The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 24, 1921, Page PAGE 3, Image 3
The Watchman and Southron
Entered at' the .Postoffic? at Sum
ter, S. C as Second Class Matter.
PERSONAL.
Misses Ellen and Louise Siddall
k have returned from Asheville, N.
C-, where they attended the musi
cal festival. -
Mr. and Mrs. Powell Jenkins and
\ Powell, Jr., of Savannah, Ga., arer
visiting Mr. John I. Brogdon..
Miss Gladys Johnson of Florence
is spending the week here, the
guest of her cousin, Miss Annie
^ Churchill.
Mr. and Mrs. Abe Ryttenberg
have returned to the city after a
months' stay at Atlantic City and
New York.
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Brailsford, of
, Greenville are spending sometime
with Mrs. Brailsford's mother, Mrs.
J. T. Hose, on Liberty St.
Miss Lucile Mathis who has been
away on an extended tjip to
Myrtle Beach and Florence has re
^ turned home, accompanied by Miss
Easter Doughen of Florence;
Mr. Horace Mitchell, of Savan
nah, Ga., is visiting his sister, Mrs.
J: Geo. H. Hurst, Sr.
Mrs. H. G. McKagen is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Wm. H. Bowen
of Augusta, G?.
Dr. W. W. Sibert has gone to Mc
Cormick to spend two weeks.
Mrs. James Hunter:of Washing
ton-,- D. C, is visiting her parents,
3 Dr. and Mrs. S.. H. Edmunds.
Mrs. C. Et. McClure and baby
who have been spending some time
with her sister, Mrs. J. M. Barrett
on. Church street, has returned to
^ her home m Y?ungstown, Ohio. She
was accompanied by her ? sister,
Mrs. R. L. JacKson and daugh
ter.
Mr. and Mrs. I. D. Elmore and
little son have returned home from
Gaffney where they have been
visiting relatives for the past three
^ weeks.
Mrs. Claude Moorehead of Gaff
ney is visiting Mrs. I. D. Elmore
at her home on Broad St.
r Mrs. C. H. Watts and sister, Elma
Jones of Petersburg, Va., are visit
ing Mrs. J. M. Lawrence and other
relatives rh the city.
Miss Mamie J. Chandler left this
morning for Columbia to begin
work as secretary .to Prof. Guilds,
President of Columbia College.
Mrs. Thomas Wilson and Miss
Mary Wilson are spending some
% time at Grove Park Inn, Asheville,
N. C.
Mr. Tvouis Gray is spending his
vacation in Columbia. /
* Dr. ' and Mrs. S. H. Edmunds
'have returned from Mur^ell's Inlet
? where they spent the last week.
Mrs! Grehvilie i>eLorme has re
turned, from Murrell's Inlet where
she has been spending some time.
Miss Jeanette White left for At
lanta this morning where she will
visit relatives. j
Mrs. Riser and Miss Julia Riser;
passed through the city this morn
ing on their way to Murrellis- In
let to visit Mr. and Mrs. O. H,
Folley.
? Misses Ruth Coleman -and Anna
Bell Hunter spent the week-end in
. the . City.
Mr: ?. W. Dudley and Mr. H. A.
Wiiliford spent Saturday in Colum
bia.
Mr. Charles Pierce spent Satur
day and Sunday in Columbia.
Missse Leilah and Lilah *>mith
and TMr. Liss Ridge motorcr! to
Kingstree-Sunday to see a friend
?^who is ill in the infirmary there.
Mr: J. W. Brown and family of
Bishopville spent Sunday in S?mieV.
Miss Daisy Hudson, who has! been
spending the summer in the rtttfirn
tains, has returned home, much
to the delight of her many friends.
^ Mrs. James M. Caldwell of Rock
Hill is visiting Miss Reesff "Chan
dler. V ':
M$ss Elizabeth Lesesne has re
4u turned home from a visit to friends
- in Norfolk, Va..
Miss Pauline Wilson, of Indian
apolis, Ind., a daughter of the late
Dr. J. H. Wilson, for many years
pastor of St. James' Lutheran
church of this city, is a guest of
Mrs. L. N. Ligon, 5 W. Oakland
Ave.
Mr. R- P. Monaghan. accompan
ied by Miss Margie Monaghan. Mr.
T- M. Monaghan and Mr. Richard
Gallagher have returned from Wn
mington, Del., after a short stay.
? The trip of fourteen hundred miles
was made in four days with only
two punctures on the entire trip.
Misses Emmie and Esther Osteen
" have returned from Pawley's Is
land where they spent the last
two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Maurer.^haye
returned from a ten-day frrp
through North Carolina, spending
some time at Jackson Springs.
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Mayesville News and Notes
Mr. S. M. Hux of the Continen
tal Casualty Insurance Co.. of Sum
ter. S. C was a visitor in town last
*: week.
The Ladies' Book Club gave a
basket picnic at Pocalla Wednes
day night. All enjoyed themselves
* fine.
