WOMEN
CALL FOR
WILSON
Thousands Appear in
Front of His Homej
?Much "Cheering;
Heard
Washington, April 2S,?Several
thousand women, including nu-j
merous delegates to the Baltimore;
convention of the National League j
of Women Voters and to the c&n- j
%*ention here- of. ? League of A*mer->
ioan Pen-Women, cheered former i
President Wilson in a demonstra- |
tion before his .home here late to- \
day. "*The cheering brought Mr.;
. Wilson to the ,door and upon re- j
quests for a speech he declared that j
while, he appreciated the compli-;
ment very much he felt he was j
. "not strong enough to make a j
speech."
Mr. Wilson called back by the!
cheer.* again thanked the women !
and added:
"T will repeat for you one of my
favorite limericks which runs as
follows:
?* 'For beauty. I am no star,
" 'My face ^on't mind it,
** *Because I "am behind.-it.' "
The rest of the verse was lost in i
a burst of laughter and cheering I
that was heard for blocks.
The former president made his'
first appearance resting heavily on j
a cane and assisted by a negro !
luitler. He .was atthed in a black!
frock coat and to^ hat a~.d smil- j
ingiy greeted his visitors. Doffing]
his hat and hanging Iiis cane in the!
pocket' of his coat he bowed and;
then s&id:
"Thank you very much for the i
compliment. - I appreciate it very
much. 1 am sorry I am not strong
enough to- mal^.a speech."
Mr. Wilson ,then retired to the \
house and when -the " cheering!
throng kept up ihe tumult, calling J
first for Mr. Wilson and then Mrs.!
Wirson. the former ? president and j
h:s wife ap^ared at^ an' upper <
window and smilingly waved to the |
crowd below. It was then that Mr. *
Wilson repeated-his favorite Jim-j
erick. For several minutes he and |
Mrs. Wilson remained at the win- |
dow while the women visitors sang:
??ngs ar.<i applauded intermittent!:,
until the window was closed.
. The delegation was to have j
been headed by Lady Astor but she j
did not appear in the . throng. She >
had another engagement for the j
aune hcur. <
bine with
pershing;
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Lord an?f Ba?y- -Astor Guests {
of'General
Washington. ^ April 23.?Lady |
vXancy Astor. ok Virginia and the]
British house ^commons, was oc-1
cupied today wi.h a strictly social]
program, After attending service)
in. jChristian Science church in the
morning, Lord and I^ady Astor
lunched with General Pershing.
Their other engagements included
a.visit to Mount Vernon with Sec
retary Hoover'?nd a party of
amends.- They will go to Phila
ileiphia tomorrow where they will
address the Women's: Trade Union
League in the_ afternoon.
122 Years OW Negro.
-
Buenos Aires, April 1.?Antonio;
Rosas, a negro who is reputed to
have been born'232 years ago in thej
African Congo, is still earning a I
living in Buenos Aires as a medi- !
cine man and ticket seller. He was ]
not too old to put up a fight when I
three men held him up and robbed
him a few* days--ago-but told a re
porter he would Jiave made a bet
ter ^showing- if he had not "taken
a drop too much." Antonio does!
not yet believe in prohibition.
Antonio claims to have been cap- I
tured in the Congo when a child ;
by French slave traders. The
French ship on which he and oth- j
er negroes were placed was pur- j
sued and captured by ah* English j
vessel and taken to Madeira. He \
was brought to Argentina ai the.
age of eight.
He saw the birth of the Argentine !
nation in 2 $10'and slavery abolish-I
ed in 1S13. In later years he j
adopted the surname of Rosas af- |
ter the famous Argentine tyrant,
Rosas, of whom he was an admirer, j
He is one of the few negroes living j
in Buenos Aires.
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Another American Decorated. !
Leesburg, Va., April 20.?The j
French government has conferred j
upon an American, . E. B. Whit?
of Leesburg. the order of Officer du
Merite Agricele. a decoration in
recognition of signal service to.ag
riculture, but in this instance
awarded ?or "service rendered in
the improvement yf horses."
Mr. White began to breed horses
twenty years ago after returning
t>n the advice of physicians to his
native home in Virginia from St.
Louis, -vhere he had been active
on the grain exchange. The phy
sicians had given up hope for his
recovery', bur the outdoor work in
cident to his interest in horse
breeding aided in his recovery.
The particular animal which led
to the award of the decoration is
the stallion Laet,'- bred by Mr.
White and exhibited in Chicago at |
the last International *Li\v Stock !
show. Laet was declared grand j
eimmpion Pert?her?n stallion and j
one of hit' rtons reserve grand!
champion, giving Mr. White a rec
ord said to be unprecedented in the
history of the show. Mr. White is'
a, member <>f the advisory board of
the Horse Association of America, j
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The thermometer dropped to 33
degrees?only three above freezing |
at 7 o'clock Saturday mornixig.
