The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 06, 1922, Page PAGE 5, Image 5
REGARDING
G?XJ>ENTtUL&
SALES DAYS
*Bifi* Berg Writes an Interest
ing Letter ?r?ra Pennsyl
vania
The Item is in receipt of-a letter
from, Sir. Wm. Perg, formerly con
M neeted with the. Wreck Stoe of this
city who - is >now situated at Sun
bury, Penn. Mention . of Golden
Rule Day.whieh was being contetn
* plated in Sumter and being'advo
cated by an agent of the Seaboard
Railroad was published several
days ago. It may be interesting to
Suonter merchams to learn how the
"plan is working at other points.
The letter follows:
"I have read in The Item of April
26th that - the Sumter merchants
are contemplating running The
-Golden Rule sales days.
Ttse merchants of Sunbury; Pa.,
* .have just put over their second
Golden Ru-e sale yesterday, and are
going to; run this sale every
month.
If every merchant in Sumter goes
in to this plan it cannot help but
.be a success, as it has proven hero
in Sunbury.
*. . This, plan is not an idea to give
the merchants a .-chance to get rid
of stickers or old merchandise, but
it is what the name implies, a Gold
f en Rule day, .where each, merchant
jwits one or two new things on
-i-ale; at or below cost,, not to sell
to, the town trade but to the
farmers , of their particular com
jnunity.
I ha*ve n? - doubt that if this
sales plan is worked right that it
yedk prove of great benefit to the
farmers in the vicinity of Sumter.
. . j. . Respectfully yours,
- ^ -r- -- WM. BERG.
Sunhury* Penn., April 27. .
Sumter High Meets Darlington
Messrs. Wright, Rivers, Shaw,
Wilder, Brunsen, Fehler. Davis,
Edwards, Crawford and Wheeler,
? members of the Sumter High
School -baseball squadron, accom
panied by Coach Herman F. Dun
can, left Tuesday morning for
Darlington. S. C, wh-esee they are
to have the pleasure of ? game of
ball during the afternoon with the
Darlington school team. The
Sumter High School team of this
year has done mighty beautiful
work, having copped nine victories
* out of their possible ten games.
They are not* proposing to lose their
game of Tuesday afternoon, whieh
is to be the last game of the sea
spn., for the Darlington aggregation.
Samter has one more game on her
v<8chedu!e.' This is a game with
"'jorence, the date of which has not
jjj'been fixed but it is known that
c-> game is to be played in Sum
^..^sf^r. This presents one more oppor
tunity for Swmter's citizens to come
pxst and redeem themselves and to
* witness Sumter's-.: team in batting
4 -prime and in the pink of condition.
?Ehe High.School Ball Club has not
Tcceived the support of the fans of
Sumter which has been worked so
hard for and indeed is merited by
them. Watch for the date of the
1 final game and. be amofig those
present.
? ? ?
Story Hour Grace Baptist Church.
.Editor Daily Item:
I wish to commend to the inter
t?\ of the people of Sumter the
Story hour that isjto he held at the
-Grace Baptist church on Sunday,
May 7th at 4 o'clock, at which
time there will be an ^offering for
the Sts^te Sunday School work.
It is estimated by competent au
thorities that there are nearly
? 709,000 young people- in South
Carolina, who are receiving no re
ligious instruction whatever. One
^o? the main objects of the State
Sunday School Association is to see
to' it that every child in our com
monwealth should receive instruc
tion in the fundamentals of re
ligion. It is a cause, therefore,
that should appeal to every citizen
who is looking to the real up-build
ing of our state and nation. I have
seen the details of the program
and they will prove interesting, but
the real cause of general interest is
the purpose that the Sunday School
Association has in view.
Cordially submitted,
? S. H. EDMUNDS.
Attention Confederate Veterans.
Apply to either of the under
signed for identification cards for
purchase of rate tickets to reunion
at Darlington, May 17th. ISth.
W. O. CAIN, SR..
Commander Camp.
E. Scott Ca*son, Adjt.
Memorial Day.
. May. the tenth will be observed
as usual as Memorial Day here by
Dick Anderson Chapter. United
Daughters of the Confederacy, and
this year the American Legion and
its auxiliary will join in this ob
servation. Joint exercises- will be
held in front of the Girls* High
school, Wednesday afternoon at 6
o'clock, but prior to that the
graves, at the cemetery will be
decorated. The Legion, Auxiliary
and U. D. C. chapter will accom
pany the little girls of the city to
the cemetery for this purpose. Be
sides the graves of the Confederate
Soldiers, the grave of every soldier
who lost his life in the World War
will be decorated in this county.
It is hoped that every one who
has flowers will give them fer this
purpose. The place and time to
send flowers .will be announced bi
ter.
