The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 31, 1921, Page PAGE 3, Image 3
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PERSONAL.
Mr. K. C. DesCharops and family
have returned frfom Myrtle Beach
where they h?ve--been -spending
same time.
t Mrs. R.-Gr. Smith, and her little
daughter and son .Mary Francis and
R. -G. Jr., of Orangeburg, are
^pending the day in 'Suniter.
:. Mr. S. R. Smoak, of-Rock Hill is
spending a few days in the eity.
:. Mr. and Mrs. H. G: Osteen and _
Miss Annie Osteen have gone to
Murrell's Inlet where they will be
tb* Soests of Mr. and Mrs.O. H.
Folley for several days..
*, Mr. p. F. Paiton- w^s, ^sailed to
his father's home m Ttei 'Rock, X.
C, yesterday en account of his
lather's illness.
Misses Susie and Esther ; Osteen
Helen China, ;Maiy, BeuJait and Ida
Cwttino have gone to Miss Lula
Barton's on a house pasty.*.
Misa Beniah WiSces, and .iMrs. C.
W, McG,rew-returned this morning
*^.%Pfeilade^hia.. They als?^ visit
ed Richmond,; Baltimore; Washing
ton, Atlantic City, Coney Island and
2&w York while away. >h 'A
Miss Beuiah WiHiams of Marion,
and Miss Emma Alford of Mullins,
are yisiting their aunt, Mrs. Julian
Chandler; ; ... ,. ';'V;; /
Mrs. Lydia Mju^rcheisonV of Cam
den- is visiting^ at the home of Mr.
'a?dI Mrs. -'S,R. J. S^itib'//
Mrs. J. W. I^yejoy of Dillon is
Visiting Mrs. W. H. Gibson on
Blanding street.
v, A. K. Barber , a^nd,, little
daughter have returned* hxmie from
a months'. visit to relatives in
Raeiord* ST. C.
r: Mrs. A. ..?. Williamson has gone
\?e* -Richmond,. \a., wbeTr?.. she w?l
remain Jor sometime ?nder care
of a.sp^ecialist for her health.
Misses Myrtle and:->.Margarite
WiPanrison, also Master /Wjinfred
Williamson left for^Fredericksburg,
Va,> t$ attend school .ttee coming
session.. .
Mr. A. C. Williamson left today
fof.-JfayetteviQe, N. CM .on (business
for the. next ten days. ' *vu.
Mr. Baynard . B. Wilson 'and
I?aue daughter Lucile Qf. Washing?'
ton, D. C, are in the. city, visiting
relatives.
Mr. N. A. Mainey of >Cajih Dry
Goods Co., is. .now visiting the
northern markets in the. interest of
his firm.
Mrs, C. C. "Leek, and /daughter
Miss Bertie Lee ^turned ^home this
mprnjng from Atlanta, after spend
in . gfour .weeks in that city with
Mrs. Becks* brother Mr. ^Geo. A.
Bland.
Messrs. X. A. and M. A. Matney,
who operate the Cash Dry . Goods
Co., have received a cablegram
trem their brother in f Beriut,
gy*ia, whVleft here in March to
visit t*is'old home and , 'the Holy
Lands of Jerusalem and Damascus,"
He repctrts a wonderful trip "and
?ri? return in October. I
If??; W. M, - Wolfe has returned I
feonse after a stay of several weeks |
rc-Roanoke, Va. ,
-.. i,?. in O l
?uK, Englaad, Aug. -27?A f ur-j
ther search, of the Weekage of the
ZR-2 failed to reveal, any more
ho&i?B. f Three Americans which,
were recovered are being prepared;
for transfer to th e United States;
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In the old days passengers were
robbed in the coaches. .But now
it is done at- the. ticket bXfice be
fore they get< ahpard.r^EXmira Star
Gazette,
Another Bad
Fire in Sumter
Sumter's Second Dangerous
Blaze in Three Months
Early Sunday morning the worst
and most dangerous fire which has
taken place in *Sumter for many
years, with the exception of the
fire which destroyed the Osteen
Publishing Co., burned out five
I stores rn. the heart of Sumter's
business section. The alarm was
rung in about three, fifteen Sunday I
morning but when the fire trucks j
reached the scene of the fire flames
were already leaping from the i
buildings. At the time of the fire
it was raining and this was prob- j
ably n? small aid to the firemen in.j
their work. The fire department |
With its usual efficiency was on the
job in a very short time and quickly j
overcame the danger of the fire I
spreading to large proportions. The j
stores occupied by The Postal "Tele- j
graph Co., The Su-mter Hat Shop, j
Barnett's Shoe Shop, and. the of
fices of Dir. D. Lr. Wilhams were
completely ruined while only the
! rear of the grocery store run by
Mr. Evans Bruner \jas damaged.
