Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Ife Watchman and &mthron cleared -a% the Festoffice at Sum ter, C., as Second Class Matter. PERSONAL. 1 Mrs. Horace Rowland of Wash lgtoh, N. C, who has been visit xg relatives here, was unexpected r called home Tuesday on account I illpess in her family. Miss Whittemore has returned to umter, after spending the winter i Charlotte, N. C.t withr ?Ir.. "n.nu irs. Ernest Davis. Miss Whitte i ore? is the sister of Mrs. Davis. . Mr. E. B. Rush, trainmaster at hartestOn. was a visitor in Sum Tuesday. Messrs. R. L. MeLeod and S. K. aahj are "business visitors in Co imlga today. Messrs, L. L. Mason and D. jshbury, of Atlanta, traveling rep ?efttatives of the Southern Pacific '.ailroad company, are Visitors in ie' city. ? . :~ Mrs, E, C. Wheeler;.of Florengfe, 3eni the week-end in Sumter with rrs.. O. V. Player. M?; A. M; Broughton spent Tues ay in Columbia on business. Mx*. M. V. Jervey, of Charleston, ^presentative _ - of the American ruit; ? G roweis'> Incoj-p orated, is aending several days li^Sumter on uai&ss. The temporary head u?rfers of Mr. Jervey are. in the hanih$^xvC Commerce.. Mtss Ruth Dixon is in Timmons ille for some time on professional uslhess. Misses Mary and Susie Kirk, of lagO?d, passed through Sumter Tednesday morning while on their ray to Charleston where they are ) be the visitors of th&ir aunt. 3ir. J. H. Hope, of Union, is a ! isitcr in Sumter. Mrs. W. B. Burns. Jr., leaves j ">night for Richmond, Va., where j iie will be the visitor of her sis- i *r for several weeks. Mrs. P. A. Willcox, of Florence, i spending a few days at the home f Mrs. C. C. Hepburn on West iberty St. Mr. H. N. Forester returned 'liursday morning from Charles m where be has been on business Miss Ruth Carlisle, of Columbia. * ? visitor in Sumter for. a few ays? Mr. E. W. Dabbs. Jr., left Thurs ay morning for Columbia where j e will attend a meeting of the v^ecutive Campaign committee of be South Carolina Cotton Co-op ratiye Marketing Association. ? Mrs. Jane Strother left Thursday j aorning for Columbia.: where she f JUl be a visitor for a short time, t Messrs. Franz Teicher, Yank i'landing and Eugene Moses left < rbursday morning oh a fishing} rip in the lower part of the state, j 'Messrs. Aaron Green and Ralph '? ?: .Ramsey of the University of j iouth Carolina are in t:he city for a ew days. These young men are! *4ihj? data looking towards the j ailing up of an economic,and so- i EaM survey of Sumter county. common"- ! ||s pleas court] iistrial in Edens Case. Case -fef Clifton Fay Now Being ! Tried jftie case of Thelma B. Edens vs. j 'lie Sumter Motor Company was j :: laced in the hands of the jury at j v ^f? o'clock Wednesday afternoon j nd a mistrial was declared in the j aae Thursday morning after the j aty ?ad remained'in deliberation* urfng the entire night without j caching an agreement. Even af-j ?r the jury came back into the! ..uiVyf rooms shortly after r9 o'clock \ ' Thursday morning, they were again | ent'baek into the jury rodm to see i t an agreement could not pos- j ibly be reached. The j ury ..again e turned to the court room after : emaining in the room for a short! me" and the statement made thru j o agreement was possible. The listtial was then declared. Case now before the court is that! f Clifton Fay* vs. Atlantic Coast! .ine-Railroad company. L. p. Jen- j in&; Refolds & Reynolds. The ; laiitiJf is suing for damages to the mount of $1,500. I ? ? ?-I aperstilions and Customs in Bel I gian Congo. - London, March 13?Strange su- i editions such as belief that the j ppejarance of a baby's first teeth on j ?e ;upper jaw was an ill omen to j ae /community and that it had, aerefore, to be murdered were des- : ribed by Dr. M. Horn, Councillor j f State for Belgium in an address i ere? on '.'Belgian Colonial Admin- j ?tr?tion in the Congo." '-Sjiis practice, as well as others j ke-mutifctidn*and cannibalism, is! ow^. punishable l^r law. Tbe law also interfered, he said, ; ,-Ith native matrimonial customs, i Vn?e a man may acquire a wife j ither by means of a dowry paid ; o her family, by inheritance, pur-! haie, exchange