Mr. W. H. Dean's little girl Nancy
was taken with diptheria this week
but is now doing nicely. This is the
only case that has been reported so
for here.
Miss Harper, trained nurse from
Sumter, S. C, has taken charge of
Mr. U. V. Weinburg's wife who is
critically ill.
Mr. Hugh Witherspoon has been
visiting in Spartanburg. S. C. for
the past week. He returned home
Friday night.
4 The invitations of the marriage
of Mr. Gilbert Young to Miss Made
line Thomas of our city has been
received. The marriage to'take
place September 1st. at the Pres
byterian church.
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According to dress reformers,
the form divine should not be di
vinable.?Norfolk Virginian-Pilut.
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Rub-My-Tism Cures Infection.
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AH countries are learing the best
navv to scrap is their own.
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Rub-My-Tism for Rheumatism,
Camden Takes
First Game
Batting Rally by Sumter
Broken Up by Rain When
Things Were Looking Up
For Home Team
Ever since the days when the
! old Main street park was the local
"Boyle's Thirty Acres" Camden has
ha ' the Indian sign on Sumter's
baseball team and Thursday was
nb exception. Leo Miller's "Pets"
winning 5 to 1 by clean hitting in a
game that was interrupted once,
and finally broken up by "Ole
Jupe." The lone features were the
fielding of Wilson, a catch behind
first by Crawford and the hurling
of Sherill who yiel'ed six scattered
hits until the eighth when rain per
haps prevented the "Gamecocks"
, from balancing the score sheet.
Camden opened up her attack in
the initial round when Wilson first
up singled through short, the ball
taking a bad hop by O'Neal. Park
er sacrificed out to Crawford unas
sisted, Wilson taking second Mal
lonee singled, scoring Wilson, and
advanced to second on the throw
in. Paterson kept up the barrage
with a single to the middle zone,
but Mallonee was held on third.
Snipes fanned and Lowe was out.to
Crawford unassisted on a good
stop. In the second Sherrill singled
with two down but was forced . at
second on Wilson's hopper, Shealy,
F. to O'Neal. The. visitors tallied
twice in the third when Parker.
singled and Paterson tripled over
the fence "off his chin" and scored
oh Snipe's single. Two more were
added in the fifth and sixth. With
two down Paterson walked, stole
second on a much disputed decision
and scored on Snipe's second hit.
The fifth and last run came with
two down also when Sherrill reach
ed up over "his head and slapped
the pill over the left center fence.
The home team started off well
when O'Connor M. and Crawford
singled after. Phillips had fiied out
to deep center, but O'Connor was
doubled at second on Paterson's
swell catch of Shealy's line drive.
Phillips tripled with two down in
the third but was left when O'Con
nor grounded out to second. It
was three up and three down for
the home hopes in the 4th, 5th an?
6th; a snappy double play turning
the trick in the latter inning after
Phillips had singled with one down.
The home forces tallied their only
legal run in the "standup" inning
after Crawford had grounded out
to Mallonee and Shealy, A. had
fiied oul to Paterson on O'Neal's
single and Shealy's two-bagger to
right coupled with Paterson's wild
throw. Camden went out without
a mishap in the incompleted eighth,
but Hawkins, Ludwig and O'Con
nor, M. singled scoring Hawkins,
leaving two on and one down when
the deluge came.
The two teams meet again today
with Benson being the probable se
lection for the vistors and Hall for
the home crowd.
Standing of the clubs:
Won Lost Pc
Camden_1 0 1000
Florence_ 1 0 1CG0
Sumter ._ _ 2 2 500
Hartsville'.. .. .. 1 5 250
Camden and Florence were un
able to play the first three days of
hue week owing to the fact that the
former had three previously sched
uled games with Lumberton, N. C.
The box score follows:
Camden ABRHPO A E
Wilson, 2b. ._ 4 1 1 2 10 0
Parker, 3b ... 3 1 1 0 0 0
Mallonee, lb 4 0 2 12 0 0
Paterson. rf .322211
Snipes, cf_ 4 0 2 2 0 0
Lowe, If..... 3 0 0 0 0 0
Stacks, ss_ 3 0 0 1 1 to
Rhame, c_ 3 0 ? 2 0 0
Sherrll, p. 3 1 2 0 0 0
Totals. 30 5 10 21 12 1
Sumter AB R H PO A E
Phillips. If_ 3 0 2 0 0 0
O'Connor, M., 3b 3 0 1 2 1 0
Crawford, lb . 3 0 1 7 0 0
Shealy, A., rf_ 30 0 1 00
O'Neal, ss_ 3 1 1 2 2 0
Shealy, F., 2b . 3 0 1 2 2 0
O'Connor, A., cf. 3 0 0 2 0 0
Hawkins. c_. 200500
Ludwig, p._ 2 0 0 0 1 0
Total_ 25 1 6 21 6 0
Hits by innings:
Camden_. 313 001 1
Sumter. 201 001 2
Seore by innings:
Camd. 102 011 0
Sumter. 000 000 1
Summ, ry: Two-base hits. She
lay, F.; three base hits, Phillips
and Paterson; home runs, Sher
rill: stolen bases, Paterson (2).;
sacrifice hits. Parker; double plays,
Paterson, Wilson and Stacks,
Stacks, Wilson and Mallonee; left
on bases, Camden 5, Sumter 3.
