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The Watchman and Southron Published Wednesday and Satur day by o^een Publishing; Company, Smnter, s. C. Terms: $2.00 per annum?In advance. ? Advertisements:,. One Square, first insertion -.$1.00 . -Esrery subsequent insertion __ .50 Contracts for three months or longer will be made at reduced rates.- * . . ; -.. All communications which sub serve private interests wilt je charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tribute** of re spect will be charged for. The Sumter Watchman was founded in-.1850 ^and the True Southron in 1566. .The Watchman und Soivthrejv now?has the com bined circulation and Influence of both of the old papers, and is man i?e?*ly the best advertisings medium In, Sumter. . { ... . Immigration changes .... ; ^_ . J. M. Larkin, an official of the Bethlehem Steel company/says that .the present 3 per cent restrictive immigration law is going to "work a hardship on large emploj'ers" un less material changes are made in its - provisions. That is evidence to anybody who studies the question. American labor now is pretty fully occupied, with no fresh-, labor coming in. What will happen - when industry; speeds up a little more? Undoubt edly a scarcity of labor, with con sequent bidding up of wages: What is going to be done about j it ? Mr. Larkin. ur.^es an increase : the number of "worthy appli cants for citizenship"-. If by that he means to suggest any consider able increase in the total number '&? imaiisrants now admitted, he is probaoly doomed to-disappoint ment. If. he means only a wiser process of selecting the numbers now permitted; he -is oa safe ground. There is general agreement with his view that prospective irami ? crafts should be examined in their borne countries by American ex perts, to determine- their fitness for j "admission. ' It may be, too, - that i applicants should be accepted large ly on economic lines, to provide recruits for American industries needing them most, as is done in Canada Al present most of the new-com ers are women and -children. This class of immigration helps our! "large employers" very little. Yet ii-men are going to be-preferred. *he? American housewife, herself a 4arge employer of labor, will have something to say about that. terrifying etiquet With all due gratitude to the j compilers and publishers of books] etiquet, a humble representa tive of the struggling public feels like uttering one- wail of complaint. ?Cannct the advertisers of these iife-saying works present their vol umes without throwing such ab ject fear "into the hearts of eligible 'readers? One, may have partaken *of the. i pleasing olive?both green and j ripe?for many years; one may have ridden countless miles on Pullman cars; one may have drop ped daily forks in restaurants, or: even accepted introductions with ?nrutorted self-assutfsraee, without ever knowing oneself ridiculous, conspicuous or a boob. Yet, when asked. sudden and personal qucs tions-^abo?t these matters from the ; almost human pages of an adver tisement of a book on etiquet, the Hypnotized, reader gazes at the words In awed fascination, and the mischief is done. -From that day on. his banquets ,and~travels and social "activites are hinted by the fear that he's go 1ng,t<> slip up on some tricky little, ?convention. Sooner or later, as the .psychologists warn him on .'other advisprtising pages, his marvellous powers of concentration will lead him to perform the very acts he has been dreading. A new problem arises. Should he purr hase the six weeks' course in practical psychlogy and acquire poise and etiquet by overcoming this fear thought, or should he end it all by buying the handy e,tiquet volumes and learning all the rules! therein with the help of a de luxe memory course? Some one should: write a book to guide the public in this matter. . more cows in dakota ..... - ,. ? , ? ' I The Dakotas are stabilizing agri-! cultur?- by the development of: dairying as a sideline to wheat. North I>.ikota. according to the best Etat?