or force of arms, | o legal bond is deemed to exist eiveen the alleged husband and j he 'woman acquired without her! onient. . Acquisition by means of a dowry ; - .recognized in principle but the econd, third, etc., wife will be per- j nit ted to desert her husband, the i tatp being prepared to refund the ; iowry if no other man has been the ; ause of her desertion. No compen- j ation will be paid when the hus ?ahd has been warned in due time _s to the precarious nature of h!s ights in reagard to "his new better ractibn." "Dr. Horn said a larcre ?ropor- i ion of the Congo population was i ?ittttbly underfed and for this state j if a/fairs European rule was partly eSponsible. Cannibalism had been | Uppressed. I>Sfsarmament of opposition to the reaties in the senate is the next tern of the agenda.?New Tor]; evening Post. * * 9 If- that Kind of people had noses ike, the elephant, what a jolly time ifey would have sticking 'em into. >ther people's business. WORLD M Tokio. April 4?Vladivostok dis patches report clashes between Jap anese and forces of the Chata gov ernment near Spassk, following the Japanese demand to disarm. Eighty Chata soldiers are reported to have been killed. Budapest, April 4.?Three were I killed and thirty injured in a bomb explosion at a business men's ban quet. Goldsboro. X. C, April +?Two of the eleven prisoners who escaped from the Wayne county jail last night are still at large. The others surrendered. Washington, April 4.?The recent dismissal of officials in the bureau of engraving and printing by the president, involved no desire to re flect upon the character of . any government employe, said Secretary Christian. Savannah, April 4.?Four cars of the Seaboard Air Line Florida Limited, were derailed at Ford, Ga. Xo oi*e seriously hurt. Washington, April 4.?The min ers in all union districts anthra cite and bituminous, is hundred per cent effective, John L. Lewis, the miners' president, declared af ter going- over the reports of union leaders. Sapula, Okla.. April 4?The fire | fighters are making no appreciable j headway today in the effort to con- | trol the last of the three blazing oil storage tanks of the Sapula Re fining Company. The destruction i of the entire refinery valued at a ? million dollars is momentarily ex- j pected. Budapest, April 4.?A legitimist | proclamation has been issued de- j claring that with the death of I Charles, Otto, the second, is king \ of Hungary. ? Baltimore, April 4.?Edward T. ! Mercer, the husband of Mrs. Ruth Mercer, whose mutilated body was j found Sunday on the beach at i Ocean View, Va., was arrested hern j on a warrant charging him with j the murder of his wife. The of- j ficers found buddie at his club in bed. He said he had not been at j Ocean View in three or four years. New York. April 4.?Miss Rose j Cochlan, one of the most noted j actresses of the English speaking j stage, is critically ill here. Louisville. April 4.?Honor to j Henry Watterson, dean of Amer-1 ican journalists, veteran Louis ville Courier-Journal, who died in Jacksonville, December 22nd, was rendered at the funeral services here today. A vault in Cave Hill i cemetery, designed to resist the j corrosion of a thousand years, re- . ceived the body. Hartford, Conn.. April 5.?Rich- j ard Kinsella, Democrat, was elect ed mayor. Most of the Democratic! ticket was carried into office. Washington. April 5.?The re- I sumption of work on the gigantic | Wilson dam, at Muscle Shoals, \ Ala., has been recommended by the | senate agriculture committee. Washington. April Q.?Repre tentative Garner, Democrat, of Texas, declared in the house that: if members were permitted by j rules to spea kwhat was in their j minds every member except one in j the house, would say that Repre- , sentative Blanton of Texas was a j disgrace to the house and ought to ; be kicke dout. This statement j coming after Dlanton had defend ed himself against a newspaper ar- : ticle and threw the body in an up- ' roar and the speaker's order pre vented a personal clash. - Washington, April 6.?President and Mrs. Harding and members I of the cabinet and high officials j and arctic explorers joined in a | tribute to the memory of Rear; Admial Robert E. Peary today in I memorial unveiling of his grave at : Arlington cemetery. Wilmington, Del., April 0.? j Flirtations between men and wo-? men prisoners in the Newcastle J county workhouse have reached j such a point that Warden Plum mer has established a jai! postofiice and censorship of love letters. New York, April <J.?Every nine minutes a grand new indignant cit- j izen in New York is ushered into the world, according to story sta tistics. New York. April ?