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1t*g^ Watchman and Southron
Published Wednesday and Satur
day .by
: Osteen Publishing Company.
Suroter, S. C.
Terms:
?{S2.00 per annum?in advance.
Advertisements;
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Every subsequent insertion .50
^Contracts for three months or
longer will be made at reduced
Kgesr
All communications-ertlich sub?
serve private interests will oe
charged for as advertisements.
Obituaries and tributes of re
spect will be charged for.
The Sumter Watchman .was
founded in 1850 and the True j
Soathron in 1866. The Watchman !
and !Sbr>ihroD now has the com
bined circulation and influence of '
both of the old papers, and is man
ifest iy the best advertising medium
in Sumter.
THE COUE SYSTEM ?
?It may. seem silly to repeat the
formula of Monsieur Coue of Paris: j
?Tm getting better every day;
"I'm getting, better every way." j
But iC works. Those who believe;
the . kindly little old psychologist, j
and do what he tells them, do get:
better. j
Ke takes an old woman, whose
kaeo is bent with rheumatism, and
has her" pass her hand over Iter
ance, repeating to herself, "It
passes, it -passes." After about 20
- ? t
minutes of that, it does pass; and
she_ stands up and walks away. He
makes a bunch of cripples start
j
blinT after him, around a table, ?
and tells them they can move just
as nimbly, as he can; and in a 'few.
minutes he has . them running
around like children. They stay;
^5fe,"t>5o?as long as they believe
ths^r .jaimhlehess. . j
A'ml isn't that just about what"^
world"~rieeds today,- in "every \
IprT-^y?.?""Just plain optimism and,
fakb in its own recuperative pow- \
ovja^io replace . the deadily pessi
jii??*i*fa?tnd cynicism that have- been ?
<~r:-f*p}*Rg men's minds and spirits;
jffiB*" Aj "* i
^^^oji^t'-optimism and faith may;
Temtrelves cure evils and]
sol^j^cblems. they provide con
dittoS^tha^make cures and s*olu-1
XM^gjQ^ATION OR MACHINERY
?\good many Americans are get-,
ting, worried about the labor sup
'pl^ That is natural enough. There
is $?3iG?L?city m parts of the
country, and-it is undoubtedly des-"
t:nk&&> grow worse in the next year
CT'twor if immigration is held down;
to Tits present level.
liai it docs not follow that there
should-- be an excited demand for
* - - ? ?
admrttmg-another horde - of immi
grantrf or for making any special
eftoirt^toj .bring in foreign workers
, if ifieyid? not come voluntarily. A
labor shortage that actually pinches
and-restricts productions and in- j
corpulences employers of allj
kin^?.-;?Say-really be a good thing. |
For it'wIH hasten what Americans
have talked.about so long?the Agej
or Sf?fchinery. i
When a. manufacturer cannot geti
l ch*ajf>-J?abr?r. he demands machines j
to'dovtJuTTwork, and the machines,1
are ~?o?w forthcoming. When aj
housewife1--cannot find domestic)
help>-s*re-goes into the. market fori
labor-saving devices whereby shej
can' take -care of the work herself. I
TfrjtsTis ? natural process of develop- !
ment. which is retarded by a plen*-j
titude of labor and hastened by a
scarcity.
Machines - multiply man-power,!
increasing efficiency and produc-l
tioc. f he more machines, the!
more; one man can accomplish andj
the^xnere -?oods there- are to go
around. Thtre need be no worry, '
as there used to be in the early days
of this industrial age. about ma
chinery displacing men. There will
still be plenty of work for available
hands?running the machinery.
FRANCE AND THE REUNELAND
The French government plans to
occupy the Ruhr and ahn take
over tlie civil administration of the
Rhrrrertan:? If Germany does not pay
ihe sums due by January 15. And
evidently Germany cannot or will
notvgaxr
T#i$;-French idea is to take and
op-yhic the coal mires. levy toll on
'?? ? mdustrir.-s and impose various
kinds, of civil taxes. . But it is
don^iuC?:hiither France, can make
up the reparations in that way.
