The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 01, 1922, Page PAGE 3, Image 3
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PERSONAL.
* Mrs. G. E. Beetham and daugh
ter, Gloria, are visiting Mrs. R. W.
Crouser in Greeleyville.
Miss Julia Obensehain has return
ed from the western coast where
she has spent the last five or six
weeks.
4 Messrs. Henry Spann, Frank
T^borae, George Wilson, Howard
Jones, and "Bully" Haryin attend
ed the dance in Darlington Mon
day.
* Misses Claudia Eraser, Mamie
and Margaret Edmunds went to
Congaree today to attend the wed
ding Wednesday evening of Miss
Lila Edmunds.
Misses Mary Stuckey, Vermelle
Pitts, and Lucle Dibble went to
DarSngton Monday to attend the
dance.
Mr. Charles D. McClary of Sum
merton was in the city Monday
j-yisiting friends.
Miss Josephii e Fraser returned
^Georgetown M onday after^spend
ing about two weeks with her sister,
^Irs. J. M. Dick.
Mr. and Mrs. Seaman Richard
son of Manning returned to their
home Monday after having spent
^Sverai days with the parents of
? the former.
Mr. L. E. Xirven left Monday
for Eufaula, Ala., where he Will
T^sit friends.
Mrs. Solomon Blatt and son, Sol
Jr., returned to Barnwell Monday
. after several days visit to-her fath
er, Mr. Moses Green.
Mr. L. L.. Brunson went to Bish
opville and Camden Monday and
reports that the crops looked fine.
Mrs. A. iL. Jones of Columbia is
visiting Mrs.1 Middleton on Oakland
Ave.
Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Staley of
- Norfolk, Va.i are visiting Mr. and
-SKrrs. E. M. Staley on Oakland Ave.
Since the adjournment of the
Press Association, Mr. H. G. Osteen
and family have been spending a
few days wtih the Folley's at Mur
relTs Inlet.
Mr. Barnes Boyle of Greeleyville
returned to his home Monday.
Captain P. P. Finn and wife re
^jrned from Columbia, Monday
where they have been for some
time. '
Miss Audrey' Schwerin returned
^Monday after a visit of several
uays to friends in Bonneau.
Mr. Thomas Monaghan returned
from Bonneau Monday, where- he
ha3 been visiting friends for sever
al days.
Miss Katie Roessler is visiting
Miss Juanita Weeks on W. Liberty
Mr. and Mrs. F. O. Laws on and
Mr, J. Harold Lawson have return
<o?r ? from an automobile k trip
j^rbugh North Carolina, "Virginia
and Washington, D. C. While in
North Carolina they visited Miss
Thelma BUltman ni Greensboro.
Mrs. Harry Green and little son,
Harry Jr., have gone to Florence to
spend sometime. -
Mr. Clarence C. Ridge has re-j
turned to his home in North Cam-'
hug. after spending several days j
wtth his brother, Mr. Lisa Ridge.
Mr. Liss Ridge left Sunday with
$gs brother for Norjh ? Carolina
where he will spend two weeks
with relatives and friends.
Messrs. James Boney, Dyer Bar
num, Manning Rape, and Walter
Britten returned Tuesday night
from Savannah, where they went
on an automobile trip. :}%
* Mr. A D. Harby went to Colum
bia Wednesday on business.
Mr. T. Scott DuBose of Oswego
wa\3 .in the city Wednesday on bus
iness.
Mr. L. D. Jennings left for Co
lumbia Wednesday on business.
Mr. Dabney Bethea of Bishop
vlUe was in the city Tuesday on
business.
Mrs. B. A. Harmon, two sons
and her sister. Miss Louise Led
dihghani, of Cohrmbla, formerly of
this city, passed through Sumteri
Tuesday on their way to Chandler?
Siding, where they will visit their I
lather.'
Mr. DeSaussure Edmunds went
.,?*?? Congaree Wednesday to attend]
the wedding of Miss Lila Edmunds!
Wednesday night.
Mr. C. H. Barnum returned ?
from Columbia Tuesday, where hej
'went to visit his wife, who is sick.!
.The many .friends of Mrs. Barnum |
.will be delighted 'to know that she ?
is somewhat better. .