*.?Week-end sessions of anthracite miners and, operators subcommittee on \va?? contract negotiations were agreed upon by both parties in an endeav- 1 or to settle the hard coal strike San Francisco, April 6.?Defense in Fatty Arbuckle manslaughter trial announced that it has rested ' its case. The last witness was' Arbuckle himself. Funchal. Maderia, April c.? Perfect weather marked the fun eral of the former Emperor Charles of Austria-Hungary yesterday. It is expected the body will be even tually sent to Hungary London. April 8.?Indications that the situation in Ireland is be coming dangerous as a conse quence of the antagonism of the republic toward supporters o" the I free state is given in newspaper dispatches. Oklahoma City, April ?.?Various phases of the slaying of Lieutenant Colonel Paul Ward Heck, ar the home of Jean P. Day developed to lay. Tbc county officials declaring] On ' e; Ration the possible hid-j 3en angles of the tragedy. X-ray IS IN BRIEF 1 photographs have settled the ques tion as to whether or not Beek was shot. Fragments of bullet being disclosed in his head. Cor oner McWilliams announced he found bottles and sliced oranges scattered about the room where Beck and Mrs. Day struggled. Day said nothing other than non-alco holic apricot cordial was served at the party. Belgrade. April 6.?King Alex ander is confined to bed by illness, the nature of which is not known. Charleston. W. Va.. April G.? Strike conditions in the southern districts are becoming gradually clearer, the claims of operators and miners being less conflicting. The former maintain, however, that the daily tonnage is being held, while the union chiefs report steady accessions to their ranks from the unorganized. Paris, April G.?The French delegates are going to Genoa with out full powers, according to Pre mier Poineare's final instructions. The decision is being much discuss ed in political circles, where it is looked upon as likely to develop complications, in view of the Rus sian delegates having been given powers of negotiation. Indianapolis, April G.?Plans for pressing the work *of organizing the non-union West Virginia min ers to support the nation-wide coal strike were considered at a confer ence between Williams, secretary treasurer of the mine workers' union and Lawrence Dwyer, of Beckley. W. Va., member of the union's executive board. Financial matters and the sending of more union organizers into the fields, it is understood were discussed. Laurens, April 5.?Virgil, three year old son of Dr. O. E. DuBose of this city, died tonight from scalds suffered when the little fel low while playing in the yard ac cidentally fell backward into a pot of boiling soap which was be ing attended by an old negro w o man at the i luBose home. Information About Your Roads. Information on the kinds of road constructed, cost of various types of roadways, and other items inci dent to the developments in road construction during recent years are given by the Bureau of Public Roads, United States Department of Agriculture, for the group of states including Delaware. Maryland, Vir ginia, West Virginia. North Caro lina. South Carolina. Georgia and Florida, and compared with sim ilar figures for the whole country. The figures are based on completed Federal-aid roads during the pe riod 1916-1021. ? In this group of states, 2S2 pro- ' jects have been completed, total ing 1,232 miles at a cost of $20,- i 619,638 of which nearly half was federal aid. Of the total cost, 19 I per cent was paid for grading, 54 per cent for surfacing two per '[ cent for shoulders, 22 per cent for ' structures, and three per cent for I engineering, as compared to an ? average for the whole United States based on 7.840 miles at a : total cost of $1 12.325,302 of 21 per j cent for gracing. Gl per cent for, surfacing, one per cent for should- { ers, 14 per cent for structures, and three per cent for engineering. This group of states spent 1G.4 I per cent of the total amount ex- : pended in the United States for sur- ' facing federal-aid roads and the area surfaced amounted to 20.1 per cent of the total. The proportions of the total area J surfaced with different types of material were as follows: Sand clay CG.l per cent, gravel 4.<; per; cent, plain and surface treated macadam 2.8 per cent, bituminous macadam 4.4 per cent, bituminous ' concrete 3.5 per cent, cement con- : crete 17 per cent, and brick 1.6 j per cent. The cost of these pave- i ments per square yard was for j sand-clay 15 cents, gravel 51 cents,! pkiin and surface treated macadam 9G cents, bituminous macadam $2.16, bituminous concrete $2.SS. j cement concrete $2.7!;. reinforc id concrete ?2.74 and brick $4 50, as | compared with an average cost for the whole country as follows: Sand,- ; clay 18 cents, gravel 4ti cents, plain and surface treated macadam '>" cents, bituminous macadam $2.10, bituminous concrete $2.50, cement concrete $2.57, reinforced concrete! $2.74 and blick $4.10. The average cost of grading; during the period was til cents peri cubic yard in this group of states, compared with 56 cents for the 1 whole country. In interpreting these figures and 1 in comparing those for the group j with the whole United States, of ficials of the bureau say, it should be understood that there was con siderable variation in the condi tions under which the loads were constructed, such as thickness of pavement, accessibility of mater ials, specifications, and labor costs. ? ? Bonus for Gocd Flbusckcei>er9. London. March 2?Women <>!' Leyton, England will receive prizes of 5 pounds sterling for the clean est and best kept hoiise in that district by tin- will of Edward J. Davis, an educator, who has just died here. Mr. Davis bequeathed 1.4)00 pound's sterling, the income of which is to be divided annually in 5 pound prizes ro widows, wives or spinsters whose homes are the) neatest. Maybe the farmer's sons come i<> town t?? earn money for the <>id man {?> keep farming on. Variety affords the spice of life ;md ;i motive for many divorces. .\o, no: bucket shops do n<>t deal in tinware. "Beware" is their mo -to. WILLIE DuRANT KILLED BY OFFICERS i Life of Negro Desperado is Taken This Morning When He Rushes Out of House With Pistol in Hand Acting on information received at S:30 o'clock Thursday morn \ ing. Chief of Police J. M. Barwick, j Trial Justice Deputy, R. S. Grif-1 ; fin and Police Officers A. D. Owens, j J. P. Shockley. W. H. Strange and | ' J. D. Chandler went, armed with : rifles, to the farm of Mr. F. L. Brunson, situated some three miles ! from Sumter, and just off of the Bishopville road. A negro house j I on this place wa: searched and ! i then the officers traveled a dis i tance of about a mile and a half, j going through swamps for the j most part and at times wading, ! through water waist deep. The second negro house, situated on j the place of Mr. H. C. Haynsworth, ; was approached, at the rear, from the swamp and the house sur j rounded by the officers. Chief! Barwick then sent a negro man] into the house with the message to I Willie DuRant, telling him that' the house was surrounded and I : that if he came out with his hands 1 ? up and would surrender that he! would not be harmed but would be j ; protected. Ollie White, the negro j who was sent into the house, stated I jtat the inquest that when he de-j : livered this message Willie Du Rant did no: say a word, but got ? up from the table where he was I sitting and went into the next j room. From this room DuRant ; rushed out of the house with his j pistol, which he always carried, in ' his right hand. When DuRant rushed out of the house with pis toi in hard and showing tight, j he was fired upon from all sides I by the officers and instantly killed, j