Moafr -wtoide observer^ seem to
agree that such action will merely
cripple the ability ef Germany to
-pay*the allied war claims.
If "That is true. France must know
it 4^vell as anybody. There is a
beli??34 many quarters that France
wo^?j^rather have the Rhineland,
withYtl?eL Rhin^ itself for a perma
ner?jaulwark against invasion, than
the-awon-e.v. due her. With the ad
ditional territory, resources and de
fenres.-she might hope to make her
self so strong, and Germany so
weak, as to compensate her for the'
lest billions.. .
It might work that way, but in
all probability it would not. There
would be merely another Alsace-.
Lorraine, with Germany cursing a
wound in her side and all the bit
terness, it entailed, until the time
came for revenge. Seizure of pure
ly German territrry can hardly
mean anything but new feuds and
new wars.
Not to take drasac measures
against a sullen, reluctant and
dodging debtor would mean an un
derstandable sacrifice in France's
present mood. Yet France's friends
cannot but wish that for the sake
of her own future as well as the
peace of" Europe and the world,
she could bring herself to make that
sacrifice.
LIBRARIES FOR FRANCE
A movement has been started
in France, largely through Ameri
can" inspiration, to establish public
libraries throughout the country.
Five young Frenchwomen are now
studying in- America, preparatory
to spreading the gospel at home.
. While France hasrsome of the ,
finest reference libraries in . the
world, they are in university centers
and available only to students or
persons holding special cards per
mitting them access to the books
under guard. Such-a-thing as the
typieaI>Aroerican open-shelf library |
is. practically unknown. The few
which have been established - in I
Paris and the devastated regions |
since the war have found instant 1
popularity. In France as in Amer
ica, the leaven spreads. .
It is coming rapidly to be a world
of people who read. In the ex
change of literature and ideas pro
moted by. increased access to read
ing matter, more of the old barriers
will be broken down between peo
ple of the-same nation and of dif
ferent nations. It isnt any use to
try to treat this reading/thinking,
growing world like the old. bookless
world, with its hraited outlook.
? * - -??
CmCAGO'S Et/GEXIC TEST
?_ .
The Chicago health department
is acting. informally with the marr
riage. license bureau to encourage
the practice of physical, examina
tion far* all persons applying for
raarriage licenses. It is hoped to
rottse public opinion to the benefits
of this policy, and obtain data oa
which to base legislation" making
such examinations cempuisory.
- A -medical official is stationed at
the license bureau.. He explains to
men and women applying for mar
riage permits- the reasons for med
ical examination. Although there
is nothing compulsory about It,
within one week over 308 agreed
to the tests. Undoubted** as the
public becomes educated to the
idea the percentage will- increase*
It takes time to teach people that
what seems like a direct - infringe
ment upon their personal affairs
may be greatly for their personal
advantage and. that of their prog
eny, but it is a form of education
which should be forwarded. So-j
ciety has been very slow in- com-1
batting a perfectly well-known
evil along broad? sensible lines.)
Chicago sets a goo* example.
???. ?
I XAVAIi DISARMAMENT ? !
!-\
I The French parliament is still;
[ holding up. the naval disarmament1
5 Jreaty signed at the Washington
j conference last winter. Premier
jPomcare has professed te be for it,
j but there is no action. And France's
'delay is holding up the-Operation
j of the treaty as far as the four
[other naval powers are concem
jed. There has been considerable
j dismantling of old battleships, and
? new building projects contem
j plated before the conference have!
j been largely held in abeyance, but j
j the full effect of the treaty is far j
j from being realized. . :
j It would be understandable, I
j though not .convincing, if France I
j explained that, having seen this j
? country refu>?e to ratify two treaties!
j in which France Is vitally inter-!
jested?the Versailles peace pact!