Xone of the parties burned were
fully protected by insurance but all
had some insurance which partially
covered the loss.
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Fire on Hooser Street
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Home of Clarence Fleming
Completely Ruined
Yesterday afternoon the fire de
partment was called .put about five;
thirty to" put out a fire on Hauser
street, hear the coffin factory. The
house in which Joe and Clarence
I Fleming, white, were living was a j
mass of flames when the fi-e trucks
reached it and it .seemed hopeless
to-try and stop the blaze. Fortu
nately there was no wjnd and the
houses on either side were not
damaged. The house was too far
gone when the blase, was first dis
covered to save very much, only a
little furniture and bedding being
saved. The fire department is to
be commended on their prompt ac
tion in getting to the scene of this
fire and for their fine work after
they reachced it.
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Fire in Mayesville
W. B. Weinberg's Store Com
plete Loss
; The st?ret of U. B. Weinberg in
Mayesville caught , on fire. about
! 8:30. last night. Af?r the alarm
! was given one of the back doors
i was opened and the fire didn't seem
I to make much headway until about
I 9 o'clock. Everyone wanted to help
but failed. There was no insur
ance on the stock. The store and
stock were a complete loss. At the
time of the fire the: store was in
bankruptcy.
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Death
Mr. Calvin W. Chandler died
Friday at his home, near Wedge
. field after a long illness,. The de
ceased was born and raised in Sum
ter and was w:eil known to the old
er inhabitants of the city, being a
brother of the late James H. Chan
dler and of Rev. J. C. Chandler of
Columbia. He leaves a large fam
ily' most. of whom reside in the
Wedgefield section.. The funeral
! services were held at the Sumter
[Cemetery at 11 . o'clock Saturday
i morning, August 27, 1921. ? , . '
Father and Son
Found Guilty
Greenville Jury Convicts of
Manslaughter
Greenville. Aug. 26.?Walter and
Carl Bowers, father and son, who
were placed on trial in the court
of general sessions here Wednesday
on the charge of murder for the
killing of Andy Wells, young farm
er of Travelers . Rest, were found
guilty of manslaughter with rec
ornmendation to mercy this after
noon by a jury that deliberated
over three hours. Notice of a mo- j
tion for a new trial was given and i
the motion will be heard before .
Judge R. W. Meniminger Monday.
Andy Wells died two days after
he was struck about the head and
chest in a fight he had with Wal
tr and Carl Bowers in a garage at
Travelers Rest on May 7 last. The
fatal blows were inflicted with an
iron axle.
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Shriners to Give
Outing at Sumter
Columbia Nobles Get Cordial
Invitation
Sumter Shriners are planning a
celebration for Labor -Bay and the
Al Araf Shrine club has been given
a cordial invitation .to be guest
Of the occasion. "Walter F. Going,
shekel grafter, received a notice
Saturday from the Sumter Shrine
club in which the' wearers of the
fez are asked to journey to the
Gamecock city for a real outing.
The communication to the Colum
bia Shriners reads as follows:
"he- Sumter Shrine club ccordi
ally. invites the Columbia nobles
and ladies to be their honored
guests at a celebration to be held in
Sumter, Monday, September 5.
Kindly extend the invitation and
advise how many nobles and lades
we-will have the pleasure of enter
taining." '
Columbia Sbiriners are asked to
notify Walter F. Going or O.
Frank Hart at once of their inten
tion to take the trip. Mr. Going
said if 125 compose the Columbia
party a special train would be char
tered for the occasion.
Death of Miss Ixm-der.
Died at Camp Ahce on morn
ing of the twenty-third, Miss Mattie
Lowder, in the bloom of young wo
manhood. Three or four years ago
she came to Sumter just after the
death of her parents, that the ad
vantage of a larger place she would
be able to take care of her younger
brother and sisters. Being expos
ed after a severe attack of* ipflu
eaza, the energetic but frail body,
was not able to take up the re
sponsibilities to earn the livelihood
again.