First base on balls, Ludwig, ].
Struck out, Sherrill, 1; Ludwig, 4.
Time of game, 1 hour and 20
minutes.
Umpire, Mabry.
NEW YORK COTTON.
Tstdys
Open High Low Close Close
.Jan .13.60 13.09 13.60 13.96 13.48
Mch 13.78 14.07 13.78 14.08 13.67
May .13.90 14.13 13.90 14.15 13.75
Oct .13.15 13.62 13.13 13.58 13.09
Dec .13.0."? 13.95 13.55 13.94 13.47
Spots 5 up: middling 13.60.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
Y'st'dy's
Open High Low Close Close
Jan. 13.27 13.63 13.27 13.60 13.11
Mch .13.38 13.69 1 3.35 13.69 13.22
.May .13.53 13.79 13.53 13.79 13.38
Oct .12.7.". 13. IN 12.75 13.15 12.65
Dec .13.15 13.50 13.15 13.49 13.03
Snots 5 up; middling 12.50.
LIVERPOOL COTTON
January . 8.91
March_. 9.01
May. . 9.04
July. 9.02
October. 8.81
December . 8.90
Sales 5,000.
Receipts J ,000;
A!! American.
Middling. 8.50. <v
Good Middling 9.30.
Gamecocks Defeat
Camden Sluggers
Second Game Won By Sumter.
Score 6 to 1
After having lost four straight
game's to Camden Sumter cane
through with a cleancut win Fri
day, 6 to 1. by forcing Peters to
take cover in five innings. Five
hits, including one double, a triple,
homerun and two singles coupled
with two wild pitches called for
the retirement of the visiting
j youngster. Rhame taking his place
in the sixth. It was a game that
filled up the box score as plays
were made all over the field. Three
snappy double plays enlivened the
interest of the fanatics and there
was a running barehanded catch by
Lowe of Crawford's possible triple.
Cauthen's splendid fielding, handl
ing 11 chances without a bobble,
and another dazzling catch by
Shealy, A. of Snipe's bid for an
j extra base hit. Sumter had 11 hits
! for a total of sixteen bases. Phil
lips* long homerun over the left
field fence with with "Boll Weevil"
Hawkins roosting on third capping
the clima.x. Hall's pitching was of
the giltedge variety, the visitors
only being able to bunch them in
two innings, in the sixth when they
collected two for no result and
likewise in the ninth. Cauthen and
Phillips were the stars for the hon
ors with the willow.
Sumter's first run came in the
second round when Shealy, A.,
first up, slammed the peliet over
the left field barrier for a tripie
and Cauthen singled past short.
Shealy, F., sacrificed and Cauthen
advanced to third on a wild pitch,
but was out when O'Connor, A. hit
to Peters, Peters to Rhame. Haw
kins fanned. In the fifth rack the
home crowd put the old game in
the icebox thusly: O'Connor, A.
doubled to right and was safe on
?third when Peters tried to catch
him on Hawkins* sacrifice, both
runners beipg safe. A wild pitch
scored the first named after Haw
kins had pilfered the middle sta
tion. Hall flew out to Sherrill, but
Phillips with the count three and
two pounded the next one over the
fence, totaling three for the inning.
Rhame was saved from probable
damage in the seventh by a fast
double killing, but he was not
spared in local's final inning. Craw
ford went out, Paterson to Parker,
but Shealy. A doubled to right
center and scored on Cauthen's du
plicate over Sherrill's head who
advanced to third on a passed ball,
scoring on O'Connor's single after
Shealy, F.. had gone out, Wilson to
Parker. O'Conner was out. Snipes
to Lowe when he tried to score on
Hawkins' long single to left.
Camden's lone marker was a} gift,
Paterson popped out to Cauthen.
Lowe lifted a high fly in front of
the plate which Hawkns dropped.
Hall picked up the ball and caught
the runner between second and
first on a throw to Shealy and he ;
was out in the rundown, however. <
Umpire Mabry claimed that he had I
called time, owing to a ball being j
thrown in ^nd Lowe was safe on
first. Hall hit Sherrill and Lowe
scored on Stack's single to center. I
Hall stopping the throw-in and
pegging to O'Connor to catch Sher -
rill. Stacks stole second and
Rhame was out to Crawford un
assisted. In the ninth two peculiar
plays were pulled off. Paterson
struck out. Lowe singled and was
followed by Sherrill with another to
left. O'Connor, M., pulled the age
old hidden ball trick and caught
Lowe a mile off second. Stacks
popped up behind third and when
O'Connor dropped the ball Sher
rill was forced at second, ending j
the game.
