The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 01, 1922, Page 4, Image 4
THE JOYS OF THE
SHORT COURSE
For .Women at Winthrop Col
lege, July 10-22
The women who attend the short
course at Winthrop College, July
10-22* have numerous and varied
pleasures awaiting them. To the
housewife there comes the freedom
from household cares. What a joy
to lay- aside the perplexing* prob
lems corniDg up in the round of
every <iay life, no thought of
"Wnat-^ shall - I haye for dinner,"
just, simply march "into the beauii
?iai,* -targe, airy college dining room
and partaske of delightfully prepar
ed,-'whoiesome food which some
one. else- has provided.
During this -course some of the
most eminent lecturers in the-Unit
ed -States wiii speak in the audi
torium: Among these will be Wil
liaxarfi. Dodd. head of the depart
ment cf~ history in Chicago Uni
tersity, author of the weil-knoi
life of Woodrow Wilson; also Jes
sie ~B: Rfttenhouse, one of Amei
ca's leading poets, a writer anc
publicist. Miss Ritienhouse at on<
^rnijgpwas an. extension lecturer froi
CoJumhia University; having as ht
?Seid: mode'rn: poetry.
' But every one likes Simply to
entertained at times, and so a s?
rcesrof -moving pictures and enter
tainments has been arranged f<
zhe^dates of the short course. Tl
DeT*ereuk Players will present sev
easaT plays and one or two go<
re^dersshave- been -secured.
?'C^mrauaity . singing is a great
pleasure: It will unite a whole
audatence in a bond of sympthai
as ahnost nothing else will do. Who
>?* better prepared to lead in tl
?aMB^-Homer Rhodeheaver, Bil
rscaaday's-swag leader? He will
at ihe college for a week darin?
the--short course to direct com
. munityrsingmg
Paa?e:^un and frolic are not
wanting.-during the time spent at
this course. There are wa
rt- parties, after dinner col
-^eesv-automobile drives, swimmii
etc; ete. - ? .
- ; ;In .addition to all of the aboA
there- is the great satisfaction anc
pleasure'*-one has in meeting ole
- friends and making new ones. Thi
companionship for two weeks, this
<?o*e erbowotouch with those wh<
hkve-ccemmon interests, is an in
spiration, ?nd one returns to her
; it)me with a-new perspective of life
- an&with body and mind refresl
- ed-^^An attendant upon last year's
x>eurse-says: "I found..this coui
*o very delightful that.J feel I
?Joi?gt? the women, a kindness to tel
Xte&ai Ov Winthrop^ Short Course
?Bfr*-them." V
- '^WomeB expecting _ to attend
should '-write Miss Leila A. Rus
**% Rock Hill, a C.
_ScaSabag-Edwards.
A; marriage of unusual interest
to-thefr* ,many friends Throughout
the state was that of Miss Dorohty
Sendling, and Mr. Isaac Edwards,
w%feh t??^^lacet at 7:30 o'clock
Mo?&ay e^^jing ;&t the Episcopal
B*c?ory; Rev. Mr. Walker of
iS^fiiing. OfAy a few relatives and
Jrseads heins present. Immediate
ly after tb? ceremony the happy
<J?Q#le Jefjcffor ar"short trip, after
they-_will be at home at 544
*T. <^hurcht=5.
<?i <L' ?L? '
Death.
Mrs.-L^la. Harris Geddings, wife
of'&r. S. *B. Geddings of Wedge
SSfei^died Tuesday, June 2.7th, at
fhe^hpme of her mother, Mrs. J.
Mr ffiftfr-jfref this city.
& Mrs. beddings was only 22 years
of- ijgft, $u? had been ill for some
timlr.'^ghji^was loved, by everyone
kmere Ser and will be missed
^pe^J^l^^yer, her friends realize
^tfaajM^e/alas been eaJled to *her
IkiBjRSJy^ome.. She- was a mem
ber^ -of the Wedgefield Baptist
churchiand was buried today at . the
Beth el ^cemetery.
Mrs. Geddings is survived by her
Jiuspanjd/jipxl.. two small children,
her* motiw^^nd. father, two sisters
and Sve ieteers.
Tfhfffe ^oJgcemen' Carrigan and
Ctexamings ".vcre pa&sing the hos
pital in their car Tuesday morning
at 2 o'clock they noticed a negro
with^a. -ri?e. - Having U been ? a:-ked
what the ,trouble was he stated
that he had been called to help re
capture a negro who-<wa?.at that
very minute hiding near Dr. Wein
berg'? office. They first arrested
the* negro with the rifter and then
threw the lights of the car in the
dir&ctien^ indicated and soon dis
?covfcrednegro chained to a bed.
The negro, Ben Cooley. had already
beeii arrest'ed, but was sent to the
hospital *for' treatment. He was
chalned^to^his bed, however he en
deavored to make his escape by
breaking the window and climbing
curt, taking his bed with him. He
fount!. an .axe . on the coal pile and
was using it to free himself when
he .was-discovered. He was re
placed ih: the hospital, but later
3Puesday> morning- was placed in
5*41/ This .negro with the rifle stat
ed ihat> the rifle had bene returned
to hira *by a. friend who had bor
rowed it, ^so after investigations
-were made and it was discovered
that he had no connection with the
case he was released.
The fire department was called
out Monday at 5:10 p. m. to S.
3dain street,, where. Mr. Julius
B?ogdon's .Essex car was on fire.