.and the three-power treaty in which i
j Great Britain and America were to f
I pledge aid to France in case of:
?attack?France feels perfectly free'
I to turn down a treaty in which j
I America is especially interested.!
I But France docs not put her re
J fusal on that ground- The only ex- j
[planation forthcoming is that the;
j treaty is a victim of domestic pol
iltics. with a party holding the bal
j ance of power using the treaty for
j mere trading purposes.
A more plausible explanation
might be that the French govern
ment itself wants to do some trad
f
i "rag with the United States govern
; men and will ratify the treaty for!
j a sufficient consideration.
In any event, delay is b?id. and
'the ??ther powers cannot wait for-*'
fever. Tf France fails t?> ratify the
*?;% i
treaty shortly, there is no evident
reason why the United States,
Great Britain. Japan and Italy
should not go ahead without her,!
making it a four-power treaty, and|
putting it into immediate effect. I
52 EDUCATION WEEKS
One of the things which should
be learned: during the seven days of
"Educational Week" is the fact
that every one of the 52 weeks of
every year should be an education
wjek.
Sound and' wholesome education
means more to this country in the
long run than all the material j
prosperity which could possibly
come to it. In fact, .without educa
tion the material prosperity would
not be assured. Even life, lrberty
and happiness would be less hope
fully pursued if education were
lacking.
There has been much quarreling j
about education in recent years.
Whether it should be made more
practical and whether this theory
or that should be carried out are
questions which have occupied
much of the attention of educators
and laymen alike. But even the
quarreling will be beneficial if it
helps to keep education out of ruts.
FRATERNAL PUBLICITY
Since agitation was started to
compel publicity for the member
ship of secret societies, in order to!
drive the Ku Klux Klan into the
open, representatives of several
Beeret 'orders have announced that
their organizations' would not ob
ject. Some of them say that they
are actively in favor of such ac
tion.. The idea would be merely
to place the names of members
on record and make them ac
cessible to the public.
; The president of - one society,
however, emphatically opposes
public/registry. If this were done,
lie says, the members "would be
come, the prey of every fake pro
motion schemer in the country and
invite twisting by irresponsible in
surance agencies."
Here is an angie to the proposal
?n q?e"?tion that must be taken into -*
consideration, to be sure. It would
be a cruel and unusual reform that
would, turn the membership lists
&t- fraternal orders into mailing
lists for the advertising matter of
any but their own brethren.
EXPLORING WITH MOVIES
- An expedition which has recently
returned to Peking after five months
of research work in northern Asia
has made interesting discoveries!
and' had many adventures. The
explorers covered about 4,000 linear
miles and mapped out an area-of i
1.-000 square miles for further, de-i
tailed exploration. They found the j
skeleton of a hitherto unheard of;
prehistoric animal and a fossil j
field rich in specimens. They en
countered tribes of natives who rhad j
never before seen a white man or,
anything like the automobiles and,
huge motor trucks used by the
party.
In addition to the many facts of
keen interest to scientists and his
torians, the explorers brought back
with them a complete record ? of
their trip in the form of more than
20.000 feet of motion picture film.
Not every one who desires can
travel and explore to his heart's
? ?-. -
content. But thanks to the de
velopment of ? the movie, nearly
every one can at some time sse life
like and fascinating pictures of re
mote regions and peoples.
!'
A NEW CAPITAL.
? A Chicago'publisher who was
visiting in Washington the other
day predicted that before long the
national capital will be establish
ed in some appropriate location in
the Mississippi valley, more ap
proximately the heart of the coun
try. - ?' ' . " ? : ? ^
The speaker. Col. William Boyce,
said that there is great discontent
In the regions west of the Alleghen
Ies oxer the assumption of pow
er by eastern factions, because the<
capital is located in the East. He
explains that congressmen elected
from the West and serving over a
period of years eventually become
imbued nth the eastern viewpoint
and that much legislation partial
to eastern sections of ihr- country
ris the result, to the cost of the
Middle West and W?'s?. If the cap
ital were tituated more nearly in
the center of the country, be b?*
jlieve? that the congressmen would
(remain more under the sway of
I their own constituencies and leg
islation would be more justly ap
portioned.
