The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 19, 1922, Page PAGE 5, Image 5
A TRIPLE
VICTORY
The Sumter Boys Win a
Threefold Victory
It has been a source of intense
gratification to those who are in
terested in the Sumter boys at col
lege to learn of the threefold vic
tory won by four of our beys at
the Presbyterian - College 'of South
GaroISna. 'Several; months ago :a
contest in debating open to all the
members of the freshman class was
ftetd to - determine the four fresh
men that would represent the Pres
byterian College in an inter-colle
giate debate. Four boys were se
lected from .Sumter. This was the
first victory for Sumter. Two of
these boys were placed on the af
firmative'side of the question to
represent their institution in the
inter-colregiate debate. The af
firmative wob. This was the see*
ond victory- for Sumter. The other
two boys were placed on the nega
tive * side- c-?.-the question and the
negative -won. This was the third
victory for Sumter.' The question
debated was "Shall the United
States ilold the Philippine Islands
Permanently ?" The boys who rep
resented their college were Frank
Clarke. Henry - -McLauriu. Harrel
Whildea, and Vivian Weldon. The
whoie of Sumter will unite with
the high school in extending to'
these four boys most cordial con-i
gratulations.
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Truck Smpmeats.
Truck shipments from Sum*f.r!
county are beginning to move, and ]
the representative of the American]
Fruit .Growers, Inc., the marketing j
.organization that has contracted to j
distribute the produce of the Sum-j
ter County Truck Growers' Asso- j
ciation, asks that farmers who}
have truck ready for shipment no
tify him at least one day in advance
of the day they expect to have
shipments ready to move. By hav- j
ins: this information he will be able.
to sell the truck oh a f. o." b. Sum
ter basis. If he Is not informed
until the day of shipment the truck
must be ~sold ion basis of f. o. b.
point^cf-de?very. " ?
Henry Walters Weds Mrs. Pern- j
Jbroke Joses.
. .WiImington, April 11. ? An- j
nouncement-has been made of the]
marriage in New York this morn
ing of Henry - Waiters', chairman
of the "Board of Directors of the
Atlantic Coast Lme, and Mrs. Pera-;
broke Jones, of this city. They
sailed foT~Euro*pe immediately af
ter thd-marriagei;;
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6 Early Morning Fire. j
A single story dwelling house; j
situated on Hauser-.street, the prop
erty of Mr. E; X. Witherspoon and
being occupied by Mr. M. " M.
Weatherbee* was very badly dam
aged by a frre occurring at about
SiS** o'clock Thursday morning;
Almost the entire roof of the House
was abalze when the fire was seen
by a negro man and the sleeping
family within the house awakened
tiy him. '
- feood work was - done" by the j
Hiembers' of the fire de part merit j
fcnd good results obtained from the j
use of the two streams of water j
with pump pressure from the wa- j
ter pump on the big truck. The j
entire roof of the house- was burn- j
ed off -and the- walls badly dam-j
aged. The house and its furnish- j
ings were partially covered by in*
suraaee.
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Rural School Deciaimcrs Contest
Held
The declamation contest of" the
one and two teacher schools of the
county were held Friday afternoon
at the Girls' High School building;
This contest, which was the third
annual contest of these schools, was
declared to her? been a very good
success, some of the speeches pre^
sented being very fine indeed and
showing much preparation on the
parts of the contesting pupils.
Following are the winners of the
prizes:
Intermediate Girls:
1st. Gladys White of Singleton j
school. j
2nd. Hope Williams, of the j
Stateburg school.
Intermediate Boys:
1st. Orrie Avln, of the Ardis |
school.
2nd. Engene Peterson, of the |
Jordan school.
High Grade schools:
Girls:
1st. Mary Hugh White, Single
to? school.
2nd. Blanche Rodgers, ci the
Lee school.
Boys:
1st. John Frank Williams. Jr.,
of the Stateburg school.
ja ,ttg %
Mr. H. C. Bland has returned |
from Augusta, Ga...-where he went!
to visit Fruitland Nurseries, and J
while there purchased a number of i
azalias for his garden. He say? \
he saw many thousand beautiful ;
azalias in bloom in the gardens of I
the Fruitland Nurseries, azalias i
having been a specialty there since j
the ownership of- the t?te P. J. j
Berksman. j
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Green peas are already begin-!
ning to come in and- are being
handled through the Ameri
Fruit Growers' Association by the j
Sumter Truck Growers' Associa- j
tion. This body is daily receiving!
inquiries from New York and oth
er points regarding the prospects of j
shipments of vegetables, fruit, etc. j
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The dog ordinance is in effect
and stray dogs are in the outlaw j
class.