some eight bullets taking effect] in the negro's body. And so camo to his death. Willie DuRant. alias! Pidney DuRant, an escaped convict) from Florence county where he had | begun the serving of a five year j sentence for the wrecking of aj Seaboard train. He was a thief and j housebreaker and was connected j with the wrecking of the A. C. L. : train near Augusta, at which time j Engineer Temple, of Florence, was 1 killed. The criminal activities of : DuRant touch Sumter very closely i by his shooting, on March ISth, of i our own Police Officers J. M. Law- j rence and J. H. DuRant. The es-; 1 cape of both of these officers from death at that time being nothing short of miraculous. The search j I of tfee city police department since I j .hat date has been tireless and I they were rewarded Thursday morning by the finding of their i man. The verdict of the coroner's jury ' after the holding of the inquest by ] Coroner Seals at the Hurst under I taking establishment Thursdf-T .morning, was: 'That Willie Du-' Rant came to his death in Sumter j county on April G, 11)22, from gun j shot wounds at the hands ofj county and city officers in the dis charge of their duties as such and i so the said aforesaid, upon their J oaths aforesaid, do say. that the aforesaid killing was justifiable." Corroborative testimony was given before the inquest by Chief Bar wick, Officer Owens and the testi mony taken of Ollie White, color ed, who stated that he saw Willie DuRant rush out of the huose with the pistol in his hand. The state ment of the physician examining the body was "That Willie DuRant came to his death from gunshot wounds upon different parts of the body." The pistol which the negro car ried was a MSi caliber Colls re volver of latest make and was found to be fully loaded. An ad ditional supply of ammunition was carried by Du Kant in a leather bag. Also found on the negro were two diamnod rings, a railroad switch key, his charm to keep him from death, which was a small pouch tilled with herbs, and a bunch of keys on which were sev eral skeleton keys capable of open ing ordinary door locks. Chief Harwick pays a tribute to the men accompanying him on his mission of Thursday morning, stat ing that they stood their ground, never faltering, and that they ful ly well realized at all times the type of a man with which they were to deal. He stated that the men left Sumter Thursday morning armed with a determina tion to do their duty at whatever cost. It's easier for a rich man to go through a camel's eye than for a paragapher to put over one The Literary Digest will quote.?Pueblo Star-Journal. Due of the strangest things in this world is how much easier it was to get a washerwoman when there was no steam laundry to compete with her. ?Dallas Xews. DOINGS OF THE DL YOU'D B Run uP A Your m<? FIRST-SH! WANT YOO T< ? THE STATE GASOLINE TAX Little Revenue Derived in March; Larger Returns Ex pected This Month Columbia, April 6.?The new gasoline tax has not netted the state any great amount of money as yet, but April 20 is expected to bring in results that will indicate the success of the new revenue measure. The tax is payable by The 20th of each month. March being the first monTh in which the tax was due. there was little tax pa5*able except by the wholesalers on their.stocks on hand, and these were small. More revenues from the new tax is expected this month, according to State Treasur er S. T. Carter. Many Presents Dnplicatexl in Prin cess* Gifts London, March 17.?The vast number and varied assortment of wedding presents to Princess Mary and Viscount Lascelles displayed here caused many people to won der what the nev'y-weds would do with the 66 jugs and bowls. 