Her body was taken to Wilson's
Mill the following day where it was
buried in the old family ground by
her father and mother.
She leaves many friends, who are I
sorrowful over the death of this]
noble young woman.
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Death &
Mr.' M. Joyner who was hurt sev->
eral days ago. while at work at the
Veneering plant died yesterday at
his home. Mr. Joyner was hurt
Wednesday morning and was im
mediately taken to his home where
he has been ever since the acci
dent. He will be buried this after
noon at the city cemetery.
pipe?s a pal packed with P. A.!
Seven days out of every week you'll get real smoke
joy and real smoke contentment?if you'll get close-up
to-a Jimmy Buy one and know that for yourself!
Packed witheool, delightful, fragrant Prince Albert, a
pipe's the greatest treat, the happiest and most appe
tizing smekesknt yo? ever had handed out!
; You can chum it with a pipe?and you will?once
you know that Prince Albert is free from bite and
parch! (Cut out by our exclusive patented process!)
Wfcj^?every^uff of P. A. makes you want two more;
every puff hits the bullseye harder and truer than the
last! iYou can't resist such delight!
And, you'll get the smokesurprise of your life when
you roll up a'cigarette with Prince Albert! Such entic
ing flavor you never did know! And, P. A. stays put be
cause it's crimp cut?and it's a cinch to roll! You try it!
Prince Albert la
sold in toppy red
bags, tidy red tins,
handsome pound
and half pound tin
humidors and in the
pound crystal glass
humidor with
sponge moist encr
top.
White Population
Gains on Negro
Former Will Soon Exceed Lat
ter in State
Washing-ton. Aug. 26.?The pop
ulation of the State of South Caro
lina, as recently announced by .the
bureau of the census, department
of commerce, is 48.6 per cent,
white and 51.4 per cent negro. In
15)10 the percentage negro was 55.2.
The negro population, which was
835,843, in 1910, increased to 864,
719 in 1920, an increase of 3.5 per
cent. The white poplatiori in the
same -period increase from 679.161
to 818.538 or 80.5 per cent.
The white population of the state
consists almost entirly of native
Amercian born or native American
parents, the total native white of
native parentage being 799,418,
while the foreign element is repre
sented by 6,401 foreign born
whites. 7,f*25 native whites of for- !
eign born parents, and 5,694 who !
had one parent foreign born, the !
other being native. That total pop- j
ulation includes also 30-i Indians, j
93 Chinese and 15 Japane j, ffiBflffij
In most eounties oi uie "state tire
percentage of negroes has decreas
ed and in 19 of the 46 counties
there was also a decrease in the
number of negroes.
Children Make Toys
Public School of Boston Has
Workshop Where Children
Learn to Make Things
Boston, Aug. 19.-^?Hundreds of
boys and girls of the Mary Hem
ingway public ^school in the Dor
chester district have gone into com
petition with Santa Claus in an
open air workshop here and
Christmas time will find their
handiwork scattered in many gift
packages.
With work benches set up under
fragrant fir trees in a natural park
on Lonsdale street, the youngsters
whittle and saw away making toys,
furniture and unique gewgaws out
of any material that comes to hand.
SIX FIRES OF IN
CENDIARY CAUSE
Long Branch, X. J., August 27?
Six separate fires of incendiary ori
gin destroyed two schools, railroad
station, automobile plant and two
homes with a loss of sixty thou
sand. Burlap soaked in kerosene
was found in each blaze.
TURKS CONSIDER DIPLO
MATIC RELATIONS
Constantinople, Aug. '.27.?The
resumption of diplomatic .relations
with the United States is being
considered by the Turkish govern
ment. ,'. .
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MAN FOUND
BURIED IN ROCKS
Chattanooga, Aug. 27?Buried
beneath a pile of rocks in a cave
near Harriman. the body of Rice
Edwards, a wealthy citizen of Roan
County,1 was found last night by the
chief of police. He has been miss
ing for four weeks. Six suspects
were arrested.
School Attendance in South Caro
lina
Washington, Aug. 25.?Accord
ing to the census of 1920 there are
315,069 children 7 to 13 years of
age in the state of South Carolina
and of this number 274,429 or 87.1
per cent were reported as attending
school. In 1910 the percentage
attending school was 67.6 thus indi
cating a decided improvement as
regards school attendance between
1910 and 1920. Of the children 14
and 15 years of age in 1920, 78.0 per
cent were attending school and of
those 16 and 17 years of age 49.2 |
per cent.