Messrs. R. D. Epps and J. A. j
McKnight left Wednesday by auto ]
for Stone's Lake, near Greenville, 1
where the T. camp is being held, j
They will bring back several boys|
Friday, when the camp comes to j
Jp close.
? Mr. D'uane Wannamaker, gener- j
al western manager of all Hen
derson publications, in Chicago? is'
visiting his parents. Mr. and Mrs. j
A N. Wannamaker.
. Mr. Raymond Stansill left Wed- j
ne3day afternoon for Washington,
D. C, to visit Dr. Godfrey Arthur j
Lang before returning to his i
home in New York.
Mr. C. J. Westberry and Miss I
Thelma Carr have returned from j
fhe capital city.
Mrs. D. W. Green and children j
left Wednesday for Mullins, where j
they will spend some time.
Messrs. Edward and James K. j
Wilson of St. Charles were in the!
?ity Wednseday visiting friends.
Miss Eloise Barren of Rock Hill i
passed through Sumter Wednesday j
en route to Society Hill, where she;
will visit friends.
Mr. Robert Lee of Florence j
passed through Sumtre Wednesday
on his way home.
Mrs. Sidney Burgess and children !
left Wednesday for Florence to j
visit Mrs. Everett Lucas.
Mrs. Harold Bowen and children |
of Augusta, returned home Th?rs- ;
day after a visit to her par- j
ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. G. McKagen. !
Miss Virginia Sumner of of So- '
qiety Hill is visiting Misses Emma
and Grace Reynolds on Hampton j
Ave.
Mr. M. F. Reid was in the city j
Wednesday on business.
Mr. L. C. Warren of Edgefield,
representing the Fisk Rubber Co., j
I
j is to spend several days in the city
on business.
Mr. H. C. Culbreath spent Tues
day in St. Charles on business.
Mrs. Mabel Mason of Bishop
ville arrived in the city Wednes
day to spend several days with
friends before going to points in
North Carolina.
Miss Annie Anderson of Rich
mond is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Samuel Sanders. *
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Allen and
daughter, Virginia, and son, John,
who has been working for the
Item office for some time, will
leave Thursday night for West
Palm Beach. Fla., where they will
make their future home.
? ? Miss Bernice Haselden of
Georgetown passed through the
city Thursday morning en route to
New berry, where she will visit
friends.
Mr. J. B. Trenhel, engineer of
roadway. A. C. L,, wa3 in the city
Thursday on business.
Mr. John I. Blanding, of Bland
Motor Co., returned Thursday
from Columbia, where he has been
visiting friends for several days.
Mr. W. Q. Jeffords, general road
master, A. C. L. passed through the
city Thursday morning en route to
Columbia.
Miss Anna Fishburne of Bishop
ville passed through the city Thurs
day morning enroute for her home,
having spent several days in Co
lumbia with relatives.
Mrs. Rosa Duffie left Thursday
morning for Darlington, where she
will visit relatives for several days.
Mr. Harry Ryttenberg is in Har
rison, Maine, having accepted a po
sition as one of the camp instruc
tors at Camp Wigwam, for the sum
mer.
Miss Sally Lou Wilson arrived in
the city Wednesday to spend sev
eral days with Misses Eloise and
Evie Wilson at 107 Broad St.
Miss Edith Evans will leave for
New York Thursday afternoon,
where she will take post graduate
work for two or, throe months at
'the Presbyterian Hospital.*
Mrs. F. E. Renfrow and son, F.
E. Ji . have gone to JSoston,
where they will visit friends for
sometime. They will join a party
in Boston, and will motor to Can
ada, visiting points of interest
alpng the way.
Mrs. Bell Grant and Misses May
Griffin and Lou Holliday left
! Thursday morning for* Bellevue
I Hospital^ New York City, where
I they will take special training for
four months.
Mr. E. S. Booth returned Tues
? day from Los Angeles and San
Francisco, where he attended the
' Shriners' convention.
? ? ?
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
[From Specialists'. Correspondence
Wjth Farmers
What can I do for tomatoes that
have blight??S. W. R., Greenville.
