The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 26, 1922, Page PAGE 3, Image 3
The Watchman and Southron
Ottered at the Postoffice at Sum
ter> S. C.t as Second Class Matter.
PERSONAL-.
Mr. Jake Dixon of Bisbopvffae
passed through Sumter Friday
- morning while en route for Co
*umbia on a short business trip.
Miss Martha7 Williams left this
morning for Columbia for a visit of
a few days.
>Mr. a?d Mrs. J. M. Lawrence
spent today in Columbia.
Mr. and Mrs. Xeill O'Donncll
itave returned to their home in the
city from Kot Springs, Ark., where
they have been visitors. .
Mr. T. M. Andrews, of the Char
if^ron Medical College, is spending
ihc week-end at his home in Oswe*
go. ?
The friends of Mrs. C. M. Hurst
^e delighted at the contents of a
wire received in Sumter Friday
morning which stated that Mrs.
Burst had successfully stood an
operation at the Frances Mont
gomery Hospital, in Greenville I.
CV, and was getting along very
nicely. Xo complications are ex
pected and it is hoped that she is
&?on to be well again.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C, Renfrow and
family,, of Hartsville, spent the
week-end in Sumter with Mr. and
Mrs. F. E. Renfrow on Bartlette1
St.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Jennings
and Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Rhame
motored to Columbia Friday for a
short stay.
Rev. J. B. Walker exchanges
p?ipits tomorrow with Rev. W. S.
Payner of Florence.
. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Bynum mo
tored to Rock Hill and to Charlotte,
X. .C, where they will spend the
\veek-end with relatives.
Miss Mary Belle Burgess is a
Tweek-end visitor in Columbia.
Miss Mary Wilson, of Mayesville,
spent a short while in Sumter while
on her way to Gray Court, S. C,
where she will be a visitor for sev
eral days. ?
* Misses Grace and Emma * Rey
nolds left Saturday for Society Hill
where they will visit their aunt for
several days.
'Mr. W. S. Morrison, of Clemson
College, was a visitor in Sumter
Friday and attended the Clemson
College Alumni Banquet, which was
held at the Ciaremont Hotel last
evening.
Mrs. J. Walter Dbar, of George
town^ is a guest of Dr. and Mrs. E.
S. Booth.
? Miss Bessie Farr and Miss Minnie
Sistrunk, of Blond. Fla., are visit
ing- Mrs. W. M. Lee, of this city.
Misses Emily and Kaihryn Platt
of Aiken, S. C, and Miss Emma
Rose, of Greenville, will arrive in
Sumter this afternoon to be the
guests of Miss Elizabeth Osteen,
and to be present at the Osteen
Platt wedding.
Mr. W. W. McKagen returned to
5?i*Maome in Sumter Friday night
Utrai^Spartanburg, S. C, where he
jt?s .been for several days attend
ing the Tri-State Water and Light
Association convention. Mr. Mc
Kagen . states that he has had a
most pleasureable trip and praised'
in the highest of terms of hospital- j
hy shown the delegates to the con-j
mention by the citizens of "The City|
of Success."
Mr. L. C. Moise is a week-end \
visitor in Xewberry, S. C.
Mrs. S. W. Stubbs and Master1
Wilbur Stubbs. arrived in Sumter!
Friday night from Captiva Island, j
Fla., at which point they spent the :
winter. They will be the visitors i
in Sumter of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. j
Subbs for severa* days before leav-!
ine for their summer hame at Lake i
Junaluska, X. C.
Mr. G. W. Slaton, of Columbia. ;
traveling representative of thej
Brunswick Fire Insurance Com-!
pany, of which the H. P. Moses Co..:
are the Sumter agents, is a business
visitor in the city today.
Mr. A. K. Lewis has returned to;
Sumter after having been a visitor!
during the week of several cities in j
Xorth and South Carolina.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Xewhall. of <
Lynn, Mass., returned to their j
home this morning after having!
been the visitors in Sumter -fori
several weeks of Mr. and Mrs. A. j
T? Heath and of Dr. and Mrs. H. M.'