Of the white children 7 to 13
years of age 78.0 per cent were at
tending school in 1910 and 93.0 per
cent in 1920. For colored children
of the same age the percentage in
the same interval increased from
60.4 to 82.3.
The percentage of children at
tending schools was considerably
larger in the cities than in the coun
try districts, the percentage for
ehildren in the urban population
7 to 13 years of age being 92.3
while in the rural population it was
86.3. . "Urban" according to the
census definition includes all towns
or cities and other incorporated
places of 2?500 population or more.
SOCIAL EVENTS.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Handcock en- I
tertained their friends to a chicken
supper on Thursday night at their
hospitable home near St. Charles.
Dancing and games were indulged
in. All enjoyed themselves im- ;
mensely,- and much credit is due j
Mrs. Handcock in the manner in
which "chicken" was served in j
many different ways. Her "miscel- |
laneous pies" were most delicious.
Those present were:
.Misses M. McCoy. B. Handcock,
P. McCoy, Carl Handcock. Inez j
Handcock, Mrs. I. Blackwell, Mrs. !
M. D. Handcoek, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. J
Brown, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. D. L.
Mat bis. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Mathis, 1
Messrs. B. Beasley, W. Amerson, E. |
McCoy, B. Tallon. M. Handcock. W. :
Elmore, D. Handcock, G. Bradley,
A. Carrigan, Roy Handcock.
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State Prohibition Officer Eichel
berger located another good sized
still yesterday afternoon just a
short distance from PocaUa which
was destroyed and part of the re
mains brought to Sumter. About j
two hundred gallons of beer was '
also found. The outfit was espec
ially well equipped with all the lat
est devices known to the industry,
including an expensive pump which
was used in place of swamp water.
No arrests were made.
NatureHealing
Scars of Wari
?r
The War Zone of France is]
Being Rapidly Restored
Soissons, France, July 28.?Na-i
ture Ls making such rapid progress !
in healing, the .scars of war in I
France that, outside of towns j
where ruins are still standing, it j
will soon be impossible to discover I
the famous front line of four years
of war without close examination.
It has become evident that the j
abandoned project of maintaining1!
intact, as it existed at the close of j
hostilities, the line from Nieuport, j
in Belgium, .to Eelfort, as a lesson J
to future generations, could not j
have been carried out excepting at |
an enormous expense.
Forests, that were supposed to;
have been annihilated have shown
remarkable recovery. Positions that
were upheaved repeatedly until the
subsoil covered the surface almost l
completely, giving every appear
ance of hopeless aridity, have been
slowly covered by vegetation.
Even the famous height along |
which runs the Chemin des Dames
(.the Ladies' Way), is covered with
thick herbage, that remains green
in spite of the drought. In order j
tc preserve certain famous war j
scenes such as the Bayonet Trench i
at Verdun, it was necessary to erect
a shelter and protect the trench
from the slow but sure work of na
ture in order to preserve it as it
was during the great battle.
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Made in the Carolinas
The Exposition to Be Held in
Charlotte Will Demonstrate
Our Home Products
Charlotte, N. C, Aug. 27.?No
better means of advertising the Car
olinas appears available than that
offered by the Made in Carolinas
Exposition, which will be held in
Charlotte, September 12 to 29, in
the opinion of Dr. Joseph Hyde
Pratt, director of the North Caro
lina Geological and Economic Sur
vey, with headquarters in Raleigh.
In a statement given out here at
headquarters of the exposition Dr.
Pratt declared "I believe that an
exposition such as is being develop
ed in the Made in Carolinas Expo
sition will advertise to a . greater
extent the products that are made
in the Carolinas, and in a better
and more conclusive way than has
eyer before been attempted.
"It should be able to emphasize
to the homa.^onsumer that it is
not necessary, to go outside of
North Carolina k to obtain the
greater part of the various products
that are used. If will emphasize
and call to ^ihe attention of the
jobbers outside the Carolinas ' and
throughout' Eastern and' Southern
States what the Carolinas are pro
ducing and have for export, and
will attract business men front the
Eastern and Southern States, who
will. come ,here to find but just
what the Carolinas have to put on
the markft.., ...i.