- estimates, has 1C.000 more dairy cows today than it had a .Vear a? >. South Dakota figures are no* available, but the 1920 cen sus showed 539,000 of them against a-total of 406,00u reported by the state in 1919. Milk and butter fat production has almost trebled within the de cade in both states and, still more encouraging, the number of pure bred cattle is increasing.more rap idly every year. Within the year North Dakota has imported no less than 85 pure-bred Holstein, Guern sey or Jersey bulls, while farmers in several counties have banded to- j gether and pledged themselves t?j purchase bulls only from .dams, with a record of 600 pounds of but ter fat a year. Cowrtesting asso c ations are springing up every where. For a generation the nation has been thinking of the Dakotas as a ia-nd of great wheat farms and little eise. The wholesale introduction of dairying win literally change the face of the country before many years are past and, as it does so, k ill make for better living, larger md steadier. income and better credit in every business way. , ??-9-k Coroners' Inquest Verdict Rendered in the In vestigatMH* of the Death of English Williamson Coroner W. J..Seale reconvened the. jury, of .inquest in the case of the death, of English Williamson, at 5 o'clock Tuesday, afternoon in the office! of the City Recorder. No. additional witnesses were examined under oath, but Dick Merrimon. was. permitted to make a . voluntary statement of . his knowledge of the circumstances leading up to the death, of Wil liamson. He. said that Saturday afternoon he purchased a small quantity of i a drug, which has since been iden tified as heroin, from . Ernest Keene. That he took a dose of it that night about 8 o'clock.. that it was a powerful drug, much more so. than the ordinary sulphate of morphine, with which he was fa miliar,. ,and. that he had . a bad night. The .next morning English Williamson, who had a room at the Curtis house, came to his room and hevtold him about taking the drug and how it had affected him. Wil liamson said. he would try a shot of it himself. He told William son that it was powerful stuff, ,but Williamson insisted oh taking a dose, and did so. ,.The remainder of his statement merely corroborat ed the testimony of Sam Brown. He stated positively that he did not administer the. drug to Williamson, and had not knowingly made a statement.to that effect. He had said he gave Williamson the drug, meaning that he had permitted Williamson to take it. The. jury after brief deliberation rendered a verdict .that English Williamson came to his death from the effects of an overdose of mor phine or some other derivative of opium. Immediately after the conclusion of the inquest. Dick Merrimcn. Ernest Keene and Charles Heriot were arrested on warrants sworn out before U. S., Commissioner R.' J. Bland by Narcotic Officer L. P. Fouchee, charging the three men With- having in possession, selling and giving away unregistered drugs in .violation of the Harrison Anti-' Narcotic la.wr They, were com mitted to jail to be held for the federal court. Commissioner Bland fixed bond in the sum of $2,500 each, but application for bond has not been made. FIRE AT BLANEY Discovered in Postoffice? Three Buildings Barn Blaney, Nov. 16.?The l United States, postoffice and two stores, ad joined the postoffice, were destroy ed by fire of unknown origin here early this morning, only strenuous work by volunteer firemen pre venting the b'iaze from spreading to other stores and residences nearby.. ^ The fire was discovered at about 1:30 o'clock this morning by Dr> H. E. Vaughan. and apparently had its beginning in the postoffice which was owned by J. T. Ross. The blaze soon spread to a small store, own ed by J. E. Jeffers and then to a large brick store building owned by John Rose. The greater part of the equipment and mail in the postoffice was saved as was a large portion of the goods in the stores. The Rose building was unoccupied. Several nearby residences were slightly damaged by the flames. The volunteer firefighters were handicapped by their lack of wa ter, the town having no water sys tem, and the Camden fire depart ment, to which a call for help -was sent, could offer no assistance since its equipment did not include a large chemical engine such as would have been needed.. Practi