"'. There are two tomato diseases
technically called blight, or wilt and
[jgt number of others which are so
called by many people. Since treat
ment appropriate for one would not
be for the others, we cannot advise
you what to do without seeing spec
imens of the diseased plants.
What kind of basket should be
used for packing grapes for local
market?
The grapes may be packed in 4
I quart peach baskets for local mar- j
! ket If they are to be shipped by
express the regular grape basket
j must be used. This basket has a
rigid bottom and a rigid top, with a
wooden handle. For small bunch
grapes such as the Delaware use
5-pound baskets. Large buncn va
rieties like the Concord should be
packed in eight-pound baskets, i
Please advise me in regard to j
growing late cabbage for market.
J. D. C, Lynchburg.
Cabbage seed sown in the middle
of June and transplanted in August
will produce heads during Novem
ber and December, according to the
eariiness of the variety used. Use
the Charleston Wake?eld and Suc
cession. The Succession will come
in after the Wakefield and will re
main in good condition throughout
December ^nd unless very severe
weather occurs, the greater part,
of January.
What is the matter with the ac
companying tomato plants??A .W.
P., Columbia.
The tomato plants are affected
with fungrus wilt. The best control
measure is to plant a resistant va
riety such as Norton, Marvel and
Arlington.
What is the matter with the bean
plants I am sending??'Mrs. M. O.
C, Travelers' Rest.
They appear to be affected with
dry root rot. This is a compara
tively new disease which has not yet !
been thoroughl ystudied. Eventual- j
iy w' will probably have good va- j
I rieties resistant to the parasite, but
I at present the only one or two re
jsistant varieties are not desirable
; for other reasons.
Please advise me how to control
j fleas??A. F. L.. Rock Hill.
I Bathe the dogs and cats in a 3
i per cent solution of one of the coal 1
j tar products, chloro napthoieum, !
j kreso, zenoleum or creolin and soak j
i their bedding. Then make up a 10 j
j per cent solution and spray the
j places frequented by fleas, such as
around the house, pig pens, eto
Please tell me what variety of
Irish potatoes to plant for fall and
when.?H. E. B.. Camden.
You may plant potatoes in late
July and early August and have
them mature before frost. The
Lookout Mountain is the best va
| riety for this purpose. The other
I varieties do not sprout well in the
late summer and the yield is there
fore never satisfactory.
? ? ^
"Do we think less of our homse?"
asks a worried reformer. Well, we
I stand a little less in awe of Sher
! lock Holmes.
j That physician who says the
[shimmy causes skin eruptions may
I be right. Doubtless the skin
I thinks it is volcanic action.
Sometimes a man can't stand to
see his wife do all the work, so he
' goes to town after supper.
One sad sight is a fisherman with
bis arms so full he can't tell about
wnat got away.
I WORLD NEY
Washington, June 27.?Indica
tions were given at the White
House that the government would
soon be able to make an announce
ment on the coal strike situation
and that the step contemplated was
a move to bring the leaders of the
miners and the operators together
for the discussion of wage differ
ences.
Washington, June 27.?The sen
ate today concurred in the house
amendment to the army bill con
taining a seven and a half million
dollar appropriation for the work
on the Wilson dam at Muscle
Shoals. McCumber agreed to lay
aside temporarily the tariff bill
that the senate might consider this
measure.
Washington, June 27.?The house
p?st?ffice committee voted today to
postpone the consideration on the
Kelly bill for the reduction of
second class postal rates until the
December session.
? Washington, June 27.?The house
j passed by a vote of two hundred
j and eight -to seventy-six the Cap
per-Tincher bill to supplement the
I future trading act to meet the re
i cent decision of the supreme
i court, which asserts federal con
jtrol over grain markets.
I Mexico City, June 27.?Manuel \
j Barcena, the Mexican lawyer who
j was kidnapped together with A. i
? Bruce Bielaski, near Cuernavacaj
Sunday, has been released and I
news is momentarily expected ofj
Bielaski's release. Latest reports
from Cuernavaca said that Biel
aski is safe and that negotiations
with the bandits were under way.
San Francisco, June 27.?Inland j
valleys of California are in the
throes of a heat wave with a max- i
imum temperature of a hundred j
and ten reached at Redding, in;
the upper Sacramento valley yes- j
terday.