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Almost time for the humorists
trite some more bathinsr-suit jokes, j
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Memorial Services
Held for Col. Lee
The Court of Common Pleas sus
pended at 5 o'clock Thursday after
noon, its regular session, and the
hour from five until six o'clock was
set aside for the observance of a
memorial service in memory of
Colonel Richard D. Lee, for a I
number of years, a member of, and j
president of the Sumter Bar Asso- j
ci*?vion. The meeting was presid-!
e 1 over by Judge S. W. G. Shipp. |
The foITowing memorial and res
olutions were presented by E. C.
Haynsworth, Esq.:
Col. Bichard Dozier Lee, who
had been in failing health for
several years and critically ill for
more than a month, died at two j
o'clock/ Friday morning, January
20, 1922, at his home on Warren
street, Sumter, S. C
Col. Lee about four years ago on
account of infirmity of health sev
ered his connection with the firm
of Lee & 3Ioise, of which he had
been senior member for more
than twenty years and with which
he had been associated since 1872
when he was admitted to the bar
and began the practice of law in
this city. He was the senior
member of the Sumter Bar Asso
ciation until his retirement from
active practice.
For a quarter Of a "century Col..
Lee was the admitted leader of the !
Sumter bar and was of counsel in J
a majority of the important cases
both criminal and civil that were
on the calendar of the Court of 1
General Sessions and Common
Pleas" during that time. He was a
man of untiring energy, a hard
student and Of great force and de
termination of ota?raeter, and these
(jualities, supplementing a keen,
logical and trained intellect, and a
memory that was encyclopedic in its!
exactness, his success as a lawyer
and business man is easily account
ed for,
? Riciard Dozier Lee was born
August 5, 1850, son of Col. George
W. and Susan Lee. He attended
South Carolina College in 1867 and
1868. read law and was admitted
to the bar in 1872 and began his
practice at Sumter. He served for
four years as a member of the
house of representatives from
Sumter. He was also a prominent
leader of the Democratic party for
many years being a member of the
state executive committee, State
constitutional convention in 1895.
a presidential elector in 1900 and
president of the Democratic Elec
toral-College in 1901."
As soon as he commenced the
practice of law, he gave evidence of
the qualities which earned him so
large a measure of- success in his j
later career. He was a man of]
commanding presence and of very j
forcible style of delivery and logi- j
pal method of thought. He was j
Messed with an unusually fine mem- j
pjy and his command of case law, j
is well as of the principles of the]
text books was marked.
He was one of th~ few lawyers i
Who -was successful ir> all branches
Of the work of the profession. Dur
b9? a. large part of his career he
took a leading position in the
practice: befoie the juries and was
equally forcible and successful in
the presentation of causes befoie
the courts. " As the practice of the j
law developed along the line of
business and financiering, he show- J
ed equal facility in adapting him- j
self to that department of endeav- i
or* without abating his interest in!
the more intellectual part of hisj
work.
His fine memory made him one!
of the most accurate of lawyers and i
businessmen in alt departments of
his work. Any matter undertak-i
en by him was prosecuted with the j
utmost vigor and ?eal and he sei- !
36m-lest ? case which he undertook
to -prosecute or defend. Success
crowned his labors.
As a citizen, he showed the live
liest interest in all matters relat
ing to the public welfare, giving
tinstintingiy of his time and liberal- I
ly of his money. While never a j
politician, he was profoundly in-1
terested in the political develop-!
raent of his state, as well as its j
development in all other lines. He
was a man of wide reading and had
acquired to an unusual degree a 1
knowledge of the history of his own j
state.
Be It" Resolved: That in the
deat hof Col. Richard D. Lee, the
Bar of Sumter and of the State has i
sustained a loss of one of its most j
able advocates, a lawyer of exten
siye learning, who was an orna- j
mcnt to his profession and whose I
place cannot soon be fdled and I
whose career should stimulate the
aspirants to legal fame to greater j
effort. That the community has
lost a loyal and patriotic citizen, j
who was always watchful of the i
welfare of the city, county and I
state, and a loyal friend and cham
pion of southern rights, institu- j
tions and traditions.
That this memorial be spread on
the minutes of the court, publish- |
ed in the Sumter newspapers and ;
a copy thereof be forwarded by the j
Clerk of the Court to t he family of
the deceased. i
That as a furthci mark of re- :
spect to the memory of thp de- j
ceased that upon conclusion of the j
exercises that the court do stand ]
adjourned.
MARK REYNOLDS.
EDGAR C. FLA YXS WORTH,
DAVIS D. MOISE.