1G silver toasr-racks and 22 clocks in cluded in the offerings. The late King Edward, after his marriage, found himself the pos sessor of 1.500 teapots of all types and descriptions and of more than 800 cruets. It is reported that some of these are still stored in London. Only persons who had been pre sented at court or who could claim personal acquaintance with either Princess Mary or her husband were permitted to tender wedding gifts on the occasion of the recent royal wedding. Charitable and other public organizations a*hd in stitutions were, of course, except ed. This ruling perhaps saved Prin cess Mary the embarrassment over disposing of teapots and cruets suf fered by King Edward. A classification of the gifs ex hibited at St. James' palace shows only 28 tea .services were pre sented. Other items are 15S ar ticles of jewelry, including brace lets, necklaces, pendants, tiaras, brooches, rings, caskets, fan9 and watches: a trayful of flawless, un set precious stones; S93 gifts made from precious metals includ ing 20.trays. 24 vases, 31 cups, 12 goblets. IS inkstands. 25 statutettes, 14 card trays, nine cigarette cases, eight travelling cases, and seven workbexes; 107 books and manu scripts, 22 candelabara, 17 um brellas. 14 lamps and shades. 17 rugs, 22 sets of cutlery, eight wall brackets, 3G dinner services, 47 breakfast table services, 18 silver salvers, 70. .pairs of gloves, 10 wedding cakes and sewn hunting crops. While correspondents invited to a private view were being shown about the state rooms where the presents were on display, the 22 gift clocks all began the chiming of 6 o'clock at almost the same in stant?and the newspaper party was ushered out as it had been in vited to call "between 5 and 0 p. m. ? ? ?? And He Lied, Pome. March 2.?The hard and fast rule of Cardinal Gasparri, in flexibly enforced by the Swiss Guards, that no photographers were to be allowed inside of Saint Peter's on the day of the Coro nation of Pope Pius, the Eleventh, was broken at least once. The staff photographer of an English newspaper, wearing a top hat and hearing a beautiful leather valise, presented himself at the Bronze Gates when the crush was at its height. "Xo cameras allowed in." the huge Swiss guard informed hi l, in ? tone of finality. "Camera, nothing," responded the photographer haughtily, 'this is a medicine case, please let me pass that I may render aid to the injured inside." 'Pass right in, doctor," the Swiss Guard said, humbly. Making More Money in Russia. Moscow. Feb. 25.?TJie Russian State Rank is contemplating an is sue of its own bank notes to meet the general shortage of currency, particularly in the provinces. The Rosta (news agency) an nounces that the bank has been directed by the Finance Commis sariat to work out an emission plan. At times one suspects that civil ization is merely progress in lazi ness ? ? ? ? The ghost of Antigonish, it ap pears, was partly psycho-physiolog ical and partly discarnate intelli gence. So that's all clear. The white race will continue, dominant only so long as it acts white. FFS ?^MOTHER, CAN I GO OUT AND PlAV T> FITTER nP ASK fHER E MAVNOTk ;> GO* SUICIDE IN LAURENS S. S. Farrar Fires Bullet into Temple?Body Found in Barnvard Laurens, April 5.?Coroner R. R. i Owings was called to Mount viilo ' I today to hold an inquest over S. S. Farrar, a prominent citizen who j was found dead in his barnyard at j > an early hour this morning. The surroundings indicated that j : Mr. Farrar had shot himself, a j wound being found in his temple j and he was holding in his grasp' ; a pistol with which the fatal j ? wound had been inflicted. The; ; verdict of the coroner's jury was in ! ; accordance with these facts. It is j said that Mr. Farrar had been de | pressed for some weeks over fin [ ancial matter?. First Steps in Beekeeping. j Clemson College. April 4?Farm j ers in various parts of the state j are giving greatly increased atten tion to bees as a source of home! ) honey and supplementary income, [ i and many inquiries for information | I are being- received by the Exten I sion Service bee specialist. who I makes the following suggestions! ! for beginners. j The first step?The first step in j I in beekeeping is to lea. n something j about it, and this is accomplished; j by reading and studying bulletins (and books on the subject, by visit j ing beekeepers of experience j jand studying their methods, by I i working in a bee-yard under the j directions of a successful beekeeper, i land by working with one's own] j bees. j The time to start.?The best ? I time to