* The damaite was very small, due to
the promp^fiess of the fire depart
ment. '**
The Spanish*^ inquisition knew
much concerning iji-stj-nments of tor
ture. But it is unjust to accuse it
?f inventing the saxophone.
t
When pT?ople wish to praise a
Congressman, they do not say: "He
is .a^wise^ man;" but "Gosh, he's
a slick one/T Aiid, that explains
Jurors Drawn For
Criminal Court
The jurors for the criminal court
were drawn Saturday, June 24th.
The following is a list of the petit
jurors, twelve of whom will serve
July iOth at 10 o'clock.
L. P. Turner, Sumter;
W. T. Cooper, - Mayesville,
J. Frank Williams, Sumter, R3,
W.' R. Rembert, Sumter.
T. R, Ingram, Mayesville,
B. F. Ardis, Dalzell.
C. A. Bradford, Sumter,
J. J. Phillips, Sumter,
I J. F. Tisdale, Sumter,
j A. C. } Weatherly, Sumter,
W. J. Stafford, Sumter, ,
W. A. Davis, Tindal,
T. W. Nichols, Sumter, R2,
Erae.<5t Benanhaley, Dalzell,
Wv.D. Owens, Jr^, Sumter?
J. S. Cain, Sumter,
R. L? Cato, Sumter, R4,
E. i. Reardon, Sumter..
E. R. Williams, Wedgefield.
W. L. Wells, Sumter, ?
C. F. McFadden, Sumter,
P. M. Pitts. Sumter, R3,
S. W. Yates, Oswego, Rl,
W. Y. Spann, -Sumter,-"
T. M, Pierce, Shiloh,
R. D. Tisdale, Sumter, Rl, '
R. L. Grier, Jr., Mayesville,
W. Burtman, Sumter, '.
J. T. KTeels, Lynchburg,
J. A. Dwight; Wedgefield,
George G.' Pierson, Tindal,
W. W. Mellette, Sumter, R3,
Robert Muldrow, Mayesville;
J. E M: Hodges, Sumter, R3,
J. Wilder Boker, Lynchburg,
. B. P. -Carlisle, Dalzell.
Meeting City Council.
The regular meeting of council
was held in the council- chamber
? on Tuesday, the mayor and both
! councifmen being present. The
! minutes of the regular meeting of
i June 13th were read and approv
? ed as corrected*
Mr. Doughty, manager of the
i light plant, was present and sub
mitted a sketch olf the proposed
white-way, showing the. location of
the various lights; in each block
on Main street betxreen Canal and
the Atlantic Coast Line tracks, and
on Li berty street between Sumter
and Harvin streets, and in this
connection the clerk was directed
to address a- letter to the Western
Union, Postal and telephone com
panies in reference to removing at
the earliest possible moment all
poles belonging to them and locat
: ed within the boundary above de
scribed, except'such poles as must
necessarily remain standing tem
porarily- until the white-way con
struction has advanced to such a
point that these poles will no long
er be ?required.
The eierk read a petition signed
by seventy-seven residents of Ward
4, offering objections to the.'erec
tion of the city abattoir on the site
. of ..the. old ice .-factory- which was.
burned some time since, fearing
that:the .odors-from sucit abattoir
would be so ? offensive that Such
residents in the vicinity - thereof
would have to move, etc.- Council
advised Mr. H..v L. Witherspoon
who was present as 'a"'representa
tive of such petitioners; that the
final selection of a site for the ab
attaoir. had ' npt been determined,
;and ^assured him that if the abat
j toir offered any objectionable odors,
jit would not be built on any site
j near enough to cause -such dis
j Comforts to-residents of the city,
j Council authorized Mr. Tisdale,
j chairman of the board of ? health,
! to invite an abattoir specialist to
] meet- with -council on the foliow
j ing Saturday-for the .purpose of ad
; vising whether or ? not any objec
; tionable odors veould or would ? be
j detected outside of the wall3 of the
j abattoir thereby eausing a menace
to residents of the city.
Miss Catherine Carroll was au
thorized to drive an automobile on
the streets of the city. Request of
Mr. Charles Ziekgraft for similar
permit was refused.- Council au
thorized the city "manager to ac
cept the proposition of.-the Seaboard
Air Line to pay-one-half of the coat
of renewing the'terra-cotta storm
drain running under the tracks of
. -that road on - East Calhoun street
which. was broken by the- constant
; jarring- et the-, trains of that road
j passing: over -it, and after discuss
I ing other routine matters with the
j city manager^ couneil adjourned.
; Typewriter Awards to Sumter Girls
It will be . of -interest to the
; friends, of. Miss Lillian Burkett
] and Miss Helen Cuttino to know
that they have been, awarded by
j the Underwood Typewriter' Com
I pany of New York certificates of
; proficiency in typewriting, and also
bronze medals for .unusual pro
I fioiency.
A beautiful engraved fountain
i pen was awarded- to Miss LiUian
j Burkett by the L. C. Smith Type
j writer Company of Atlanta in rec
i ognition of the splendid record
? that she made in Columbia in the
; high school typewriting contest.
The whole, clas* in stenography
and typewriting, under the direc
jj tion of Miss Stoll did excellent
work this past year, and it is very
; gratifying to know that these type-'
'. writing companies have recognized
; the unuxual work of Misses Bur
? kett and ?uttino.