After fitting tributes had been j
made by Messrs. Mark Reynolds. ;
D. D. Moise. R. D. Epps. Judge R.
O. Purdy and Judge s. W. G.
Shipp, the court ordered the adop
tion of the resolutions and that '
they be entered upon the minutes j
of the court. Court was then ad
journed in honor of Col. Lee. until
9:30 o'clock Friday morning.
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Our idea of a lying contest is two :
strangers talking, one a golfer and!
the other a fisdierman.
DEMOCRATIC
CLUB MEETINGS
Precinct Clubs Have Been
Called to Meet on Saturday,
April 2n2d, tp Reorganize
and Elect Delegates to
County Convention
A call has been issued by H. G. .
Ostecn, secretary of the County |
Democratic executive committee, ;
for the precinct clubs of Sumvei
county to meet on Saturday, April
22nd. to reorganize and elect del
egates to the county convention.
The call was issued by Secretary
Osteen, County Chairman John H.
Clifton having died since the last j
campaign and his place not hav- ,
ing filled, thus leaving the secre- j
tary as the only oflicial of the com- j
mittee.
The clubs elect one delegate for I
each twenty-five members or ma
jority part thereof, and the mem
bership is based on the voting
strength of the respective clubs in
the last primary election.
The vote cast at each of the i
clubs in the first primary 1920 is j
shown in the following table, which
is published for the information,
and guidance of the clubs in the
election of delegates to the county j
convention: i
Ward 1.- S3 j
Ward 2.-. 3X2 I
Ward 3._. 104 j
Ward 4 ______. t>7 1
Concord __ __- 15C i
Dalzell -.- 73i
DuBose_ 33 j
Earle.- - 52
Farmers __________- 35}
Hagood. 34 J
Manchester ______ _.__ 6
Mayesville __.___-_--_- 40
Oswego _.-______ 28 !
Pisgah._ 1-0'j
Pleasant Grove._- :>5 i
Privateer -_ - 104 !
Rafting Creek. 30 I
Salem. - _.__ IT
Stateburg >_ __.? 20j
Shiloh._. 1!) '
Taylors _-.- 40 j
Trinity.- 31)
Wedgefield _. __ 47,
__oar\_ _ -_: -- LI- 55 !
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MAYESVILLE
... , NEWS NOTES
Baseball Season Opens With;
Game Between Mayesville
and Bishopville Team
Mayesville, April 14!?Mr. and |
Mrs. J. F. Bland are visiting friends I
in Charleston this week.
Mrs. C. E. King returned home
Thursday from the Columbia Hos
pital where she went for treatment.
Mrs. D. A. Berry, Sr., of Tatum.
S. C, is visiting her son and daugh- \
ter. Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Berry, Jr. j
Miss Frances Beasley. teacher Of j
the fifth and sixth grades, with her]
class Thursday afternoon enjoyed j
a 'ffice camp supper on Black i
River.
Mrr. Howard W. Cooper is con-:
?e%npla?ing a visit back to her
childhood home. Germany. She ex
pects to leave for New York very
soon and join some of her people I
there to take a steamer.
Mrs. Gilbert Fryer from Carth
age, N. C, is a visitor at Mrs. D. A. |
Berry's home this week.
Mayesville and Bishopville boys
had a very interesting game' Tues
day on the Mayesville diamond,
score 8 and 3 in favor home boys, j
The small boys go to Wisacky to j
play today.
Pisgah News and Views.
Pisgah. April 11.?The big rain j
last Wednesday night knocked all j
farming operations up for the bal
ance of the week. Cotton planting
is going on this week. Most of the
people managed in some shape or
form to get a little guano and the
farmers will try it again this year'
Some have cotton up. Corn is |
coming up very well. A good
acreage is planted.
The fall oats look fine and will |
be ready to cut the last of May. j
Mr. J. T. Dennis is the only man j
about here planting tobacco. He is \
planting it quite extensively.
Gardens are fine. People arc j
facing cabbage.. On the whole the j
agricultural prospect is better than
last year.
Dysentery has broken out. Many j
have it.
A conference of the Kershaw j
Association met at First Baptist
church at Camden yesterday. Dr.
C. E. Berts of Columbia was
present and made a fine address.
Pisgah church has changed the
4th Sunday afternoon preaching
from 4 p. m. to 8 p. m., same day. j
This was done in order for the pas- 1
tor to supply another church in ,
Darlington county.
Mr. Ii. L. Montague and family
spent the day here a few days ago
with relatives.
Mr. R. K. Wilder and family!
and Mr. Louie Rhame and family ;
motored up Sunday afternoon and j
spent several hours with the writer. |
Fish Fry Given-in Honor of Judge
Shipp.