The relocation of the capital is
not a new idea: but after all that
has been done to beautify Wash
ington and make it a national
j shrine, the establishment of a new
political center would bo attbrid
f
ed with great difficulty. What is
j really needed is the removal of'sec
tionalism from men's minds, and
the idea that what benefits one
I part of the country is necessarily a
detriment to another.
When congressmen learn to
think as patriots and not politicians,
and the nation learns to think as a
j unit instead of in divided areas, it
will make no difference where the I
capital is located. ?
... -
DOUBLE DECK STREETS
"The only saturation *point in the
automobile industry." says an au
tomobile man, ' is the capacity of
the highways." In city streets and
in highways near Jarge cities, he
remarks, capacity has been reach
ed already. It is possible, but ex
pensive and difficult, to broaden or
multiply thoroughfares in built-up
sections. What then?
"Double-deck streets is the;<
answer." he says.
It is not a new idea. Double
deck streets have been long fore
seen as the ultimate solution for
dense traffic. But the advent and
rapid increase of the automobile
has accelerated the crowding pro
cess and hastened the demand for
a remedy.
We shall see it. no doubt, before i,
I ? i.
long?this new type of street, with <
the. lower level given up mainly orV
wholly to vehicle traffic and the
upper level providing balcony-1
sidewalks along the walls of office
buildings, for pedestrians. The in- I
novation may come so gradually as
to attract little attention, but in a i
generation or so people may wake
up all at once to a realization that j
the whole face of our cities has been :
changed, thanks to the insistence of
the ubiquitous motor car.
FILIBUSTERING
Senator Watson of Indiana thinks
some way should be found by
Congress to dc away with the fili
buster. He doe6 not favor "gag
methods", but does believe that
regulatio7is should be established
which, will enable a majority of the
Senate always to -carry on business
with a decent degree .of speed.
The senator thinks that much of
the public dhsalisfaeton with Con
gress and much of the ridicule to,
which it is subjected arises fromj
disgust at this
old. established'"
method of delaying legislation*,^
practised habitually by minorities
of both parties. He points, out
that dignified debate, confined to
the measure under consideration. [
has no relation to the filibuster,!
which consists largely of idle chat- {
ter on irrelevant matters simply for,
the purpose of killing time and j
putting off a final vote on the
pending issue. "
i These sentiments will meet with j
general approval. The nation is
sick of the dilatory tactics in which j
'congress had indulged so much. Itj
! would welcome any measures which I
I i
tended to speed up the nation's
i .t
! business and restore congressional I
procedure to a dignity worthy of:
I public confidence. Such measures
should be equally welcome to the
! legislators themselves. It Is dif-j
Ificuit. though, to see how the pur-.j
pose can be attained in the Senate;
without a cloturc rule to limit de-;
bate.
Eur^Trimmed
The fur-trimmed bathing suit is
[the very latest. Here is Miss Dora
Brown, California bathing beauty,
whose beach costume shows the
result of reading newspaper stories
of chilLweather In the East..
Height of ignorance is shining:
(?;.!? sI'uks t" listen to the radio.
JAPAN .,
GETS OUT
OF CHINA
Shantung Province is
Restored by Japan
to Chinese Govern
ment
> Tsingtao. Shantung. Dec. 10 (By
the Associated Press)?The terri
tory of Kiachow was restored to
China at noon today with a strik
ing lack of ceremony. The Chi
nese flag for the first time in 24
years was raised over the admin
istration building, which had been
used by the Germans and later Joy
the Japanese who seized the ter
ritory during the world war.
iA small group of Japanese and
Chinese officials exchanged formal
addresses and drank mutual toasts
before handing over the. final doc
uments which completed the trans
fer. A Chinese gunboat in the bay
fired a salute at noon and "then
the Japanese police headquarters
were taken over by the Chinese.