Camp Jackson Land to ho Deeded
to. Columbia for IndnstniaL
Columbia, June 28.^?A survey
I has been made, for the war depart
:ment, of 1,192 acres within the
Camp Jackson area, which will
! probably be deeded -by the govern
: ment to the city, of Columbia, for
'the establishment of an industrial,
j These acres, several tracts, are to be
; returned to the city in lieu of the
I same amount of land given to the
j government by Columbians when
'? Camp Jackson wax established in
j 1917. The Columbia Chamber of
i Commerce is planning the establish
I ment of a large industrial suburb.
The world owes us a living; but
i it pays on the installment plan.
jTO ORGANIZE
T?J5 RETAIL
j 4' ?1ERGHANTS
I Attempt is Being Made To
] Form a Retail Association
j in Sumt er
-
i A movement of great importance
to Sumter. is now . on foot to, or
! ganize the retail merchants of
I Sumter into' an .effective; and use
jful unit, working for the im
| provement of themselves and the
i community at large.
? There- is every need .for such an
! organization in v Sumter and. it is j
; hoped that the enthusiastic, work
j er an That line, will: soon be able to
I put Sumter merchants in a position
ito be exemplified-by. the sister towns
[ in this section..
j We have been, wondering why
ithe Sumter merchants have not
: been able to formulate such an
j organization long. ago, whereby
j their interests being, mutual, could
i be elaborated , mutually for the
j benefit-of all. If. the. Sumter re>
| tail, merchants, know.their, own in
j terests,. they, will surely not fail to
j come together and .form a strong
j organization that will be of inesti
i mable .benefit for themselves and
j the community as a whole,
j Within the next few days some*
j thing tangible will come o.Ut and we
j have no doubt that if all shouldera
I are: put together the wheels .of pro
j gress will be going as in the days of*
! old. -
Boy Scouf^ of
j Rescue Orphanage
The Boy Scouts of ' the Rescue
Orphanage of Cloumbia arrived! in
the city Thursday morning at 8:30
o'clock from Pawley's Island, I
where they have been camping, for"1
the past week. They made the trip
in a-large truck. The party was
composed of 30 Scouts and their
scout master,; Mr. Levant, whose
face shows .at once that he is a j
gentleman and that he has a pleas- I
ing personality, perhaps this ' ac-[
counts for his being' scout master, j
He is rendering a great secrice, and ;
all the scouts love him.
Among the scouts of troop Xo.
12, there were 20 first class scouts^
8' second class, 2 tender foot and 1
eagle scout. - They -possessed 100
merit badges. - And also ? among j
them was an honor scout, the onty
one in-South Carolina, He receiv-i
ed this distinction from the nation- j
al council for- saving ? child's lifej
during the fire at the Rescue Or~\
phanage on January Sr. j
They* would have igdne'on to Co- j
lumbia Thursday - morning, without j
stopping' here; if ' f>umter*s usual j
hospitality had not been shown.;
The public noticed that they stop-j
ped here a long time./ They stop- |
ped because, first; the Civic- "League j
invited them to have breakfast. at |
j Pocalla. Mrs. Horace ?Harby and I
LMiss Antonia Gibson' represented
j the League and' they saw to it* that
a delightful ?reafcfast was served, j
[When they arrived at Poealfet Mr. j
Beck greeted - them asnd invited
them to-take a swim before break
fast. They accepted' his kind invi
tation and enjoyed* a- 'delightful
swiim
When they returned from Po
calla, Mr. White; of the Rex the-}
[ atre-, invited 1 them ; to see "The
j Bachelor Daddy." After they had j
enjoys the picture, eaich scout was !
presented an ice cream cone as he
passed out. The troop was then]
assembled in front of the Rex and]
a. picture taken. * ?
They left - ? shortly- after one j
o'clock for Columbia. They ? re- I
ported that they enjoyed fheir trip j
I to Pawley's and also- their visit to !
jour city. -
I?
Parent-Teaeher Association.
1 Editor Daily Item:"
I have been approached fre
quently with the suggestion of the
organization of a Parent-Teachers'
Association for our school. I was
? approached with th? same sugges
tion a few days ago and call at
tention to it now only because on
the next day I saw "in The Review
of Reviews for July an article on
this question in which many may
! be interested. I have placed a copy
[of The American Review of Re
| views for July in ther library where
] the article may be seen,
i We have really missed very
? much indeed a . Parent-Teachers'
i Association in connection with our
j schools, because a well organized
i association of this sort can be
! made very effective. On the other
j hand one that, is not carefully or
i ganized and judiciously conducted j
i can be made a source of great in
i jury* to a school or to. a school sys
! tem. Only a day pr. two ago I no
i ticed in one of the best educational
j journals of this country this state
'ment: "After many years of ex
? perience and observation we have
! reached the conclusion: 3. There
j is hardly a problem connected with
! a school system that cannot be sat
isfactorily solved through the
agency of a well organized Parent
Teachers' Association. 2. There
is hardly a school system however
well conducted that cannot be
] thoroughly disorganized by a Par
i ent-Teachers' Association, if a few
j leaders are governed by selfish
j and unwise motives." With the
t proper personnel actuated by ' mo
tives of real helpfulness a well or
I ganized and wisely conducted Par- !
I ent-Teaehers* Association could be |
j made of real help to our own com- j
i munity. In order that those who
! are interested may get the benefit j
! of the expression of the results of ?