Quite an enjoyable time was ex
perienced at the chicken stew and i
fish fry given at Cain's Mill on
Friday night by the members of the j
Sumter Bar Association and the
officials of the Court House in hon-'
or of Judge S. W. G. Shipp. of
Florence, presiding judge of this
session of the Court of Common
Pleas.
It is stated that there was aj
good attendance, almost all of the
members of the Bar Association
and most of the Court House offi
cials being present. The menu,
which consisted of an abundance of
fried fish and genuine McKagen j
chicken stew, was most highly
palatable and the after supper
hour, spenl in conversation and in j
friendly jesi over the smoke of the]
good cigars, all went towards'
making the occasion a most l.'t'h
lv pleasing and memorable one.
You must gei at the bottom of
things it' you want (?> ut> up.
COMMON PLEAS
COURT ADJOURNS
Jury Unable to Agree in Blair
Case. Judge Shipp Spends
Saturday in Healing
Motions
No agreement was able to be
reached by the members of the jury
in the case of J. V. Bair. Amdr. vs.
The Lime Cola Bottling company.
The jury remained in deliberation
from shortly afternoon on Friday
until S:?,0 o'clock in the evening
after which time the case was de
clared to have resulted in a mis
trial. This was a case for dam
ages arising from the death of a
young boy who was killed some
months ago when one of the big
trucks of the Lime Cola company
turned turtle in a ditch in the
Rocky Bluff swamps.
Judge S. W. G. Shipp spent!
Saturday morning in the hearing:
of various motions and in the at
tending to of matters of equity.
The Court of Common Pleas
adjourns sine die with the adjorn-l
ment of Saturday afternoon.
Easter Music in St. Anne's Church, j
The programme of Easier mu
sic rendered Sunday in St. Anne's
Catholic church was as follows:
High Mass. 10:30 A. M.
"Hacc Dies." Hammerei.
Processional, Batiste.
"Vidi Aouani." Witzka.
2nd Mass in E flat by Will M. S. j
Brown.
"Kyrie Eleison." Brown.
"Gloria," Brown.
"Regina Coeli," (offertory) Dc
Merlier.
"Sanctus." Brown.
"Benedictus," Brown.
"Agnus Dei," Brown.
"Praise Ye the Father,*' Gounod.1
Steams' Musical Vespers, 8 P. M. ?
"Dominc," Stearns.
"Dixit Dominus," Stearns.
"Laudate Pueri." Stearns.
"Laudate Dominium," Stearns.
"Haec Dies," Hammerei.
"Magnificat," Stearns.
"Regina Coeli," Werner.
"O Salutaris," Porcher.
"Tantum' Ergo," Millard.
- "Praise Ye the Father." Gounod, j
World's Famous
Concert Organist
To Be in Sumter
Dr. Minor C. Baldwin, a solo
concert organist of international
fame and reputation, will be in
Sumter on Monday and Tuesda3r,
April 24th and 25th, and will on
those evenings give organ concerts
at the Trinity Methodist church.
The announcement of the appear- ';
ance of Dr. Baldwin in Sumter I
should be received is a most dls-j
tinctive treat in store for everyone, j
for this celebrated musician has j
been welcomed in numerous for- j
eign countries and has delighted j
countless audiences with his won
derful concerts. Dr. Minor has
played before audiences in London,
Belgium, Switzerland, France 'and
the British West Indies. He hasj
also been the solo organist for the'
following American Expositions: j
Chicago, St. Louis, Philadelphia,!
Charleston. Pan-American. Omaha j
and also at the Brooklyn Institute
of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Bald
win will come to Sumter from St.
Petersburg, Fla., where he has,
spent several months resting.
Concert tickets will be sold by i
ladies of the Methodist church, and I
only tickets limited to the seating j
capacity of the church will be sold.
Death.
Francis Marion Moise, Jr.. the j
four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. !
F. M. Moise died at a little before
seven o'clock on Saturday night I
The funeral services were held from
the residence. No. 12 Park Avenue j
at 4:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
Rev. J. P. Marion having charge
of the service.
Allan A. Gilbert, Esq., of Chica
go, past master of Dearborn Lodge
A. F. and A. M.T of that, city, and
iditor of the Dearborn Masonic Bul
letin, will deliver a lecture after
the conferring of degrees at the
special communication of Clare
mont Lodge Tuesday evening. Mr.
Gilbert is a native of Sumter. a son
of the late Rev. Allan A. Gilbert,
for many years one of the proprie
tors and editor of the old Sumter
Watchman prior to and immedately
following the War Betwen the
States. He has made his home in
Chicago since early manhood and
has visited only a few times since
leaving here as a young man.