start is in the spring when the bees have before them the en I tire summer to build up into {strong colonies. Good standard j hives, such as are now used by suc cessful bee-keepers, should he ready; (before the bees are obtained: and j there should be provided a bee i smoker, a bee veil, and a hive tool ; or good strong pocket knife, j Where to get fcecs.?First, bees j may be obtained by purchasing j good bees in standard frame hives ! from some neighbor, these to be j moved at the proper time to the j desired location. Second, bees may . j may be transferred from some j ! available bee tree in the woods to ! la standard movable frame hive.! (Third, bees may be purchased by j the pound on frames with queen. I j A common practice in this state is j ] to transfer bees from old logs or I j trees to the movable frame hives j I with such portions of the brood j j comb as may be fitted readily into | j the brood frames of the new hives. | I Faults of wild: bees.?Frequent- j j ly bees found in wild bee trees are i j black bees. These generally ha-ve , , temper and will sting on slightest j i provocation. They also lack cour tage and are poor defenders of the I hive in distress. On the -whole, j therefore, they are unsatisfactory j ; bees: but they can be improved i i greatly and easily by requeening | j them after they have settled down j J properly into the. new hive. S Information on transferring, pro- > j vent ion of swarming, and requeen- ] ling Is given In Information Cards J S, 0, and 10, which may be had ; from the Extension Service, Clem- ! j son College, S. C. -? Cliild Marriages in Japan. Tokio, Feb. 15 (P.y Mail)?In | the taking c the last police Census j j of Tokio, the police have discov- ? j ered one married couple whose ! j combined ages reach sixteen, says j j the Japan Times. This is a happy. 'Chinese groom of nine who has \ j taken unto himself a wife of the ? j mature age of seven, i These youthful honeymooners [ are not alone among the married . (children of the city, the census! i takers have located forty-four j ! grooms whose ages range from ten I I to fifteen, and 145 brides who have; j not yet celebrated their fifteenth birthday, Japanese style. Most of the wives in Tokio are young, statisticians having worked lout the average age of the married women of the city, finding it to bei below thirty years. The broom's average is around 3f>. The local population located by I j the police within the limits of the j I city proper, which is only about j half the actual city, is 2,173,200 [with the males outnumbering the i i females by 169,1 70. -*-^> i Nature is merciful, and never lets ! j a prominent citizen know how i smoothly the world moves on the j I day after his death. It is customary to drop the pilot after reaching deep water, but what ! is mere precedent in the case of Lloyd George? The first reformer was doubtless a cannibal who had chronic indi gestion and therefore eschewed' meat as a matter of piety. I \Rl rVEGOTY?? : LEAN ED UPANO VOUTOSTAV WAV- WE'RE BILLY SUNDAY | CHANGES ARE SIGNED UP! HINTED AT The Popular Petunias. Noted Evangelist Will Con-1 Administration Plans ; Rfcor-' duct Meeting in Columbia j ganization at Washington Next March-? _ j Washing:on, April 4.?Gradual Columbia, April G.?Billy Sunday.! reorganization of government de-, noted evangelist, has signed for a J partments along the lines of ef-. series of meetings in Columbia. be-|feolinS a maximum of efficiency ginning the middle of next March, j was said today in official circles to For several months negotiations!De the program of the administrar.... have been under way and several tion- already begun, which is . to members of the Sunday organiza-1 result in changes whenever the in- - tion have ben here lately. W. I fusion of new blood is judged nec D. Melton, prominent business man i essary. - - of the capital city, is chairman of Operation of the civil scrvic fe- . the committee in charge of plans I ruk's win not be allowed to hinder for the meeting, which committee I efforts to bring the administration, is responsible for the contract withpf Thr* government to the highest