"Many instances could be cited
in North Carolina and South Caro- j
Una of people, purchasing materials
abroad .w-h.kjh they considered bet
tea* than what could be produced
in. the home state, only to find later
that the product was made here and
sold under another name. There
h.as been too great a tendency on |
the part of retail merchants as a
whole, due probably to the de
mands of their customers, to buy
their supplies away from home
with the idea that the consumer
would consider them better -i.an
the home produced articles. The
Made in Carolinas Exposition will
go a long way, I believe, in combat
ing this tendency and feeling.
"There is no question in my
mind but that the Carolinas are
able to produce and are producing
just as good grade products as are
produced anywhere, and it is sim
ply a question of the people know
ing what these manufacturers
have. They soon will be brought
to a realization that it is more ad
visable, from many viewpoints, to
buy the home products in prefer
ence to out-of-the-Carolinas pro
ducts.
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DEBS MAY RE
CEIVE PARDON
Washington. August 27?Eugene
V. Debs may know whether he is to
be pardoned and released from At
lanta penitentiary before the day is
over as recommended. The case of
the Socialist leader will be discuss
ed with the President by the Attor
ney general and a decision will be
reached.
TAX BILL TO GO
HEAD OF TARIFF
Washington, Aug. 27.?The Sen
ate Finance Committee decided to
day to put the tax bill ahead of the
tariff.
STEAMERS Ta BE
RETURNED TO U. S.
New York. Aug. 27.?Federal
Judge Manton today ordered the
receivers of the United States mail
steamship company to return im
mediately to the shipping board
nine chartered,steamships seized by
the board for nonpayment of rental
and restored ..to the company by a
temporary injunction.
DEBS PARDON *
NOT REACHED
Washington. Aug. 27.?No deci
sion was reached regarding a par
don for Egene Debs or a general
nesty for the prisoners convicted
under war time laws will be reach
ed by President Harding until the
peace treaty with Germany is rati
fied.
Crosstie Placed on
Jt?ilroad Track
Negro Held in Orangeburg Jail
on Charge of Trying to
Wreck Freight
Orangeburg, Aug. 26?Spencer
Oliver, negro, was arrested early
this morning by officers of the At
lantic Coast Line railroad, charged
with attempting to wreck a
through freight train near the coal
chute, just west of Orangeburg.
This was the fourth time a cross
tie had been placed upon this sec
tion of track. As a result of close
vigilance, the offender was caught
Oliver is.now in the Orangeburg
.county jail awaiting trial, ..
The Desolation of Keil
Where Germany's Pride Has
Been Humbled '
Kiel, Aug. 8.?German-Ameri
cans, who frequent the lobbies of
hotels in Berlin can often.be heard
remarking that Germany has won
the war.
If they were to visit Kiel and
other German naval bases they
would probably get a decidedly
different Impression. Nothing
could be more complete than the
desolation which hovers over Kiel
harbor, formerly the pet war har
bor of the German.navy and pro
bably the best haven in all Europe.
The great shipyards which cre
ated most of the craft for the Ger
man navy are silent. Rusty sheds
mark the scene of former activity.
Idle, deserted docks stand as sad
reminders of days when Kiel was
the point to which all German eyes,
and in fact all the eyes of Europe j
were directed.
All machinery which the Allied
commissioners regarded as useful
for war purposes has beep dismant
led. Floating docks, cranes and
other expensive equipment have
been moved away to recomvmse
Germany's enemies for the damage
done by Admiral von Tirpita'
marines.
In normal times. Kiel had 50,000
naval officers, sailors and employe*
in the harbor all, the time. Now the
naval personnel is less than 1,000.
The city which formerly had a pop
ulation of 250,000 has lost all its
great government payroll and one
fifth of its population.
Fort Falkenstein and the other
batteries which covered the Baltic
entrance to the Kaiser William Q%?
nal have been , reduced to piles of
crumbled- concrete and twisted
steeL . Their great guns have been
sawed into bits and pitched into
scrap heaps. .
The naval academy is closed. An
empire without a navy has no use
for more naval officers. The at
tendance at the university has
dwindled. The castle of Prince
Henry, overlooking the naval har
bor, has been taken over by work
ingmen for a club, and there are no
warships in the magnificent water
way, where the former Emperor
William , used to review his navy
with pomp.
It was here that the flower of
the German navy lay, safe behind
torpedo nets, during most of the
war. At present there . are only
two antique cruisers lying at the
imperial naval docks. These were
so far out of date that the English
and French didn't think it was
necessary to scrap them, and hes-.
itated to offer such craft to any of
the nations which had helped win
the war.
