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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-05
FLORIDA SOCIETY MEETS.

Senator D. U. Fletcher presided at
the first meeting of the Florida State
Association for the season last night
at the Wilson Normal School. Mrs.
Ross Pollock arranged program, in
Guiding a talk by Mrs. Fletcher, wife
of Senator Fletcher, on Impressions
of Ireland; Irish folk songs by Mrs
Louise Kemp, and monologue by j.
Louis Moneyway. There was dane
ing, and refreshments were served
The next meeting will be held at Will
son Normal School December 2, and
officers for the coming year will be
elected
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-05
|ROLPH DEFEATS SCHMITZ
| IN SAN FRANCISCO FIGHT
Mayor Is Reelected to Office by
Approximately 10000 Plurality.
Mooney Prosecutor May Lose.

SAN FRANCISCO. November s.
James Rolph, jr., was reelected may
or yesterday, defeating Eugene
Schmitz. a former mayor, by approx
mately 10000 plurality, figures COM
piled early today from one-half of
the vote of the city indicated Com
plete returns from 294 precincts out
Of 596 in the city gave Rolph. 26,41O
and Schmitz. 14,407.
In the contest for district attorney,
Matthew Brady, police judge. was
leading Charles M. Fickert, incum-
bent. by 749 votes, returns from prac-
tically one-half of the vote giving
Brady 1902 and Fickert 1883
The campaign for the district at
|torneyship. was given unusual promi-
nence because of the fact that Flick
ert led the prosecution of Mooney and
others charged with murder in con-
nection with the preparedness day
bomb explosions in 1916.
All candidates ran on non-partisan
tickets. there being no party desig
nations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-05


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finished loud and soft pedal model and an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-05
Sweet Defeats Woman.

Speaker Thaddeus c. Sweet was re-
elected from Oswego county in the
face of vigorous campaign Waged
against him by Miss Marion Dicker-
man, who was backed by democrats.
socialists and prohibitionists.
Lieut.. Col. Theodore Roosevelt be-
gan his political career, as did his IA
nous father, by being elected to the
second district of Nassau county, and
was opposed by Elias Raft. private
in the American expeditionary forces.
Roosevelt was greatly elated over MS
victory, which he regarded as special
ly significant because he became the
father of a son in the morning.
ct was a big day for my family" he
said. "a fine boy, Mrs. Roosevelt do
ing we'll and elected from my home
district to the assembly. 1t wilebe my
earnest endeavor to stand fearlessly
for the principles of justice and order
and to aid in the solution of the vital
problem of economic readjustment
with all that lies within me-
Mrs. Elizabeth Van Rensselaer, Gill
Indications were that the repub-
state assembly as a result of the cleo
ton yesterday. Their representation
had been increased by five with no
reports available on ten doubtful dis
tricts in Kings county.
Last year the assembly consisted of
ninety-four republicans, hfty-four
democrats and two socialists.
The socialists elected one of their
candidates in Bronx county. but lost
the seventeenth New York distrit.
Two Women Win; Two Lose.
Both the women who served at the
last session were defeated by men for
reelection. Mrs. Mary NJ. Lilly, a
democrat, lost to Noel B. Fox in the
seventh New York district, and Mrs.
Ida B. Sammis. republican. was de-
feated by William G. Carroll in the
second district of Suffolk.
Two other women will sit at the
next session. however. They are DR..
Elizabeth van r. Gillette of the second
Schenectady district, a democrat, who
won from the man, who defeated her
last year, and Margaret L. Smith, who
ousted Martin j. Healy. democratic
incumbent in the nineteenth New York
district.
The republicans were successful in
most of the upstate municipal cleo
lions. In Schenectady George r. Lunn
was elected mayor by the democrats,
an Office he had twice held as a
socialist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-05
TAMMANY HARD HIT
LAGUARD|A WINS
Murphy's Son-in-Law About
Only SoIace for Party in
New York City.
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, November 5.-Only an
official count will determine whether
Tammany Hall failed yesterday in
it's efforts to elect a president of the
board of aldermen. On the face of
the complete returns Representative f.
H. LaGuardia, the republican nominee,
defeated Robert L. Moran, democrat. by
1853 votes. The vote was: LaGuardia,
4O3,0 51: Moran. 01,6ss; James O'Neil,
socialist, 1886. An official recount
will be asked in Moran's behalf.
LaGuardia, 3s9.2s6; Moran. 397,766;
James O'Neil, socialist, 124.259.
Tammany lost all contests for seats
on the supreme court bench in the
tice Joseph E. Newburger. who was
refused denomination by the demo-
Gratis and then was placed in the field
by the republicans, had little diff
Guilty in defeating Irwin Untermyer. a
thirty-three-year-o attorney, nomi-
mated by Tammany. Maj. Philip j. NC
Cook, the Tammany candidate in
the first district. won from Justice Rob-
ert L. Luce
James A. Foley. son-in-law of Lead
er Murphy, scored a moderately easy
victory over James O'Malley, his re-
publican opponent, for surrogate OF
New York county. This was about the
only solace Tammany found in the
result, for Henry H. Curran. republic
can, was elected president of the Dor
ough of Manhattan.
Representative Reuben L. Haskell,
republican, was elected a county
Judge in Brooklyn. He made his cam
paign on what was virtually wet"
platform.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-05
PRISON SCHOOL GAINS,
Confined in District Jail Become
Studious.