cally every citizen was aroused and all joined in the effort to check the flames with the result that at about 2:30 o clock this morning the fire was under control. It is impossible this morning to arrive at any accurate estimate cl. the loss. Gallagher-Chandler. A wedding beautiful in simplicity j was solemnized Wednesday even- i ing at 8:30 . when Miss Bridget Gallagher became the bride of Mr. F. Eugene Chandler, the ring cere mony being performed at the home of the bride by Father J. D. Quinn of St. Anne's Catholic1 church. In the living room where the ceremony was performed Chrysan themums and ferns were used in profusion. The wedding was at tended by the family and a few' immediate friends. Many handsome gifts attested I the popularity of the young couple. After a short wedding trip to points 1 in Florida they will be at home tu their ^nends at 218 E. Liberty St. j Election Results Commissioners of State Elec tion Tabulate Returns of Election in Sumter County The commissioners of State Elec tion met Wednesday and tabulated the returns sent in by the precinct managers of the general election for state and county officers and on the proposed amendments to the constitution held on November 7th. The nominees for state and county officers all received the same vote at all of precincts and all of the constitutional amendments received the same vote. The vote by pre cincts^ was as follows: State Ticket Amendments . Yes No Ward 1 -- -- -- 87 14 0 Ward 2 202 36 1 Ward 3 102 6 1 Ward 4 - 59 11 1 Stateburg.- -- 9 3 0 Providence -- 22 4 0 Rafting Creek 46 13 0 Oswego . 15 11 Oj Mayesville. 8 3 .31 Shiloh _ 51 50 0 Concord 37 0 Q Privateer 36 5 0 Wedgefield. 58 11 0 Bloomhill.. 10 2 5 DuBose,-. 18 9 0 Fulton'. 29 4 12 Calvary ______ 12 0 1 Total. -.801 182 24 The state and county officers vot ed for-were as follows: Governor, Thos. G.McLeod. Lieutenant Governor',, E. B. Jack son. . . - Secretary of State, W. Banks Dove. , . Attorney General, Samuel M. Wolfe. ii Comptroller General, W. E. Dun can. .... State Treasurer, Samuel T. Carter. State Superintendent' of Educa tion, J. H. Hopes. Adjutant and Inspector General, Robert E. Craig. Commissioner of Agriculture, B. Harris. Solicitor, Frank A. McLeod. State Senate, Davis D. Moise. House of Representatives, E. W. Dabbs, Jr., John B. Duffie, Shep ard K. Nash. Probate Judge, Thomas E. Rich ardson. * - County Superintendent of Educa tion, J. H. Hayns worth. Buy Fruit Trees Co-operatively County Agent Williams Ad vises Farmers How to Buy Good Trees at the Eight Price There has been ouite a number of farmers and others who have been inquiring about securing fruit trees, especially peach trees, direct from the nurseries. I am glad that the people of Sumter county no longer depend upon the agents to secure .their nursery stock. Fruit trees as well as other com modi tie* come a great deal higher when se cured through .an agent than di rectly from the nurseries. I have met a great many who had secured trees front which extraordinary re sults had been promised by the agent. One farmer told me that he had purchased frees from an j agent who had guaranteed them | never to have San Jose scale. I j asked him what was the name of the agent and the name of the nursery, but he had forgotten both. Then I asked him what was the value of the guarantee. I am pos itive that this farmer never ate a peach from these trees for which j he Jhad paid the handsome price j of one dollar each. Last year I de livered some trees in a co-operative order, for forty cents less per tree than the farmer had paid an agent for some and he, the farmer, ad mitted that the trees .we secured direct from the nursery were larg er and better trees. I shall be glad ! to get up another co-operative or der or give any one the names of nurseries and.prices for which they can secure trees. By the thousand we can get them delivered here in Sumter county for fourteen cents or less, that is the best peach trees. Since there are not very large or I ders. of other kinds .of. trees .made, 'there is not such a saving in or jdering the other trees cooperative ly. Last year we ordered over four j thousand trees, at one time, and the