Stucky. Both Mrs. Heath and Mrs. j
Stiicky were class mates at Stetson j
College. Deland. Fla., of Mrs. Xew
hail. A short visit was paid to Mrs |
Frank Wooten. of Camden. also a j
classmate of Mrs. Xewhall. This
was the first visit of Mr. Xewhall
to the Southland and he states that
the visit to Sumter. Camden and j
other towns of this vicinity have
afforded him untold pleasures. Mr.:
and Mrs. Xewhall will spend a t
rljort time in Charleston, and make j
a trip to the Magnolia Gardens, b*k- ;
fore embarking for Massacuhsetts. j
?
Mrs. J. C. Heaner - and Miss1
Florence Heaner of Orangeburg \
are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Hal Scott.:
Mr. Davis D. Moise left Satur- j
day night on a business trip to 1
Mississippi and Xew Orleans.
Mr. Fitz Stork of the eircula- j
tion department of the Columbia:
Record was a recent visitor in the!
city on business.
Mrs. I. C. Rowland and Mrs.:
James Rankin have returned to
their homes in Henderson. X. C, j
after having been the visitors in !
Sumter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W.;
Rowland.
Mr. Hubert D. Osteen. of Fur- j
man University, has arrived at his
home in the city to be present at
the marriage of his sister, Miss
Elizabeth Osteen.
"?Mics Jaunita Lawrence, Palma- j
festa Queen for Sumter county, j e- i
turned to her home in the city i
Monday morning after having had j
a*jnost delightful week's visit in the;
capital city.
Mrs. S. K. Rowland left Monday
morning for Henderson, X. C,
where she will be a visitor for sev
eral days.
.??Mr. Ansley L. Yates of Charles
ton was a week-end visitor in Sum
ter.
Mr. Cecil Brearley of St. Charles!
parsed through Sumter Monday;
morning while returning to Colum- <
! bia; where he is at school at the
! Presbyterian seminary, after hav
i ing spent a few days at his home,
j Miss Ethel Bateman has return
ed to Winthrop College. Rock Hill,
i after having spent several days at
; her home in Sumter.
j Mrs. T. W. Vaughan and Miss
iCreighton were week-end visitors in
[Rock Hill.
; (Furnished by MaoDowell & Co.,!
;IS South Main St., Correspondents!
i of H. & B. Beer, Members New j
j York and New Orkans Cotton
Exchanges.)
Morning Cotton Letter.
{ New Orleans. April 24.?Liver
i pool was due 8 to 15 up by New
i Orleans most on distants. Satur
I day was holiday in New York.
Exports from United States Sat
jrrday were again large, 43,000 vs.
13,000 making total so far this sea
|son 70S,000 larger than to even
idate last year, 4,650,000 against 3,
' 948,000.
Washington's long distance fore
cast is generally fair, normal tem
peratures for whole cotton region
and upper Mississippi and Missouri
valleys, which is favorable for crop
and levees.
First break in Louisiana levee
occurred Saturday morning just be- j
low Myrtle Grove plantation, a
j sugar section about 35 miles south
j of New Orleans on west side of
I river in Plaquemine Parish,
i Crevice about 60 feet wide. While
I the break is unfortunate for peo-1
I pie in that section, which is thinly I
! populated however, it will likely i
j tend to make the water flow more i
[ rapidly to the gulf, affording some j
j relief to upriver levees.
Tomorrow will be first May no
tice day in New Orleans and New
York, light tenders expected here
I but heavy tenders predicted in New
York. Weather, river, political, la
bor and trade advices likely affect
values today, as will attitude of
I Liverpool, and may have some li
I quidation of May in advance of no
jtice day tomorrow.
This situation is such as to make
? for higher markets if news is cheer
J ful or if bad weather develops in
ithe interior.
Sentiment apparently more bul
lish than otherwise.
Chicago Tribune on Grain.
Chicago, April 24.?The grain
trade of the \ world is closely
j watching the market for May wheat
I in Chicago and will continue to do.
j so until maturity of that delivery, j
j It is a world's proposition ? and j
? prices are dominated more by this j
j fact than by "local changes that;
j occur from day to day. There is a j
I big open interest in May with for- j
; eigners active on both sides. They ]
I are also getting into the July and!
j September and a local exporter es- !
itimates that around 30,000,000;
? bushels new crop . wheat has al- I
, ready been contracted for July- i
: August shipment. There are claims
thai May longs are working to get
I prices of July to a level where they
I can hedge against their May hold- ]
j ings to net them a good profit. '
Today's statistics are expected to j
be bullish with a big decrease in j
southwestern stocks, a reduction in '
the United States visible and in the ?
quantity on ocean passage with j
world's shipments showing a mod
erate volume.