The school started at the District
Jail q few weeks ago for the prison
ers is proving successful, according
to a letter E. C.. J. Mccain, director
of the school, has written to Asst
Supt. of Schools Kramer, asking
for more books.
Mccain writes that a number of
prisoners. who. it was thought had
enrolled in the school merely to get
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-05

out of their cells for a few hours In
the evening, are asking questions
which indicate they are striving to
learn.
The school opened, according to the
letter, with total enrolment OF
thirty five. of whom twenty-seven are
colored and eight white. Eleven OF the
pupils, Mccain says, were found to
be illiterate, while one had gone to
a university and several through high
school,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-05

Mrs H. H. GODDARD, an enthusiastic
worker in the cause of good roads,
has been elected vice president of the
Vancouver Good Roads League. the
leading organization Of its kind in
! British Columbia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-05

It matters little what 1t is that you
| want-whether a situation or a servant
"a want ad in The Star will reach the
parsop who will fill YOUR need.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-05
District National Bank
14O6 q Street.
Friendship Counts

Is the treatment you receive at your
Bank such as to make you feel at home?
Do you like to go there for help or do you
hesitate, knowing from past experience
that it is going to be difficult Job?
Is there any good reason why you
should feel any more hesitancy in going
to your Banker than you would have in
stopping in at the corner drug store?
We don't believe there is, and for that
reason and for the convenience of our
customers we have lowered the bars
you are welcome in the District Ma
tional Bank you are at home. We
want to help you. 1t is part of our busi-
siness to be obliging and friendly just
as much as it is part of our business to
provide safe place for your money! and
werbelieve that we more than meet our
obligations.
Your Bank is the logical place to go
for information when in doubt on any
financial matter. The men from the top
to the bottom should show real interest
in helping you-and they do at the Dis
trict National. That is one of the rea=
sons why our Depositors are our friends.
Will you Join us?
II. L. Ofutt, Jr, Robert N. Harper,
Cashier. President.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-24
FRIGHTENING IN ARMY GooDa

Chicago always has some new Sys-
tenn for exploiting the public in the
matter of food. The latest and most
glaring example is, the reaping Of
big profits by Chicago merchants in
the sale of army foodstuifs.
The surplus supplies, as everybody
knows, are being disposed of sup
posedly for the benefit of the consuna-
ers. The government is selling them
at cost, or less than cost, to help
lower the cost of living. This benevo-
lent purpose was obnoxious to a
group of Chicago wholesalers. The
army goods sold in that city -were
bought up with surprising prompt
ness. 1t is reported by the city food
bureau that large quantities were pur-
chased, surreptitiousiy of course,
by wholesalers, and stored away Or
sold at current retail prices. In some
cases the labels. were changed. One
dealer is said to have admitted that
he made SO 1zs per. cent profit on the
goods.
If there is anything meaner than
this in the whole gamut of mercan-
tile proftcering. it will be hard to
find. There should be more care
taken, Everywhere, in future sales,
that these stocks paid for by the pub
lie originally and now paid for again
should be kept out of the clutches OF
hoarders and profteers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-24
A Tragic Coincidence.