PREACHER
ROUGEY
TREATED
Oklahoma Pastor Kid
napped, Hit on Head,
Drugged and Left in
Ditch. Investiga
tion On to Find the
Guilty Parties
Lawton, Okla.. May I.?Plans for
the trial May 9th of Rev. Thomas
Irwin, pastor of the First Presby
terian church, proceeded today in
the absence of action to determine
who kidnapped the preacherSatur
day night, hit him in the" head,
chloroformed him and threw his
body in a ditch. He was found la
ter by motorists. Both factions of
the congregation, who split over a
year ago when the pastor preach
ed the funeral sermon of Jake Ha
mon, slain by Clara Smith Hamon.
are discussing the incident today.
MAY ASK FOR
RELEASES
Of Men Held in Connection
With Logan County Trouble
Charleston, W. Va., April 30.?
Release from the county jail, undor
bond of eight men, the only de- j
fendants siill in confinement of j
more than 100 v. hose cases were j
transferred .from Logan county for j
trial, was a possibl ;ty today as a j
result of the latest move of de- j
fense counsel. Application for bonds |
for these men y.as expected to he j
made when circuit court recori- j
venes tomorrow v. th the an ou-1 .
of bail the principal question;
for consideration. The eight fire I
among those cliarg<a with murder;
alleged to have be?-u com im tied in
the course of attacks on forces
along the border of Logan county !
last August and some of them had j
been held in Logan jail for about j
six months before being brought j
here, a week ago.
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FISHERMEN !
INSAVANAH
" i . i i
Rescued From Small Boat Be
longing in Charleston
Savannah, April 30?The coast
guard cutter Seminoie arrived here
today, with William Johnson'. Israel j
Pringle and Frank Smith, of Char
leston, w;h6 Were rescued from a
small motor boat at sea Saturua}'.
The three men left Charleston Fri
day for a day's fishing. When the j
wind'.began to blow they made; for I
port,, but just as they entered thej
channel the engine stopped. They I
drifted, seaward and after twenty-!
four ' hOuvs were* sighted by the j
geminple. The. motor ;boj*t collap- j
sed and sank a short while after j
j the men were rescued.
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* ^Bishopville News Notes.
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Bishopville, . April 29. ? The!
j court of common pleas was held !
here last week in which a large j
number of cases were disposed of, j
most of which were settled by the j
difierent parties, or postponed un- j
til another court.
The pastor of the Presbyterian i
church was installed last Sunday. I
We had a fire last Sunday morn- i
lng which destroyed two small j
! stores on Church street. They were ;
insured by the owner and the loss j
won't be very heavy,
j . Mr. Geo. Reid, one of our oldest j
; veterans, is still quite sick, but we j
j pray for his recovery.
Mrs. Abbie Shaw was found in <
her bath room in an unconscious j
state. She received prompt atten-!
tion and is now better.
Mrs. J. M. Hearon, who has been
in bad health for sometime was
taken to Johns Hopkins for treat
| ment. Mr. Jake Shuford was tak-j
I en to the hospital "sometime ago. i
He was operated .on for appendi-i
citis, but is not doing well. Con- |
sidering the weather and the early'
appearance of the boll weevil, the!
outlook for the farmers is very
j gloomy, but lets be hopeful, as the j
darkest hour of the night is before !
I day. j
Sonic Whiskers.
Brighton, Mich., April 29.?The'
long whiskered championship of j
j the world is claimed by John J.;
Tanner, n4. for more than half a
century a resident of this village.
His beard measures exactly nine I
feet from chin to pit. Ordinarily. I
Mr. Tanner controls it by thrusting:
the end inside the band of his!
trousers. j
More than fifty years ago, when I
Mr. Tanner's beard was only two!
or three feet in length, he decided
to .seek the championship. To this
end he braided his beard and:
tucked it inside his vest. The whisk
ers soon attained proportions
making the braiding impracticable.
Ten years a^o Mr. Tanner's
beard was six feet long. Five
years ago two feet more hud been
added and now it measures nine.
Tin- owner hopes to attain a growth
of twelve feet.
Heeds no policeman's call, but
thinks h" knows it nli. Turns cor
ner fast and skids. Survived by
uife and kids-.
After learning the spring pas- ,
senger rates from the south to the |
north we don't blame The hints for
flying.
Perhaps the .^t. Louis man named !
his baby Radio because you can j
tear it so far away.
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Friday isn't considered unlucky j
when it comes next to payday. j
NOT HOSTILE
TOWARD
J-RANCE
Russian Foreign Min
ister Assures Pre
mier Barthou There
Were No Secret
Clauses in Russo
German Treaty
Genoa, May ,1.?Russian foreign
Minister Tchitoherinc has written
a letter to Vice Premier Barthou,
of France, assuring him there was
no secret military or political
clause an the Russo-Cerman treaty
signed Easter Sunday at Rapallo.