Panama, June 27.?Death an
nounced today of Dr. Ciro UtiioiaL,
j former president of Panama.
Xew York, June2 7.?The New
York Consolidated Stock Exchange
today announced the suspension of
E. M. Fuller and Company.
j Cincinnati, June 27.?Mrs.. Nich
i olas Longworth, aged 77, mother of
Congressman Longworth, of Ohio,
and Countess B. E. Chambrun, of
I Paris, died here today from pneu
i monia.
Tokyo. June 26 (By the Asso
ciated . Press). ? Prince Yorihito
j Higashi-Fushimi, scion of one of
j the oldest princely families and ad
miral in the Japanese navy, died
this morning , at Hayama.. The
1 prince is believed to have been
suffering from cancer, complicated
by an attack of influenza. He was
55 years old.
Washington, June 28.?Charging
that, the people of Williamson
county, Illinois, had apparently
given their approval to the massa
cre of non-union miners at Her
j rin. Senator Myers, Democrat, de
clared today in the senate that here
was an instance of one entire
"hundred per cent" disloyal to
the United States and the constitu
tion."
Washington, June 28.?Action by;
congress in appropriating seven!
and a half million dollars for work
on the Wilson dam means that the
"completion of Muscle Shoals de
velopment now is a certainty,"
Representatives of Almon, Ala
bama, in whose district the shoals
are located declared in a state
ment,
Washington, June 28.?A reso- i
lution in the house for adjourn- j
ment Saturday wan temporarily j
blocked in the senate today pend-1
ing a consultation between Demo- j
cratic leaders of the two houuses. I
Lynchburg. Va., June 28.?E. L. ;
Chappell, United States deputy j
marshall committed suicide this
morning by blowing . part of his |
head off with a shot gun.
Columbia, June 28.?Mrs. C. Y.
Reamer, chairman of the League
[Of Women Voters legislative com
mittee, is urging the women to en
roll on the club rolls. A registra- j
tion certificate, she warns, is not
alj the women need for voting.
Los Angeles, June 28?Search is
being made for an unidentified ship
which was last night reported as
burning off Ventura, Cal. The
steamer Humboldt is reported as
I steaming back and forth in the
j fog 'hunting for the burning ship.
Berlin. June 28.?Three persons
were killed and twenty-five wound
ed at Armstadt yesterday when po
lice fired in a crowd during a dem- j
onstration in connection with the j
assassination of Rathenau.
! Chicago, June" 27. ? Raliroad
j managers today indicated there
would be no peace overtures made j
to the four hundred thousand shop
men whose leaders declared in an |
j ultimatum last night a strike is j
certain as a result from railroads
j to ignore the wage decision of the
railroad labor board effective July
1st.
Lincoln. Neb., June 2S?Two per
sons may die and several others are
said to have been injured when the
Chicago Flier and a Rock Isand
train went into a ditch today at
Alvo. The engineer and fireman
were probably fatally injured.
i
Cheraw, June 28.?Joe Lindsayl
and John W. Justice have made
application to the secretary of state;
for a charter for the Cheraw Pub-!
lishing company.
This corporation will do a gener- j
al printing and publishing business,
includin gthe local newspaper, the j
IS IN BRIEF I
Cheraw Chronicle, which will be
come part of the assets of the com
pany. Quite a number of promi
nent business men are behind the
concern.
Washington, June 29?The Mex
ican rebels who seized Aguada
Camp of the Cortex Oil Company
in Tampico region and holding the
property and forty Americans for
ransom of fifteen thousand pesos,
withdrew Monday without damage
or injury to the employes, Consul
Shaw at Tampico today advised the
state department.
Frankfurt, June 29?Ernst Tech
owa, a student aged twenty one
who the police declare was the
driver of the motor car in the assa
ination of Minister Rathenau, was
arrested in the vicinity of this city
today.
Washington, June 29.?The sen
ate commerce committee ordered a
favorable report on the rivers and
harbors development bill.
Marion, June 29. ? A special
grand jury will begin July 10th to
investigate the Herrin massacre,
Circuit Judge Hartwell announced
today. Excavation of the strip
1 mine started today following ru
mors that numbers of bodies were
j buried at the mine.