?. ?? ? ? ?
The mile of experim<*ntat j?r:iv<?l
roadway on the Moses Rood is
standing up well under traffic and
weather conditions.
S?WY NEWS I
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MINSTRELS SHOW
PLEASES LARGE
AUDIENCE
Decided Hit Made by Local;
-Talent Show on Their
Second Appearance
The performance of the "Old
Home Town Minstrels" which was
given on last evening in the audi
torium of the Girls' High school
was in every way very highly en
tertaining and greatly enjoyed by
the large audience assembled for
"An Evening in Melodyland." This
was the second showing of Sum
mer's minstrely in our city and this
occasion was marked with equal
success of the initial appearance of
this show. The show of last
evening was especially adapted for
the featuring of song hits rendered,
by the exceptionally good talent
found among the personnel of the
company. The presentation was
abbreviated to a one-curtain per
formance and possibly punctuated
by the single division at the ap
pearance of end men specials,
Messrs. Harry Hoyt and G. W. Mc
Carthy.
Mr. G.-R. Moon is business man
ager of the local organization and
? deserves much credit for the suc
cess. Mr. LeGrand Dixon acted
in the capacity of director and in
terlocuter last evening.
3 he following is program car
ried out last evening:
Comedians?Hoyt, Hi, McCarthy
G. W., Folsbm, W. M., Black, L. B.,
Gallagher, R. P., Bradford, H. M.,
Ellis, F. K., Bynum, Al.
. Vocalists: Moore, W, E., Cut
atino, D. W., Daughtrey, W. B.,
Kavanaugh, C. C, Cribb, Jesse,
jBrunson, J. W.: Nettles, Sam, Sin- -
gleton, Cl as., Dickson, E. L.
Old Home Town Quartette: Cut
tino, first tenor; Dickson, baritone;
Kavanaugh, second tenor^ Cribb,
bass; accompanist. Miss Mary
Kennedy.
"Give Me That Sultan's Harem"
?Black.
"My Carolina Rose"?Cuttlno.
"Love's Sorrow"?Brunson.
"01 Carolina"?Moore.
"Davy Jones' Locker"?Dickson.
"I'm the Man," "Sunny Tennes
see":?Hoyt.
'.'Mother's Evening Prayer"?
Kavanaugh.
"01dcPaJ"?Nettles.
"Send For Me, That's . My Line"
?McCarthy.
"When the Bell in the Light
house," ''Rocked in the Cradle of
the Deep"?Daughtrey.
. Closing choruses.
The selections were all good, and
many among those in attendance
were heard to express surprise at
the wonderful home talent which
we have. Mr. McCarthy, one of
the end men,, wrote his own song,
j to which the music was arranged
by Mr. Charlie Curtis. They have
composed several songs of late and
will have they shortly from the
music publishers. The Quartette
was also enojyed ^and their rendi
tions were credible.
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Russia Has Made Many Treaties.
Moscow, April 1.?Soviet Russia.!
despite its isolation, has signed 75
j voluntary treaties, agreements and
j conventions with foreign powers
? since the revolution of 1917, it is
j announced by an official state
? publican recounting the ^.progress
i made by the Bolsheviki toward
I world recognition. This list does
jhot inc'ude three compulsory con
j ventions *uch as the treaty of
I Brest-Litovsk, which were conclud
! ed under duress.
i The treaties are arranged in
j three groups, the first of which
j were concluded with the so-called
j independent Soviet republics: the
second with states bordering on
Russia, and the third with states of
Western Europe, including Eng
land and France.
The only agreement between
Soviet Russia and the United States j
is the one signed last August with
the American Relief Administra-1
tion for ;he feeding of Russia's
starting millions in the famine dis
tricts.
Twenty-one treaties are embrac- !
ed in the first group between the j
Soviets and Armenia. Azerbaijan. |
Bukhara, Georgia. Ukraine. White!
Russia and the Far Eastern Repub- j
? lie. In general, according to the I
j official publication., those alliances j
.provide for the unification of vari-;
ous departments of tTTe several gov- !
em meats with Russia.
Treaties between the Soviets and
the border states comprise 31 ;
j agreements concluded with Fin- I
land, Esthonia. Latvia. Lithuania.;
i Poland, Rumania. Turkey. Afghan- J
j Lstan. Mongolia and Persia. The :
! most important of these, the pub- j
j lication declares, is the treaty with i
j Persia, whfch provides that Rus- j
j sia may send armed forces into
i Persian territory should a hostile
1 nation at any time attempt to at- !
j tack the Soviets from that quarter, j
Repatriation of military and civil j
: prisoners and re-establishment of j
! trade are dealt with almost ex- j
! clusively hi the third group. Trade
\ agreements have been concluded
between Soviet Russia and Eng
I land. France. Germany. Sweden.