One swallow does not make a
summer, nor does the destruction
of on" Bi^ I Jay still makes a
drought.
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The prohibition law will never
be thoroughly effective until it is
backed up by public sentiment. So
loti? as public sentiment is indif
ferent and a large element of self
styled respectible, law-abiding cit
izens buy all the liquor the moon
shiners make and think it "smart"
to evade the law. there will b^
plenty of law breakers to operate
stills for the money there is to be
made out of this sort of criminal
ity.
The Sumter Canning Company
made its initial run on Friday, put
ting up between two and three
hundred cans of spinach. Every
thing worked splendidly at the
plant and everyone connected with
the company feel very much en
couraged at the showing made
during thetesi run. The work is t<>
be begun in earnest during the next
Week.
Lots of them have bought bath
ing suns, bin haven't had a ehanco
to have their pictures made yet.
Why it**; spend more on public
works and less <>n public workers?
And in the case of the merchant
marine, it is subside or subsidy.
Vladivostok's
Arrested
Development
"On the eight-day trip from
Moscow she had told fellow pas
sengers on the trans-Siberian rail
way of an Englishman who was
disappointed because he spent ten
days in New York and had not seen
an Indian.
"Just before alighting at the
terminal city of the longest railroad
in the world she inquired. 'Is there
much danger from wolves in Vlad
ivostok ?'
"Not only is there about as much
danger of meeting a wolf in Vlad
ivostok as there would be of en
countering a mountain lion in San
Francisco; but there are other like
nesses between these port cities,
especially if the Vladivostok of
just before the war be compared
with the San Francisco of its earli
er. Barbary Coast days," according
to a bulletin from the Washington,
D. C. headquarters of the Nation
al Geographic Society.
Compared to San Francisco
"The city of the Golden Horn is
younger than our city of the Gold
en Gate, having been founded in
3 800. Had its normal develop
ment not been interrupted by the
war. its hinterland beset by Soviet
forces, unsettled by rapid changes
of government and now reported
to be left without any because of
the attacking Chita troops, Vlad
ivostok might soon have rivalled
our own coast city in population
and beauty.
'"Living is extremely dear,' said j
the Baedeker of 1912: and of the j
Vladivostok of 1922 it might be j
said with equal truth that human |
life is very cheap. The city war
ranted a Bret Harte's attention
for its bizarre and colorful atmos
phere during war times, but for
the variety of peoples who made
up its transitory population it out
did any earlier experiences of our j
own fit)ntier towns. Normally it
has fewer than ETO.OOO people; by j
3 918 its residents numbered nearly \
200.000. The influx was made up
of human gradations between
typhus victims and American mil
lionaires. Huge piles of war mate
rial were massed there before the
revolution came?acres of auto
mobiles, mountains of car wheels,
and square miles of barbed wire.
Contrasts Arc Extreme
"Even in ordinary times Vladi
vastok is a city of extreme con- j
trasts, as might be expected of a
place where Chinaman and Russian
compete, where east literally meets
west. Alighting at the European
looking station, from one of the
most luxurious trains of any con
tinent (191$ was the last year you !
could have done that) you saw
t jailers, automobiles., droshkies
carriages and jinrikishas. Russians.
Japanese, Chinese and Koreans
predominated, with many Euro
peans, occasional Americans and
Africans.
"A tongue of hilly land thrust
out into a land-lockod bay consti
tutes the site of 'The Mistress of
the East.' The architecture main- j
tains the European note struck by
the station: which makes the pres
ence of Oriental people, convey- j
anccs and customs all the more <
exotic. You no sooner accustomed !
yourself to the dreary routine of;
bazaar buying, flourishing lotteries,
and Babel of tongues than you en
countered the more familiar tele
graph office, motion picture the
ater, museum, club and university.
Y*ou may dodge a European racing
car. under an American electric
light, and run plump into a coolie
burden bearer despite the warning (
cries of a Russian policeman. The j
'Golden Horn' restaurant was tho
rendezvous of bon vivants of the .
world.
Breaks All Civic Rules
"Small wonder living was ex- ,
tremely dear in the old days and '
is an acute problem now. since the '.
city subsisted fomerly on supplies
from China and Japan, Europe and
even America. Its growth seems
due to some inexplicable exception
that proves the rule that a city, to
succeed, should be self-sustaining,
interchange products with the I
country around it. be thrifty, culti-^
vate civic consciousness, be well j
governed, and possess some racial,
cultural, or patriotic unity. It
owed its commerce to the fact that
it was the most nearly ice-free port j
of Siberia, by which virtue it be-j
came the terminus of the trans- j
Siberian railway, and to the mili
tary and naval establishments
maintained by the government of
the Tsar.