' long experience and observation. I
j attention is directed to The Par-!
I ent-Teacher Movement in the cur
! rent issue of The Review of Re
j views.
Cordially submitted,
S. H. KDMUNDS, Supt.
! Judging from the personals re
' corded in today's paper, one readi
) ly sees that Sumter is in reality a
railroad center.
The volcano boiling over in Ha- \
1 waii probably heard some of his
i ancient Hawaiian music. . '
Tobacco Growers
Send iii Contracts
Mass Meetings Being Held in
Many Parts of Belt
-??.f i
Lake City, June 27?With the fer
vent spirit ot a crusade, tobacco
farmers gathered with merchants
and bankers of Lake City and dele
gations from neighboring towns to
day and opened a mas* meeting in
behalf of the cooperative.marketing
at the largest tobacco market in
South Carolina with a prayer for
divine guidance in their effort to
win fair and steady wages for the
labor of the growers.
John -Blanks, of Kentucky, farm
er and former tobacco buyer from
the Burley country, who was last
year a grader for the Burley To
bacco Growers' Association, was in
troduced by Mayor W. H. White
head, of Lake City, who endorsed
the Tobacco Growers' Coopera
tive Association and said: ?'Funda
mentally, we recognize that the
principal of their organization is
right."
Telling the Lake City growers
the low prices with which their
market opened and closed last year
were due to- their lack of organi
zation, the Kentucky.speaker asked
why 83 per cent of .North Carolina
crops were mortgaged and why the
farmers- are^ carrying a similar bur
den of -debt in South Carolina, with
the rich natural resources,1 of the
South?
- Blaming the outworn auction sys
tem of selling tobacco for the pres
ent condition ? on tlie< farms and
pointing to cooperation as the only
hope for change, Mr. Blanks said
??for the farmer ir means first the
blotting out- of farm mortgages."
To the merchants he pointed out
that in the first year of the Burley
pool the merchants of Kentucky
are saying. "We've collected old
debts, we: had given up as hopeless,
and challenged his hearers to write
any bank or any postmaster in the
Burley tobacco belt of Kentucky.
? The men and women from the
tobacco farms who thronged the
motion picture theater of Lake City
today were visibly moved when the
Kentuckian said: "It's the greatest
movement that the Southern peo
ple have ever known. God pity
the man who tries to block it."
W. Wesley Singletary, ware
house manager of the coopera
tive. ( association at ? Lake City,
prophesied a- heavy, signrup from
the meeting.
Beaching the big tobacco cen
ters of the State and border mar
kets the speakers from Kentucky,
Virginia and the Carolinas held
successful meetings at Dillon, Dar
lington, Fairmont and Johns?h
ville.
Senator A. G. Brown, a director
of the association from North Car
olina, conducted a .'meeting at Mul
linsi where stores were closed to
aid the drive, the merchants and
bankers fo the town forming -fa
campaign committee to, complete,
the sign-up. in their section nf
Marion county.' - >
. Darlington held an impressive
meeting, where John Bell roused
the- growers when he told them
that the five-cent tobacco with
which South Carolina opened her
markets last summer warned the
Kentucky growers ? of ? the ? fate
which awaited them if they failed
to organize '1 and hastened the suc
cessful organization by which they
were enabled s to double i the price
for their entire crop within a single
year. Many growers signed the
contract of the association at the
meeting in Darlington today.
At Fairmont, N. C, mass meet
ing resulted from the large gather
ing of farmers who came to the
big border market to hear South
all Farrar. disrtict agent from the
bright belt of Virginia.
The only meeting marred by rain
today was that in Johnsonville,
where a number of farmers heard
J. H. Quisenberry, another Vir
ginian, tell of the successful opera
tion of the famous sun-cured pool
of the Northern tobacco-growing
counties in his State.
According to W. E. Lea, manag
ing the campaign from association
headquarters at ? Florence, enthu
siasm and. success > surpasses all ex
pectations as the long line of meet
ings advance through the State.
Increasing number of contracts are
coming in daily. ??
Faithful Horse4 is- Retired on Pen
' - ? sion.
San Francisco, Calif., June 2.0.?
As a fitting reward: for his many
years of faithful service "Tom"
veteran railroad horse employed in
the Southern Pacific company's mill
at West Oakland, California, is to
be "pensioned" and sent to a ranch
to spend the remainder of his days
in equine bliss. ,
To add to "Tom's" cup of happi
ness, it has been decided to send
him to the ranch of his former
master, also a retired Southern
Pacific veteran, F. V. Carman, for
merly superintendent of the West
Oakland mill, and well known in
ventor, who recently retired from
active duty after 47 years of service
with the company.
For 12 years Tom has diligently
served the company by hauling
shavings, lumber and doing odd
jobs about the mill yard, but a
small tractor now stands supreme
in the domain where Tom formerly
ruled. .
Through his amicable disposition
Tom is a favorite among West Oak
land employes and children in the
neighborhood .who often bring
him lumps of sugar and other tid
Dits.
Carman's ranch is located near
Modesto in the San Joaquin valley
and Tom is to be allowed to frolic
in green pastures to his heart's de
light. . ?
Justice is blind. All of us think
we are eye doctors.
Whenu they are dressed, it is
hard to tell an old hen from a
chicken. (Poultry It?m. not a fash
ion note.) ,.