General Vuhi. Japanese govern
or genera! of Kiachow, and the re-j
maining Japanese troops in the ter-!
ritory will depart December 14.!
The staffs which have been on the'
docks and wharves will remain ten :
days longer, then be replaced by
Chinese.
A thousand Shantung troops ar
rived here before the territory was
taken over. Wang Cheng-Ting,
foreign minister, who received the
territory from the Japanese, said j
he was confident there would be no
trouble from the bandits. He de
clared that now the only possibility
of danger is from Japanese roughs.
Minister Wang, in an interview,
repeatedly expressed his inability to
understand why the arms promised
by the Japanese for the police had
not arrived. Japan, he said, has
postponed the delivery of the arms
three times. He had/2,700 police
troops within the city and 10,000
troops on the boundary.
He said he did not wish to ac
cuse Japanese authorities of double
dealing but he asserted relations
existed between the Japanese sub- j
ordinales and the bandits. Wangi
denied there was friction between)
himself and the Shantung Tuchung.!
Peking. Dec. 10 (By the Asso
ciated Press).?The province of
Shantung was restored to China at
noon today by the Japnese.
Peking, Dec. 10 (By the Asso
ciated Press).?The ; government
announces that it has effected an
arrangement by which the bandits
in the. .province of Shantung have
been temporarily appeased. The
bandits have received $100,000 on
condition that they refrain from
violence after the withdrawal of
the. Japanese."
One thousand bandits have been
incorporated in the Tsingtao police
force. The central government,
without military power, was com
pelled to make this compromise in
order to avoid the appearance of
being unable to administer the re
stored .territory.. .
SWEETPOTATO
MARKET POOR
Young Makes Arrangements
to Dispose of Crop
Florence, Dec. 7.?B. S. Meeks,
of the Atlantic Coast Line Bail
road company, and T. B. Young,!
president and general manager of J
the South Carolina Sweet Potato j
Association, and Mrs. T. B. Young, j
have returned to Florence after!
a ten days' visit into the markets,
of the north. Mrs. Meeks remain-1
ed over in Buffalo for a visit.
They report having found the \
sweet potato market in perhaps!
the poorest condition that it has'
been for a number of-years. They!
found a great quantity of surplus j
sweet potatoes, particularly on j
Xew York market, where they were!
being offered freely at 50 cents "perl
bushel hamper with no sales re-j
suiting. They state that one deal- j
er showed them a large lot of sweet I
potatoes in bushel packages fori
which he was trying to get 50 j
cents per package and had only
been offered 25 cents. These sweet
potatoes were good quality and
well graded. They found the East
ern Shore Virginia sweet potatoes^
on the markets being sold as low
as $1.25 per barrel, delivered, New
York city. '>
They state that to go on the
market in the usual way offering!
the South Carolina sweet potato,
which is practically unknown,
against the already established
supply from other sources, would
mean practically an impossible
task to market' the South Caro-j
lina supply at enough to pay
freight and crating. These were
found to be actual existing con
ditions and any one investigating
the markets or attempting to make
sales of the South Carolina pro
duct through the usual channels for
selling sweet potatoes would in
evitably meet with failure. How
ever, the South Carolina Sweet
potato Association, which controls
practically all of the South Caro
lina product, has inaugurated a
rather unique idea for selling its
sweet potato trade and seemed to
have impressed the trade very fa
vorably. As a result satisfactory
connections were made covering
almost the entire territory avail
able to South Carolina. Tbis env
ois the larger part of Eastern Cnit
ed States.
Thrill in planting a narcissus
bulb comes when guessing if it will
be a Chinese lily, jonquil or onion.
Why doesn't some beauty shop
advertise "Permanent waving hair
..?t?td for and delivered."
BLAME NOT
FIXED FOR
COLLISION
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_ . !