I Norway and Italy, as well as agree- '?
! ments of one kind or another with
I Austria. Belgium and Hungarv. ;
-
Dry chief says bootleggers are
! on the run. Spring business'/
Any amateur Burbank can cross!
; wild oats with' extract of corn and
raise an enormous crop of cain.
The season approaches when the I
I family must c hoose bei ween <(x
' pensive graduation dresses and new
! casings for the rear wheels.
Judge says a m.in can marry on j
jsiuo a month He can if she
j doesn't know about :*..
DELIGHTFUL
CONCERT
RENDERED
Large Audience Enjoy Annual
Concert and Reception
Given by Woman's
Afternoon Music
Club
The music loving populace of our
city were again given the oppor
tunity and the distinctive treat of
hearing Sumter's best musical
talent, when a most delightful
concert was rendered last evening
in the auditorium of the Girls'
high school by the members of the
Woman's Afternoon Music Club of
Sumter. ? In response to the kind
invitation issued to the public by
this club to attend its 'annual open
night, a large and very appre
ciative audience made up of repre
sentative citizens availed them
selves of this opportunity and were
most highly and enj< vably enter
tained by the delightful and care
fully arranged numbers on the
splendid program which was pre
sented in excellent style. The ap
proval of the audience was ever
manifested by the spontaneous ap
plaud on the part of everyone at
the conclusion of each number and
by the numerous verbal expres
sions and the passing of many
very beautiful complements and
msot favorable remarks. The la
dies forming the personel of this
extremely fine club of music work
ers deserve the highest of praise
for the big things that they have
accomplished and for their zeal in
the perpetuation of all that is big
and fine in the. reim of music and
it is the wish of those interested in
this art that this club will continue
to expand and to grow, in order
that even greater things may fall
within, the realm of its accom
plishments.
A few well chosen opening re
marks were made by Mrs. H. M.
Stuckey, president of the club,
which give some slight idea of the
work which is at present being
done by the club. Mrs. Stuckey
stated to the audience that, "The
purpose of these open meetings are
to entertain you, and to show you
what progress the musicians of
your town are making in their
chosen line of work. This program
gives you no idea of the literary
part of our study, the excellent pa
pers on the lives of the composers,
stories of the operas, and current
topics of interest in the musical
world, given at our monthly meet
ings. Our club has grown to 30
members. We belong to the State
Federation, and the National As
sociation of Music Clubs. This
year we have studied French and
Italian opera. Our efforts are di
rected toward performing good
music, surp'ressing jazz with its
demoralising and degrading influ
ences, encouraging.young musicians
and cultivating their taste. We
gladly offer our time and talent to
every good cause, whether civic, ed
ucational or religious."
Following is the program which
was carried out:
Piano duet, Overture to Wil
liam Tell. Rossini?Miss McLeod
and Mrs. Hearon.
Quartette, Bendemeer's Stream,
J. Sherwood?Mesdames Lee, Mc
Knight, Misses Haynsworf and
Smith.
Violin solo, (a) "Perpetual Mo
tion,"?B?hm; (b) "Consolation,"
Baldwin?Mrs. R. J. Alexander.
Piano, Staccato Etu^> Rain, P. A.
Yon?Mrs. Stuckey.
Voice, "The Wren," J. Benedict
1?Mrs. Lee.
Reading, My 'Ain Countree, E.
Mumford?Miss Brunson.
Qu?rtette, "Nea>.h the Autumn
Moon," F. Vanderpool?Mesdames
Lee, Di?ard, McKnight, Miss
?Smith.
Voice, (a) "Sing On," Lugi Den
za; (b) "Carolina." Words by M.
F. Wickliffe, music by Mrs. H. M.
Stuckey. Pres? nted for the first
time on the Fine Arts Night pro
gram at the State Federation of
Woman's Clubs, Columbia, April
20th, 1922.
Chorus, (a) Love Song; (b)
Farewell, E. Nevin.
Sopranos: Mesdames Lee, Brown,
Whilden, Miss Haynsworth: Altos,
Mesdames McKnight, Diliard, Mis's
Smith. Accompanist: Miss King.
"Carolina.*'
CM; F. Wickliffe).
Carolina, how we love thee.
For thy sunshine, rich and rare,
For the soft and fragrant air,
For the skies that bend above
thee
And thy every charm so dear.
For ?hy plains, thy swelling hills,
Purple-shadowed 'round their
crests;
For thy broad and fertile fields
And thy cool and deep forests.
Oh: there's not a land so fair
In this wide world any where.
Carolina, we adore thee
For thy peerless history,
For thy deeds of bravery.
There tire none who stand before
thee
In acts of chivalry,
For thy mountaiun peaks so blue.