He said Russia was not hostile to
ward F r a n e e, notwithstanding
France's unfriendly attitude to
ward Russia.
IDENTIFIED
BY VICTIM
Nurse Tells Officers Negro
Was in Group
Oulpepper, Va., April 30.?Jim
Yaeger. one of five negroes arrest
ed by the police on suspicion of
having been implicated in the at
tack last night upon a Washington
nurse in the business section of
Culpepper. was positively identi
fied today by the victim.
The nurse was attacked as she
was walking from the railroad sta
tion, where she had descended from
a late train, to the home of a rela
tive within two . blocks of the sta
tion. Yaeger, according to the po
lice, has figured in their records
in the past.
Outtiiifc Down Inanity
Xcw York. May 1.?The public
is said to be becoming saner about
insanity. Families used to feel it
a terrible stigma if any of their.kin
was considered "a little bit off,"
as the saying went. But thousands
of such people now go voluntarily
to free dispensaries ' for nervous
and mental disorders."
Last year 3,85$ persons in New
York state made 9,9G0. visits to the
40 such clinics condueted through
out the state. Only five or six
years ago such a thing was un
known, according to officials of the
State Charities Aid Association,
which is cooperating in the work.
This organization, pointing to
statistics which show the tubercu
losis death rate dropped about 34
per cent from 1907, when the or
ganized fight on the white plague
began, to 1020, expects to show the
same results in its battle against in
sanity.
The war and the business depres
sion that has followed caused a
considerable increase in mental
disorders, Aid Association officials
declared. They have found, how
ever, that serious worries and dis
eases are not the only waves that
shove the mind off rn even keel.
Some people become unbalanced by
too much recreation, just as others
skid from the path of sanity
because of overwork and domes
tic un hap pin ess.
What the association intends to
do is popularize information con
cerning the causes, treatment and
prevention of mental disorders gen
erally. It contends that 40 percent
of the 40.000 persons in Xew York
State who are now under treat
ment in asylums and hospitals for
feeble minded could have been
saved from such a fate if tne prop
er preventative measures had been
taken in time. It feels that since
the asylums of the country have
a greater enrollment than the col
leges, the people ought to be
taught to have themselves examin
ed by competent physicians if they
feel queer, or if acquaintances so
consider them.
The most hopeful sign for cut
ting down insanity is in the atti
tude of parents and teachers to
ward children, is the belief of the
Aid Association.
"If we can help the queer chil
dren. we will have fewer queer
grownups in the future." .one offi
cial said.
Often the youngsters who are
backward and Queer merely need to
have their tonsils or adenoids re
moved, the doctors have found. Hut
others have complexes, inhibitions,
and a neurossis or two fretting
their young minds. In this con
nection, it was said that some of
the doctors at the state hospitals
make use of psychoanalysis, while
others do not believe in it. Pa
tients upon Consultation often are
told .what to stop worrying about,
and field agents go around to see
bow they are getting along. Others
are diseove^d tQ.be worse off than
?merely nervous" as they most of
ten describe their own condition,
and occasionally these have to be
sent to an institution.
Cultivation of health through
proper habits of the mind and the
cutting out of bad mental habits is
one idea that those working on the
problem hope to put into the pub
lie's head. Brooding over being
snubbed by others, or misfortunes
and injuries is the thing the experts
want people to stop doing. Work
instead of day dreaming, these ex
perts say is a pretty good way to
prevent getting lop-sided K*1 ..-in
the ea rs.
Divorce rings -are being worn.,
and the fad of giving divorce pres
ents is next in order, we suppose.
Russia wanted to !>orr?;\v enough
money to put her out of debt.
About the only thing the ama
teur can raise in a garden ai a
profil is sweat. <
If he happens to think of ii Mr.
Bryan likojv will tell us that evo
lution is downright devilution.
MEMORIAL SER
VICE FOR WOMEN
_
Work <4In Obscurity" Compar
ed With That Rendered by
Unknown Soldier
i
Washington, April 30?Memorial.
ceremonies lor the women who died ,
in the World War were held in the'
amphitheatre at Arlington national ?
cemetery today under the auspices!
of the Women's Overseas Service;
league. The army and navy were j
represented by General Pershing
and Rear Admiral Harry McL. Huse ;
and the Red Cross by Dr. John Van !
Sch?lk. Jr.. who was commissioner i
to Belgium for that society during:
the war.
Special tribute was paid by Dr.
Van-Schaik in his address to Marion
Crandall. the first American woman
killed in the war, and he drew
an analogy between the service ren
dered "in obscurity" by her and
other women to that of the un
known soidier.
G. L. SALLEY
RESIGNS
Clerk of Court of Orangeburg
Will Leave Post j
Orangeburg, April 30.?O. L.