J orders averaged about twenty-five to thirty to the man. Nursery stock should be ordered the latter part of November and set out about the first of December. In the case of peach trees,, all should jlive if taken care of. I set out six j hundred peach trees last fall and jonly one failed to grow. Every man who sees a good or I chard wishes to have one of his ;own.. It takes more than wishing; to have a good orchard. I would 1 j advise every one who does not make up his mind to spray care ! Hilly for scale and look after keep | ing the borers out to let some one ;grow their fruit who will take the. trouble to do this. It is not much! [trouble to secure trees and put I [them out. but trees should be cared J for just like any other crop. You | should expect no more from fruit] trees to set them out and neyer do .anything else than if you were to! i plant a crop of corn or cotton and [never cultivate it. If you wish to see what, an orchard should do,1 take the trouble to go out to; Wedgefield and see a hundred acres! in peach trees on .Mr. H. M. Mc-! Laurin's place. These have been; cared for and have made good growth for the first year. All of those who wish me to help them secure good nursery stock see rue or write me between this and the first of Decembr. J. Frank Williams, County Agent. Another chorus girl has married a rich man's son. She took him at his Pa value. LLOYD GEORGE MEETS DEFEAT AT THE POLLS Bonar Law Conserva tives Appears t o Have W o n Over whelming Victory in English Election London, Nov. 16.?The conserva tives were rapidly approaching the number of members necessary for a' clear majority in the house of commons on the. latest returns from yesterday's election. Returns from four hundred and four of the six hundred and fifteen districts give the conservatives 265, Asquithian Liberals 40, .Laborites, 96, National Liberals, 32 and other parties eleven. Mrs. Margaret Wintringham, the present member from the Louth division, of Lincolnshire, was re elected as was Lady Astor. Ar thur Henderson, the Labor leader, was defeated. Labor gains featur ed the early returns. About half their seats represent clear gains over the last election. These are mostly in Scotland and English manufacturipg towns. The Asqui thian Liberals made good gains, while the National Liberals, or Georgeites, lost heavily. Sir Arthur Griffin Boscawean, minister of health in the Bonar Lawv'cabinet, was defeated in the Taunton divis ion of Somerset. The voting was heavy.'eighty .to'ninety per cent of the electors casting ballots in some districts. A large proportion were women. London, Nov. 16.?The Conser vatives have a clear majority in the" next house of commons, late re turns show. With seventy divisions unreported the standing was con servatives 319; Laborites, 120; As jquithian Liberals 55;. Georgeites 38; j and others, 12. Winston Churchill j was defeated. Ca udle-Omvson. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Caudle Thursday issued announcements of the marriage of their daughter, Evelyn Austell, to Mr. W. J. Crow son, Jr., on Wednesday, November fifteenth. The wedding was a quiet home affair. There were no attendants and the ceremony was performed by Dr, J. W. Daniel, pastor of (Trinity' Methodist church in the (.presence of the families only. \ After a two weeks' trip to New I "York City and points in New Eng j land, the couple will make their home at. 130 Broad street, t The youthful bride is the daugh ter of Mr. Thomas B. Caudle, .for merly of Austell and Atlanta, Ga., but for the past two years a resi dent of Sumter and manager of the Palmetto Fire Insurance company here. She is also the grand niece of Gen. Alfred Austell, who was the organizer and first presi dent of the 'Atlanta National Bank, the first "national bank in the cotton states. She was educated at the college of the Sacred Heart in 'Atlanta. Mr. Crowson is the cashier and a director of the National Bnk of Sumter, is one of the best known young bankers of the state, besides being prominently identified' with civic and social organizations in the city and county. GERMAN CABINET ! CRISIS _ ! I President Ebert Holds : I Conference With! ; . Political