A shortage of swatted flies is re
THE SECOND OR
\ FALL CROP OF
IRISfi P?TAf?ES
i -
'Better Safe Than Sorry"?
I ' Do Not Plant Fall Irish Po
j tatoes Too Early
Clemson College, June 27.?The 1
early movement and individual |
buying of Lookout Mountain po
?tatoes, together .with the. many in-i
quiries concerning this crop, indi- |
cate that .there, is danger of too j
early planting, especially of the j
Lookout Mountain variety, for
maximum yields. Unlike the spring,
planting, "the early bird does not
catch the worm" in case of the sec- I
. ond or fall crop. Therefore, farm- !
! ers and gardeners should inform i
[themselves and not handicap their
J production by planting too early,
j warns Geo. P. Hoffman, Extension
j Horticulturist.
j The South Carolina Experiment
{ Station recently conducted a series
! of experiments and found that best
I results and maximum yields were
j obtained by planting between July
j 10 and August 1, depending upon
the climatic conditions of the sec
! tion of .the state?warmer climates
jcalling for the later planting.
I Of the many varieties suitable
for fail planting, the Lookout
Mountain seems to be ? the most
popular and is usually recommend-'
ed as. being the best, not because
of the superior eating quality but
1 because of its keeping ? quality.
Substitutes for this variety may be
[ such spring varieties as Gobbler
arid Early ? Rose, both of which
are good but not so good as the
Lookout Mountain in keeping qual- |
ity -and yield.
The- same soil recommenda
itiOns- applying to the spring crop
j will - apply equally well to the fall
crop. ? The Irish potato delights i
I in and grows to perfection on a
j rich, sandy loam soil underlaid by;
, ? clay subsoil retentive of mois
s ture.- Rut the absence of such soil
should not be a hindrance in the
growing of Irish potatoes for borne
j u$e, as this crop adapts itself to a
j great diversity of well drained soils.
Xews of Ha good. I
j .. Rembert, June 26.?Camp "Laff
j a -Lot", became camp "Cry a Lot" j
the other day when Miss Wardlaw
?took leave of the girls to go to New
York,
/As one batch of girls returns
home another comes in. They have
a great time.
Dinkins' Mill has become a great
reSort for pleasure-seekers, some of
whom carry-it to an extreme. It
looks as if we might as well- leave
out'' that 'command: "Remember
: the Sabbah day to^ keep it holy,"
etc. It's desecration has become
so common that people have al
j most ceased to . remark about it,
land yet it was one of the grounds
i of, complaint God made against his
j chosen people. If they escaped
J not, they, the chosen people, fcwhat
i may we expect. . ?
! - Bid you know a negro woman
was seen in public the other day in,
,.a bathing suit that was the limit. \
! No,, no, they have, not come to that
yet, possibly because they fear the
consequences. Some one was seen
traveling on the public highway so
garbed, and the weather being very'
.warm (?.) they were hanging out.
It was not a boy. child - either. X
man asked the question in the
writer's presence "Are our women
I to become as* vulgar as the
[French women?" It is dirty talk
?the boys have about the French
j women; and?enough said. This is
plain talk. Will it do any good?,
J Father, mother, what are you do
jing?
1 I have been told that the prose- |
f cution of Leo Frank was taken ad
vantage of by another Jew to
amass a fortune. Collecting money
for the defense? > ?
The boli weevil will impoverish,
some, while- it will enrich other
j people. Bud. don't be too credulous,
j What Uncle* Sam. or Clemson says
you can depend on. A lot of fel-!
lows are scattering advice broadcast
about the weevil. Ask Clemson
first;- they have no axe to grind.
? Met an old Texan today, a Mr.
Kennedy, visiting Mr. T. P. San
ders, and he said that folks out
there declared the-weevil the most
difficult evil they know in farming.
Miss Kate Lenoir, after an ex
i tended visit to her parents has re
j turned to Washington.
Mrs. Ed' Kerrison- and children
left Saturday for Charleston.
Rev. Stoney, Episcopal, is visit
ing in the community.
Mrs. W. J. Spencer is up again.
Miss Drusiila Ammons has re
j turned to Clio.
y- Miss Alma Ammons of Colum
? bia spent a few days last week
( with her aunt, Mrs. W. J. Spencer..
There has been material im
provement in all crops, particularly
[ corn, since dry hot weather set in.
"Hagood."
Notice Hi-Y Campers.
! All girls who are going to attend
j the Girls' Hi-Y camp, which begins
j Monday, July 3. please hand in
I their names to Miss Margaret
i Shaw before Saturday, as we must
{ know definitely as to the number
j that are going. All information as
j to the hour of leaving, etc., may
j be obtained from Mr. J. A. Mc
knight Saturday morning at Y. M.
iC. A.
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Bank Pays Usual Dividend.
At a meeting of the board of di
rectors of The First National bank
'held Tuesday afternoon, the usual
semi-annual dividend of 6 per
cent was ordered paid July 1st.
K. of C. Picnic.
The Knights of Columbus of this
city, enjoyed a genuine fish fry
and stew Wednesday night at Po
calla. Each Knight was restricted
to bringing only one lady, ami
notwithstanding the inclement
j weather, about forty Knights and.
I th^ir wives or sweethearts, were
I present. The Knights arc indebted
? to Mr. Beck for his courtesy.
? ? ?-7
j There are too many flie3 that
? haven't been swatted yet.