It is an impression among careful J
students of the corn market is that i
prices are to work irregularly high- j
er. xIn a large majority of the last j
25 years May corn has sold higher j
during the month of May than in j
April. j
Stanley on The Weather.
Memphis, April 24.?Light show- j
ers Saturday in the Carolinas along I
the coast, light to moderate rains j
scafered western belt during Sun- |
day; temperatures continue rather!
cool at night. ' j
Monday eastern and central belts j
generally fair witu western belt j
mostly cloudy.
COTTON MARKET
HEW YORK COTTON.
Testers
upn High Low Close Oos?
Jan.17.60 17.73 ?7.57 17.61 17.60 .
May .17.90 18.04 17.88 17.99 17.91 ;
July .17.65 17.72 17.60 17.64 17.58 |
Oet.I,.62 17.76 17.62 !7.66 17.57
Oee.J7.66 17.78 I7.6i 17.65 17.62
Spots 10 ui>. 18.13.
Kew Orleans Cotton.
Y'st'dy'a
Opea Hieb Low dose Close
Jan.17.00 17.08 16.94 16.94 17.00
May .16.95 17.07 16.81 16.81 16.99
July . .. 17.04 17.17 16.96 16.96 17.08
Oct.17.03 17.15 16.96 16.96 17.06
Dee.17.66 17.78 17.61 17.65 17.62;
Sjxrt* 12 up, 17.00. !
Liverpool Cotton.
January .... . 10.06 1
March . 10.03
**y .*. 10.19 ;
July . . 10.21
October . . 10.13
December . . 10.08 ;
Sates 7.<mi0: Receipts, ".:;.ooo; Middline, j
10.24: Good Middling. 10.69.
But if our now-drastic dry laws !
were tempered to the shorn toper;
wouldn't Cuba regard it as a delib- !
erately unfriendly act?
With the quality of hootch
they're selling the bootleggers are
killing the goos<?we use the word
advisedly?that laid the golden egg.
Father used to he first in author- j
ity. then mother, then the children,
then the servants. The modern or
der is exactly the reverse, usuallv. j
Likely it is not unusual for the ;
stomach specialist to find an en
forcement officer who is suffering
Crom a severe ease of confiscation.
When money talks it never tells
you where to get it.
Only thing congress can pass
without ti^htin^ over is the time.
If a gi?d has a one-piece skull
she can easily offset the handi
cap with a one-piece bathing suit.
Genoa. April 21.?The German
reply to the .allied ultimatum ac
cents the condition that the Ger
man delegates be barred from par- j
ticipating in further discussions of;
the Russian controversy, the Rus- j
so-German treaty being allowed to
stand. It insists that the allies I
knew of the negotiations and that J
the treaty does not violat? the i
spirit of the Genoa conference.
Belfast. April 21.?An Ulster
constabulary sergeant was killed
with the resumption of tiring,
bringing the Eastertide death list
to twelve. Three looters were
tarred and feathered by Republi
can police and marched through
the streets.
Indianapolis, April 21.?Officials
at the * miners' headquarters de
clare that the peak of the strength
of the strikers has not yet been
reported although the number of
idle men has increased to six hun
dred eighty thousand, twenty thou
sand being gained during the third
week of the strike.
Mexico City, April 21.?President
Obregon has ordered operations
against Francisco Gorozave, who
began an uprising several days
ago.
Columbia, April 21.?Miss Flora r
Mae Holliday. queen of Ilorryj
county, was today declared the I
queen of Palmafesta, by an over- \
whelming vote. She will he
crowned queen of Palmafesta at a
gorgeous ceremony tonight, and. j
as a token of Palmafesta's love, j
will be presented with a diamond
ring valued at five hundred dollars, j
Miss Holliday is a beautiful young i
woman and has won thousands of;
admirers during the. great festival!
which comes to a climax here to-!
night. She won over forty-four
county queens.
-
Genoa, April 21.?If the Rus-]
sians are granted recognition dejure?
and adequate financial help, their j
reply to the allies says they are j
willing to admit war and pre-war i
debts, waive counter claims and j
restore use of nationalized prop- j
erty to former owners or satisfy
I foreigners' claims, if the property j
cannot be restored. .
Sligo, Ireland, April 21.?Armed j
men raided the offices of 1 no Sligo j
Champion and smashed the type, j
apparently to prevent the publica-1
1 tion of Arthur Griffith's address on!