Salley has written Governor Coop
er tendering his resignation as
clerk of court, to take effect Jan
uary 1, 1023. It is not known who
will offer for Cue place. J. R. Sal
lep. present deputy clerk, and son
of the clerk of court, states that
he will not be a candidate, but will
practice law. Mr. Salley has been
clerk of court for many years. Fol
lowing is his letter to Governor
Cooper resigning the office:
"I have served the people of
Orangeburg county for thirty years
as clerk of court, and my present
term does not expire for two yeasr
but circumstances are such that I
find it adivable for me to relin
quish my office."
'?Please accept this, then, as my
resignation of the. office of clerk
of court of Orangeburg county, said
resignation to become effective Jan
uary i: 1022.
"I take this step now in order
that the voters of this county may
be free to choose my successor in
the approaching prfmary."
How Do They Exist?
Moscow, April 2.?Many of the
millions of persons hitherto fed by
the government and who are now
being thrown upon their own re
sources are finding life in Russia
complicated by depreciation in the
value of the paper ruble, growing
constantly more difficult.
Only 0,000,000 persons including
the Red army and navy are now
receiving government rations,
says the Moscow Pravda. Last 'Sep
tember the 'number was 1 l.r.OO.'OOO.
Factory workmen, government
employes and others cut oft' the free
ration list received, in theory.'pay
increases supposed to he adequate
to permit them to buy their food
on the open markets. The pay
fixed today. however. may be
worth actually, in purchasing pow
er, only half as much next week,
or next mouth.
Prices for food and other ar
ticles in Moscow follow almost ex
actly the depreciating value of the
ruble as compared to gold or for
eign money. If street brokers pay
250,000 rubles to the dollar today
and 1.000,000 for the dollar a week
or so hence, bread will cost four
times as mucn a week hence.
A salary of 2,0.00.000 rubles
monthly, fixed a. month ago, has
little purchasing power today with
street car fares fixed at 32,000
1 rubles, newspapers f..000 rubles
?acli and .black bread 5,0,000
rubles a pound.
How Russians manage to exist
through all these difficulties is a
puzzle to the foreigner: yet Mos
cow's population does not appear
to be greatly underfed.
Housewives perhaps tear their
hair when they find that varying
market prices disrupt their house
hold budgets. A chicken, say, that
was quoted yesterda;, at 0O0.O00
rubles, may cose 1,060,000 today
but many Muscovites manage to get
the additional slips o: paper Call
ed money and buy the chicken.
Just the same.
Display Window in Church.
Toledo. O.. April 2lh?A church
window which is said to have the
distinction of being the first one in
this country installed exclusively
for display to the street has been
installed in the First Westminster
church of this city.
The church has provided ? spe
cial lighting system to illuminate
the window from within. A few
church windows elsewhere are thus
illuminated, it is said, but these
show from within, whereas this
window is seen only from the
st reet.
The window which shows Christ
preaching to the multitude con
tains many figures anil will carry
its message visually seven nights in
the week to passersby.
The window is hand painted,
whereas the background in most
'?hureh windows is worked out
with small pieces of stained glass.
Khaki For Trench Troops
Paris. April 12. ? It will require
ten years to clothe all the French
troops in khaki despite the efforts
of the Higher Council of War to
equip all branches <>r the French
army with uniforms of that color
quickly as possible:
The delaj is due to the fact that
the Ministry of War has enough
horizon blue and .and gray cloth
?tu hand to equip some branches of
ili<- service for ten years and those
ocks im.s! he used up before
khaki can It adopted. Therefore
the home troops must continue to
wear horizon blue, and the un
mounted chasseurs steel gray while
Colonial and African troops will at
nee receive khaki uniforms.
CASES OF MUCH
INTEREST
Alleged Bank Forgers Will
Be Tried This Week
Aiken. April 3".?The center of
interest in the court of general ses
sions for Aiken county, which con
venes here Monday with Judge
Ifayne F. Rice presiding, arc the
cases of Henry P. Dyches, charged
with shooting of Calvin Craig, and
the trial of Lyles, Westbury and
Padgett, the alleged fo'rgers.
Dyches shot and killed Calvin
Craig. farmer, and a man with
many family connections, last De
cember. The shooting of Craig. i:
is alleged, was the outcome of a
long standing dispute over a land
boundary between the two men. I
Craig. when the shooting occurred,
was on a two-horse wagon driving
to Graniteville with a load of
wood, and Dyches was with his
son driving his car through his
farm road. At the inquest it was i
sworn by Dyches' son, Marion. I
that Craig. who was driving ahead j
! of the Dyches car. mumbled some- j
' thing in anger and reached hack
; in the wagon as if for a weapon, as
I the'-Dyches automobile horn blew
; for a passage in tl^e roadway, and
: at this point the elder Dyches shot
I from a d??ble-b?rreled shotgun,
: killing Calvin Craig almost instant
! ly. The Craig family has engaged
i Cole L, Please to aid Solicitor Ount- '?
j er. in the prosecution. Messrs. Wil- i
1 liams. Salley and Smoak, of the
! Aiken bar. will defend Henry
; Dyches. The case of Dyches has
j been set for Wednesday.
