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T<fee Watchman and Southron Pablishe* Wednesday and Satur ........ day ty Qsteen Publishing Company, Somter, S. C. Terms: Z&?O per annma-^-in advance. Adveriisenients: ? One Souare, first insertion --S1.00 . Every-subsequent insertion-- .50 ~ " Contracts for three months or lon.ger -will be made at reduced rates, ,? , A)' communications which sub ^ serve private interests will ;>e clKH^ed for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of re : 3peet be charged for. . T^e< ;.Sumter Watchman was *\;fetfisi(?ed in IS-J^ and the True Southron in 1SSC. The Watchman and Southron now has the com buied /Circulation and influence of fc^?-e?.the old papers, and is rnan ^iSestly tbe best advertising medium ?inJSumter. ._ ' HEALfH EDt/CATTOX. Eventually public health work will probably be largely in the hands of the government. It is ? n^essary, however, if public offi xaais' are to make progress in such work, that they have the support ^>fthe-people they seek to aid. That :jsupp?rt is-very slow to come. It saast- first be developed by the work :*>f private agencies. Among such agencies doing gen erous, and effective service in this . "Seidof education are the Child : He?Sth Organization, the Child ? ^Health Council, the National -Tu ? fed'reulosis Association, the Ameri ca?! Medical Association and the Xatibnai Education Association. -In recent years their work has taken -on a very popular tone. The ffj-st: named group has been ap ^c-iling to children through the dramatic in-stinct, with health fc.iries, clowns, picture men and Kippet plays. Thousands of chil "4i\n 2tave enjoyed these plays, in ^luchv- many times, children are actors. " - Tl:e tuberculosis organization has *5topted as .its special method the R?dern health crusade, with a gj^iit pageant of" ,r-:o;uires, pages 3|^'knights of health and clean- ; ;ftness. ' I addition to these more preten- ! undertakings 4liere are games j and verses- ajwKsongsv which teach ! &ealt? principles'. There are nu-: ttitioh 'clinics, open-air schools, \ ?2rlrool lunches, and.numerous other ^iv-ities :ofthis sort. ? ?' V^3?fcefcr: of this work has already " defin^te^y good results. The I "behefit.-of suefr .campaigns can i I I I never be* estimated, for it is cumu lative through the years. - If the }?-'< i I next generation is sickly and j troubled with avofdable ills it will be by deliberate choice. Ignor , i : ance can not be used as an excuse. -~? VXCONFERRED POWER. j j Speaking of the lack of power i specifically conferred on the Rail-j j road Labor Board to prevent trans portation strikes, the New York j World remarks that neither has the j Supreme-Court of the United States j ever had power explicitly con j ferred on it to declare an act of J ! congress unconstitutional. Yet ev- j i erybodv knows that the Supreme : ? ' , i Court has used such power over and ! ' over again, ever since John Mar shall set the precedent. Legal precedent is no less effec- j tive than enacted law. The often- j er a thing has been done, the lessj question there is about it. The im- j portant thing, in connection with j any desired innovation, is to have the precedent once estabUshed. ?Now that the- Labor Board has tak- ; !cn matters into its own hands, and 1 j done this" with regard to a railroad j ; strike, it will be easier hereafter, j That is, as long as public opinion j supports the precedent. Even the i Supreme Court could not long con- I tinue to annual acts of congress if the public seriously objected. All this, however, affords no con- j j vincing reason why congress should j not confer on the Labor Board, or some equivalent body, explicit pow er to invoke the authority of the United States government," when necessary, in order to prevent thej i tying up of transportation by either j the operators or the employees, j pending the settlement of a .dispute j or in defiance of an award. In so j important matter it is well to have \ a double safeguard. ? ? - BY WAY OF COMPARISON. The Sovie:" government makes announcement that, sometime this month, new"" banks will be estab lished which will issue notes at the rate of one ruble for 10,000 ordi nary rubles. The same proclama jtion tells of the government plan j to reduce currency inflation by in Icreasing exports, cutting down,the 'volume of imports and speeding up I factory production. No attempt is to be made to re I place the currency on a metal basis, and there is frank admission that j I the Soviet government's income for j 1921 is less than 60 per cent ?f its j inevitable expenditures. I Before the-war the financial po- J [ sition of Imperial Russia was uni I formly sound. The national debt ! was less than three billions of dol lars, and normal receipts far ex ceeded expenditures, despite the 1 fact that the army of the Czar was j three times as great as that by ! which Lenine maintains his rule of terror. There was graft, of course, and outrageous waste, but none questioned the soundness of the empire's credit. Today Russia is a ruin, financially, economically, ed ucationally?in every sense," indeed, unless it be the military. The reason ? Russia's manpower is not seriously impaired. Her natural resources, agricultural and mineral, are of incalculable value. Can it be only that communistic rule has destroyed the incentive for