Sunday in favor of the Free State j
treaty.
"Washington, April 21.?A million I
dollars for control of the Mississip-j
i i flood waters was made available;
immediately by a resolution rushed J
through the senate and house.
_ i
i
Genoa, April 21.?The spoke's-,
man cf the British delegation says j
there are no objections to Richard;
Washburn Child, American ambas
sador to Italy, being present at the !
Russian affairs commission session |
in order to obtain information for!
the American government.
-Peking, April 21.?The troops of
Chang Tso Lin, governor cf Man-:
chttria. took possession of Peking!
and Tien Tsin without incident.
Bellevue. 111., April 21.?Rev. E. j
V. McCluskey. pastor of the First i
Presbyterian church, may play bil- |
liards as often as he wishes, a con- j
gregational announ cement says.
"Washington. April 21.?Former'
Senator Marion Butler, of North j
Carolina, told the senate agricul-j
tural committee that congress j
should not adjourn this session j
without making the Muscle Shoals
property function. Frederick E.
Engstrum, of Wilmington, also do- ?
clared for quick aetion.
Buenos Aires. April 21.?The;
election of Marcelio De'Alvar, the
radical candidate for president, is |
assured by the latest returns.
Newport News. April 21.?Engi
neer C. H. Hussey, of Elizabeth :
City, went down with the Buxton
liner Brewster. which collided
with the Lake Sterling of the Rich- j
mond-New York line in the James j
River, near City Point today. The
cause of the accident has not been 1
determined.
Washington. April 21.?Southern
congressmen will ask congress for
-an emergency appropriation of one ;
million dollars to tight the Mis
sissippi flood waters. The money to1
be deducted from the regular |
Hood control provision in the army
bill.
Washington. April 21. ? The j
names of Richard S. Whaley, of
Charleston. S. C, and James Young,
of Kaufman. Texas, former demo- :
oratio members of congress have
been submitted tu President Hard
ing as possible appointees l?? the
farm loan board to succeed Asbury
F. Lever, who has resigned to en
ter private business. Tin- vacancy
must be tilled by a democrat.
Washington. April 21.?A recep
tion at tin- White House and elf -
lion <>f officers held the chief in
terest of delegates to the congress]
of the Daughters of tin- American]
Revolution. Balloting is to follow
the reception this afternoon.
Washington, April 21.?Grain!
exports during March increased!
ten million dollars, compared with
February* '*nl decreased s*ixtevn
million compared with March of
last year, the commerce depart
ment announced.
Gainesville, Fla.. April
Warning against .i growing ten
dency towards speculation through
out the country as business condi
tions improve . wa" sounded by
Comptroller of the Cu rrency Crh
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IS IN BRIEF !
singei' in an address before the
Florida Rankers' Association. He
urged bankers to use their influence
to prevent tly-by-night schemes.
Baltimore. April 21.?The ap
pointment of women to public of
fices, regulation of hours and work
ing conditions for wage earning
women and the prevention of the
white slave traffic were discussed
at the Pan-American conference of
women.
Belfast. April 22.?Michael Col
lins was met at Kilarney depot by a
Republican officer with a revolver
and told he would not he allowed
to speak until the firing on one of
the officers and men at Listowe!
had been cleared up.
Washington. April 22.?Various
plans for financing the soldiers'
bonus was discussed at a confer
ence of the senate finance commit
tee of Republicans. No definite
decision was reached, Chairman
McCumber said "and do not think
under any .circumstances we will
make a bill to provide for addi
tional taxes."
Bar le Due, France. April 24.?
France will, if necessary, under
take alone to see that the treaty
of Versailles is executed, if the
Germans default in the reparations
payments, Premier Poincare inti
mated in a speech.
New York. April 24.?Marshal
Joffre. the hero of the Marne, has
arrived here for a week of feasts,
dinners, military reviews and spe
cial celebrations before departing
for France.
Genoa. April 2-i.?Once more to
day the gyrating Genoa confer
ence, which has been alternating
between fears and hopes and punc
tuated with political crisis, which
threatened to destroy it altogeth
er, set itself grimly to the task of
readjusting the economic life of
Europe. The announcement by the
Germans that they would nor re
ply to the second allied note bo
cause it threatened the success of
the conference was received every
where with relief.