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Samson: City of Cigarettes and
Cherry Trees
Washington. D. C. April 20?
j "Much of the tobacco used in the
: manufacture of the genuine Turk
ish cigarettes >.old in this country
I comes from the fertile district of
I Asia Minor of which the town of
; Sanvsart is the port,
i 'This place of 15.000 inhabi
; tants, where a massacre of Chris
I tians is reported, felt the heavy
. hand of tho war in the raid on its
1 harbor by the Russian Clack Sea
fleet. Jt lies 100-miles, in an air
line, west of Trebizond and 300
; titles due east of Constantinople,"
I says a bulletin from the Washing
I ton. D. C. headquarters of the X:e
i tional Geographic Society.
Trade Rival of Sinope
"Cereals and olives are* also:
grown extensively in the neigh-j
: borhood, for Samsun lie? in the pro- j
duetive delta lands of the Kizil Ir-j
j mak and the Yeshil Irmak. In the '?
days before the Christian era when
! it was known as Amisus the city
; was an ambitious trade rival of the
j now less consequential Sinope. Its
j pre,-war prosperity was due chiefly
i to the fact that it is an outlet for j
the rich Sivas valley, the last
named place lying to the south-'
least and connected with Samsun by!
an excellent road. Kaisarieh, j
which is due south, also employs!
I Samsun as its water gateway to
j Constantinople and Russia,
j "Samsun, like, the ancient port
i whose fragmentary remains are a
j little more than a mile distant on a
i pomontory, is handicapped by its
\ poor harbor. While discharging
their cargoes ships must lie oiT j
i shore a distance of a mile in an
open roadstead, and at seasons of
jihe year, when storms are severe
I on the Black Sea, it is frequently'
j impossible to take on or let oil* pas
] sengers.
Handled Constantinople Trade j
! "Amisus rose to a position of]
j great prosperity as a trading post
j under the kings of Pontu? and du-j
j ring the first century dt the Chris
? tian era it displaced' its neighbor
ling port of Sinope as the leading;
cntreport of the eastern Euxine. as
j it handled much of the trade be
tween Constantinople and central
I Asia.
"When Rome took up arms
i against Mithradates VI, Lucullus,
; sur-named Ponticus for his ex
1 ploits in Asia Minor, besieged and
j took the three maritime towns of i
I Sinope. Amisus. and Heraclea after!
j a siege of two years. It was during!
i this campaign that Lucullus amas
sed the wealth which enabled him
j to live in luxury following his re
; tirement to his villa at Tusculum,
i near Naples, that Pompey is said
j to have dubbed him 'the Roman j
Xerxes. A more lasting result ofl
jthis conquest was the general's!
j introduction of the cherry tree into;
j Europe from Asia. Augustus Ca. -
j sar conferred upon Amisus the
j privileges of a free city.
"The Ottoman sultan Mahom-j
med I. son of Bayezid who had j
been defeated and captured by the)
Mongol prince. Tamerlane, at the
battle of Angora (1402), captured
Samsun and it has remained a1
Turkish possession since that time.
An old castle, built m' enormous
square blocks at the base, and top
ped by smaller ones, is a decaying I
monument to the early days of the!
city's present masters."
Ukraine is Poverty Stricken.
Kiev. March 27.?The rich Uk
raine, the home of wheat and su-;
gar. bandits and hardworking stub-1
born peasants, is at last quiet. ;
This vigorous people has been I
conquered, temporarily, nut by the:
Red Army so much as by hunger.]
All the Ukraine wants now is food!
and quiet.
The Ukraine has had 15 govern
ments since October, I y 17. It has I
been a battleground for Com-j
munists. Nationalists and Czaristsj
and Poles, followers of Petlura, the j
Ukraine Nationalist, and all man
ner ol nun and parties.
The tragedv and ruin of Uns-,
sin's revolutions is best seen in the]
Ukraine. Iis great farms have]
!>?m-ii laid low. Its ri<!i lands are!
lying fallow und going to waste.
Its line railway systems have been
shot ro pieces. It's bridges have
been blown up. It has been dam-;
aged more than any other parr of]
Russia.
In this former land of plentyi
dozens and dozens of (had bodies I
are dropped off at each railway!
station, dead from hunger or ty
phus.
slaying in
georgia
Disappearance of Wife Said to
Have Been Cause
Sylvania, Ga., April 30.?j. Cavi .
Mock shot and killed L. H. Byrd. j
40. here this afternoon and is being
held iii jail pending completion of
an investigation. Byrd is said to
have accused Mock with being im- j
plicated in the disappearance of I
Mrs. Byrd, who has been missing
from her home for several days.