This afternoon's game promises
to be a corker with Luther hurling
for Sumter and Benson, Camden's
Lee Meadows and best bet. tossing
them over for the visitors. 'The
game will be called promptly at
4:30.
The box score follows:
Camden AB R H PO A E
Wilson, 2b_ 4 0 113 1
Snipes, cf_ 3 0 0 1 1 0
Parker, lb_ 4 0 0 12 0 1
Paterson, 3b - 401 120
Lowe. rf&c. 412410
Sherrill, If_ 3 0 1 2 0 0
Stacks, ss_ 4 0,1 1 3 0
Rhame, c & p.. 3 0 1 2 2 0
Peters, p_ 1 0 0 0 2 0
Benson, rf ... 2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals_ 32 1 7 24 1 1 2
! Sumter AB R H PO A E
I Phillips, cf ... 4 1 2 1 0 0
i O'Connor. M., 3b 4 0 0 1 2 0
Crawford, lb .. 4 0 0 12 1 0
Shealy, A., rf . 3 2 2 1 0 0
! Cauthen, 88-. 4 1 3 3. 8 0
Shealy. F.. 2b __3 0 0 4 3 0
O'Connor, A. cf 4 1 2 2 1 0
Hawkins, c. _ 4 1 2 3 1 1
Hall, p. 2 0 0 0 3 0
Totals_ 32 S 11 27 19 1
i Score by innings:
1 Camden. 000 000 100?1
Sumter . 010 03o 02*?G j
Hits by innings:
Camden . 010 012 102?7
Sumter. 021 021 14 -?1 1 '
Summary: Two base hits, O'Con
nor, A.. Shealy, A., Cauthen. Three
base hit, Shealy, A. Homerun, i
; Phillips. Stolen bases. Stacks, I 'Jail- ?
I lips, Hawkins. Sacrifice hit, Shealy, j
I F. Double plays, Cauthen, Shealy, '
? F. and Crawford. Rhame, Stacks
I and Parker. Stacks, Wilson and
Parker. Left on base. Camden. 4:
Sumter. W. First base on balls. !
Hall 1; Peters 1. Struck out. Hall !
i 3. Peters 2. Hit by pitcher. Hall j
; 1 (Sherrill): Rhame 1 (Hall). Hits:
apportioned, off Peters 5 in 5 in
I nings. Rhame, 6 In :: innings. Wild
pitches, Beters. 2. Passed balls,
I Lowe. 2. losing pitcher, Peters.
Time of game, 1:48. Umpire,
' Mabry.
Standing of the cluh.^:
Won Lost Pc
: Sumter. 3 2 (>?"i
Camden. 1 1. 500 j
Florence. 1 1 500
Hartsville. 2 3 400 ,
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A Harvard star jumped 2f> feet. !
Probably got his training dodginy
uutos.
I Two Out of Three
I Sumter Won Last Game of
Series With Camden 4 to 1
Luther smiled throughout the
game and naturally Sumter came
out with the long end of a 4 to 1
score. Camden started out as if
she were going to get next to Sum
ter's big leaguer, but "Punk" only
j tightened up his belt and whipped
'em over with a little more zip ev
ery time the visitors threatened.
However, Shealy's catch of Nun
namaker's bid for a hit and subse
quent throw to O'Connor doubling
up Lowe saved the tall pitcher
from further trouble in the fourth.
After this inning, in which Camden
scored her lone marker, the visi
tors were unable to do anything
with him, 7 men fanning in the last
4 innings.
The visitors got one hit in each of j
the first three innings but m'ere un- ?
able to tally. Parker singled with j
one clown in the first, but was fore- j
eu at second on Mallonee's hard hit j
grounder. Mallonee advanced to ]
second when Cauthen threw past
Crawford, trying to complete a
double play, but was left as Pater
son grounded out to Cauthen.
Snipes tripled over the fence in the
second and Luther pulled out of a j
dangerous hole when Lowe and [
Nunnamaker grounded out to the
infield and Rhame flew out to right.
Benson singled with none out in
the third and was advanced to sec
ond on Wilson's sacrifice hit, but
Parker grounded out, O'Connor, G.
to Crawford and Mallonr.ee skied
out to the other member of the !
O'Connor family.
The visiting boys tallied their
lone run in the fourth when Pater
son, first up, was hit by a pitched
bail and advanced to second on a
wild pitch. Snipes singled to right
and Paterson was put out at the
plate on Shealy's swell peg to (
Hawkins. Snipes went to second
on the throwin and to third on
Lowe's one bagger. Lowe went to
second and Snipes scored when
Hawkins' peg hit the runner in the i
back and bounding- out to left field,
Lowe pulling up at third. Nunna- !
maker hit a hard drive between !
first and second, but Shealy spear- ;
ed the pill and Lowe was doubled j
up. After this the visitors never
threatened seriously, a peg to
O'Connor by his centerfieiding
brother cutting down Wilson when !
he tried to advance on Hawkins'
wild peg to center.