Leaders - . ? ? . j Berlin, Nov. 15.?President Ebert still was conferring late tonight with the reichstag leaders in an ef fort to reach a solution of the pres ent government crisis brought about by the resignation of Chan cellor Wirth and his cabinet. The president, is reported to be strongly in favor of a non-partisan ministry composed of men with industrial and economic training, who might be recruited from the political par ties or s? chosen that they would .be-'assured of sufficient parliamen tary support to enable the new ministry to carry out the construe- | live policies demanded by the' present internal situation and the I reparations question. . . Herr Ebert is in informal touch with a we.ll known public leader, who is not a member of the reich stag, but who, the president be lieves, meets the requirements for the premiership in a cabinet com posed of experts or professional men. ...Neither the Socialists nor the Clerical party showed an inclina tion today to disentangle the po-. litical situation. The Clericals as serted that inasmu ?*.i .as the radi cals had neededlessly precipitated the crisis a solution of the situa tion locally devolved on them. The ?Socialists announced that they had no candidate for chancellor to prb .pose and they were willing to. let the "crisis fever" subside, so that the situation might become clari fied. : E The non-radical press and the leaders of the middle partiejs con tinue to rail at the Socialists for alleged lightheartedly bringing about .parliamentary upheaval in the present stage of the reparations ^ahd negotiations, although it is j conceded by them . that any new 'cabinet in which the radicals are ?given active participation would be short-lived. Dr. Wirth's reappearance at the head of a new ministry is .not irec&oned upon, as both" the Social ists and the People's party consider j-hlzn' no longer available from the practical standpoint. .Berlin, Nov. 15.?It is semi-offi cially stated that the resignation of the government will not affect the reparations program as expounded in yesterday's note. This, it is be lieved will be maintained by ?ny future government. ' ? ? ?? The members of the fire depart ment were awakened Thursday morning about 1 o'clock by cries of "fire," no alarm having been sent in, and found a house on Ca nal street, occupied by Henrietta Kelly, in flames, the roof being destroyed before the fire could be extinguished. Three streams of wa ter were used, and the department did good work in keeping the fire from spreading to. adjoining build ings. ?--*? * ? Los Angeles, Nov. 16. ? Mrs. j Clara Phillips was found guilty of [.second degree murder today, for {the killing of Mrs. Alberta Mea ' dows with a hammer. AMERICA S?DS AID TO CHILE United States Cruisers Take Pood and Clothing* For Relief of Earthquake Suf ferers ? Washington, Nov. 15.?By direc tion of.President Harding Secretary Denby today ordered the cruisers Cleveland and Denver to proceed at once to Huak-o, Chile, with food, clothing and medical sup plies for reiief in the region re-' cently devastated by the earth quake. The Cleveland now in the Canal Zone, is expected to be ready to | sail within 24 hours and the Den-j ver, now cruising en route to the j Canal Zone, probably will be! ready to tail within four days. It is estimated that nine days will be consumed in reaching the Chilean port, which is north of Valparaiso. . After reaching Ruasco the ships will be guided by the necessities of the situation. Each, vessel will hav?s on board one .medic?.!, officer and an extra doctor will be. picked up at the Ca nal one. Regular navy rations for. 1,000 persons for Su days will be put aboard at the Canal Zone and in. addition relief clothing for 4, 0.00. persons aud shoes for 2,000. ... This measure of .relief is dis tinct from any that may be afford ,ed by the Red Cross, it was ex plained, and the president's action was decided upon after receipt of. messages from the American am bassador and consuls in- Chile. Santiago, Chile, Nov. 15 (By the Associated Press).?The authorities at Coquimbo . reported today that a strong earthquake; accompan ied by a tid?l wave, was experienc ed there at 25 minutes after mid nightt today. No further damage Was caused. The population was on the altert and no casualties were reported. ? Santiago, Chile, X-ov. 15- (By the Associated Press). ? Martin M. Gaines, the American consular agent at Caldera, and his family and all the other Americans in that district are reported to be safe and well. COTTON MARKET NEW YORK COTTON , Yeatdya Jan. - - 25135 25.70 24.95 25.68 25.15 March .. .. 