Mock surrendered to the sheriff!
following the shooting, asserting;
that he shot in self defense. F. H. j
Waters, an eyewitness, stated that:
Mock fired the first shot.
republicans
in front;
Get Post masterships Despite
Civil Service List
New York, April 30.?Ninety out!
of ninety-tw o postmasterships went J
to Republicans under the present
administration, although the ap-!
pointees were not first on the civil j
service list, the National Civil Ser
vice Reform League, declared in a;
statement issued tonight.
The league denounced the meth- \
ods of naming fourth-class post- j
masters and declares that their in-'
vestigation in twenty states proves
that politics is the nominating in
fluence in postmaster appointments!
The report is signed by William j
Dudley Foulke as ehariman.
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Suniter Chess Club Meeting.
The. Sumter Chess Club, having]
just completed a most enthusiastic;
and enjoyable season, want to ex-,
tend the scope of the club so as to
include everyone in Sumter who
plays chess or who would care to
learn. The club membership has
necessarily been limited this winter!
as there wereuno club rooms but'
only meetings were held at private'
houses. It is now the intention
to provide club rooms and enlarge i
the membership to as many as are!
interested.
Chess, although public opinion
to the contrary, is a game that will
appeal to almost any person who!
will take time to learn the moves]
and is being played by boys of ten;
up.
/The author that said ' a little J
knowledge is a dangerous thing" j
certainly knew nothing whatsoever;
about chess. A little knowledge of
the game of chess will soon.con
vince you that it is a game holding
the greatest interfest-for you and in
addition is a brain builder. -Chess
is an international game and very,
very old. Chess has been played j
from time immemorial. It is it!
game that furnishes the sinews of j
knowledge, a game that sows the !
seeds of thought, and with .roots1
deep enough would create the most :
magnificent tree of knowledge.
Everyone is welcome to join in
the game. Leave your purses at!
home, as it is against the ethics of]
chess, unless you are a prof es- ;
sional. to play for money. It does
not require the greed of gain to
make chess, our king of games, in
teresting to you. You will not go
home, however, without carrying a !
savings deposit of thought.
Come dressed for conquest, for j
the king and queen will move ma- j
jestically across your path. While
you may not receive an official in
troduetion. yet the triumph of hav- i
ing played with royalty will set i
your pulses palpitating, as you dis-;
cover a move such as you never'
dreamed a queen would dare make, j
The moves of the knight will j
help you unravel the intricacies of
your income tax ? strategy lies j
closest to the knight. If you will '
watch the knight closely you see:
the dawn of a new beginning.
Observe the pawns and you will I
learn a great lesson of the value ;
of trifles, for as Angelo said. "Tri- '
fies make perfection, but perfection
is no trifle."
We aie convinced that after
learning chess you will transfer;
your allegiance from whatever
game you now pursue and become 1
a devotee of the royal game.
Come Tuesday night to the Y. M.
C. A. at 8 o'clock and you will not
be disappointed.
Respectfully. j
Sumter Chess Club.
F. M. Moise, President.
Poland's Foreign Debt.
Warsaw. April 1. ? Poland's
struggle to refund her foreign
debt, amounting to nearly $235,
000,000 at the beginning of this j
year, is recounted at length in the
first complete budget of the Re
public, presented to parliament by
Minister of Finance Michalski.
Poland's greatest creditor is
America, to whom she owes $ir.T.
312.109 or 65 per cent of her 10
tal indebtedness. France comes
next with 22 per cent and the re
mainder is divided between Eng
land. Italy and Holland.
Retailing the difficulties under
which the Polish State had come j
into existence. Minister Michalski
pointed out the slow but consistent
progress she has made from the
beginning in all affairs of govern
ment. After sketching the plans
for the immediate future intend
ed to hasten that progrses, he
appealed to the nation for patience
und consideration.
"it is one of the Polish charac
teristics that we should like to
build up Poland within one year,"
he said. "But this is practically
impossible and the favorite com
parison of Poland with western
states which have never lost their
independence is indefensible.
"Our future is in our hands. I
believe that our future govern
ments and our future parliaments
will place the future of the state on
the linn foundations of granite."
These are trying days, but some
people don't try hard enough.
The Kentucky gentelman lues to
be a scholar to be a judge of good
liquor these days.
CHAUTAUQUA
WEEK NEWS
Annual Educational Enter
tainment Opens Saturday
Forecast of Program
Next Saturday the big Redpath |
Chautauqua will open with one of j
the finest programs ever presented.
Everything possible has been done
by the Redpath program builders to j
make this year's Chautauqua full j
of high class entertainment and '?
up-to-the minute lectures.