Sumter threatened in the fourth ?
when Crawford and Shealy, A., sin- j
gled with one down, but a fast
double play Parker to Wilson to j
Mallonnee killed the home hopes, j
In the fifth with one down O'Con
nor, A. singled. Hawkins laid1}
down a neat bunt and had it beat,
but Benson threw past first and
both runners advance. Luther up
in the pinch singled sharply just I
inside the right field feul line., sc.or- j
ing both. Sumter scored two more !
in the seventh on one hit. Hawkins
walked and Paterson threw to the
grandstand on Luther's grounder, j
placing runners on second and !
third. Phillips came through with
the pinch hit and the total was
four. The next three batters were
easy outs.
Hartsville comes to town today
for a series of three games. Lud
wig will probably pitch for. the
league leaders, while Walters will
likely oppose him. The game will
be called at ."> 'pclock sharp.
The score follows:
Camden AB R H PO A E
Wilson. 2b. .. 3 0 0 3 2 1
Parker, ss ... 4 0 1 2 6 0
Mallonee, lb_4 0 111 0 i
Paterson. 3b._ 3 0 0 0 2 1
Snipes, cf_4 1 2 2 0 0
Lowe, rf_. 4 0 1 2 0 0
Nunnamaker. If. 2 0 0 2 0 1
Rhame. c_ 3 u 0 2 0 0
Benson, p_ 3 0 2 0 0 1
Totals .... 30 1 7 24 10 5
Sumter AB R H PO A E
Phillips, cf & c ..4 0 1 2 0 0
O'Connor. G. 3b .4 0 0 2 1 0
Crawford, lb _ 4 0 1 10 1 0
Shealy. A. rf 4 0 1 2 1 0
Cauthen. ss ... 4 0 1 2 5 1
Shealy. F. 2b . 3 0 0 2 3 0
O'Connor. A. cf 4 1 1 1 1 0
Hawkins, c_3 2 1 6 0 1
Luther, p. .. . 3 1 2 0 3 n
Haltiwanger. If 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals. 33 4 8 27 15 2
Hits by innings:
Sumter _ 001 231 10*?8
Camden.. Ill 210 0U1?7
Score by innings:
Sumter . 000 020 20*?4
Camden. 000 100 000?1
Summary: Three base hits.
Snipes; Stolen bases, Wilson and
Cauthen: Sacrifice hit, Wilson.:
Base on balls. Benson 2: Hit by
pitcher, by Luther. 2 (Paterson
and Nunnamaker); Struck by
Luther, 7; Wild pitches. Benson, 1;
Luther 1; Double plays. Shealy, A.
to O'Connor, G. Parker, Wilson and
Mallonee: Left on base, Camden. 5;
Sumter. 6. Umpire, Mabry. Time
of game, 1:28.
Standing of the Clubs.
Won Lost Pc
Sumter ....- 4 2 f>t>7
Hartsville .._ 5 3 500
Camden ...... 1 2 333
Florence .... ? 1 2 333
Doubles and Trples.
Sumter is certainly supporting
her ball lub as the crowd Satur
day indicated. It goes to show
what good baseball will do.
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Rhame must have thought he
was "hitting the line" when he
jumped over the railing .and spear
ed Shealy's pop foul, landing on
his head after the catch, but com
ing up with the ball "under his
a rm."
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For the three games played hist
week. Cauthen lend.-- the club in
hitting, having 1 hits out 8 times
at bat for an average of 500. His
hits included ;i double and 3 singles.
The nominal leader is Luther with
2 out of 3 for ?;7. but he bus only
played in one game. Phillips fol
lows Cauthen witti an average of i
155, havng C? hits out of 11 times j
up including a triple, homerun and
thr^e singles. Hawkins follows
with 333 and Shealy, A. with an |
even 30 0. It is regrettable that
J the averages for the three games
in Hartsville are unobtainable.
Hawkins, the human boll weevil,
was forced to retire from the game
in the ninth, a foul tip injuring one j
of his digits.. Phillips Look his
place and Haiti wanger, the new
outfielder, went to left.
Smyrna of Today
Once Greatest Commercial
Mart of Asia, Now a Dead
City
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Smyrna. July 20.?Symrna. once i
the greatest commercial mart- in
Asia, is now like a city dead. There
is little to show that it is the base ;
of a Greek army of 200.006. For
months no cargo boats have enter- j
ed the harbor. Business through
out Asia Minor is paralyzed. Amor- j
icans control the little trading
that exists. There are three rea
sons for this stoppage of business.
One is the war, another is the hope- I
less rate of exchange (the Turkish
pound is worth about 6S cents), and !
a third is lack of demand for for- j
eign goods.
As there seems little likelihood of |
an abater nt of the war between
the Greeks and Kemalists, local
merchants see little hope of a re- j
vival of Smyrna's commercial su- j
premacy. Many of them have left
the place for Italy. England and ;
America, where they hope to find
greater prosperity.