Condition of Injured:
Men is Reported, at
Hospital to Be Satis
factory
Charleston, Dec. 11.?After mak
ing a preliminary investigation into
the rear-end collision of passeng
er'trains at Hanahah flag station
Saturday morning at 7 o'clock,
Messrs.* Frank W. Shealy, chair
man, and John C. Coney, of the
South Carolina Railroad Commis
sion, left yesterday afternoon for j
Columbia. They said that the
blame for the wreck has not yet |
been fixed and that the inquiry j
will be renewed when Mr. W. A.
Williams, engineman on train sec
ond SO. is sufficiently recovered
from his injuries to appear before
the commission.
An inspector for the Interstate
Commerce Commission was ex
pected here yesterday to begin his
inquiry into the collision, but it
was said that this official would!
arrive today, having been delayed
in leaving for Charleston. He will!
go thoroughly into the matter of!
the condition of the equipment in
service on both trains, 52 and sec
ond ? 80. '
When second. SO piled into the
rear of train 52, Mr. W. M. Smith,
engineman for 52, was under his
locomotive attending to a hot box.
He had, of course, no premonition
of the impending collision. By
instinct., he grasped braces and was
carried in this position for - 482 j
measured feet, trainmen marvel
ing that he has escaped with his
life.
It was commented yesterday that
this fearful collision had occurred
on a stretch of railroad which is!
equipped with "great protective;
measures," a double track and au- J
tomatic signals. The fact that the
automatic signals were passed has!
been attributed to the foggy con-i
ditions. It is declared that when j
second SO piled into 52, the engine!
on the former had not been shuti
off- and that the brakes were oni
the wheels of the former.
Railroad men yesterday were!
free to concede that a steel coach |
at the rear of train 52 had saved j
many lives, for this coach, thai
Pullman sleeping car Gaspard, bore
the terrific impact from the on-1
! rushing locomotive. Had this been
an ordinary wooden coach, the lo
comotive would have ploughed
[through without perceptible slack
! ening and none in the coach would
have escaped.
[ By the force of impact, it has
j been established, train, 52 was
I broken in twain, the locomotive
land three coaches being hurled
I forward a distance of 482 feet,
f practically without leaving the
I rails, while the two rear cars were
i shoved 158 feet: The fact that the
day coach was crashed and shoved
to one side probably accounts for
the breaking of the couplings.
Four of the' injured are siill in
I the Riverside Infirmary' and four
in the Roper Hospital. It was
said last night that the condition
of Frank R. Putman, express mes
senger, and Seth W. Scruggs, mail
clerk, was satisfactory, that of R. j
J. Tallon, mail clerk, and W. A. i
Williams, engineman on second SO
was fair, and that of Samuel B.
Whaley, passenger; Hayes Miller,:
porter, and A. P. Beard and Sam
Pinckney, passengers, was good.
Service on the Atlantic Coast
Line was not interrupted, as all
trains were operated on the south
bound track while the northbound
track was blockade by the wreck.
A large wrecking crew was assign
ed by the superintendent's office
to clear up ? the wreckage, good
I progress being made by these men.
j The general comment of people
j who inspected the wreck is that
[the wonder of it is that more peo
jple were not killed or injured, for
[the impact, of train second 80, a
i heavy express, on train 52, a com
[ paratively light accommodation
I train, was terrific. Those who in- j
j spected the Pullman sleeping car
i Gaspard and the day coach to
which it was coupled appreciate the
tremendous force of the blow.
County Coroner John G. Mans- j
field will hold an inquest, as a
result of the death of Mr. Isaac
A. Edwards, of Sumter, and it
I may be that this official investi
jgation will result in establishing
[the blame. The coroner has al- j
i ready taken steps toward getting
iat the facts of the collision.
-1?^?
Bazaar.
j The ladies of the Ascension Par
i ish, Hagood, will give their an
nual bazaar at the Rembert school
j house next Friday evening, Decem
I ber 15th. .at 6 o'clock. Supper
I will be sold also. A program will
I be rendered during the evening.