MEXICANS'
KIDNAP WELL
11 KNOWN MAN
Bruce Bielaski Being Held
For Ransom After Being
Seized in State of Moreles
I Mexico City, June 26 (By the Aa
isoeiated Press).?Alberto J. Pani,
secretary of the foreign affairs, has
been officially advised by the Amer
ican embassy of the kidnapping
yesterday of A. Bruce Bielaski,
in the state of Morelos, and the
i promise has been given that all
j possible measures will be taken to
i effect his release.
The other person kidnapped was
Manuel Barcena, a Mexican " at
torney.
Mr. Bielaski was chief of the bu
reau of investigation of the United
I States department of justice during
j the war. It is generally believed
that, instead of pursuing the.kid
j napers to the point of endangering
i the lives of ? the captives, Mexican
federal troops who are searching
for the captives'Will enter into ne
I gotiations looking towards their re
i lease by the payment of all or part
j of the. 1-0,000 pesos ransom de
I mandeci. ?
j Shortly after noon today both the
' American embassy and the consu
i late told the Ajs.iociated Press no
word -has been received ? concerning
Mr. Bielaski and that the facts-as
published-in Mexico Gity this morn
i ing were substantially correct. ?
j The air of mystery which ' sur
j rounded the kidnapping-last night
rwas explained, -n* -authoritative
[sources as an attempt - by' Mr.
j Bielaski's friends to? have.the least
j possible said about ther incident-un
i til he was safe. - . . v- -
Apparently there are no facts to
? support the theory ? advanced in
some quarters that the -kidnaping
was instigated b3r Mr. Bielaski's
personal enemies. '
WfflE a Sdiooi- Pnpti Prom Our
Town" or Cdnuty Winnie*-'
i Grand Prize?
j Every boy and girl in America
; has been invited to enter The
American Legion National I Essay
contest. The subject is "How The
American Legion Can Best Serve
the Nation."
National prizes: First, $750;
second, $50Q; third, $250. (To be
used for scholarships In colleges in
dicated by the winners).
State prizes: ; First prize in
each state wilL be a silver medal.
Second a bronze -Tnedal. Other
prizes will be awarded in the'di?-;
ferent statee. ? hf+)
^ Rules:
All gfrls and. -boys between the
ages, of 12 and IS years; inclusive,
are eligible to . enter this con
test. ?:
' Only one essay to a person.
Essay will not be over 500 words
in length. ? ' ? i ?? p ? "
Essay -to be' constructive and af
firmative rather than negative. ?
Only One side of paper -to be
used. - ? - -? ???
A margin of one inch "must be
allowed on either side ;of. paper.
After essay is completed-paper
should bie neatly folded; not roll
ed. ? rv i ? V.-- ? ?<?'?' if&*
. Spelling, penmanship and neat-'
ness wlil be considered in-judging
the. winner. . ..
. Age will also be given full consid
eration.
Bate: ,
All essays must be in the hands
of the American Legion posts not
'later than midnight- of- August > 1,
I 1922. .. . - ;. ........
County Judges:
j The county superintendent of
j schools is asked to ? select three
I judges whose duty it will be-? to
choose the best essay for their re
jspective county. The.' American
ism officer of the county shall -co
operate in every-way .-with-the su
perintendent of schools and the
i judges of : the contest. The win
? ning essay of that county 'Should
i be forwarded to the , Department
j Americanism , Chairman ef The
j American Legion not ? .later than
j midnight of..September 1, .1922.,-.
Department Judges:
i The state superintendent or
school commissioner of ? the state
i schools will-be asked to select three
jjudges for his state. -The duties
I of the state judges will be to select
i the three best essays from the -win
ners of the counties of the- state.
! These essas s shall be forwarded to
'the National Americanism Direo
j tor of The American Legion, InP
! dianapolis, Indiana, not later than
! midnight of September 20, 1?22.
! The essays shall he enumerated
I first, second and third. ? - -
j The national winners will be an;
j nounced a few weeks after Septem
ber 20th. . '
Pledge:
i At the end of each essay the
1 following pledge must be sighed:
! "I hereby pledge my word of
, honor that I have written thi3 es
>say myself. ? I.am-years old."
j (Signed) Name of contestant
Street Address
Town
I Date
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Columbia Has Radio Club.
j Columbia, June 28.?The radio
; fans of Columbia have formed a ra
j dio club, the Columbia Radio Club.
: Prof. A. C. Carson, of the physics
j department at the University, is
; president. He is the leading radio
authority of the capital city. ,M.
; L. Mann is vice president and
I James H. Burrell is secretary. One
i of the objects before the . club is
[the completion of the drive for a
! broadcasting station in Columbia.
j Berlin, June 5.?German athletes
are being primed for their annual
"Olympic" games to be held in
the Berlin stadium during . this
{month. Dr. Carl Diem and Hans
I Borowick, both known to athletic
j leaders in the United States, will
* manage the tournament.
? ?? ? ?
I Going broke is a short trip by
I auto. -
STATE I?RESS
1 ASSOCIATION
Meeting at Myrtle Beach One
Continuous Round- of Real
Southern Hospit?fity P&i
(Columbia State. June 25).
The 47th annual meeting of the!