The city itself is so primitive and
unattractive that one wonders why
it has been such a bitter bone of i
contention between the Greeks and ;
Turks for so many centuries. But
of course it is the rich agricultural
lands within the province of Smy
rna that both sides covet. This ;
area, which the Turks call the
''Pearl of Asia", is one of the most
fertile and produces some of the '
finest fruit in the world. Smyrna
figs and raisins are household
terms. The country also yields the |
finest leaf tobacco known. The
yearly exports to America amount ;
to millions of dollars.
The treaty of Sevres placed
Smyrna under Greek administra
tion, with the .proviso that after
five years the population might ex
press its preference for either Turk j
or Greek control.
Although it has a population of
upward of 400.000 and is consid
ered by both Turks and Greeks as j
one of the most modern cities in !
Asia, Smyrna to. the visitor is dis- ,
appointing and unattractive. Its
narrow^ winding, crudely-cobbled
streets give off an offensive odor.
Its drainage system is deplorably
inadequate. Its transportation and :
lighting facilities,-too, are woefully
defective. There is only a single
tram, and that consists of a single- j
track, one-horse ? line along the j
waterfront. j
Then Smyrna's hotels are sad !
affairs. The most modern of them
is 40 years old. Xone of them
would do credit to the smallest
town in the United States.
When King Constantino came :
here, the best accommodations the j
authorities could get for him was a :
small eight-room terra cotta house
that any farmer in America would j
own. The King and his ministers I
were not here two days before they
were almost driven out by bugs and ;
mosquitoes.
The city has few places of j
amusement. There are two or j
three indifferent moving picture
theaters and numerous coffee- }
houses. All over the Near East I
the "coffee-house" in an institu
tion. Here the population sits all j
day sipping Turkish coffee, drink
ing oozo (a drink that tastes like '
aniseed) and talking politics.
The natives as a rule are primi- \
tive, indolent and superstitious.
They carry "conversation beads" to ;
beguile the time. These they fin- j
ger and fumble by the hour. The
visitor might imagine the holders
of the beads were at prayer. Even
the horses wear these curious con
versation beads. But in these cases
they are used to keep away, as the j
natives believe, the "evil eye" from
the animal.
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To Forecast
Earthquakes
Pasadena, Cal.. Aug. 13.?An in- ,
formation service on earthquakes,
similar to the weather bureau's
work in its field, is being consider- ;
ed by scientists, engineers and bus
iness men i.? California.
The undertaking aims at per
fecting an instrument sensitive
enough to record the slightest trem
ors of the earth and so make pos
sible the prediction of approaching
movements of its surface.
The men in charge of the project
are students of vibrations, who as
sisted in the development of sub
marine detectors and other similar
instruments used during the war.
They have the co-operation of local
educational institutions, the United
States Geodetic Survey and the
United States Geological Survey.
Responsibility has been assumed by
the Carnegie Institution of. Wash
ington.
Direction of the work is in the
hands of an advisory committee
consisting of Dr. Arthur L. Day,
director of the Carnegie Geophysi
cal Laboratory. Washington. I). <\.
chairman: Dr. John A. Anderson of
the Mt. Wilson Solar Observatory:
Dr. Robert A. Millikan. physicist,
of the California Institute of Tech
nology: Dr. Harry Fielding Reid,
professor of geology at Johns Hop
kins University; l>r. Bailey Willis,
professor of geology at Leland
Stanford. Jr.. University; Dr. Ralph
Arnold, geologist and petroleum
engineer, of Los Angeles, and Dr.
Andrew C. Laws?n. professor of
geology at the University of Cali
fornia.
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What you don't know doesn't
worry you, but it does the other
fellow who has to listen while you
talk about it.?Greenville Pied
mont.
The Mud-Sills
of Crime
Shyster Lawyers, Weak and
Incompetent Judges and
Failure of Courts to Pun
ish Criminals Incite
Mob Violence
To the Editor of The State:
Referring to your interesting edi
torial in your paper of August 13,
h<-ad. d "When Sheriffs Do Their
Duty:*'
The questions you ask arc time
ly?in fact long past din-: Put it
seems to me that you need not be
at a loss for the correct answer.
our laws are a heritage from
Great Britain, constructed upon so
cial conditions and a type of hu
manity prevailing in an age long
past and greatly changed, with a
bewildering multiplicity of patches
applied in some kind of effort to
adapt the legal fabric to modern
conditions or, as it sometimes seems
to the layman, with the object of
creating an intricate network or
puzzle designed to furnish almost :
endless protection to criminals and I
revenue to the legal profession.