Piercing upward through the light,
Emblems of thy sons so true.
Ever standing for the right.
Oh! there's no land any where
That would dare with thee com
pare.
The following ladies acted on
committees and assisted ably in
the receiving and in the handling
of the audience. Receiving at the
doors were: Mrs. Bruce Lynam,
Mrs. Mitchell LevL Mrs. C. B. Epps,
Mrs. M. V. Whilden, Mrs. John D.
'Lee and Mrs. J. C. Brown. Acting
as ushers were: Misses M. Bland
ing, P. Haynsworth. Mrs. ('. D.
McKnight and the Misses Stuckey.
In the matter of civil service
jobs, nebody seems able t<? dis
tinguish between the good of the
service and the good of the party.
New tariff increases the duty <??!
sa rdines. i '< >? >r fish !
Some of ih<- lien eggs this spring
arc nearly as big as hailstones.
OFFICERS
TAKE STILL
One 50 Gallon Copper Still
Captured and 600 Gallons
of Mash Destroyed in
Raid of Tuesday
j Sheriff C. M. Hurst. Deputy Sher
j iff H. G. McKagen, Rural Officers.
? Sam Newman and Hamilton Bby
' kin. of Sumter and Officer Henry
I Minis, of Pinewood, spent the
' greater part of Tuesday in the
; swamps of the "Big Bay" section
! in the search for stills and for the
I manufacturers of illicit whiskey.
' The officers were rewarded for
! their labors in the finding of the
location of a still at the head of
the old Weeks' mill pond, at a
j point from .Sumter of some 15
I miles off of the Pinewood road,
j The still at this point could not be
located and it is believed to have
; been very recently moved. Four
barrels of mash, however, were
found and destroyed. This mash
was getting in very good shape for
the run, having already been
I sweetened to its proper consistency
as was observed from the empty
sugar sacks found lying near.
A fifty gallon copper still, found
complete and ready for operation,
was captured by the officers at
! "Bear Pen Ridge," some five miles
j from Pinewood and about 20 miles
I from Sumter, in the "Big Bay" dis
| trict. Twejye barrels of mash
j were found with this still and de
i stroyed by the officers. A number
I of fresh tracks were found leading
i away from this still in the oppo
! site direction from which the still
j had been approached by the offi
| cers and it is believed that the
site of this still had not long been
vacated before the arrival of the
rading party. Before getting into
I this swamp a shot was heard fired
! from a shot gun. When the offi
t cers came back out of the swamp
j the negro man who mid fired the
I gun was located .?.nd stated that he
had only shot at a ' abbit. The big
still together with its worm were
brought to Sumter Tuesday after
noon and are at present on dis
! play ia the Sheriff's office.
TO ADDRESS
ROTARY CLUB
_
Dr.Huber W. Hurt, Chautau
qua Lecturer, to Speak on
Boys Clubs at Weekly
Luncheon
j The weekly meeting of the Ro
tary Club yesterday was one of the
best in both attendance ar.d inter
est that has yet been held. There
! were only four ai..?:entees and t\: o
! of these were out of town and the
\ others were prevented from being
j present by illness. Interest in Ro
tary is developing rapidly in Sum
| ter and the members look forward
to the weekly luncheon as the most
I important and most enjoyable event
I of the week.
President S. H. Edmunds having
j announced at the previous meeting
I that it would be impossible for him
I to attend the annual meeting of
I Rotary clubs to be held this year in
i Los Angeles, California, June 5-7,
on account of the dates conflicting
with commencement week of the
city schools, an election of a dele
j gate to represent the club was held.
! George L. Ricker was elected and
j Dr. E. S. Booth alternate. Both
j of these Rotarians will attend the
! Los Angeles meeting.
The election of officers by the di
rectors, who was chosen at the pre
vious meeting, was announced and
confirmed. The officers who will
serve the club for the year ending
April 30th. 1023, are: President.
Sam H. Edmunds: Vice President,
Hubert G. Osteen; Treasurer, Geo.
L. Ricker: Secretary, S. Lanthan
Roddey; Sergeant at Arms, Edward
S. Booth.
The directors are: Sam H. Ed
| munds, Hubert G. Osteen, George
IL. Ricker, Charles G. Rowland,
j George D. Shore, Davis; D. Moise, S.
! Lanthan Roddey.
The appointment of the following
standing Committees was announced
by the president:
Public Affairs: Jennings, Belser,
j Witherspoon, Williams, Booth.
I Education in Rotary: Mood.
I Dick, Smith, Boyle, Walter; O'Don
nelL
Fellowship: Rowland, C. G.,
Dunn. Parrott, Riley, Moses, Henry.
Publicity: Osteen.
