that I have marked with
an X below, all without obli
gation to me.
Name_
Address?P. O._
R. F. I). _State_
Boars For Service
$50 to $150
Young Boar?.
$20 to $50
Bred Gilts
$50 to $150
Ycung Gilts
$20 to $50
Purebred Barrows
$10 to $16
Crated FOB Sumter
WINGS
th Carolina