{orangeburg Times and Democrasl
The very day that State officlai
found the boil weevil north OF the
cit,. of Orangeburg for the first time.
~ directors of the Orangeburg
Creamery decided to close up after
an unavailing fight of several years TO
keep in operation until the boil Wee
Til made it a necessary adjunct TOR
the marketing of dairy products. !.
Farmers who have neglected ana
ref,,sed to care for dairy cattle, with
their attendant worry and labor be-
canse the SIS or $40 month was IN
sipni6cant with the higher sums IN
volved in cotton, will in the next
few years wish for the opportunity
TO sell this side product. Then'
nrobably. instead of a cooperative
creamery some thrifty person Will or
ranize and make big profits handling
<He. trade.
One farmer said he couldn't market
;lk because his dog was dead. Wnen
asked what the dog had to 90 WIN
o.r;ns for his live stock, he replied:
"since the dogs gone. there's nopouy
~ drive the COWS home"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-24
PUNISHING JOAFERS.

Twelve loafers were recently sent
to jail in Detroit. The Michigan
Judge who sentenced them told them
that they represented one of the rea-
sons why he had top ay sic pair
for shoes "You are living without
producing" said the wrathful judge.
This takes one back to the anti-loaf-
ing laws of war days. What has be-
come Of them and of the lessons OF
industry and thrift learned then? Con-
sistent, steady and increasing pro-
duction is the big need today as much
as it was during the war. The only
difference is that then it was preduc-
ton of war materials which was de-
manded. Today the country needs eY-
erything with which to feed and c3othe
and house and educate and make COM
Portable it's many millions Of people.
Able-bodied persons who won't
work voluntarily should be made to
feel the weight of public disapproval.
Anti-loafing laws, of course, may be
carried to an unjust extreme. But
there is a happy medium Of self-re-
specting industry and constructive
production which ought to be pointed
out rather strongly to the would-be
shirkerS.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-24
BUYING il .foKElI'GsN; BONDS.

- An American financier who has
been studying financial conditions
ABROAD advises his feslow-countrymen
: to invest in foreign bonds.
-. Foreign exchange is admittedly in
ia bad way. The money of the al
i5iied nations has been steadily declin-
ing in value, as compared with Amer
lean money. This makes business
transactions difficult, and interferes
with the payment of foreign obliga-
:: :stions. The chief cause Of this trou-
I. bic is the fact that Europe's debt
T, to the United States government and
:. to individual Americans is already
so great.
2. The expert mentions four conceiv-
Z able ways of bringing international
money standards back to normal. The
first is the shipment of gold from Eu-
!, rope to America But that is impos-
ssible, because Europe: has not enough
tgoods. That is natural process, but
"a very slow one. The third is the ex-
tension of dollar credits" That is
i purely a banking proposition, which
does not interest the ordinary Ameri-
can Besides. Europe has already
been given a vast amount of credit.
The fourth method, the purchase of
foreign securities, is held to be the
best way. This means mostly for
< eign war bonds There is really
j much to be said for them, from the
II standpoint of profit. British S per
scent bonds are selling at par. and
italian Belgian bonds are
wsH ahoye sheir4ssue price,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-24
most Of them giving a return of to

most Of them giving a return of S to
& per cent.
by buying foreign securities" says
this financier, you are helping to-
ward the Improvement of the foreign
exchanges which will mean a profit to
you on your foreign investments and
profit on your domestic investments
because through helping the foreign
exchange situation to readjust itself
you will, help the development of your
domestic industry and commerce.
Still, there is a big demand for IN
vestment money right here at home,
with many profitable opportunities.
It is a question whether both profit
and patriotism do not demand do
mestic rather than foreign invest
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-24
NO MORE RATS

or mice after you use RAT-SNAP
It's a sure rodent killer. Try a pkg
and prove It. Rats killed with RAT.
SNAP leave no smell. Cats or dogs
won't touch it. Guaranteed.
ESQ size Il cake) enough for Pan.
try, Kitchen or Cellar.
50c size e cakes) for. Chicken
House, coops, Or small buildings.
$1.00 size Is cakcs) enough for
all farm and out-buildings. storage
buildings. or factory buildings.
Sold and guaranteed by Sibert's
Drug Store. O'Donnell & CO. and Du.
rant Hardware Co. Sumter. S. C.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-24
RESULTS TELL.
There Can be No Doubt About The
Resultsin Sumter.
Results tell the tale.
.AH doubt i removed.
The testimonysof Sumter citizen
Can be easily investigated.
What better proof can be had?