! Washington, June 29?Secretary
of Labor Davis announced that
bituminous and anthracite coal op
erators had accepted the invitation
extended last night by President
Harding to meet at the White House
Saturday with the miner's union
officials to devise means on which
negotiations for settlement of the
coal strike could be initiated.
Tokio, June 29?The associated
! privy council passed the national
treaty as adopted at Washington
Arms Conference and submitted it
today'to the prince regent for rati
fication.
Dublin, June 29.?A battle be
tween Republicans and provisional
free-state forces continued all
night, and firing is still proceeding
vigorously today. The list of cas
ualties is not yet available, but it is
estimated that at least fifty were
! killed and wounded.
! SAVE THE MELONS
Prevention of Stem-end Rot
Simple and Inexpensive
, Clemson College, June 27.?The
greatest source of loss in. water
melons shipped from southern
points to the northern markets is
stem-end rot. This is a rot which
gains .*, entrance to the melon
through the broken or cut end of
the stem and causes the melon to
decay in transsit. Large propor
tions of whole carloads are often
destroyed.
Proper treatment of the stems
will prevent this condition. This
treatment consists of two things:
1. Recutting the stem of each
melon in the car.
2. Applying a good disinfectant
while the cut surface is still fresh
A satisfactory disinfectant is pre
pared as follows?Place 3 1-2
quarts of water and 8 ounces of
bluestone in an enamelled vessel
and heat to boiling. Mix 4 ounces
of starch with a pint of cold water
till a milky mixture free of lumps
is obtained. With the bluestone all
dissolved and the solution boiling,
pour the starch preparation into
it in a slow stream, stirring con
stantly to prevent lumps. Con
tinue boiling till the preparation
is of the consistency of thick paste.
It is best used fresh but can be
kept a week or ten days if placed
in a g)a:-s or earthen vessel.
If commercial paste is used it
should be carefully prepared ac
cording to directions on the pack
age, and when ready to use should
contain C percent of bluestone.
Notes and Cautions.
1. Cut the melons from the
vines with as long stems as pos
sible, so that there will be plenty
of room for the recutting. Take
special care not to break stems off
entirely.
2. Do not treat the stems with
out -recutting. The fungus which
causes the disease is very active and
is apt to gain entrance to the tips
of the stems before the melons get
to the car. These infected stem tips
must be cut away and further in
fection prevented by an immediate
application of the paste.
3. The length of the stems after
recutting should be one or two
inches, so that the paste can be ap
plied with a small brush without
smearing the melons.
4. It is not worth while to
treat dead or shriveled stems.
More detailed information con
cerning this treatment can be se
cured from the Botany Division.
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MARKET NEWS
(Furnished by MacDowell & Co.,
18 South Main St.. Correspondents
of H. & B. Beer, Members New
York and New Orleans Cotton
Exchanges.)
COTTON MARKET
NEW YOBX COTTON.
Yestdyi
Open Htffb Low Close Clone
Jan__.21.35 21.35 21.07 21.21 21.13
March .. - 21.26 21.26 20.93 21.06 21.03
ayM _ 2Q.88 20.83
July .. . ..21.75 21.82 21.48 21.68 21.62
Oet.-21.75 21.82 21.50 21.65 21.57
Deel.. - . 21.50 21.61 21.30 21.45 21.37
Spots 10 up,. 22.20.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON.
Yeatdyc
Open Higb Low Clone Onv
Jan.. _ _ ..20.69 20.86 20.59 20.65 20.65
March. .. ?20.50 20.67 20.35 20.48 20,45
May _ _ _ 20.28 20.30
July _ _ 21.56 21.65 21.24 21.48 21.63
Oet. 21.09 21.35 21.01 21.17 21.13
Dec- ~ . 20.84 21.05 20.72 20.85 20.82
Spots unchanged, 21.50.
Liverpool Cotton.
January ._ _ . ?. 12.04
March ._ _ 11.88
May .... _ .. ? ._.. -. 11.75
July._ ._. 12.74
October . _. 12.39
December. _ .. .. _.. _._ 12.15
Receipts 11,000: ales. 10.00P- Middling,
13.19; Good Middling, 13.64.