Jack Power at Trinity.
(Contributed).
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One of the largest audiences seen
in a great while was present last
night at Trinity Methodist church
to hear Jack Montague Power
when he delivered his forceful sei
rnon on "sowing and reaping, or
chickens come home to roost."
Power spoke for about one hour,
but many declared that they could
have remained for an hour more to
hear this fearless speaker as he
rained blow after blow upon
modern vices; especially the dis
solute dance, joy-riding, gambling
and bootleggers.
He said he must take a shot at.
some of the modern dressed, daz
zling dames, with their abbreviat
ed frocks and bobbed brains.
Power lived up to his reputation
as the most fearless speaker on the
platform today when it comes to
denouncing vice of all kinds, and he
knows the human family like A.
B. (Vs.
Regarding dance halls and joy
riding autos, Power declared that
they are twin sisters in crime, in
cubator of vice and vulgarity, and
with bright lights and seductive
allurements they were beckoning
the callous youth and careless,
maiden to a speedy and certain
death, when in the end they would
lift up their voices and in an an
guished yell, damned and lost for
ever. He begged fathers and
mothers to beware.
He protested vigorously against
folk calling themselves Christians
who would stand the bond of a
damnable bootlegger, or moonshin
er when they were conviced of the
guilt of the party, and urged heav
ier sentences upon those guilty oi
such nefarious practice.
At conclusion of the sermon
many came forward for a closer
walk with Jesus; and there were
several reclamations.
Power classified church members
as Fords, and real Christians as
Packards and Piercc-Arrows. He
injected sufficient humor into his
discourse to keep the immense con
gregation in a splendid humor, and
all went away well pleased and
glad they were present.
It has been a long time since
Mexican bandits killed an Ameri
< an, except by booze.
The way they shed tears in the
movies shows that spring onions
are back in Hollywood.
Prosperity is turning the corner
?but you've already heard that
one. Jevve.r hear the one about the
Pullman porter and the old maid?
DOINGS OF THE DUFFS
FEDERATION OF [
WOMEN'S CLUBS;
Mrs. Adam Moss, of Orange-:
burg, Elected President? !
Summary of Reports
Columbia, S. C. April 21.? j
Mrs. Adam Moss ?>f ?rangeburg;
was yesterday elected president of!
the South Carolina Federation of!
Women's Clubs succeeding Mrs. S.
O. l'louden ot Stateburg who, with
a year more of her term still to run,
tendered he ? resignation. The re- i
suit of the election was announced j
immediately before adjournment1
for luncheon, but Mrs. Moss de- j
clined the office, declaring that it!
would be' impossible for her to i
serve. However, while the lunch-:
eon given the clubwomen by the;
chamber ? of commerce was in j
progress, it was announced that
Mrs. Moss had been persuaded to j
reconsider and that she would ac- j
cept the election. Mrs. Moss' change!
of mind was brought about by the j
gaining of her husband's consent)
to become the federation head, one j
of the clubwomen having communi- j
cated with him by long distance in:
Orangeburg and brought the word I
to Mrs. Moss that he had given his j
approval?an incident which, re- i
lated in connection with the good j
news of Mrs. Moss' acceptance, was;
regarded by the few men present,
at the luncheon as being a hearten- i
ing symptom in this time of wo- J
men's freedom and independence.
Mrs. John Drake of Bcnnettsville.
who has been the recording secre
tary for four years, was elected.;
vice president at large to succeed
Mrs. Moss, who was elevated from
the office. Mrs. James A. Cathcart
of Columbia, who was formerly!
treasurer, was elected recording!
secretary; Mrs. A. C. Ligon was!
elected corresponding secretary: I
Mrs. R. B. Furman of Greenville.J
treasurer; Mrs. N. R. Goodale of!
Camden, vice president of the]
North central district. The other!
vice presidents hold over. I
Convention Adjourns. '.
The convention adjourned at 5!
o'clock yesterday afternoon after;
an all day session beginning at 9
a. m. and suspending only an hour
and a half for lunch.
At the morning session Mrs. Lc-;
roy Springs reported that the fed-i
eration endowment fund of $5,000.;
for the support of federation work !
in this state, is still $300 short. The]
clubwomen have made it known j
that they will be grateful to receive)
contributions to this from any per
sons, .men or women, who are in-(
terested in the federation.