Small commercial shipyards are
operating and the commercial har
bor still has a little business. ?
The Kiel Canal is still quite ac
tive. But Kiel derives little benefit
from the business passing through
the canal and cannot revive mater
ially until exchange conditions be
come such that it can again buy
timber from the Scandinavian
countries and resume its import
ance as a lumber depot for Central
Europe.
FOUR CHINAMEN
KILLED IN FRACAS
Quebec, August 27?Four China
men were killed and two injured
during-warfare among the crew of
the collier Maskinonge, anchored
here in midstream.
BURGLERS T?KE . '
SAFE FROM HOME
Los Angeles, Aug. 27.?Burglars
early today stole a 400 pound safe
containing $120,000 of bonds, sil
ver, etc., from the home of F. L.
Mosher.
GUSSMAN HELD FOR ?
ALABAMA OFFICERS
Peorio. Aug. 27?A man nameid
Piedro Gussman held by the Bir
mingham authorities for the Peoria
authorities is not the Piedro Guss
j man wanted here for the slaying of
his wife.
Mathis Erzberger Slain.
Berlin, Aug. 26. <By the Asso
ciated Press)?Mathis Erzber^er,
former vice chancellor and minis
j ter of finance, was assassinated to
day while walking through the
Black forest, near Offenberg, Bad
en. Twelve bullet wounds were
;tound in his body,
j The assailants of Herr Erzber
ger. two youths who accosted the
I politician while he was walking
with Deputy Diez, have not yet
been found. Just what was the mo
tive is not known, but it has been
definitely ascertained it was not
: robbery.
j Erzberger. for a long time one
jof Germany's most powerful poli
ticians. had for some time past
been the object of a violent oam
ipaign. sponsored by Pan-German
! circles, which accused him of be
jing the author of the policy of the
j present chancellor,
Spanish Morocco
Sketch of Country and People
Where Spain Has Suffered
Defeat
Madrid, Aug. 14 (The Associated
Press) ?That part of Morocco call
ed the Spanish zone where Spain's I
troop*! nave Just suffered disas-.
trous i.'verses at the hands of the I
Moors with the loss of thousands !
of men and thousands of square
miles of territory is part of the no
torious Barbary Coast whose pi
rates preyed on European com
merce for many years and car
ried Europeans into slavery.
In the present generation it has ;
been made famous by the opera
tjons of r.he chieftain Mulai Ahmed I
er-Raisu?, who captured and held
for ransom Ion Ptrdiearis, an
American citizen, in 1905. This
was in the administration of Pres
ident Roosevelt and evoked from
Secretary Hay the historic phrase 1
demanding- "Perdicaris alive or \
Raisu.- <eadl" It resulted in the j
almos immediate release of Per- j
dicariiff
The jgj st of the world knows com
paratively little about Morocco de
spite t.*e fact, that it has been the
ground of intermittent fighting for
centuries. It occupies the extreme
. northwestern part of Africa, hav
ing an a.rea estimated at about
300,000 square miles and a popu
lation of 5,000,000 to 10,0,00,000.
Its people contributed to the arm
ies which once invaded Spain and
conquered Granada. v
The country is an absolute mon
archy with a sultan or caliph as its
head. The present occupant of
that position is Mulai el-Mehdi but
his control over the shereefs, or
nobles, has been for many years
only nov-imai. Various European ;
governments have negotiated with
j the sultans in an attempt to paci
fy the Moors, but these have only
' resulted in outbreaks by numer
ous le/ders such as Raisuli, who
j have fSommitted outrages which
again brought the Moorish ques
tion before the European cabinets,
j Three races inhabit Morocco, the
; original Berbers, or mountaineers,
j who conquered Spain on three dif
i ferent occasions; the mixed race^f
! Arabs and Berbers known as
Moors, both of which races are
generally Mohammedans; and the
i coloniv of Jews which inhabit the
coast (j.t:ies and control the major
ity of*the country's commerce.