{The public is cordially invited.
What this country needs is pipes
that will stay lit without puffing.
Lady With Large ~
Acquaintance
who is employed in a ready to wear
department or who is dressmaking
can become established in her own
business and create a worth while
thchdme without competition. We
will send you from fifteen to fifty
new style dresses suitable for all
occasions, every month; constantly
exchanging unsold models for new
t-lyles.
Applicants who cannot give bank
references, will not be considered.
PEGGY O'NEIL
Creator of Popular Priced. High
Cbiss Presses.
2? West :'?.">th si. New York City
Gen. Wood Stays
in Philippines
A nnouneemen t- Made - That He
Will Decline Post With the
Pennsylvania University
Washington, Dec. 7. ? Major
General Wood, governor general i
of the Philippine islands, win re- j
main at his present post and de
cline to accept the offer of the
University of Pennsylvania to be
the provost of that institution, ad
ministration officials said today
they had been informed. An offi
cial announcement to this effect is
expected from the war department
tomorrow.
Previously General Wood had re
quested of the university an ex
tension of time before assuming
the office of provost in order to see ?
the completion of the legislative
program he had sponsored in the
Philippines. It was expected that
the Philippine legislature would
pass certain legislative changes
but it is understood that the leg
islature and other government de
partments have failed to pass cer
tain legislation as was expected.
Certain features of the program
were put forward by General |
Wood.
General Wood said he was cori-j
fident the university appreciated
the great importance of work to j
be done in the Philippines, "not j
only to the Philippine people but |
to the United States, and that I j
did not come hers either for /
pleasure or profit, but in compli-j
anoe with the repeatedly express-[
ed wishes of the president to do
a certain work and in response to
what I considered an imperative
call for service, which past ex
perience has perhaps particularly
fitted me to render."
General Wood added that he had
pushed forward the legislative pro-1
gram which he asked for the Phil-i
ippines as rapidly as possible but?
the situation was more complicat-1
ed and' critical than he had pre-'
viously expected.
Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 7.?The I
information from Washington thatj
General Leonard Wood had deeid- j
ed not to become the head.Of the!
University of Pennsylvania was re-!
ceived with surprise by university j
authorities.' The general was ex-j
pected here early next year.' No!
word of General'Wood's intention!
had been received.
General Wood was elected head
of the university by the trustees in
April. 1922. He was to be the
executive head and his duties were
to be specified when he actually
assumed the office. He accepted
the place on condition that he be
granted a leave of absence to go
to the Philippines. The leave was
later extended until next January.
General Wood was expected to
lead a drive for a-$10,000,000 en
dowment fund for the umversity.
The office of provost of the uni
versity has been vacant since
June, 1920, when Edgar T. Smith
resigned. Dr. Josiah K Penni
man has been acting provost since
that time.
Florida Negro
Burned at Stake
Perry, Fla., Dec. 8.?Charlie
Wright, negro accused of the mur
der of Miss Ruby Hendry, young
school teacher was /taken from the
sheriff and burned at the stake at
the scene of the crime early to
night by a mob estimated at sev
eral thousand men.
Perry, Florida, Dec. 9.?Perry
was peaceful to^ay, following the
burning at stake during the night
of Charlie Wright, negro, by a
mob of several thousand men. He
was alleged to have confessed ' to
slaying Mi. s Ruby Henry, a school
teacher. The police said the mob
dispersed quietly.
One senator proposes a bonus be
raised by a tax on beer and wine
so the soldiers can pay it them
selves.
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BLOCKADE ON
XM AS LIQUOR
Prohibition Officers Propose
to Put on the Lid in Florida
Jacksonville, Fla:, Dec. 7.^-Pro
hibition Commissioner '.. Roy* A.
Haynes today brought his message
of enforcement of - the Eighteenth
amendment to' Florida, which he
cause of its long string of coasts
has been described as a prickly
thorn in the matter of his work.