Mr. Sunday. ; peak of service, according to ad _ ? m, m j visors close to President Harding. j who believe that the president Js> j empowered to make whatever The revival of the popularlariry changes in official personnel am of the petunia, for years one of the ! ho deemed expedient in the inter-, garden standbys. has been a fea-j*st Of the country at large, al lure of gardening for the last two|thou?h? if.necessary, enabling leg years. The introduction of the Ro-j islation may be obtained from con-' sy Morn bedding petunia with its ! &ress. wonderful wealth of bloom and its j The president was represented' certainty to flower in almost any ( as holding the view that under the situation has done much to revive constitution the chief executive is interest in this popular old fash- j charged with the duty of exercis ioned flower. j ing the best judgment in the ad-i The giant frilled single types ' ministration of the office entrusted have shown remarkable develop- j him. ment and are especially esteemed. * * * for pot plants and for window box- Peasant Ride in Bulgaria Losing es as well as for bedding. The j Out. large flowered types are not as free! Sofia, Bulgaria,' March 11.-? bloomers as the bedding type of Alexander Stamboulsky, the . which Rosy Morn, Carmen Sylva, farmer premier and the-peasant Howard's Star and others are fa-| party of which he-is head, has siif miliar examples. fered a severe reverse in the r? A strain of small, free-flowering. cent communal elections through double petunias seems destined to1 out Bulgaria. The other political become great favorites, rivaling in [groups combined against-the pre mier's party and^tne communists and polled about 80 .per cjjnt of the, freedom of bloom the Rosy Morn type. A large-flowered strain especial-j village vote. The government has ly valuable for window boxes is the I prohibited the newspapers and for "Balcony" type, Balcony White,1 eign correspondents from publish* Balcony Blue, Balcony Rose and 1 ing the election results; Balcony queen being line varieties, j This is the first serious reverse These, from their long stems, which j Stambuolisky and his party hayc droop gracefully over the edges of j sustained since he came into pow window and porch boxes, furnish i er. His opponents allege that he a charming effect. ' became too dictatorial and ascribe Petunis should be started now | the defeat of his* party to radical for the summer beds, the small-1 ism. socialistic doctrine and class flowering kinds being especially j legislation. They charge that Sft ?? valuable to tuck in among tulips! has triea- ro run the country-In and early-flowering bulbs so that! the interest of the peasants and. they will be ready to cover the bed I against the intellectuals and citV and furnish a fresh sheet of daz- j dwellers. zling bloom when the tulips have! The opposition is endeavoring to' gone. reconcile its differences and form :> The bedding petunias may be I coalition in the hope of brea'.hig. started in a cold frame to good ad- j the peasant regime which has held vantage, as they will staad con- j the country in its grip for three siderable frost but not freeze. The j years. seeds are so fine that care must be J One of Stmboulisky's' methods ? used in watering them so that they L?f putting Bulgaria back on. hail. will not be washed out of the soil, feet after the war -was to require! Petunias thrive almost anywhere. I everybody, including the wom|in' The fancy large-flowered strains! and even the king's two sisters, to need more careful culture and rich- i give a certain amount- of their er sojl and more water to do their) time to work for the state. ? best than the small-flowered kinds, i "Night reveals us stripped of the veneer of civilization." Not, how ever, if we pull down the shades. The water shortage in London js annoying, no doubt', but fortunate ly citizens have a very satisfactory substitute. -.. " . . .. EVERETT TRUE By Condo sone ?<topus Donit cars -how m^ch; SN(5<S*2.IKr<3^ THC5Y N<5SD tHfStffc CY6S o9eweX> To TMe 3>AN<SGre. OF -*T? TH<5M -BY Cco^imc^ th6m Iii TZ J 4 By Allman IFVOU GO OUT I'LL COME AND GET VOD !