Again the convention expressed!
its pride in an approval of the work i
for education which Miss Wil Lou
.Cray has done by giving her a ris
ing vote of thanks. Miss Gray
made a striking report as chairman
of the department of applied edu
I cation. The convention decided at ;
j Miss Gray's suggestion, to present j
ja que.stipnaire to all candidates for;
office in the state primary next i
summer to be prepared by Miss!
Gray's department for the purpose!
of learning of their positions in re- J
gard to education. The women in
dorsed Miss Gray's recommendation
to put women <>n the county
boards of education.
Miss Zena Payne made a fine re-j
port on American citizenship. The:
clubwomen v.ill make an effort to
have July 4 observed more fittingly
in this state. Mrs. Duncan Mc- j
Konzie of Timmonsville, in her
report on community service pled
for an effort on the part of the
federation to improve the stand- j
ard of moving pictures. Mrs. John!
Drake added to this a plea for a j
higher standard of "road shows"!
presented on the legitimate stage.
Department Reports.
One of the outstanding reports!
of the morning was that of Mrs.|
Ruth A. Dodd. chairman of public j
welfare, and under her department!
excellent reports were also made by j
Mrs. N. R. Goodale on civics, Missj
Lottie Oiney of Charleston on child 1
welfare. Mrs. Donald McDonald of]
Columbia on health, Mrs. J. E.
Walmsley on the conservation of ;
natural resources.
Mrs. Ethel M. Rest of the wo
man's bureau. United States de-)
partment of labor, made a talk on\
industrial conditions among women
in South Carolina. At the invita- j
tion of the governor and the state;
League of Women Voters she has!
made a survey of this state, cover- j
ing 11,171 women. She declares1
that, compared with other states,!
wages are low and the hours long, j
but conditions tinder which women
work are fairly good. In the mills. I
where S3.4 of the women in indus-i
try in this state are employed, she,'
found the general equipment and j
conditions good, especially with re-1
gard to cleanliness.
Miss Leila Russell, field agent!
for Winthrop college, gave an out-!
line of the summer course for club-l
women which has been arranged
again this year by Winthrop, and
which is more than ever full and
attractive. Miss Russell declares:
that the fame of this clubwomen's'
school has gone far beyond the
boundaries of this state and she!
is frequently receiving inquiries
from other states.
.Mrs. .1. E. Ellerbe's gratifying re-|
port on libraries concluded the j
morning program.
Final Session.
At the afternoon session the
federation pledged a minnmum of 1
$1,000 towards the national head
quarters, which the federation has
bought in Washington, this to be
paid in three years.
The president appointed Mrs.
Cora Cox Lucas, chairman of the
department of fine arts and presi
dent of the Afternoon Music club of
Columbia, as the federation's rep
resentative to take part on the
music program at the biennial of
the general federation in Chautau
qua this summer. Also during the
afternoon session in convention
gave Mrs. Lucas a rising vote of
thanks for her work In arranging
the musical features of the con
vention program.
A short talk was made by Mrs.
Nellie Mason Miranda on the Trav
elers' Aid and one by Miss Hough.
Southern director of the Girl
Scouts, on the work of that organi
zation.
The convention indorsed the
movement for the Woodrow Wil
son fund and passed resolutions of
thanks to Columbia, its chamber j
of commerce and its clubwomen j
for the hospitality and considera
tion shown the convention.
Mrs. Plowden. in her gracious,
pleasant manner, called the new
officers upon the stage and present
ed them to the convention, and
with a few words of thanks to the
federation for the cooperation ac
corded her as president and a word
ol encouragement to her successor,
she turned the gravel over to Mrs.
Moss.
A meeting of the directors im
mediately followed the adjourn
ment of the federation.
Our Ties With Tunisia
"A visit to a fruit store with its:
dates, oranges, lemons and al- j
monds; the singing of 'Home Sweet
Home'; the theological background
of the services at any Christian
church?these are some of the
links that bind an American,
though he may be unaware of it,
to desert-fringed Tunisia."
With this introduction the Na
tional Geographic Society issues
from its Washington, D. C. head
quarters a bulletin on the regency
of Tunis, one of the three North
African countries which the French
contemplate placing under a single
administrative control.
"In Oak Hill Cemetery in Wash
ington lies buried John Howard
Payne, the homeless actor and au
thor of 'Home Sweet Home*, whose
first resting place was in the City
of Tunis, where he died while he
was American Consul at the Tunis
ian capital. A tomb like that
erected to him In Washington
marks his former grave in Tunis.