"Now its patron government has
disappeared, its railway has been {
cut into units by the national en- j
titles along: its course, and Bol- j
shevisra iooms as an economic as;
well as a passenger barrier along J
the far-flung rail ribbon that once;
extended some 7,000 miles to Cal- j
ais.
"In the way of exports, in its:
palmiest days, it had nothing more \
important to give the world than
sea-cabbage, trcpang and a fungus }
gathered from decayed wood for j
all of which China was its princi- j
pal customer. Trepang is the dried
body of the holo'thurian, more i
commonly known as the sea slug, j
more appealing to the curiosity
than to the palate of the occidental.
For this snail-like creature can
throw off. when frightened, its
j vital organs-digestive, respiratory!
and reproductive?and replace!
j them all within a few weeks. Na-j
[ ture here seems to hold that two i
can live more easily, if not more
cheaply, than one. When the sea
slug l..'conies too hungry for com
fort it divides in two parts and
each, developing rapidly into com
plete units, goes on a search for
food."
The paperhanger is finding rooms j
for improvement.
What Every Woman Knows.
A diplomat is a fellow who al
ways remembers a woman's birth
day and forget^ her aste.?Fi?vette I
Michoacan: A State You May not
Have Met
Michoacan. March 1922?Xo, the
printer didn't make a mistake.
There's another one. But it hap
pens to be a state in Mexico in
stead of in the United States: and
it is hotter both climatically and
temperamentally that the Wol
verine State.
In a bulletin issued from its
Washington. D. C. headquarters
the Xational Geographic Society
tells about Mexico's "Michigan."
where revolutionary disturbances
have broken out recently.
Keirt His Boots On
"Michoacan is not very well j
known to the outside world," says;
the bulletin, "chiefly because under!
the present railroad development!
the state is not on the road to any
place. If you go into Michoacan j
you go because that is your destina- j
tion. Many modern forces which j
have molded other parts of Mexi-!
co, have not, thereiore. made them
selves felt very strongly in Michoa
can. A number of its quiet little
towns of eight to ten thousand
souls, descendants of early Span
ish settlers, are the centers of con
servatism. But paradoxically, the
state as a whole has always been a
veritable revolutionary cauldron,
for its large Indian population
seems to inherit its combativeness I
of ancestors who were never con- j
n tiered by the Aztecs. Like a few
European nobles who may wear
their hats in the presence of their
king, the old chief of the Michoa-j
can natives alone has the right to
stalk into the presence of Montezu- i
ma with his boots on.
"Hidalgo, wiio in 1810 started!
the revolution against Spain which j
resulted finally in the formation j
of the Mexican Republic, first rais
ed his standard in Michoacan, and
after his execution Morelos. a native
of the same state, continued to
keep the fight alive. During this j
early period Michoacan was ? the
'Valley Forge' of the Mexican rev
olution. Morella, the capital of
Michoacan, is named after this lo
cal as well as national hero?one of
the few towns of prominence nam
ed after a man born within it. The
original name was discarded ai. few
years after Morelo's death.
Coast-Li iic "Without a Port.
Michoacan has a coast-line of
100 miles on the Pacific but not a
single port. The situation in Cen
tral America is directly reversed
here. In Central America the Pa
cific coast is the region of devel
opment, heavy population and cul
ture; Michoacan's Pacific coast is
largely waste land very sparsely
settled. A relatively few miles in
land the Sierra Madre mountains
form a great rampart from the Pa
cific, and among these mountains
and on the plateau inland is cen
tred the life of the state.
"The mountainous portion of Mi
choacan is the Switzerland of Mex
ico, a region abounding in scenic
beauty unsurpassed elsewhere in
the republic. There are high
mountains, deep valleys, and the
most beautiful lakes in Mexico, j
Forming part of the western boun-!
clary of the state is Lake Chapala, j
the largest body of fresh water
30 th of Lake Michigan and north
of Lake Xicaragua: It is to this
hill-encircled, forest-rimmed lake
that many of the wild ducks and j
?eese are winging their way when j
their southward flight apprises j
the people of the Michigan of the
north that winter is approaching.
Tens of thousands of these fowls
ire killed on Lake Chapala every
ivinter. but apparently without j
materially reducing their numbers. J
City Known for Its Candies.