25.35 25.64 24.90 25.60 25.15 May - - -25.08 25.47 24.80 25.44 24.94 July .. _ ?24.82 25.15 24.50 25.13 24.80 Dec .. -- 25.50 25.70 25.08 25.68 25.32 Spots 3u up. 2S.SG. ?CW ORLEANS COTTON Yestdya ? Op?*n : Hlplr Low Close Close Jan.. _ 24.75 25.30 24.47 25.20 24.80 March .. .. 24.75 25.26 24.45 25.19 24.63 May. 24.62 25.10 24.31 25.03 24.s:4 July .24.47 24.86 24.15 24.78 24.25 Dec. ... 24.75 25.18 24.37 2516 24.65 Spots unchanged. '2s".~j0. LIVERPOOL COTTON January ._. 14.19 March ._ . 13.97 May . .. ? _. 13.82 July._. 13.61 October. . 12.84 December. 14.32 Receipts, 20.000: Sales, 5,000; Middling. 14.87 r Good Middling. l.r,.07. Next week is county fair week and a big crowd is expected?rthe weather permitting. LIBER? TRMTMENT FOR FARMERS \ No trace has yet been found M the three convicts who escaped from the. chain gang at Horatio jSunday night. There were twenty-? {tour convicts in -the cage that i night, and those who remained claim to have been asieep when ? the three made their escape and i knew nothing of it until next morn J ing. Another convict made a j break last week and succeeded in i getting away, but Mr. J. H. Forbes' b eCteral K e S e r V ej hounds were put on his trail and he4 P/\qW1 A/-l_-_Yvro \T_aw7' was recaptur?d in * swamp. When JDOd/IU. AUUpib IN eWj found he ways lying in a creek Policy in Preference!with on^y his he^d out ?f to Financing Farm- . t _ ers Through Co-op-1 erative Association Washington, Nov. 1C.?The ex clusion of growers' drafts drawn and accepted by cooperative asso ciations from the provision feder Mr. A. C. Pheips.Lhas severed his connection with the firm of Harby & Co., to devote ail of his time to his insurance business and general , coal agency. Mr. . Phelps is how employed as insurance adjuster lor several of the largest, fire insnr al reserve act limiting the amount iar.ee companies specializing in cotton, und has recently settled the losses in several big cotton fires in Mississippi. of paper by one maker that feder al reserve banks may rediscount, is s/en here as a provision for lib eral facilities for financing agri culture. The board also held that the car rying of a crop, pending its order ly marketing, is an agricultural op eration and the farmers' notes for financing zhe carrying of his pro ducts are eligible for rediscount. -:-? ? ? /-' New Brunswick, Nov: 16.?Inves tigators in the Hall-Mills murder case announced today that they, have traced the wagon Mrs. Jane Gibson says she followed the night j she claims she saw the murder. | Special Attorney General Mott an- l nounced that his duties in the case j will end when he presents the evi- j dence 'to the grand jury. ? t TABLETS C - - '. CONSTIPATION BILIOUSNESS Headache - INDIGESTION Stomach -SOUXEVBHwmRt . ~ '. ?... - --.-vi* wr:--- -i<fC>^ FACTS WORTHY OF YOUR CONSIDERATION ? ? - _ ? ' ? -. . (Tis Our large Capital Stock and Surplus indicate our Ability, Large Loans and Discounts?-ottr Liberality, - Large Deposits-^-the Peoples* Satisfaction with our Service and Confidence, in our Protection. We offer you our Service and Protection And want your ACCOUnt. .. . . r: ?.. - .. * The National Bank of South Carolina The Bank With the Chime Clock. C G. Rowland, Pres. Earie Rowland, Cashier TEN YEARS HENCE WELL YOU BE PROSPERING in BUSINESS or LOOKING FOR A JOB ? IT DEPENDS ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE STARTED TO SAVE.. First National Bank of Sumter Plow your cotton stalks in now. 14 NORTH MAIN STREET COME IN AND SEE US WHILE IN THE CITY. ER 21ST TO 24TH EXHIBIT OF TBE NEWEST IN MEN'S WEAR PROVE M?ST INTERESTING. STOCKS WERE MORE COMPLETE -VALUES NEVER GREAT THAflll'lll ' COME AND ENIOY THE FAIR AND DO YOUR SHOPPING AT THE SAME TIME S?MTER IS A GOOD PLACE TO TRADE. SUMTER, S. C.