We have heard the cry many I
times in the past for fewer laws
and stricter enforcement. We are i
now at a point where we need a
simple, clear, legal fabric, without
red tape, and swift and drastic pun
ishment for those who break the
laws.
j
You ask, "Arc we tired of gov- I
enment by laws and courts?" and j
I think the answer is that a great
many who are anxious to suppress
crime are tired of the kind of gov
ernment and court results which
they have been experiencing for
some years: that they are thor
oughly tired and disgusted at the
sight of their hard earned tax mon
ey being wasted in bringing crimi- i
rials to trial only to be released !
again provided they have ample |
funds to pay those lawyers who are i
sufficiently learned in the puzzle}
of the code and know all the
flaws and loopholes to suit each |
particular case and defeat the ends i
of justice.
I
When the majority of our magis
trates are more or less unskilled
in the law and necessarily have to
prepare warrants hurriedly, it often
happens that such warrants have
some technical defect, as for in
stance, a failure to state the source
of information: and when several
criminals who have been sought by
officers for many months at a cost
of several thousand dollars of the i
public money are finally arrested
on such a warrant, a smart shyster !
lawyer employed by the criminals
chases to one of our judges, points j
to the technical defect, presents a j
habeas corpus petition, and the I
judge with a mind only .for the let
ter of the law, signs an order for j
release of the entire gang instead ;
of considering the welfare of the
public and giving the magistrate !
an opportunity or correcting me !
omission. j
When criminals are. after great
public expense and delay, finally
brought to court, only to have the
cases drag along from one term to
another at further expense because
of "easy" judge s, "smart" lawyers
and their ingenious devices for pro
longing trials until public sentiment
on the particular case shall have
died a natural death, or insufficient
propaganda spread in the commun- j
ity to insure the selection of a fa- j
vorable jury; when, even in the
event we succeed in bringing the j
criminal to face a jury and the j
state makes a streng case with
ample evidence, the jury refuses to j
consider the public welfare and do \
their duty, or some one of them
will through sentiment for the
criminal, friendly feelings to the at-j
torney defending him. or perhaps!
financialjor political reasons, make
a mistrial thus defeating justice by]
the will of one person against a
dozen or a hundred: when a type
of lawyer known to be unscrupul- j
ous and who well knowing his;
client to be guilty and deserving a !
life time confinement, is permitted
to practice in our courts, stands be- !
fore our juries and swears that j
their clients are as innocent as new j
born Iambs, etc.: when a lawyer is j
permitted to practice in our courts. !
who brazenly and blatantly an- \
nounces in open court that he in- |
tends to procure a "Bleasite" jury!
for his client: when these and many;
other farces and travesties of jus- j
tice and law enforcement are be- j
ing flaunted in the faces of the !
public with disgusting variations :
and repetitions would it not be a
better question, to ask, what else j
can we expect than the conditions
showing up in the Brazell case?
I think the mobs, although pro- !
ceeding contrary to the written
law, are not the proper objects for
the harsh criticism, but that their
desire for a swift, sure and cheap
administration of justice where
guilt is certain, is but a crude at
tempt to supply and overcome the
glaring deficiencies of the laws and
those in legal authority, and that
the latter are the proper objects
for criticism. I of course do not
mean to apply this to the sheriffs
concerned in the BrazelJ case for
they have done their duty.
Instead of wasting our criticisms
t*i.?on the mobs. I think it would be
more to the point to consider if
they have not been for a long
time past gradually forced into this
fnime of mind by tin- lax adminis
tration of w hat laws wo have?the
alarming increase uI ail kinds of
?names as a eonsequenc??the prac
tical encouragement given crimi
nals by the slight risk of arrest
and conviction with severe sen
tence, and then place the blame
where it belongs.
it seems to mc that "the peo
ple are getting tired of being made
the "goat." and unless we can have
a < lean-up in our code of laws
eliminating the jokers and funny
t ticks making them dear out and
adapted to present conditions, mob
admiiiistration of justice is likely
to im rease raiher than abate.
Cod knows i lore is a great need
: for constructive work in this line. ]
J. B. Wallace.
Camden.
f Editorial reply by Columbia!
; State):
The Choice Before the People j
The letter of Mr. J. B. Wallace!
in The State today contains a rep
: etition of much truth that has been |
' said and written in South Carolina :
the last 30 di* 40 years, but the an
swer to it is that if the people are \
??gluing tired of being made the i
goat," it is time for the people to 1
reform their code of laws and the
administration of it. If the govern
ment in South Carolina is still in
tiie hands of the people and its
lawyers and others outwit and Cir- I
cumvent the purposes of th peo- i
pie. the fault is in the peor e them
selves. .
In other words the gov?. nment.
the laws, the lawyers and ? te ofTi- '
cers can be no better than he peo- ;
pie themseives and whe* he peo
pie give up the effort i > work j
through organized ant' civilized
processes, the sole alterr ttive is to
go back to primitive an nciviliz- I
ed processes, which h ? say the
rule of the moo.
When the mob rules i > one is
safe. Granting that it o- ins by
hanging the bloody mu *er, it
turns aside in a few 2. aths or
days tc hang the worthj farmer,
the piouo clergyman or the useful
banker. Nothing more surely than
that is taught by history and ex
perience. Never has any organ-1
ization or body of men that oper
ated without the law operated long
without degenerating.