Boys' Work: Phelps, Hurst,
Moise, Cliff, Lemrnon, Boyle. Ed
win.
Entertainment: Ricker, Propst.
DeLorme. Folley. Rowland. Simon.
?Correspondent: Ryttenberg.
Program: President. Sam H.
Edmunds; Secretary, S. Lathan
j Roddey.
! Chairman A. C. Phelps. of the
I Committee on Boys' Work, stated
! that arrangements had been made
j to have Dr. Huber W. Hurt, who
j has a national reputation by rea
j son of his work with the Boy
I Scouts, to speak to the Rotary
; club during his visit to the city
! with the Redpath Chautauqua next
i week. As it wuold be more con
venient for Dr. Hurt to speak to
! the c lub on .Monday it was decid
I ed to change the time of meeting
: next week to Monday, and Dr.
I Hurt will be the guest of the club
[at tin- luncheon, which will be
held at the usual hour. 2:45, next
Monday, and he will then deliver
; an .address on the Boy Scouts and
; boys' clubs.
After a man buys his first lot he
feels like he owns the earth.
Well, why nut use our idle ships
to carry tourists? Apparently that
is tie- only i hance to lei them have
another crack .it the taxpayer.
Fortunately; however, the conn
try doesn't depend for its t'?>??>? 1 up
on ilie agricultural knowledge 01
tti.- agricultural Moo.
Where does Mr. Bryan get the
notion th.ii he <:in Iii? ro.sa?ln.r
-lT.etoi a vi-.ii while bobbin: down
a seal in the senate?
!
HOME DEMONSTRATION
DEPARTMENT
MISS ( AHO TRULUCK,
County Agent.
; WAYS OF USING STRAWBER
RIES.
St ra wherry Pi'eserves.
i None l>ut the freshly picked br>r
i ries should be preserved- Practi
cally the same methods an- to'be
I followed in the preserving- of all
i berries. Berries should be gather
jedin shallow trays or baskets, and
i not in deep vessels which allow
! them to be bruised and crushed.
I They should be uniform, ripe, and
j sound: only large firmberries should
be selected for preserving. All ber
I ries should be carefully sorted and
i lightly washed by placing in colan
| der and pouring water over them
j rather than putting them into a
j pan of water.
Recipe Xo. 1?Especially fancy
j pack but nto as economical as
recipe No. 2. since a considerable
i amount of extra syrup is usually
I left over to be canned separate.
The following proportion is rec
ommended: 2 pounds of whole
berries?2 1-2 pounds of sugar?1
pint of berry juice.
If the best possible color and
flavor is to be secured for the fin
ished product, the syrup for pre
; served berries should be made of
I berry juice, obtained by crushing,
{ heating and straining the softer
j broken berries. Boil together the
I berry juice and the sugar and skim
j and cool the syrup before dropping
j the berries into it. to prevent
I shrivelling and toughening the
j fruit. Return to the fire and bring
! slowly to a boil in a covered pan.
j Remove the cover and cook until
j the fruit looks clear, being very
I careful not to overcook: the ber
! ries should remain whole. If a
j thermometer is used the cooking
I may be finished ar. 222 degrees to
j 224 degrees Fahrenheit. Skim
! and cool in a covered pan. If ber
j ry preserves are covered for five
i minutes before removing from the
j tire and the vessel left covered
i while cooling the product will be
more plump. The fruit will be bet
ter if allowed to cool in shallow
trays or pans and stand in the
j syrup over night; it improves the
j shape and flavor, as the berries ab
j sorb more of the syrup, become
i heavier and pack better. Lift the
berries out of the syrup carefully
I and pack cold, filing jars, previous
ly boiled for 10 to 15 minutes,
i with berries before pouring the
I syrup over them. A good pack rc
? quires more berries than syrup,
j Cap, process pint jars for 10 min
utes at ISO degrees Fahrenheit,
j seal, and store in a dark dry place.
; Packing syrup for berries should
! have a density of 50 to 55 degrees
! Balling.
Receipt Xo. 2?2 lbs of berries,
1-2 cup of berry juice, 11-2 pounds
of sugar.
Wash, cap. and stem the straw -
j berries. Make a syqrup of the su
j gar and juice and add the berries.
Cook to 222 degrees Fahrenheit
or 105 1-2 degrees centigrade, or
until the syrup is very thick. Cook
quickly, pack into jars, previously
boiled for 10 or 15 minutes, and
] seal as for preserves. More of the
I natural flavor is retained by using
?this method, and no syrup will be
left over, which means a saving in
sugar, but the yield is not so great
and the fruit does not remain
j whole and plump as in the first
method given above.