At a. meeting this morning be
tween Mr. Hayn es and federal
forces from throughout the state
plans were laid for a stringent
blockade against the flow of Christ
mas liquors.
At three-other meetings, arrang
ed by public spirited bodies', the
commissioner refuted' assertions
that the prohibition enforcement
was not succeeding, and pleaded
for cooperation towards an ulti
mate' attainment of 100 per cent,
enforcement. Reciting progress
made by the prohibition forces, he
stated that smuggling of liquor
had been reduced by 66 per dent.
It would really be a poor com
mentary on the American people*,
so powerful in everything, if they
could -not enforce a statute they
had written into the law of their
land, Mr. Haynes, declared.
He. told of the educational cam
paign being carried on by his de
partment. In this connection he
stressed how the public can help
in the power of thought. When
an enemy of prohibition is en
countered, he said, in the home, at
the office or anywhere, who makes
light of prohibition enforcement,
he should be confronted with facts.
The department has the facts for
the asking, he added.
The commissioner deprecated
what he termed the insidious par
lor gossip. The man,who refers
jocularly to his private bootlegger
should be challenged, to hi?* worth
as. a citizen and not laughed at,
the commissioner argued.
The party, which besides, Mr.
Haynes, include Col. D, G. Nutt,
chief of the Held forces; Judge
James M. Britt, chief counsel for
the department, and Sherman A.
Cuneo, publicity \agent, left early
tonight for Columbia, S. C.
-? Tm.
Radio messages traveled 5200
milei- in four minutes and 18 sec
onds but Christmas comes faster
? than that.
( "Score Clemenceau**?Headline.
I That reminds us- after this winter
j baseball starts again.
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(TO RENT?Two or more horse
farm, one mlie from Wedgefield
on public highway. Good pas
ture, abundant water, inexhaus
tible amount well decomposed
; vegetable matter convenient. F.
M. Dwight, M. . D., J Wedgefield.
S. C. '.
WANTED?To sell milk cow in fine
fix. To freshen next month, for
fourth time.' Cheap for prompt
sale. F. M. Dwight, M. D.*
Wedgefield. S.'cC_
NOTICE?t win sell at Dalzell. S..
C. on' next Saturday, December,
1922 at 11 al m., one bay horse,
and one black top buggy, both
[ taken up on my pl?ce on Jiine
j 11th, 1922. Rev. Hl J. Davis.
j Sumter, S. C, R. F.. D. Ho. 4.
1 Box 25A.
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WANTED?Several small tracts of
good pine timber from 1-4 to.5
million feet. We also payxcaah
for No. 1 .nine logs 14 inches
and up in diameter delivered to
i our new band mill at Denmark,
} S. C. The Zickgraf Company,
J Denmark, S. C.
1 ?-"-;
WAITED?Hardwood logs. We pay
aighest cash price for choice
Ash, Poplar, Caress arid White
Oak logs of standard specuScar
j tions, delivered fo Sumter b^ rail r j
i or truck. We buy logs twelve
? months in the year and give
preference to loggers equipped to
\ bring in a steady supply. What y
Ji$v? _ ypju ._ to offer.? Sumter
1 - Hardwood Co., Sumter, S. C.
FACTS WORTHY OF YOUR |
CONSIDERATION ^ J?
Our lance Capital Stock and Surplus Inrtirmt* our Ability,
Large Loans and Discounts?our Liberality. r, . .
Large Deposits?the Peoples* Satisfaction with our Service
and Confidence in our Protection.
We offer yon onr Service and Protection and want your
Account.
The National Bank of South Carolina
The Bank With the Chime Clock.
WILL YOU BE PROSPERING in BUSINESS or
LOOKING FOR A JOB ?
IT DEPENDS ON WHETHER OR NOT
YOU HAVE STARTED TO SAVE,
C. G. Rowland, Pres.
Earle Rowland, CasLier.
First National Bank of Sunuter
Plow yonr cotton
stalks in now.

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