"Because of the great variety of J
its products Michoacan might al- j
most sfand alone. It is the great- ?
est cereal growing state of the re
public, and in addition is a heavy
producer of coffee to drink with
che cereals, sugar to sweeten the
coffee, fruits for a side dish, va
lilla with which to flavor the family
desserts, wines to top off with, and
tobacco with which to make the af- j
ter-dinner cigar. Even the cabi
net woods with which to make !
landsome dinner-tables ?rp nr0duc- \
?.d in abundance. And sweet-meats |
for the drawing room are not lack- j
Lng. Morelia is known all over I
Mexico, even by those whose |
knowledge of its rich historical as- j
sociations is somewhat lazy, be- j
cause of an especially toothsome!
concoction of candied quinces." \
Phelps-Jackson.
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Miss Mamie Phelps and Mr. G. j
L. Jackson were quietly married at j
4 o'clock Saturday afternoon by
Rev. J. G. Ferguson, pastor of the j
Broad Street Methodist church, j
Miss Phelps is the daughter of Mrs.
E. A. Phelps who lives at Xo. 10 i
Corbett St. Mr. Jackson is engag-!
with the Texas Oil Company in j
the capacity of traveling sales- j
man. The young couple left Sum- j
ter immediately after the ceremony i
for Columbia. From Columbia j
they will go to Charleston and to i
Florida on their wedding trip after j
which they will make their home ;
in Sumter.
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Dog Ordnance to Be Strictly En-1
forced.
It was the statement at the po- j
pllce department Monday morning
that the strictest possible enforce- i
ment would be made of the ordi- |
nance against the allowing of
dogs to run at large about the \
streets of the eity without' muz- j
des. A dog catcher is to be put on
immediately and all stray unmuz- ;
Kled dogs taken up as soon as
found. If you value your dog. he
should be supplied at once with a
proper muzzle or be kept closely
confined. This ordinance provides
for the advertising of the dog tak
en up for three days and after the :
expiration of a period of live days,
the unclaimed dog is then put to
death.
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A women has been given -SI in a
? nach of promise suit. Evidently
her promise wasn't worth much.
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Also Wreckers.
Soul mat's often turn out to be
skippers-. ? St. Joseph Gazette.
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? ?for tells and buzzers
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j ?for gas engines
?for ignition on. the
^ Ford while starting
?for dry battery light
ing in doset, ccilar,
garret, barn, etc.
Columbia Dry Batteries
are universally used because?
They cost so little, are so easy to ob*
tain, arc so powerful, and last so long.
That's why they ?_ce used everywhere
for every battery need. It's why dealers
all around you carry Columbias to meet
your demands?electricians, hardware
stores, general stores, auto supply shops,
garages, implement dealers.
For doorbells, buzzers, heat regulators,
alarms, etc.; for gas engine and tractor
ignition; for quick starting ignition on
non-self-starting Fords; for every pur
pose, always?insist upon Columbia.
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Character Training in Public
Schools.
AVIATORS ARE KILT/RD
Capt. Little and iergt. Johnson
Fafl
Dallas. April 16.?Capt. G. S.
Washington. April 1.?The right
solution of the problem of de
mocracy "can only come through j Little and Sorgt. James L. Johnson,
the school" according to a plan for i army flyers' from Kelly Field, San
a "better developed character j Antonio, were krlled here today,
training in the public schools" for j when the airplane in which they
which a prize of $20,000 has been ! were flying" went into a nose dive
awarded under the auspices of the I at a height of about 100 feet and
Character Education Institution. I fell.
The winning plan was prepared by Officers'.at Love Field, who are
the following research committee ? investigating the accident believe
in Iowa: Prof. D. Starbuck of [ Capt. Little was politing the ma
Iowa State University, chairman; H. | chine. Tile Occident occurred near
E. Blackmar, superintendent of a private landing field and it is be
public Schools, Ottumwa: C. D. Col-i lieved the aviators intended to
grove, president of Upper Iowa | make a landing when the plane
University, Fayette; Prof. F. D. j dropped to the ground.
Cram and Prof. A. C. Fuller of -? m ?
Teachers' College, Cedar Falls: ! ARTHUR GRIFFITH
Prof. E. Horn of Iowa State Uni- j ' CARRIES OUT PLAN
versity: F. H. Huskill, former su- I ?;
perintendent of schools at Water- j Addresses",Crowd Unde -otection
loo; Prof. Herbert Martin of Drake' Regular Trc.?,,
University, Des Moines: Prof. J.
London^ April 16.?A dispatch to
the press association from Carrick
on-Shannon, says Arthur Griffith,
guarded by armored cars and Free
State troops, today addressed a
D. Stoops of G'rinnell College, Grin
nelL
The competition was conducted
between committees of nine ap
pointed by a committee of 'selection !
which in turn was appointed by the ! 2?7d ln Shs? WIthout "^rrup
executive committee of the Insti
tution. The chairman of the win
ning committee receives $4,000; |
each of the other eight collabora
tors, $2.000.
tion.