Woman as Working
Power Told by the
State Presidents
Chautauqua, N. Y., June 27.?
Today was marked by even great
er business activity than usual.
Several important committees re
ported. The nominations commit
tee gave its report and elections
are to take place Thursday. The
credentials committee reported a
total of 1,228 delegates, with Il
linois having the largest delegation
108. The southern states have the
following representatives: Ala
bama 6, Kentucky 31, Maryland 13,
Florida 33, Tennessee 12, Virginia
13. South Carolina 5 and Texas 43.
A resolution in regard to putting
prison labor and prison labor pro
ducts on the open market was re
ferred to the committee on reso
lutions after much discussion.
A plea in behalf of the Indians
was made by Madame Gertrude
Bonnie, an Indian princess. "Amer
ica, the Beautiful," was adopted as
the general federation song.
Some of the speakers of the day
were Martin E. Buroughs, ex-Gov
ornor of Pennsylvania; Arthur Dun
ham, head of the Philadelphia ex
change; Miss Mable Wilcox, direc
tor of Volunteers' Service, Wash
ington; Mrs. H. A. Atwood, Cali
fornia, and Miss Julia K. Jaffrey.
This evening w;as given over to the
state presidents. Woman as a
working power, the keynote of the
convention, was illustrated by each
state, president, who gave a three
minute address on the outstanding
achievement of her state.
Education with one accord was
the note propounded by all the
states?education in regard to leg
islation, of child welfare, . public
opinion and American citizenship.
Alabama's president struck the
keynote when she said "Civiliza
tion lies in education."
Wyoming has twenty out of
thirty-one county superintendents
of education. Florida is waging a
fight for health and education.
South Dakota's individual clubs
have donated parks to communi
ties, and Indiana has a woman for
attorney* general.
Mrs. Winter for President.
Chautauqua, N. Y., June 27.?
Mrs. Thomas C. Winter, of Min
neapolis, Minn., was nominated for
reelection as president of the
General Federation of Women's
clubs at the biennial convention in
session here today. The remaind
er of the ticket, all of which is un
opposed, includes:
Mrs. William S. Jennings, Jack
sonville, Fla., first vice president;
Mrs. Wallace T. Percy, Glendiveat,
Mont., second vice president; Mrs.
James Has'S, Atlanta, recording sec
retary; Mrs. Florence Floor, Cle
burne, Texas, treasurer.
The election will take place on
Thursday. The corresponding sec
retary will be appointed by the
board.
Two resolutions concerning mo
tion pictures were considered to
day by the resolutions* commit
tee. One resolution, sponsored by
the Georgia Federation of Women's
clubs, endorses the "better film or
ganizations." The other, advanced
by the federation chairman of mov
ing pictures, Mrs. Woodalleh, New
York, recommends:
(Will all organizations interested
in improving motion pictures).
Under the rules discussion of the
resolutions went over until tomor
row when Will Hays, president of
the motion picture producers and
distributors, is expected to speak
before the convention.
Today's program called for con
ferences on industrial and busi
ness relations, institutional rela
tions, Indian welfare and social
erv'ce.
THERE !
SHOWING
[WHITE MAN KILLS
M'CORMICK NEGRO
Richard Sims Shot by W. T.
Wood Yesterday
McCormick, June 26.?Richard
Sims, negro, was shot and killed
this morning near Parksville by
W. T. Wood, a white man. Mr.
Wood, according to the testimony
offered at the coroner's inquest this
morning, shot in self-defense, draw
ing his pistol only after he had
been attacked by the negro. Mr.
Wood's left arm was broken by a
blow from a shotgun, wielded,
witnesses sti% by "the negro Sims.
Mr. Wood came to McCormick
after having his arm dressed and
this morning surrendered to Sher
iff Leroy. The coroner's jury, in
vestigating the killing, brought in
a verdict that the negro came to
his death by a gunshot wound at
the hands of W. T. Wood. The
dead negro was considered a des
perate character.
The killing grew out of an at
tempt on the part of Mr. Wood and
W. T. Self and W. P. .Langford,
two other white men, to settle a
dispute between the negro Sims and
John Lee, another negro, living
about one and a half miles from
Parksville. The wives of the two
negroes quarreled yesterday and
Sims, according to the negro Lee,
threatened yestreday to kill him,
and this morning, Lee said, carried
a gun to the field with the avowed
intention of carrying out the threat.