Sun-cooked Preserves,
j The berries should be washed,
i capped, stemmed, drained and
! measured. Allow a: equal weight
j of sugar for fruit. For each two
I pounds of berries measure onc
i fourth cupful of berry juice and
I heat with the sugar. Cook and
j pour over the whole berries in
j shallow trays. Stand in the sun for
i three or four days, bringing indoors
[ each night. Dampness is a great
'foe to successful sun cookery. Al
j low the fruit to remain in the sun
j until it is well plumped and the
! syrup has thickened almost to a
jelly. If the sun fails to shine,
'keep the preserves in a cool oven.
I Pack in sterilized jars and seal.
Strawberry Shortcake.
(Serves 5 j.
I - cups sifted Hour, 3 teaspoons
: baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt, 1
j tablespoon sugar, 4 tablespoons
; shortening (preferably butler or
butter substitute. 1 egg, liquid
I about 1 -2 cup of milk >.
i Bent the egg thoroughly and fill
the cup with milk until 2-:\ full.
I Sift together the Hour, baking pow
der, salt and sugar. Cut in the
[shortening and mix lightly with
.the liquid until like biseuit dough.
Divide into two equal portions and
roll each into a sheet about 1-2
inch thick. Bake in shallow pan,
jone sheet upon the other, after
'spreading the lower lightly with
! butter. Or. cut the dough after
jelling into rounds, as for biscuit,
; placing two rounds upon each oth
\ er separated by a t: n layer of but
ter.
After baking in a rather hot oven
'about 15 minutes, separate the two
i layers. Spread each with butter
?and well-sweetened berries. Serve
[with whipped cream.
For further information apply to
Caro Truluck, county home dem
onstration agent for "Ways of
Using Strawberries."
? ? ??
The co-operative marketing plan
is an excellent thing?it has been
a financial success where efficiently
managed and loyally supported by
members of the association. The
success of the rotten marketing as
sociation rests upon two things?
efficient management and loyalty
of members.
Then is i:<> rush of candidates
;o enter the lists for county offices
;ind seats m the legislature. The
senate and three representatives
are to be . leeted.
After a girl finishes her educa
tion, her mental equipment en
;:i-l?vs h?-r ii> annex <>!.? <>:" rlio boys?
u ho di oppi?d oni at i he nini h
grade.
SUMTER
TOBACCO
! MARKET
Director Young of Cooperative
j Marketing Association Ex
plains Attitude Toward
Sumter
Mr. T. B. Young. Director of the
[Tobacco Growers' Cooperative As
sociation, has sent a very satisfac
tory reply to Mr. E. I. Reardon and
his letter shows that the Tobacco
\ Growers' Association is working in
j cooperation with the Sumter Tobac
: co market and will have buyers on
; this market. This letter from Mr.
; Young completely does away with
I all reports to the effect that the
! tobacco association would not per
i mit its member tobacco growers to
I sell on the Sumter market. Sumter
i is friendly to the association and
Mr. Young's letter means that the
! campaign for signing up additional
; tobacco association members in
! this county will have the continued
j support of the tobacco warehouse
i owners and other business men of
j Sumter.
Florence. S. C.. May 1, 1922.
i.Mr. E. I. Rcardon. Sumter, S. C.
j Dear Mr. Reardon: Yours of
April 29th received today and came
; to my attention too late this after
noon io answer at any length. You
i are drawing your, conclusions en
j tirely too rapidly about the associ
j ation boycotting the Sumter mar
j ket. This is far from our idea. We
j have been having correspondence
j with some of your business men
(and are shaping things in regard
i to your market. We had expect
! ed to get to your market before
[ this in regard to definite arrange
j ments but have had many matters
! to take care of in connection with
j the association, but have already
i written to some of your business
i men stating that we would be in
j Sumter at no distant date to per
; feet plans in regard to that market,
i and you may rest assured that we
i will be there at the earliest possi
' ble date and we will advise you
j beforehand. In the meantime we
! deeply appreciate all your efforts,
j You have always been our friend
j and I am sure we can still count
I cn you. We have the warmest
[ friendship for Sumter and feel on
j the other hand that Sumter has
i the same for us. We plan to make
I Sumter a bigger market under the
I cooperative plan than she has ever
I been under the auctioneer plan,
j Assuring you that we will get to
! see you just as quickly as possible.
I Very truly yours.
Thos. B. Young,
Director.
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Play Clothes
As much attention is paid now tc
the youngsters* play clothes as U
their delightful toys. Theso late
models are called "jazz" clothes
They are made of amazingly bright
colors.
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Looming Lights.
Howevei dark the night might be.
With grief, despair, and sorrow.
The sun that set. you're sure to
see.
Will shin.- again tomorrow.
However black the storm clouds
seem,
That hide our skies today.
Tomorrow's sun. with radiant
gleam.
Will drive them all away.