honest toil because it % denies the ancient right to work and plan for those for whom one cares? -o IXJCXC HONS AM) STRIKES. It must be said, in all respect for the courts, that the injunction granted by Judge Anderson of In dianapolis restraining the United Mine "Workers from trying to union ize the West Virginia coal fields is unfortunate. It may be in strict accord with the law, and even in strict accord with fundamental hu man justice, though some reason able doubt may be allowed on eith er score?and yet it is unfortunate, because it seems likely to do more harm than good. The miners feel outraged. That may be unreasonable of them, but that is the way they feel. Human facts are just as much facts as legal or economic facts. The very word ?xlOw?ction" is a red rag to labor, and labor is particularly disposed to see red in a decision of this ktnd, which seems to aim a body blow at unionism. The result may. be a great coal strike. The whole country heaved a sigh of relief when 'the railroad strike was stopped. A coal strike would be almost as disastrous. In deed, it might amount eventually to the sane thing. Must we face such a strike now, at the begin ning of winter? BANKERS' SALARIES. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York seems to make out aJ good case in its reply to a resolu- \ tion. of the United States senate, asking about the high salaries it has'been: accused of paying. The report shows' that the average an nual salary paid to its^employees., including bonus, has been $1,440, while tlie average salary paid by 10 of the largest New York banks is $200 to $600 higher than that. And these are evidently peak av erages. At the end of 1918, the bank in question was paying an av erage of $1,095 a year. The matter is of interest mainly because o: the liprlit, it throws on bank salaries in g< neral. The abdve salary average includes the really big salaries paid to the executives at the head of the institutions. The pay of the ordinary employee is therefore considerably less than the figures indicate. it is probably true, and has been for many years, that the bulk of bank employees earn less than skilled mechanics?and work at least as hard for it.. Such a price do "white collar men" pay to be elegant and envied. Columbia Boot legger Convicted Judge Smith Gives Greek the Limit of the Law Columbia, Nov. 0.?Louis Kanel los, prosperous Columbia Creek, was Tuesday afternoon senteneud to pay a fine of $1.000 or serve three months in the Aiken county jail, having been convicted before Judge iL A. M. Smith, of federal court, of violating the prohibition law, his second offense in recent j months. He appealed, on the ground that th;- officers did not have the right tc search his auto mobile without a warrant. Judge Smith refused motion for a new trial on this ground, stating that a 1 warrant was necessary before a house could be searched, but not so an automobile. Pending his ap- i peal to the circuit court of appeals : at Richmond, Kanellos has arrang ed the necessary bond. Legal Fight Against Miners' Union Coal Operators Oppose Union-1 ization of West Virginia Field Charleston. W. Va., Xov. 10.?j The hearing of the Application of j the ' Borderland Coal corporation and sixty-three other companies for j an: injunction restraining the Unit- I ed"Mine Workers f^om attempting to unionize the Mingo and Logan , county fields is set to begin in the United States district court here. I Let's >hvope that >v/hv^!;>,in Wash--! ington these famous foreigners will do as Washington dfd. r , Tl . |-.J Charleston Will Buy Water Front _ * Feoplc Vote by Large Majori ty in Favor of Bond Issue Charleston, Xov. 8.?By a ma jority of nearly S00 the waterfront purchase project carried in today's special municipal election when the voters also authorized the is suing of ?500,000 in bonds for sew erage extension, and the issuing of certificates of indebtedness for financing general paving of the city. The waterfront purchase has been a lively campaign issue for several weeks -with Mayor Grace as its leading proponent. It involves the issuing of $1,500,000 in bonds to pay for Charleston Terminal com pany property with a total front age of some 4,000 feet, several miles of trackage, rolling stock, and extensive warehouses, and the issuing of $1,000,000 additional bonds for waterfront improver ments. Five port utilities commis sioners were also elected getting all but a few scattering votes as follows: M. Rutledge Rivers, law yer; Albert Sottile. theater own er: Walter Pringl? wholesale dry goods; J. L. David, ker, and II. A. Molony, grain and lumber bus iness. The governor is to name two other commissioners and the ?mayor and an alderman will be ex officio. members of the board. Of the $,000 votejj, cast in the water front balloting nearly 1,f?oo were "yes-i" About 3,150 votes were cas* in favor of sewerage and street paving extension with only some thing over 200 against. The sweep ing victory of the waterfront de velopment project is a source of great satisfaction to its support ers. On November 22, the voters of Charleston county will be asked to express their will on a 51,000,000 good roads bond issue which is pro posed by the sanitary and drain age commission. Should this car ry, it will bring the total bond is sues for Charleston, authorized this month, close to $4.000,000. Street paving improvements will be paid for mainly by abutting property owners. ? o ? Dr. Roy Z. Thomas, head of the department of chemistry of Win throp College, Rock Hill, S. C, has written General Passenger Agent, K. F. Cary to commend the services rendered him by District Passenger Agent S. H. McLean, of Columbia, in connection with the educational tours conducted an nually by Dr. Thomas to various parts of the couhtrv. '?Mr. McLean always arranges my itineraries and all details." writes Dr. Thomas. "I want to tell you that he is a won der in this line. There was not the slightest hitch last season any where on our whole tour. I wish to congratulate you upon Having sucH a man as Mr. McLean in your service. I wish, also, to state that Mr.'McLean has not asked me to say a word to'you or anyone in his behalf.''?Southern Bulletin. Mysterious Deaths at Ailendale Four Members of Lee Family Die Within a Few Days Ailendale, Nov. 8.?One of the most mysterious af?iirs ever oc curring in this country came to light tli is morning when the fourth member of the family of Joe Lee, a constable of Magistrate S. \V. Owens, living at Baldoc, a town about four miles rrom here, suc cumbed to a mysterious illness last night. Previous to the death of the wife of Lee last night three of the children of the family had died. Jill within less than a week. The ; only members of the family now alive are a four months old baby i and Lee himself. Lee was taken to I the University hospital, in Augus ta. Ga., this morning upon advice of physicians who are unable to diagnose the case to their satisfac? ! tion. An inquest was held over the , body of Mrs. Lee this morning and : the vital organs of the woman s<-nt I to the state laboratory for analysis. ; The pec tliarity of the affair lies in \ the fact that every member of the family has been affected the same way. In addition to this it is re ported that ail the live stock j around the home of Lee has been j affect* d. Two boys have died. All I the poultry is said to have died, j The facts, together with other cir , cumstances, have brought out the j opinion in this section that the i family has in name way been j poisoned and the stomach of one of j the victims was sent Wednesday to ; the laboratory of the state board of health for examination. The board ' further has been requested to send ' to the scene an expert to examine 1 at the source the possibility of the i poisoning theory. This in all prob ability will,be done and a correct diagnosis of the case be in hand in I a few days. i One physician in attendance on : the family went so far as to admit \ that the symptoms in all the cas^s ; were almost identical to those evi i dent in arsenic poisoning. The the ? ory of poisoning is given further I credence by the fact that the vic i tims themselves firmly believed j that such is the case and go fur i ther and state that the poisoning is I the result of foul play and go so far : as to give the name of the alleged poisoner. It seems that Lee or j some member of his family had i had a difficulty with a nearby ? neighbor and there was bad blood j between them. Lee voluntarily I gave the name of the person sup I posed to have committed the crime '. alleged. So far i,o action has been ;' taken officially due to an utter lack of evidence. Lee seems to think, land' the peculiar circumstances j arising from the death of the live ; stock about the place bears this ' out in a way, that the well, from which the supply of water was ta ken, nad been poisoned. It is for the purpose of examining the wa ter in the well and to look into I other peculiar circumstances sur rounding the strange death of the I victims, that the presence.of an ex pert from the state board has been requested. While all three of the physicians so far called into the case cling to the hypothesis that acute malaria is the cause of the | deaths, there is an obvious doubt in all their minds and a thought I apparently that the poisoning the- . ory is not altogether impossible. Every effort will, of course, be : made to clear the mystery of the affair up. Poison Theory Discredited Representative of State Board of Health Reports on Allen dale Case Columbia, Nov. 9.?The poison theory in connection with the deaths of four members of t)cs Lee i family at Baldoc in Allentlale coun ty, during recent day:-, is scouted : by Dr. <'. V. Akin, of Columbia, rep resentative of the State Board of Health, who went to Baldoc and made a thorough examination into ; tiie conditions surrounding the I death of Mrs. Joe Lee and three of her children. Dr. Akin says he I does not entertain for a moment ] the theory that the Lees were kill j ed by caustic poison ;>ut into the ; well. He found the water of the i well in bad condition, and believes | that influenza or malaria might have been caused from the in I fectious condition of the water. A : complication of malaria and in fluenza would have brought about j the dire results, Dr. Akin states. He ! made an autopsy examination of^ [ Mrs. Lee's stomach and says no in ; dications of poisoning were found. ? ?? ? Planning Relief For the Unemployed - Columbia. Nov. 8.?To request ! the state legislature 10 authorize a i bond issue sufficient to complete i a state system of hard surfaced ; roads, and to urge the various j county seats to handle the unem