WHdl OetSeIi piooA CdH Dc udU
J. r. Wingate, blacksmith, S Sum-
ter ST.. says: Some time ago was
troubled with my kidneys. My back
ached and terrible headaches came
ON. thought my head would split.
the pains were SO bad. My nerves
were all unstrung and I often couldn't
work. Dizzy spells bothered me q
good deal and I always felt tired and
ianguid. Ny kidneys bothered me at
aight and had to get up five or six
times to pass the secretions, which
were scanty. Doan's Kidney Pills
were highly recommended, SO /
bought some and used them. I tell
you. it certainly was great relief that
secured in short tine and finally
I was entirely cured"
Price soc. at all dealers. DON,
simply ask for kidney remedy-gea
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Wingate had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo. N. Y Adyt. 7s
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-24
8 BACK TO GERMANY.

Inaan article in the Berlin Taeg-
lische sRundschau, a German-Ameri-
canwho has returned, to his native
land. says that more than 100000
German are going to fol-
love his example. He applauds; their
decision.
srsAnyone who, like. myself he
says, has lived Is years in America.
anyone who has personally experienc-
ed how everything that thinks or feels
itself German has been slandered IN
Yankeeland, not only during the war
hut also during the Is years preceding
the war, can understand the poignant
homesickness that the German of
America now wishes to aliay.
Il may be excused from going into
thesdetails of the German-American
martyrdom; I may be forgiven if to-
daX;I do not point ollt all the men
tai storments that the German had to
endure from the beginning of the war
unf4Lfhe blacklist day: Of the German-
Amencan stiEne OF suffering day
OF the .aEaaist1ce. And ifsall America.
with It's nice president at its head,
were to call to me, You Germans have
had at good here.' would reply:
You. hypocrites, you lie; you have
slam the soul of every respectable
Gerpan!'
NO German in the old Fatherland
need take my word for the shameful
betrayal of Gernanism by Anglo
Amerieanisn. The martyrs from the
good u. S. A. will come here and
describe it unasked. That is, if the
Inercenary crowd that rules Wall
Street, and consequently the whole
United States, from, the president to
the last bootblack, Is SO Kind as to al
low the Dutchmen' to. emigrate.
Comment on this, trade is probably
unnecessary. Granting that some Ger
Americans were treated 'a1niustly
in this country duringthe war-as
was inevitable in ,sucaszcircumstances
nearly everybody, including the Ger
n-Americans themselves, will prob
ah4yA e9ssirpriseds learn that they.
were ever prosecuted before the
war.
s. If a million of our aerman citizens
choose to return to Germany, there
Hill be nothing to do but let them
fgo. It is very doubtful, though.
whether any such numbers are con-
Aemplating an exit. Most of them
seem to think themselves well enough
of here, especially since they have
learned the facts of the war;, and
know more Of the present character
and situation of Germany. AS for those
who do return, this same article con-
sstai1is an ominous though unintention-
ar warning
The writer, addressing the Ger
man public, pleads, May that host
find a heartier welcome to the old
Fatheriand than / received And
consider this naive admission:
~ Germany is poor country-God
spdty it. Not only ), physically i'm
spoyerished-it is hard for me. to write
thisrbut I have found it also moral
~ impoverished. - Z;
81. Moral poverty in Germany? Amer
: lea cannot he so Had, after all.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-24
NEW YORK COTTON MAk8ET.
NEW ORLEANS.
KILLS RATS