The famous Collegian Male |
Quartette, a notable singing, brass
and saxophone quartet, will be. the ;
opening attraction. The Collegians
are n< ?. only singers and instru- ;
mentalists, but are also capital en-j
tertainers. At night after a popu
lar concert by the Collegians. Hon. i
Charles H. Brough, well known ed- j
ucator and former governor of:
Arkansas, will give his popular lec- .
ture. ''America's Leadership of
the World." lie holds the degree I
of doctor of philosophy from Johns1
Hopkins University, being one of
the men who have served as gov- I
ernors.of an American common-^
wealth to receive this degre.e
He held the chair of economics ;
and sociology in leading colleges |
and universities in Mississippi and j
Arkansas, for a period of sixteen j
years prior to his election as gov- j
ernor. He is well known as a!
wliter on state and national prob
lems. He is president of the Nat- !
tonal Good Roads Association and
Just now is being mentioned as
a possible president for Georgia
Tech.
While a student at Johns Hop- |
kins University he studied in the'
classes of Ex-President Woodrow
Wilson. This resulted in a life j
long friendship between the two
men.
On the second afternoon seme;
of the most popular scenes from i
favorite light operas will be given :
by the Montague Light Opera Co.;
The members of this company are
experienced singers whose abilities;
have been tested by many success- j
ful chautauqua towns in every l
l*m of the United States. On
Monday evening a short concert by;
the operxAi?mpany will be follow
ed by a lecture by Dr. Hughes W.
Hart. Dr. Hart is a member of the
national executive committee of the j
Roy Scouts. During the war he!
was chief of the educational divis- ;
ion of the foreign press bureau of
the committee on public informa
tion. His lecture the "New In
dustrial Day" will be one of the:
high lights of the. week.
On Thursday afternoon Irene'
Stolofsky is the foremost woman)
fists will give artists' recital. Miss i
Stoloisky and accompanying ar
violinist of the country and real
music lovers will miss a rare treat j
if they" do not hear this splendid |
concert on the third afternoon. '
In the evening of the third day!
a short concert will be followed by j
Sidney London in his impersona-j
tions of great literary men. With
the aid of wigs, grease paints, and j
vivid descriptions Mr. London pre
seats speaking ; likenesses of the
writers in his repertoire, and while j
in makeup reads from their best I
known masterpieces. The London1
lecture-recital is inspirational andj
educational as weii as being most
entertaining.
On the . fourth day of the ehau-;
tauqua comes the popular Cramer-!
Kurz trio. This trio has been ex-j
ceptionally successful in concert I
and has established a most enviable j
reputation. Following their concert 1
Miss Evelyn Hansen, formerly con- ?
nected with the department of in
terior of Washington, 1). C. and;
the extension department of Chi-i
cago Art Institute will give her lec- ;
ture demonstration. "Well dressed
on a moderate income." Miss Han-;
i'-en will use actual models and her:
talk will have a dollars and cents
value to every mother and daugh-l
ter in Sumter.
On the fourth night one of big :
features of the chautauqua pro
gram will be given. The most en
joyable comedy, "Turn to the
Right" will be presented by the |
New York cast. This play is full
of wholesome fun. thrills and ten-:
der heart interest, it has had a!
long run On Broadway to packed 1
houses.
Leiran'ce's Little Symphony Or
chestra will be the attraction of
the fifth afternoon and will give a
program that will prove to be a
rare musical treat. This orchesta
was organized and coached by
Thurlow Leiurance, famous com-!
poser of "i:y the Waters of Minne-j
tonka."
In the evening Judge Marian A.
Kavanagh of the supreme court of
Chicago and member of national
crime commission and authority
on law enforcement will deliver hi^
lecture. "Traitors to Justice."
"What Am I Going to Do?" "What j
line of work am I fitted for'."'
"What professions are mos' crowd
ed?" are some of the questions
that are puzzling the young men
and vomen of today. On the sixth
afternoon Chester M. Sanford will
answer these very questions in
lecture and round table entitled,
"The Failure of the Misfits." In
the evening of the sixth day the
sparkling comedy. "Friendly Ene
mies" will In- given.
On the last afternoon Viena's
Hawaiians will give a complete
concert. This organization was the
first to introduce genuine Ha-'
waiian music into this country, and
has made several successful tours
of tin- United Scales. The evening!
Of the last day is Joy Night. Mr.
Jess Pugh. a great humorist, fur
nishes a happy ending to a week
full of good clean entertainment,;
interesting and instructive lectures:
and splendid concerts.
There will also i><- a junior chau
tauqua starting on the third day,
the nature of which will be an
?nounced later.
Arbuekle is out of the movies
He hasn't the face to gel back.
An ideal stenographer is one who
not only looks good but makes
eood.