From information received here
the Lee negro lived on the farm
of W. T. Self of Parksville and
Richard Sims went into the field
this morning armed with his shot
gun to await, the arrival of Lee,
whom it was alleged, he swore he
would kill on sight. Lee on learn
ing of the presence of Sim3 in his
field went to . Parksville and report
ed the matter,to his landlord W.
T. Self. Mr. Self, in company with
W.. T. 4Wood. and M. P. Langford,
went to the field where the negro
Sims was waiting and tried to get
him to go to the home of Lee to
talk the matter over and get their
differences settled. When the three
white men reached the field the ne
gro, they say, ordered them not
[to approach him and drew his gun
on them. They assured him that
they had not gone there to create
a disturbance but to get the dif
ferences between him and Lee set
tled and they succeeded in getting
him to put his gun. down and talk
with them in an effort.to reach an
adjustment of ttie differences.
When Sims put his gun down Mr.
Langford picked it up and unloaded
it. Mr. Wood then took the negro
by the arm and started in .the di
rection of the negro Lee's home. As
they proceeded down the road Mr.
Langford, it was testified, overtook
them, carrying the negro's gun in
his hand and walking along beside
Mr. Wood, and on the off side from
Sims. The negro, witnesses said,
suddenly reached over, grabbed
the gun from the hands of Mr.
Langford and began beating Mr.
Wood with it. The Sims negro is
about 30 years of age and stronger
than either Mr. Wood or Mr. Lang
ford, it was testified, and succeed
ed in striking. Mr. Wood several
blows with, the gun barrel, one of
the blows breaking Mr. Wood's left
arm just above the wrist. The ne
gro, witnesses said, continued beat- '
ing the white man and Mr. Wood
drew his pistol and shot the negro
to death. Mr. Wood came on to
McCormick after having his arm
dressed and gave himself up to
Sheriff Leroy.
Scaley-Leg Mites of Chdcks
Clemson College, June 28?The
mite commonly remains on the feet
burrowing through the scales and
causing their enlargement. A crust
of loose tissue is formed above the
burrows, and intense itching re
sults. When scaly leg is-left un
treated, the feet often Becomes
badly distorted, and in some cases
the fowls can scarcely walk or get
up to the perch. Controlling scaly
leg is by soaking the legs in warm
soapy water to loosen the scales,
and then applying kerosene oil on
the leg- with care not to get It on
the feathers. Treatment should
be immediate when the disease is
discovered.
One thing funnier than a man
who can't whistle is a woman who
can.
The Fairmont express was rob
bed in the daytime. These nights
are too short for robbers.
. Some of our gardeners have had
vegetables. You can tell by the
empty cans in their gardens.
They are hunting the 12 greatest
women. How about the one who
can bait her own hook? '
Losing your temper is a sure
sign of bad luck.
666 quickly relieves Colds,
Constipation, Biliousness and
Headaches. A Fine Tonic.
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LEWIS CONFERS
WITHOUT RESULT
Head of Miners Visits White
House. Talks of Strike
Washington, June 26 (By the
Associated Press). ? Administra
tion efforts to bring abour a set
tlement of the bituminous coal
strike met a preliminary check t??
day.
After a conference with President
Harding ?nd Secretary Davis, John
L. Lewis, president of the United
Mine Workers of America, an
nounced that the union policy still
was unaltered and unyielding in
its insistence that a new wage
scale must be set up for the strike
ridden mining districts by national
or semi-national conferences with
operators.
The meeting between Mr.
Harding, Secretary Davis and Mr.
Lewis, which took place at the
White House, was the last of a se
ries of conferences into which Sec
retary Davis look Mr. Lewis to
day.
Officially no statement was
j forthcoming, though Secretary
j Hoover also was called to the
White House immediately after
Mr. Lewis left.
Mr. Lewis was first invited to
Washington last Tuesday and upon
his arrival Sunday was taken to
Secretary Davis' apartment for a
discussion running several hours
past midnight to be renewed later
today at the labor department.