Africa's "Farthest North"
"Agriculture is the chief indus
try of the region, about the size of
the State of Mississippi, which lies
between the Mediterranean and the
Sahara, and projects farther north
than any oilier point in Africa.
Citrus friuts. almonds and pistachio
nuts form a large proportion of its
e xports. Cork and henna are other
important products.
"Some ten miles from Tunis are
the ruins of Carthage, cradle of
Christian theology, where St. Au
gustine, most influential of the
fathers of the early Latin Church,
taught rhetoric and produced im
portant dogmatic writings. The
praeiteal lady traveler who assured \
her companions that the site of
Carthage was hound to "come back' ?
because it afforded excellent sites
for hotels and such splendid op- !
port unity for a golf course between i
it and Tunis was more,accurate in I
geography than imbued with rev
erence. The harbors which Appian
described still are to be seen; the
rest of the city has succumbed to
Cato's edict. 'Delend? Est Car- ]
thago.'
Once Rivaled Rome
"The present thriving City of
Tunis, however, is reputed to he
older than Carthage, one-time rival |
of Rome both in importance and
corruption. Indeed, to the Roman
world the littoral of Tunisia was
Africa. The very word "Africa" is
a Latinized form of the Berber i
name for this region. 'Ifriqa.' The!
gypsies of Africa, the Berbers, still j
are to be found in Tunisia, praeti- ;
cally unchanged and unchangeable,
as when they defied Roman now- j
er and Augustinian persuasion.
Even today Tunisia is an uncon
quered country, since France as
sumed a protectorate upon native
invitation.
?"Tunis might be called a voo^-1
ed-over city. Many of its streets j
are wholly or partly arched over, j
and its famous bazaar is a vast I
market place under cover. The]
women folk of the city are strik
ing to the first time visitor, wheth
er they be rotund Jewesses, with
pantloons and funnel-lik hats. ?.*?;
New England Male Quartet Here
at Chautauqua
The New England Male Quarret, which appears here at the coming-Jledpath
Chautauqua, has established a reputation throughout the entire country-?* rep
utation earned through its first-rank vocal attainments and originality in en
tertaining.
An exceptionally harmonious blending4>i voices is the feature of .the vocal
ensemble. This splendid harmony is equally gratifying- in the songs from"the
classics and in the rollicking music of popular airs. In addition to a wealth of
vocal features, the program is rich in capital character impersonations and
amusing monologs. This is essentially a high-grade singing organi2*tfcji. It
can be depended upon to please any audience. .. . ... .
_._^_ . \-? : ? -if
ladies of the Arab harem, com
pletely obscured by clothes, or the
bronzed, lithe figures of. Berber
girls. The- attire of the men often
is more colorful. Their love of col
ors, especially of lighter and more
delicate shades, gives a chromatic
impression of an American city's
Easter parade.
"A physical curiosity of Tunisia
are the salt lakes. <m the .edges of
Sahara, which, at a distance, have
tne appearance of placid sheets ot
water, or ice-covered ponds, if one's
imagination could free itself from
thought of the blazing sun. Closer
inspection discloses dried mud, en
crusted with salt. For several
months in the year rainfall converts
thi :<e glazed areas into impassable
marshes.*.'
Cooper, of N. C.
For Farm Lo;
Washington. April 24.?The
pointmcnt of Lieut.' Gov. W.
Cooper <-f North Carolina to fl
farm'loan board, is recommended
to President Harding by Senator*
Overman.
? ? * . '^JL
It's a wise woman who asksj&r
a $40-hat when she wants a S20
hat.
People who live In glass houses,
should not take saxophone lessons.
When hubby plays golf, and
wifio plays bridge they only meet
on p ay day.
European merchants can take
Russia's "orders if Russia will" take
their orders at Genoa'. -'
Divorces are reducfn[
ing forces.
our
It must be awful to own the best ?
car on the market and not be able ;
to wish you had a better one.
The naseball season is upon us
and it's almost time- for the par
agrapbers to start killing the orftee
boy's grandmother. ^
And "ex" is liable to mark the
congressman who doesn't help the
jobless veteran:
?6
When you want a change, of ?fc
mate nil you have to do is wait un
til another day comes.
EVERETT TRUE
By Cond
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BY ALLMAN