The opanish zone, where the
fighting is now in progress, is a
.narrow strip of land along the
northwestern coast fronting on
the M .^Uterranean Sea. It is about
200 m >es long, east and west, with
an a&rage breadth, north and
j south, of about 60 miles and ex
tends Tom Algeria, under control
of the French, to the Atlantic,
Ocean ? on"the west. It does not,
however, include the extreme
northwestern tip of land on which
is located the city of Tangier. The
French nominally control the ter
ritory further south. Spanish
troops have fought the Moors for
centuries but it was only in 1912
that the northern littoral of Mo
rocco was assigned to Spain un
der the terms of the Franco-Span
ish tre ty signed in that year. Since
then.sjain. has been engaged at in
tervals in sporadic attempts to
maiatesa her authority with vary-'
.Botrfthe French and Spanish
governments decided in January,
1920, to make military demonstra
tions In their respective zones for
the purpose of preparing the way
to more orderly government. The
French zone was soon pacified. The
Spanish territory which is admin
istered by General Damaso Bereng
uer, as high commissionerr was not
so submissive. Spanis". troops at
first m. tie their base on the Atlan- j
tic co-Mi of Morocco at El-Arish,
also krown as Laraiche. From \
there they penetrated well into the
interior and captured a number" of j
Moorish strongholds, including the
so-called secret city of Sheshawan.
For some time k,.. *e activity has i
been reported in that western dis
trict of Morocco.
The Spaniards, however, sent
another expedition under the com
mand of General Silvestre, who es
tablished a base at Melilla, midway
on a promontory which extends
and failure.
from the eastern, end, jQk^e-^ppi
ish zone northward into* the Med
iterranean. From ttiatTJotnt, Gen.
Silvestre's troops anemptedWfteV
etrate southward into the interior.
Early successes were^efcorfeffd, but
last spring the Spaniards encount
ered strong native troops and hos
tile tribesmen, estimated to/Uum
ber 20,000 and said toube well arm
ed and equipped with, artillery..';
The present reverses: 4 of -the
Spanish forces had thejjjjeg^rdj&g
early in June when sijx: companies
of auxiliary or native troops-mu
tinied, killed their Spanish officers
and then joined the rebels.' Since
then the 'Spaniards x^ve'.,.sai?ered
several other disasters and'"Save
been thrown back upon"'Mililla.
General Silvestre was^ either 'killed
or committed suicide while endeav
oring to maintain one1 of txie !p\ft
posts. The Moors in that je'dSQn
are headed by Abdel-K^in wfi? 'is
about 35 years old, ^?'^dn^t^d
in France and Spam and is an ac
complished linguist.' His 'airhvis
said to be to civilize Moroeco:1h &c
cordance with European ideals but
without losing, the essen^a^^f
Moorish culture. He was once a
judge of a native court in MelilLa
and loyal to ^pain: During the
world war he became-actively?prp
Gerraan and Spain, actbag .on, the
protest of France, interned him,
but he escaped and' was saioTto
have sworn, vengeance^upon ";the
Spaniards and' particularly upon
General Silvestre. ' ; .
Raisuli has not figured in the re
cent fighting. His territory seems
to lie further westward^'and; he-is
said to have his stronghold m the
native city of Wazan whjch lies, be
low the line of the Spanish,zone.
?^?^?^ '
Large St?l Captured ?
: on Stateburg Read
a Part ?f Sumter^s Liquor
Sapply Cut Off by Officers
This morning one cf. the largest
stills that has. been captured in
some time was taken in the swamp
about five miles from Saimter- on
the Stateburg road and k^wn as
Green Swamp. The still was . a
complete twenty-five "gallon, .outfi't
and when captured it was in full
operation. Fifty gallons of' mash
and one and a half quarts, of cprjp
liquor were'also taken, along .wth
the outfit. Two negroes,' Tom Lock
wood and his sone Willie Lock
wood were captured operating! the
still. The officers state .that ' the
two negroes were sitting down., by
th estill when, they slipped up" on
them and were -unable- to- 'make
their escape the officers~ were rso
careful to conceal their..abroach.
The officers who made .this import
ant capture were: Shenfr";it?
Hrst, Deputy Sheriff H. 'G: Mcl?a
gen, R. S. Griffin and- E. -U-Sew
man. ... * "? ....llv.,^u,... :
motor boat
races mvsm.Q^
Detroit, August 2 T-^iRifti?l *heat
in five events marked-.the-opening
of the ten day speed bpak.regatfa
on the Detroit river that wiU deter
mine the championshjlp ^*1w?7 o?
the world's power boat' classics
and eleven othjer. events. ? .-- .
hungarian DffXO
Budapest, August* 2.7~Dir^ Alex
ander Wekerle, five times the pre
mier of Hungary, died, here today.
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