"We talked over the general
problems of the bituminous indus
try and the strike," Mr. Lewis de
clared on leaving the White House.
"With relation to the present
strike we considered the matter of
a joint conference of operators and
miners, especially proposals to hold)
^district joint conferences between
operators and miners for wage set- j
tlements as compared with a joint
conference in tne central compe
titive field, or a national-conference
of all fields through representa
tives. No definite plans affecting
the strike were decided upon. The
strike situation is unchanged.
"The country," he added, "will
be facing a serious shortage of
eoal within a few weeks and if the
strike continues the railroads will
be unable to transport enough to
take care of industries and con
sumers."
There were no indications of
what further steps might be taken
by the government after-the meet
. ings had been concluded..-.
When one man carries an um
brella and one doesn't, the weather
has a hard time deciding whether
to rain or not.: : .'
If you are well bred, after eat
ing onions you will "keep your
mouth shut about them.
Bootleg, whiskey doesn't; appear
to have lightened the' burdens of
anybody in America except the
fool killer. '? :
EVERETT TRUE
| IT 's I/6XT to imp*
. THIS m4m l?M HAS Of
Sees (e= z F<
v. ' - '
BARNWELL M
VOTERS HEARk
Candida?
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CrowdyToo- Large for Co?jrt
House-?Adjourns to Vamp
Theatre \ ; ;
5?S ??
Barny^L June 26.?About <00
BarnwejE??&'nty voters heard here
today the more or less impas^c?*jBd
pleas o*v the_ 'candidates for state
offices ffcr'thV votes of the "dfere
peepul.^f The meeting- was called
to order in the court house Jay.
County^fiairman Edgar A. Brown?
who presided throughout the day
and in his usual happy way intro~_
duced the aspiring office-seekers-to
their perspiring audience.
In a short time, however, it be
came apparent that the capacity
of the fc?urt house was not syQgr,
cient to*1 accommodate the large
crowd and after the candidates-for
commissioner of agriculture
one candidate for governor
spoken the meeting adjourned?***)
reassemble" at the Vamp Theata*
the user:dY^which was offered1^/
M. C. Diamond, the owner. ?
The number of' women ' present
almost equalled the men And
best of -?rder prevailed through^
out the entire meeting, in welcome,
contrast-to several stormy Session?
in the past. Factionalism was "no-7
ticeable -by its. absence and ejtch
and every, candidate received a"re?
spectful hearing, and a generous
amount of -applause.'
Interest centered ch iefly , m 410
candidates for governor. ? John^5?
Duncan -came to the bat first
scored wlien" her declared "that Cole
L. Blease was no political'menace
this year. ?< Many people' in evftigr
county do not approve of-a third
term and where Mr. Blease cout? ~
point to one recruft, he (Duncan) .
can fin4 ten ? deserters, he. said.-;*:
Mr.. Duncan/dubs Mr. McLeoti
"the orator of the campaign pattyr -
beside whom . Demosthenes agad
Cicero we*e--not In" it."
Fight Ends With One Dead, Onp
Hurt and One in Jail.
Moultrie, Gar, June . 26i?Molly
[Walters,:;26, is dead, and; Florence
; Walters,1 ^S, is seriously wounded
at her hbme here aftre a knife -batr.
tle between the two ; s^s^E?rs ~ 4KEf^
Mrs. Sarah Greech, 26, all white,
:iate this* afternoon in the subi'
, of this city. Mrs, Greech is
j fined in the Colquitt' connty_ j
[on a: charge^ of murder.* '- ^
-Mrs..Creech said tonight she>
forced to use a-knife upon "the
sisters when v ?hey attacked:
She intimated -that - ' jearousy^i
Lt.he cause, of the fight, Itis-cla*
' ed that the dead woman also had -a
knife: ' ' .
Fforene^y Waiters - is badly'
hedabou^tne/breast, but physicians
ty she will recover. ??
! Wonder-iiow this man with, two'
j wives in one house" found a"pl|i?r
ito hang his. c&rthes.
?sStG?*S "TO ~1.
BY ALLMAN
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JOST AS TROUGH 1 COOU>]
HELP IT- SHE DOESN'T
ASK WE TO WALK V?TH
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