However deep the grief might be.
That stirs our hearts with sor
row.
There are sure to ring for you and
me,
The joy bells of tomorrow.
So let us trust, and hope, and
wait.
The day will come a-dawning.
For the sunshine's waiting at the
ga t e.
To bring another morning.
When the sun will shine resplend
ent
And the birds will be a-singing,
\nd we ll pass out through the
darkening night,
To bear those joy l>?-lls ringing.
? Rev; E. W Reynolds.
May 2nd, l!>22.
COURT DISMISSES
GAPPINS' APPEAL
j One of Three Convicted of
Murder of Taxi Driver
j Columbia. May 2.?In a percur
iam order handed down late this
afternoon, the State Supreme
Court dismissed the appeal of
.Jesse Gappins, one of the trio of
murderers of William C. Brazell, a
young taxi-cab driver of this city,
now und'-r sentence of death 'in
the state penitentiary and re
manded Gappins to the Court of
j General Sessions of Lexington
'county for resehience some time
this month.
The two other convicted mur
derers. S. .1. Kirby and C. O. Fox
have appeals before the Supreme
Court, and Solicitor Callison. of the
Eleventh Judicial Circuit, an
nounced that he shortly would re
quest the court to dismiss thern
also.
The appeal of Gappins was on
the grounds that the grand jury
which brought the true bill against
him was not sworn and therefore
his trial was illegal.
During the course of the argu
ment on the case before the court
this morning Chief Justice Eugene
B. Gary took occason to warn at
torneys at the bar against bring
ing appeals on trivialities in an ef
fort to defeat justice. He said
that with the crime wave sweep
ing the state, attorneys who take
advantage of minute technicalities
were arranging themselves with
the "forces of lawlessness."
Pie said that when criminals
from other states are coming into
South Carolina stealing automobiles
and committing burglaries he pro
posed to use the uttermost dili
gence in granting bail and giving
them no oppotunities to defeat the
law. "It is the duty and the
province of the courts," he-cleclar
ed, "to do everything in their
power to see that the fortress of the
law and the civilization of the state
are not breached by criminal ad
vances."
The chief justice issued a sol
emn warning from the bench that
if it is necessary to stop appeals on
frivolous technicalities, offending
attorneys would be haled before the
supreme court to answer cause as
to why they should not be dis
barred as unfit practitioners of
their profession.
The killing of William C. Bra
zell occurred on the highway be
tween Columbia and Lexington last
summer. It was proved at the
trial by the testimony of the ac
| cused that Brazell was hired to
j drive Kirby, Fox and Gapp:.ns, and
j that they murdered him to gain
possefsion of his automobile. The
j brutality of the crime and the
ghastly circumstances surrounding
it caused an upheaval of indigna
tion and several mobs attempted to
lynch the accused men. They were
!l sentenced to death by Judge
Thomas S. Sease at Lexington, but
their executions have been stayed
by appeals.
I The following is the order sign
ed by the full personnel of the
court this afternoon, destroying the
last hope of Gappins:
"This is an application by the
j solicitor of the Eleventh circuit,
under rule No. 30. to dismiss the
j appeal in the above stated case,
j upon the ground that the excep
! tions above are manifestly without
I merit.
j "The sole ground of appeal is
j that it docs not appear from the
i record in the office of the clerk of
court of general sessions of Lc::
I ington county that the grand jury
] winch found the true bill against
j the defendant was not sworn. Aside
i from the well established ruie that
{ all things are presumed to have
. been done regularly unless the con
?; trary appears, which would alone
j be sufficient to show that the ap
j peal is manifestly without merit.
\ the authorities are overwhelming
I that a motion to quash the indict
! ment upon such ground must be
; made before plea and trial on its
? merits. (Sec State vs. Boyd, 59 S.
j C, 382: State vs. Edwards, 08 S.
I C. 318: Stale vs. Smalls, 73 S. C,
! 516).
"In *the case of ex parte Wil
j son. 140 1'. S.. 575. it is said: 1
" *A defect i. the construction
or organization v.a grand jury
j which docs not prevent the pres
ence of twelve competent jurors by
I whose votes the indictment is
[ found, and which could have bc<u
cured if the attention of the court
I had been called at that time, or
I promptly remedied by the empanel
I of a competent grand jury, is waiv
ed. If th.e defendant treats the
I indictment as sufficient, pleads not
! gulity and goes to trial on the
merits of the charge'
?'The motion is therefore, grant
ed and the appeal dismissed.
"It is further ordered that the
case be remanded to the court o'
General Sessions of Lexington
county for the purpose of having
a new day set for the execution of
the sentence which has heretofore
been imposed. Let the re.mttittur
be forthwith transmitted to the
clerk of the court of general ses
sions of Lexington county."