and mice-that's RAT SNAP, the old
reliable rodent destroyer. Comes in
cakes-no mixing with other food.
Your money back if it fails.
Csc size Il cake) enough for Pan
try, Kitchen or Cellar.
= SOC size e cakes) ::for... Chicken
House, coops, or small Buildings.
S1.OO size 6 cakes) enough for
all farm and out-buildings, storage
Buildings, or factory buildings.
Sold and guaranteed by Siberts
Drug Store, O'Donnell &SCo. and Du'
rant Hardware Co, Sumter. S. C.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-24

pUpp,yEs AND sUPPLIEs-I have
1.teiv received a few Georgia made
bi,os and franes-S and 10 frame
s.;ze Also on hand sections and
fo,,nda ton for comb honey. ". G.
osteen. 320 W. Hampton Ave.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-24

Cleveland, Sept. 22.-The United
Mine Workers decided not TO strike
in sympathy with the steel workers
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-24

FOR sALE-Two 1918 Ford touring
cars. F. G. Keeney, 1S South Har-
vim ST
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-24

!. Boil weevils are reported in the
ction 'ofsi Charleston
county. The ,nole coast country
from the Georgia linesto the Santeei
river is now infested, : - :
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-24

Birmingham, Sept 22.-An stee,
plants here are reported operating.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-24

Corrected daily at IL o'clock by
Chamber Of Commerce.)
Good Middling 80.
Strict Midd1ing 20 IL.
Middling 29.
Strict Low Middling 81. 1-2.4
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-24
Cotton Market

LOCAL.
P. @. BOWMAN, Cotton Buyer.
Corrected Daily at 12 o'clock Noon)
Good Middling 80 IL.
Strict Middling 80.
Middling 2S IL.
Strict Low Middling 27 "a.
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f,uEcwAX WANTED-Any quantity
large or small Am paying best
cash price. See me If you have
any. N. G.. 0stcen-
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ucnt.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-11-27
On the Muller Farm

Scott Sparks and Pres Taylor. of the
drilling firm of Taylor, Sparks 4 Taylor
are in the cit" today from the Graham
district. This company has made a
rather unusual record in drilling the
keaton well, on the Miller farm. in sec
ton "a, 2s-Sw, to depth OF l.7lO feet
and has carried the 1O-inch hole to that
depth. This well is shut down waiting
Tor string Of S-inch pipe. This pipe
has been purchased and activities on
this well should be resumed probably by
next Monday, Ii has missed the Wild
cat Jim sand, found in section Is, 2s-2w,
at depth Of l $50 feet but the location
Is in promising looking territory and il
is the intention Of the owners to drill
deep test. The hole is in excellent
shape. The drilling company is made
up OF expert oil field men and good
progress should be made as soon as the
new pipe arrives.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-11-27
Found Atlantic Ocean

The news from the territory south
east OF the discovery we'll at Hewitt
is not favorable, and the reports from
that district are far from being en-
couraging. 1t is stated that the Chick
asaw Refining Companys well, in the
center of the west line of section %,
4s-2w,. has water sand where the oil
should have been found. In oil.field
vernaculr the well has gone into the
Atlantic ocean and while the com
pany has made no statement. it is not
improbable that an order Of abandon
ment Will be made. Further to the
southeast on the north line Of section
80, 4s-2w, Hamon and others have sus-
pended drilling, and are pulling pipe,
and further to the south in the same
section, the Merrick Oil Company has
been playing with its well for some
time, while the wells to the north and
the south were drilling tests. The
Humble Company on the Fulton farm.
on the south side of section 35. 4s-2w,
mas already drilled pretty fair test
and the well has looked discouraging
all the way down. There is no doubt
but what the boys have played the
Hewitt field just as they did at Heald.
ton. They have played Hewitt south
and southeast while the field is stead.
.ng east and west and north. At
Heaidton big prices were paid south
and southwest, while those lands prov
ed TO be barren of oil and the field
ran in the opposite direction. The
Hewitt district is now one mile from
the farthest east to the farthest west
well and the wells that have been drill
cd to tho north of the initial well have
found the sand at shallower depths and
these sands are very prolific. One well
in that direction is only partially drill
ed in, and is making 600 barrels or
better. And there is wonderful ac-
tivlty IN that direction. Hewitt gives
every promise Of being an important
oil field