South Carolina Press association,!
which was . held at Myrtle Beach
last week, was: acclaimed, by ail ;
present as one of the best ist the i
history of the organization...A hum- j
ber of those attending spent Fri-.j
! day night in Columbia and left
I yesterday morning-for their homes, j
? All the Pee Dee opened wide its j
j arms and welcomed the* newspaper
j men and master > printers. There
j was one continuous round of real
Southern hospitality and at every
turn there was a.sincere welcome.- -
Marion, where the-first stop was
made, had the visitors for only ten
minutes, I but in this brief. space of
j time did the honors, in fine style.
Standing orrthe steps of the public
library, P. W. Johnson, editor of
the Marion Star, spoke werde- of
welcome and invited ?? the- -guests
into the library where, under the
general guidance of Mrs. J. E. El
?lerbe,..librarian, coffee was poured.
Souvenirs, consisting of attractive
post cards, were distributed by
dainty Marion girls.
The members of the association
were met at the train at Marion by
Con way citizens with automobil?;
who, immediately after the .rlibrary
reception, started to the Independ -
ent Republic. -As the autmobiles
passed int-o-Horry-county they were,
met ? ? on < the -Little Pee Dee - river, i
bridge by Miss Flora -Mae. Holliday,
her:-father and- mother* Mr. and
Mrs. George: Holliday; and a. bevy
of j attractive girls; - who extended
greetings. Miss Holiday, the queen
of Palmafesta, shook -hands -.with
every visitor and welcomed each
to the- county and to her ; home
town. Gallivant's Ferry. . On the |
bridge was an arch of'green.
Next the party came to the
thriving - town of Aynor,* where the J
hospitable residents served ice cold
lemonade; i Various citizens spohe
to the visitors and pretty young
girls served the refreshing 'drinks.
{Across-the-road was a large-sigia,
"Welcome to-Aynor." Several miles
farther down - the - road ? the party
passed through Home wood, where
a large .sign: read:; "Welcome v.o
Homewood."
Conway was the- real host to tlte
convention, since it was at the bid- i
j ding of- its ehamber of commerce
that the meeting ?: was-taken to
Myrtle* Beach. - " Cob way could not
do too much.- for the editors. The ;
town was - decorated, -a - band was
playing-r - the?(hotels ? i were.: turned
ove&'to the- visitors?aH ' Conway.
did:overything one could wish^ /To
cap she climax, the- chamber of;
commerce, : of-< wich >M. A.-. Wright, j
formerly a newspaper-man himself, j
1?-secretary, entertained at a Horry^
county luncheon. It was "produc
ed by, Horry; farmers, prepared by
Gonway; ladies^ and'served- by-Gorr
way girls." And a wonderfully ap- ,
petizing meal- it was!- ?? During the
meal *the-Garolina Serenaders play
ed in their best jazz style and af
ter lunch'several talks were made,
the . speakers -being L. D; Magxath,
mayor; R; B; -Scarborough, - form
er member of :congresSv--Secretary
Wright; -H. G.-Osteen, president of
the press association, and j. Rion
McKissick; editor -*t the -Greenville j
Piedmont. - ? - j
The menu cardsTor the luncheon
had this interesting'message on the
back:
"Horry county, the Independent
Republic, grows everything from j
queens to spuds, from - the-fleet j
deer to the lowly 'possum. She- has \
the sea with'its' Seafood, its -bathing
and a summer resort surpassed no
were. She- has miles of good
roads and miles ot rivers and-riv- ?
ers are full of fish. We live?sind''
iive long^in > Horry.' '? i
A trip down the Waccamaw riv
er on the Jeanette was* one- of the j
pleasant features of the convention, j
It' Was -by -courtesy of W. A Stilly j
that this- boat was pur'at the dis
posal of the newspaper men. j
There were-nine-members of The
State's family-present at the; con
i vention; -eight of whom remained
throughout the entire session.
Both the Conway- papers. The
Field and The Herald, got out high
ly creditable -special editions be
cause-of-the meeting. ?
? Every member of ; the party was
presented with a "key to Conway."
j These wer* distributed on the train
by M. A; Wright Charles R. Scar
borough and Mayor Magrath,- who
boarded the train at Pee Dee.
An attractive souvenir was dis
tributed -by the Conway chamber
of commerce in the form of a com
bination key ring and bill case.
j At Myrtle Beach the party was
j shown every courtesy. In addition
j to the meetings there were dancing,
( surf bathing, bridge, and a fine
! breeze to make the stay a pleasant
j one. The party found the hotel a
I gcud plaue. to stay, and 'left reluc
: tantly Friday afternoon.
The Myrtle Beach Yacht club,
which was opened only about ten
j days ago, extended many courte
jsies to the visitors, including invi
? tations to the dance Thursday
? evening.
The meeting over, the citizens of
Conw?y transported the party from
the beach to Marion. It is esti
mated that including the trip Wed
nesday from Conway to Marion to
j Myrtle Beach and back to Conway;
j and the one Friday from Conway
[ to the beach to Marion and back
to Conway; each Conway automo
? bile in the party traveled 220
[miles for the accommodation of
j the newspaper men.
It was a first class meeting and
the fine hospitality will not soon
be forgotten by those who were
fortunate enough. to attend the
souveatioa. ,. .
CAPT. HAMiXTON
EILLED IN CRASH
Well Known Marine Corps Of
ficer Falls to De&th&rvm
Plane v
Gettysburg, Pa.,.June.26.?Capt.
George D.. Hamilton, distingui&ned
service cross man and known as one
of the most intrepid officers of the,
marine corps, was instantly killed
here today when : his. ' airplane
crashed to earth .in a nose dire,
near the .big monument. Sergt. G.