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Inspection of
Penal Institutions
Columbia. May 4. ? In each
county of the state the State Board
of Public Welfare has named a
"local committee," to make quar
terly inspections of almshouses.
jails and chaingangs, with a view
tu improving conditions where
they are found to be defective.
Tlie board has received inspection
reports from only eleven counties,
Allendaie. Cherokee, Borehester.
Fairfax, Greenville, Hampton. Hor
ry. Kershaw. Marion, Newberry and
Orangeburg counties.
Tin- local committees are creat
ed by provision of law. and are em
powered to aid the county authori
ties to maintain their institutions
on an efficiency basis.
Man named Mark paid e.xi
COTTON HURT BY
EXCESSIVE RAINS
? >- . .. .
Cool Weather Not Good For
Best Gemmation of Crop
Washington* May 3.?Conditions
affecting the cotton crop during
the week ending yesterday were
described as decidedly unfavorable
by the weather bureau today in its
weekly weather and crop review.
Reports summarized by the bu
reau hi its review said that gen
erally it was too cool for best
germination and growth of cotton
and this was combined with exces
sive rains west of the Mississippi
I river.
! "Cotton made fairly good prog
ress in a few Southern Texas
counties where chopping' out was
underway," said the review, "but
elsewhere the advance was poor
and the unfavorable conditions for
germination will make much re
planting necessary in both Texas
j and Oklahoma. The weather was
j somewhat more favorable east of
I Mississippi despite the rather low
[ temperatures, and planting made
I fairly good progress in most dis
; tricts, although there was some de
lay hi portions of this section also.
"Beneficial rains occurred in
Southern Georgia and much early
planted cotton is up to a good
stand in Southern Alabama, but the
condition and progress are poor
generally in Florida. East of the
Mississippi river planting pro
gressed nearly to the northern
limits pf 'tffce* belt."
Rains, in Florida, the review said,
[ improved citrus frut in some lo
I calities, but the fruit is dropping
! heavily, in the central and southern
j portions of the peninsula. South
j eastern Virginia strawberries are
j going to^ market.
j Tobacco showed improvement in
j South .Carolina, but it was too cool
j in the, lower Ohio valley for- any
i marked improvement there. Truck
crops were retarded by cool weath
er in the southeast.
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Plant Some Soy Beans.
Clehison College, May 2.?A few
farmers make a success of raising
a new crop the first time they try
it. It "is quite likely that next year*
a great many farmers will want to
try some new crop, especially where
cotton fails this year, says**Prof- C.
P. Black we'll, agronomist, who sug
gests that the soy bean is one of
the most promising crops and be
lieves" it would be a good idea for
any farmer to plant a small*acre
age of soy beans this year, in or
der to.learn the method of handling
this new crop. It is not an expen
sive crop to grow as it does not
require a heavy application of fer
tilizer; it may be cultivated with a
cultivator almost entirely, requir
ing little work with a hoe; and it
may be harvested by machinery.
Thus one man can handle a large
acreage. It is a crop which ha^i
many .'uses, as it may be grown as
a soil building crop, as a cash crop,
or as a forage crop,
j The safest variety to plant for
i seed production it the Mammoth
I Yellow,.which should be planted in
j rows about 2 1-2 to 3 feet apart
[and at the rate of about 39 pounds,
[per acre. It will generally be best
I to fertilize with about 150 to 200'
I pounds Of acid phosphate per acre
j On land that is known to be very
J low in potash a small application
I of potash may be necessary, but no
! heavy application of potash is
j needed. Oh most soils it is not
j necessary to apply ammonia,
j though on very light sandy soils a
i little ammonia would probably in
! crease the yk d. Being a legumin
ous crop, soy beans take nitrogen
j from the air and as a general rule
i make. then- best seed yield when
! not fertilized with commercial
,' ammonia.
j On land where the soy bean has
I never grown, inoculation is advis
! able but on land where it has been
'? grown in the past, the soil will be
already inoculated. Most of the
soils of this state are inoculated or
! soon become inoculated when this
; crop is planted.
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Mr. Morris C. Lumpkin of Co
i iumbia. State Commander of the
American Legion, and former As
sistant Attorney General, will ae
liver the principal address at the
memorial day services.
The temporary advance in the
: price of cotton should not encour
age anyone to plant a single hill of
I cotton. There is more than enough
! cotton already planted to feed boll
J weevils.
A man often gets knocked cold
while taking a drink to warm him
up. ' _
Conan Droyle tolls us what hea
ven is like. Cuss your wife's folks
to lind out what hell is like.
"All mankind feels an urge
back to the wild.'* And as we
study the headlines, it occurs to
us that.it hasn'i far to go.
Chant auqtin Week Here.
May Mh to May 10th