i ployment problem for themselves, ; keeping their jobless at home, ! were the two main decisions j reached by the conference of may I ors and others interested in the i unemployment situation in the I state, which was held in Governor i Cooper's office at noon Tuesday. Governor Cooper stated that he j would present the resolution of the ! conference regarding the state road : system to the legislature, which I meets in January. No suggestion j as to the size of the bond issue was ' made, but it was agreed that the . construction of a state system of j hard sufaced roads would not or.ly j aid the state in many ways, giving j it a real system of highways, but j would provide employment for i hundreds of men. ? ^ ? Holland is almost bankrupt and I holes in cheese may be larger. PisgaJ* News and Views. ( TMsg?hTXov. 7.?The weather is very changeable. First hot, \yarm and cnM. If this goes on people will have a time to save their hogs. There "are some fine hogs to be killed this winter. By universal consent, all stock run at large dur ing the winter here, after the crops are gathered. Son:;- people* are trying to kill out the boll weevil by plowing in cotton stalks. This will do very little good for the woods are fuJiv.-. of -them #n.d next spring they will come out- like flies. But we &%a going to make some cotton next y< ar, weevil or no weevil. If other sections can make it, we can too. We surely, are hard hit this year. Almost to a finish. The destitution in the country is great, especially among the poorer classes. What some of them ar-? going to do I don't know. I never have seen the colored people more happy than now, even those who have nothing. Pity the white people could not be that way. As far as I < ;m leoxii all-honest p-cople are try ing to pay as much as they can on their debts end no more can be ex pected. I see no waste or extrava gance in any one. The box supper Friday evening at t te new school house was fine, 'i he evening was delightful ai i S p. m. the house was full of pie, bent on pleasure nad enjo.,^ j men:. Mesdames Daisy Barfield,* Delia Eimore, Leon Stuckey, Eva Shiver, Culas Watson. D. G. Brown* ; and Miss Essie Hawkins were un tiring in their efforts to make all happy and they surely succeeded. Misses Leslie and Williams the teachers cf the Pisgah school, and Misses Lois and Annell Eimore, Lu . la Baker, Ethel Watson, Marie Barfield, Bertie Ilatfield, Sadie Rog ers, Eunice Eimore, Mae Barfield, I Ima Hatfield, Kate Reams, Hallie and Alma Brown had boxes beau : tifully trimmed in different colors--^ and they rapidly sold with a-num- . i ber of fine cakes. Light, refresh i ments were sold to those who wanted thorn. The cake walk was by a large I number. Miss Sadie Rogers and Rufo?t Kenney won it. Quite a nice sum was realized j which the good ladies., will use to \ a good purpose. Rev. J. .P. Dudley was present ? , and he added much to the pleasures of the evening; also those popular ; and pretty young ladies, Miss Adele MeLeod and Mrs. Pearl Brad ? ley. U. D. C. Convention Memorial Services Today and Ball To-night " St. Louis, Nov. 10.?Memorial services for the Confederate monr? i ument in Forest Park were held to i day by United Daughters pf the. Confederacy. A ball in honor of i the ninety .pages .serving as. mes sengers at the Convention will be , given tonight. - ? ? ATTEND TH IG EXHIBITS OF ALL KINDS FOR EVERY DEPARTMENT ARE WANTED. TER, SOUTH CAROLINA An Educational and Co-operative Exposition of Agricultural, Manufacturing, Livestock, Poultry, Household, Fancy Work, Floral Displays, Home Demonstration, Girls' Canning and Tomato Clubs, Boys' Pig and Corn Clubs, Communi ty and School District Booth exhibits, Merchantile, Fine Arts, and many other demonstrations of Eastern Carolina Progressiveness. Horse, Cattle, Mule and Poultry Shows. Big Auction of pure bred Poultry November 17th and 18th. A big time in Legitimate Amusements for Young and Old. The big A. B. Miller Shows and Midway and Free Attractions, Good Band Music and other spectacular events staged for cooperation and entertainment. Better baby contest and health clinic Nov. 15 to 18, from 10 a. m. to 1 p. m. Have your babies examined free of cost and contest for the honors and prizes of perfect. physique. By attending this splendid fair you will become an apostle of optimism. You will forget your temporary troubles, and will resign from the Crepe Hangers' Union and banish your grouches to Jonah Land. Admission onlv 50 and 25 cents to Fair Grounds. No charge to see free attractions. Sumter County School and Athletic Day, Friday, No vember 18th. Every school teacher and pupils of the white schools of Sumter, Lee, Clarendon, Bichland, Ker shaw,an(I Florence counties admitted free to Fan Grounds November 18th. Spectacular Pageant of Progress Parade on Novem ber 18th with several thousand school children and rural and city clubs, and educational, commercial, agricultur al, manufacturing and Industrial features therein, at 11 o'clock A. M. Exhibits of all kinds for every Department are wanted. For further information address or see W. T. BROWN, Pres.. S. J. WHITE, Vice Pres., J. FRANK WILLIAMS, Secretary. E. I. REARDON, Manager, Department of Publicity. PREMIUM LISTS MAILED ON APPLICATION. JFOUR BIG DAYS OF FUN, ENTERTAINMENT FOR ALL. FREE ATTRACTIONS BAND CONCERTS EVERY DAY.