THE SUMTER
TOBACCO MARKET
Secretary of Chamber of Com
merce Writes Letter to
the State Director of
Tobacco Association
In order to find out whether the
Tobacco Growers' Cooperaiiv?. As
sociation intends to work with or
against the Sumter .tob^co mar^
ket this summer. Mr. E. L Rear
don has written the following let
ter to Mr. T. E. Young. State Di
rector of the Tobacco Growers' As
sociation. Mr. Young's reply will
be published. Sumter county is
favorable to the tobacco associa-*
rion but during the 1922 tobacco
selling season both warehouses in
Sumter are leased to independent
warehouse operators. This condi
tion can not be changed unless the
lessees agree to sell their leases to
the tobacco association.
Sumter, April 29th, U?l'2.
Mr. T. D. Young. State Director;
Tobacco Growers* Cooperative
Association. Florence, S. C.
Dear Mr. Young: Self preser->
vation is universally recognized as
the first law of nature, and this
holds good in business as well as in
other ways. You know that th?
business men of Sumter for the
most part, and to a considerable
extent, many Sumter county farm
ers have invested approximately
$140.000.00 in two tobacco ware
nouses and a tobacco stemmery. Of
course the primary object of these
three enterprises is to build up the,,
Sumter tobacbo market by furnish
ing our farmers with convenient
and the best possible marketing
facilities. m
You know also that Sumter is by''
force of circumstances for the 1!>22
tobacco selling season, an inde
pdenent tobacco market, that is our
t wo % tobacco warrehouse lessees
Messrs. G. O. Watts and W. T.
Harnsbc-rger are not affiliated with
the Tobacco Growers' Cooperative
Association but will conduct in
dependent markets at Sumter in
these warehouses.
The Tobacco Growers' Coopera
tive Association has seen fit to
make offers to all warehouse own
ers and lessees and warehouse
managers to purchase or lease*
these warehouses. The Farmers'
Tobacco Warehouse Company, of
Sumter. of which 1 am a stock
holder, director, and secretary, oC~
fered to sell to your asroeiation for
cash?that is one-third cash and.
the balance payable in cash in two
years at eight per cent with bond
and mortgage u> secure same. Your
association has not accepted our
offer.
I do not know whether or not
the Peoples' Tobacco Warehouse
Company, of Samter, has made
your association any offer. You1
know that neither of the Sumter
warehouse companies could either
deliver or lease its warehouse for
lfs22 to your association ?niess the>
lessees. Messrs. C. O. Watts and W.
T. Harnsberger agreed to turn over
the warehouses to the owners or
to the association.
1 inferred from what I read 'a the
newspapers that the Tobacco Grow-*,
ers' Cooperative Association will
operate their own warehouses eith
er by direct purchase .or lease. I
understand also that your associa-^
tion will require the members there
of?that' is tobacco growers who
have signed up with the associa
tion, to deliver their tobacco at the
warehouses operated by the To
bacco Growers' Association, and atS
no o.her warehouses. Is this cor
rect.' And if it is so am I to un
derstand that your association will
not permit any of its members to?
sell on the Sumter tobacco market
or on any other independent to
hacco market not affiliated with
your association? I am writing th?s
letter on my own initiative and
no1: by request or authority of any
organization, association, or any
other organized body, but I feel as
one who has worked hard for your
association, believing in its princi
ples and in its merits, that I have* .
the right to know where we are at
in this matter before I go any fur
ther in cooperating in signing a.n
members for your association.
Is Sumter's tobacco market to be**
boycotted;by your association be
cause Messrs. Watts and Harns
berger prefer to operate the Sum
ter warehouses independent of your
association, and because the own
ers of the two Sumter warehouses
would not sell to your association
on your terms and at your prices? 4
1 feel that the public is entitled
to this information. We would
naturally like to keep the Sumter
tobacco markets open and make*
Sumter the biggest possible tobac
co market?and I want to know
what the attitude of your associa
tion is towards Sumter and other
independent tobacco markets. I
do not know of any one in Sumter
who is opposed to your association,
many of us in Sumter county have
helped to organize your"associa
tion j But 1 would like to know be-"
tore 1 go any further whether
your association intends to boycott
every tobacco market that has not
lined up with your association, and"
whether your association intends to
require that every tobacco grower
in your association who has here
tofore sold at Sumter must carry
their tobacco to other markets or*-*
crated and controlled by your as
sociation.
1 will appreciate an early reply
because I can not afford to work:
against the Sumter tobacco market
and would nor do so anyhow under
any circumstances. It may be that
I am mistaken in inferring that
your nssocaition will not buy on the
Sumter market or permit any of its
member tobacco growers to sell on
the Sumte!- or any other independ
ent market. Sumter has secured
plenty of tobacco buyers represent-*,
ir.^ every leading tobacco company
f?r the 1922 selling season. Will
your association also have buyers
on the Sumter tobacco market? I?
h pe ;hai \mi will.
Yours truly.
E. I. Heard on.
old-timers predict a mild sum
mer with light rainfall. That's fair.