There was an exchange of firing
j between the opposing forces this
I morning the dispatch adds, and it
s reported' one Republican was
The winning plan proposes wavs! ^iIIed and ahother Republican and
and means designed to obtain ! ? civili^ Were sli-htly vound
greater moral results from the reg- ; ed- <rt/
ular studies rather than a moral: ? i
program to be added to the cur- \ ^blin, April 16.?Sligo, where
riculuin. I -^-rthur G?ffith* was to make a
"The right organization of the j speech today, is isolated from Dub
school can alone go far toward lin- Neither telephone-nor tele
solving the character training prob- ; ^raI)h lines are working.
lems.'V says the plan. "To feel the j ? ? """"
collective judgment of one's oeers is 1 Jack Montague Power, who has
the heart of moral impulse." it, madc a national reputation as an
continues, citing cases where school evangelist, and whose meetings re
discipline was exercised bv the! ccntly in Broad Street Met'n
group will rather than through the ; odist church. Richmond, Ya.. pro
mere authontv of the teacher. "Ai nounced the most enthusutstic to be
modicum of student participation ; heId in Kf<*mc-nd in many years,
(in -school government) is a sav- is spending a few days in Sum
ing grace if It assures a feelin
of membership in the school com
munity and sets free pent up pow
ers that are wanting an avenue of
expression. The problems under
taken (by student government)
should be man's size."
One chapter presents three rat
ing scales for measuring improve
ment in character.
The Character Education Insti
tution has just been reincorporated.
According to its certificate of in
ter. his boyhood home, where his
father was presiding elder about
SO years ago. John, as we knew
him. made a short talk to Business
men at Y* M. C. A. Sunday af
ternoon on brotherly love.
Appalling Conditions in Armenia.
(ExtracH:< of letter from Thomas
Mills, of "Mevr York City, dated
Erivan. February 20th):
"Two days traveling about and
' observing generally the conditions
corporation it aims to include j of thc P^??*? Jn the city of Eri
maintenance of itself as an endow- van> Armenia, has been more than
sufficient to convince a field man.
ed national institution with a spe
cial faculty for the development
of character education of children
and youth, under the control and
leadership of professional educa
tors.
The membership is limited to
the chairman of the institution, the
chief executive officers of education
of the several states, ^the United
States Commissioner of Educa
tion. :i member ot" the staff of the
Federal Bureau of education, des
ignated by the commissioner, the
secretary of the National Education
Association, the chairman of the di
vision of anthropology and psy
chology of the national research
council, the secretary of the nation
al congress of mothers, the dean
of a school of education within
the District of Columbia or vicin
ity, the superintendent of public
schools, of the District of Oolum
bai. and a member of the staff of
(he public schools of the District
of Columbia, and the present life
directors of the national institution
for moral instruction, the parent
organization of the institution.
Marriage License Record.
A marriage license has been is
sued in the off ire of the Clerk of
Court t<> Mr. G. 1.. Jackson and
Miss Mamie Phelps, both <>f this
city.
long familiar with relief work,
that it is not disease which is kill
fhg off the inhabitants of Erivan?
it is plain hunger, starvation and
exposure.
"Outside one of the Near East
Relief's soup kitchens I saw shiver
ing in the. cold and snow hundreds
of -starving t-nildren who cried bit
terly from hunger and exposure.
They kept coming in from every
where all day. presenting a heart
rending picture in their scanty rags
and shoeless feet. Thc impending
end to many of their short lives
was plainly written in their glassy
and staring eyes.
"All possible relief is given to
those applying at the Near East
Relief soup kitchen, and a bowl of
soup or boiled grits is given out to
each child until the kettles are
empty. Dreadful as it may seem,
it is absolutely necessary to turn
away many unfed owing to lack
of supplies.
"The number of orphans keep*
increasing to such an extent that
the Near Fast cannot hope to prop
erly care for all and many are dy
ing every day ir Erivan. Fifteen
victims of starvation were remov
ed from the central district of thy
city yesterday."
Send yMur contributions to Mrs.
Louise B. St abbs, chairman. Xear
East Relief! Sumter, S. C.
A man will smoke ei.cht cigars
in one evening and then blame his
indisposition next day on one ripe
olive which he ate for dinner.
What's in a name. Because a
man'*' name is Dodge is no sign
that la- is an expert at sidestepping
trouble.- < 'hioauo Post.
A woman can't dress for comfort
md style at the same time.
Low
high.
? hoes are lower, bul still
This Cel. Xutt who is conducting"
tin- Florida drive is getting back
well at T:ie bootleggers who have
been making jokes about his name.
?Charleston News and Courier.