A. Martin of Buffalo* his mechani
cian, was fatally injured and-died
soon after he; was admitted ta the
local hospital. .
Captain Hamilton's plane was one.
of a number , acting a^ the advance
scouting party for the long column
of marines wending its way r. into
Gettysburg after its hike a jweek
from Quantico, Va. He- was only
4?0 feet in the air- when he
pointed the nose of his airplane
downward and then when about.
10fr feet from the earth-he -tried
to turn it up. again, . but itrfaiied
to respond, and the machine shd
off to the' side, crashing. to- tfie^
round, a mass of wreckage.
gtlSONERLOSTJK
PEmtENTlABt
Orangeburg Negro Watting
'Appeal Nearly Four Y^ai?
Columbia, June 27.?Orangeb?rg ;
county has af negro prisoner fm tfee
mitentiary supposedly under sto- '
tence of death, but: the comity,;
le solicitor^ the courts, and -eveiy
body else' except the peniteo&iry
)fficials seem to have *flost"'?. >&e
negro. In fact, he is. a negro with- ~
out:a court, so rar as he knowsl
The negro, David Alien Bran
ham, was sent to the penitentiary''
in September, 1928, to be electro
cuted, but a supposed appeal stay- '-?
ed the electrocution and? nothing"
is been heard l?nce^ then."' The-'
prisoner has been here for * nearly
four years and hasn't murmured,
desiring ro "live as lorig as possible
md< not worrying about .court de
ays.
Prison officials . said yesterday,
that the negro was in the main ceiJl;?
building with nothing to do hul:~
count his fingers. However, he ap- r
pears to like this much better than -
urging his supposed appeal. ' The:'
officials think something should- be
done-one way or the; other as--the*
prisoner is '-'dead weight- on their >.
hands and the board and. lodging
bill is running up considerably for
Orangeburg county.
Prison officials have addressed t
letters to Orangeburg conttty ?fcoot
the negro, but nobody there .knows ;
anything pr if they do th?y s-?t?eied t
in "passing th? fcuekv" >The sohci- 4
tor, it is Understood, says he has
no records*, in- the cafie.^'The negro
is literally "lost" so far - as '
county* --is^ eoiweniedi v Attempted
criminal assault is -the charger.
SOLDIERS CLEARED
; IX FLORIDA COV&T *
Lieutenant and Sergeant Found/
Not Guilty of First Dejrree MtW
der Charge - ? ? H
Jacksonville, Fla;, June 26.?
L^eut. B. J. Tcoher and Ssrgt
Kristjan Bredvad of the army air
-service were found not <guilty of a.
charge of first degree murder hy *
4ury in federal court here, today. :
The case grew out of the killing^ofo
F. B. Pitt at -Ptmta ^rda-ia^Apr?.i
1921, and -for: a time threatened to
cause a ;cfash?' hetwefen mHitary~
and-civil-authorities: - ??
The trial today was unique in
several respects; The acfcoaEhearr;
ing lasted,less than -fiour honrs'and^
although the^case was heard in fed-:i
era! court - the two - men- were de>- ?
fended by - United States District
?Attorney W. M. Goner and his-y
assistants, -while, the -state conducts ?
ed the prosecution.
According to testimony, Lieiifc j
Tocher, "Sergeant -Bredvad and
private were search?ng for two dev .
serters the night Pitt was IfflM -
They had information that tife 3
two men-^wereln hiding in-an Otttv -
house of Pitt's homec- They -??sat
there and rere witlwirawing
Pitt fired at them in-the darJrniteBS;
several buckshot taking eff*ctr-te >.
Lieutenant Tocher's arm. Lieuten
ant Tooher returned the fire, S?fiLng -
Pitts instantly. The men had*been
promptly exonerated by mihtasy
authorities at<^strom--field, ?MA'.
they were stationed, but a -Char*- <
lotte county- grand jury indicted
them. ?
???? --
To Represent Sr C. at Brazilian
Centennial.
Columbia, June ? 22.??B. EL Geer,
of Greenville, cotton mill president,
has been appointed by Governor
Harvey to represent this -state ?t
the Brazilian Centennial exposi
tion, in Rio Janeiro, Brazil, in the -
fall. Mr. Geer will probably tie
accompanied by Mrs. Geer ; ? They
go at their*own expense, on th4s
basis each state in the union'Oe
ing asked to send one delegate to
the exposition.
Rev. Dean Crane to Be Pastor of
Columbia Church.
Columbia,. June 27.?Rev. Dean
Crane, Baptist. minister -of. Green
ville, picturesque, preacher of the .
mountains, has.accepted the call of
the Second.Baptist church of Co
lumbia, to become its minister, and .
he will assume his new. duties Sep
tember 1.
Mr. Crane is now preaching ..in..
Greenville. He is a graduate qt '
Furman University, a. young; man
of the "dark corner" section .of
Greenville county, and one of the
best men physically that ever stood
in a pulpit.
?, ? ? ?
Columbia, June 27.?A train of
coal cars backing from a freight
yard to the city gas plant, crashed
into a street car here yesterday. *
The end of the street car -was de
molished, and the passengers were
shaken up, but none was serto?$-:^
ly hurt. One woman had A to fee"'
taken to *? hospital, to have small
wounds dressed, but she declined
to give her name to the police or
to the press. The car men escapod*