The choice before the people of !
South Carolina is simple and plain 1
and the necessity of making it has I
not been in many a year so imme-:
diate and urgent. Unless we shaF!
have and have quickly a reasser
tion of respect for law, we shall
have, in shorter time than one likes
to think upon, more murders and
more crimes of every description
than have disgraced the common- j
wealth in the last 12 months.
The people of South Carolina are
not wanting in virtue nor in cour- j
age. They can enforce their laws
if they will. They are not so weak j
and so ignorant that they needs
must be ruined by sharpers or pet
tifoggers.
Toleration of the mob or con- j
cession to it by honest men who
believe in morality and peace is
equivalent to encouragement of the j
suicide of civilization. Mob rule in
South Carolina would be no better i
than rule by "fat black bucks'' in
the jungles of the Congo. We must i
go forward or backward in South
Carolina and. if we turn to the j
mob. we shall travel in a day a;
hundred years toward the dark
ages when the strongest arm and
sharpest weapon were always right j
in their dec: dons.
CHILD L^?OR LAW
UNCONSTITUTIONAL \
Greensboro, Aug. 22. ? Judge
Boyd declared the national child
labor law unconstitutional in a de- j
cision handed down today.
BLIND ARTISTS
ENTERTAIN
Friday night the Blind Artists of
the State gave their musical con- j
cert in the Girl's High school audi- i
torium before a medium crowd.
The concert was very much enjoyed !
by all who attended and was said
to be a very wonderful exhibition, j
These blind men and women per- I
formed wonderfully on the piano
and other musical instruments and
recited some very funny and inter
esting stories and anecdotes.
An exhibit of work done by the
blind in the:- Columbia workshop
was on the stage, and announce
ment was made that the articles
would be placed in the store of Mr.
S. I. Till for .sale, today and later,
an dpatronage for same solicited.
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Louisville. Aug. 22.?Mayor
Smith has issued a statement that
every means will be taken to pre- j
vent and suppress the growth of
Klu Kulx Klan in our community, j
characterizing the organization as J
a "menace".
The Irish Ulster is too hot for '.
Ancient Aviation
Stunts in Hawaii
Hawaiians Centuries Ago Sail-1
ed From High Cliffs into ?
the Ocean
Honolulu. T. H.. Aug. 16.?Thriiis
of flying were enjoyed by Hawai
ians centuries before aviation was
invented, accordifig to stories told
by natives of today. Their ances
tors got their aerial excitement by
jumping off cliffs into the ocean in
home-made "planes."
They made a regular game of it,- ?
known as "lele pali" or "jumpng '
from the cliff." It was played up
to a hundred years or so ago by na
tives who lived near groves of
loulu plams near high cliffs over- ?
looking the ocean.
Details of the game have been ?
obtained by William J. Coelho, a
former newspaper editor now - an
officer of the Hale o r.a Alii Ha
waii (House of Chiefs.) This is
what he says of the vanished sport.
The game was played with huge
contrivances built of light but stout
sticks and overwoven with louiu
palm leaves. Several of these af
fairs were made ready, the Ha
waiian "aviators" took their seats,
and were pushed over towering
cliffs at the same time. The ad
venturer who remained longest in
the air was the winner.
Often through carelessness or
excitement a "plane"Would execute
a nose dive similar to those of
twentieth century airplanes. - The
only damage was the loss of the
game. . " '.
Old Hawaiians say that their fly
ing men were exceptionally skillful.
The only means they had of guid
ing their crude appliances was to
shift their weight to maintain bal
ance as they zigzagged down to
ward the sea.
A fleet of outrigger canpes an-,
chored offshore to pick up the
sportsmen and retrieve the planes,'
Exceptionally daring HawaiianB
often hopped off thousand foot
cliffs on the mainland, it is said.
Stinner's Xew Health Officer
Sumter has a new health officer. :
His name is D. O. Browning.-' ifrV
Browning has been on the job
since the 15th of the month when
he accepted the position. Mr;
Browning comes to us from La
Grange, Ga., where he has been'
serving in the capacity of health ?
officer of that city for some time.
Mr. Browning has had years of ex
perience in this line of work and
comes to Sumter with a very fine
recommendation.
Washington, Aug. 22.?The sen
ate bill making a billion dollars
available for the exportation of ag
ricultural products was passed by
the house today.
Washington, Aug. 22.?Presi&MiL
J. S. Wannamaker, of the im^P
can Cotton Association, today told
the congressional committee - that
the unnecessary deflation of .cur
rency and prices was brought about
deliberately by the federal reserve"
board.
Mount Vernon, Ky., Aug. 22.?
Mountain clansmen, national
guardsmen, and twenty deputy
sheriffs thronged the court house
at the opening of the trial of John
Bailey, Jr., the accused slayer of
Beverly White.
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