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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-01-29
ci1LDREs BOOKS NEEDED.
Public Library IS Deficient in Litesa'
turc for Children.

There is urgent need to add to the
supply of cnildrcn's books at the Car
neeie Library. owing to the fact that
interest in good reading is being so
stimulated in the children of the city
that the supply Of proper material is
insufficient. This lack becomes con-
stantly more serious as the member
ship roll increases.
The following books would be help
ful, and anyone contributing one OF
more O: them will confer n real bcne-
fit upon the children. Those wishing
to help rn::y cali up Phones 73 or send
their contribution TO 29 Warren ST.:
A Fairy Reader (Baldwin),
Second Fairy Reader baldwin,,
Fairy Stories and Fables (Baldwin}
Another Fairy Reader (Raldwin),
Chinese Fables and Folk Stories
Davis and Chow Lung),
Easy Steps for Little Feet,
Nature Myths of Many Lands
(Farmer)
Japanese Folk Stories and Fairy
Tales (Nixon Rouletl,
Swallow Rook (Petre).
Legends Of the Red Children
(PrattJ,
Merry Tales (skinneD,
Animal Folk Tales (Stanley),
Animal rabies (Stafford),
Stories OF the King Baldwin,
Five Little Strangers (Schwartz),
Big People and Little People o
Other Lands (Shaw),
Fifty Famous People (Baldwin),
King Arthur ard His kniSht
| (Pyle).
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-01-29
Ghe Basketball Gail,c.

The basketball fans OF Sumter had
q treat given them Thursday. One Of
the fastest games tllat has been pull
cd Of III Sulatci. was seen 1T the Y.
- \. between ti,e local ''Y' team
,sna /! .',rSbytcrian College. The
game Was fast and fall OF pep from
the start The Presbyterian College
We're in just Il little better shape than
the local aoys. and when the refer
cas- whistle blew ;i: the end of the
game. The score stood 80 90 "a. III
favor of The Presbyterian College.
Little i>uciI BurnS and Carl Heidi
We're the stars for tn, locals. while
Barnett was ne shining star for Pres
byt"rian College.
TIE Ena-up was as follows: Lo-
Gals: Centers Thorn aud Wheeler;
forwards. E"iilt. Shaw and Cuttino;
guards, Burns. Chatham and Winn.
Center. Woodson, for
ward: Barnett and Brimm guards;
Thompson. Clark and wilson
The local boys appreciate the sup
port given them last ni%ht and hope
ti.at this sood patronage VIII con-
iinue.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-01-29
R.uD1NG co4ToN MARKET.
Hefin Charges Combination Has
Broken Prices.

Washington, Jan. 2$.--In a speech
IN the house today Congressman Hef-
lin, of Alabama, charged tiat there
has been o combination of American
and foreign spinncrs engaged IN raid
ing the market on cotton exchanges,
and that this combination has broken
the price Of futures $50 in two weeks.
Mr.. Helin predicted that cotton fu-
lures would be quoted on the ex-
changes at thirty cents q pound III
fifteen days.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-01-29
WAIT HEALTH WORK.
Four Counties Take Steps to improve
Conditions.

Columbia. Jan 24.-Four counties
have agreed to pat IN their supply
bills an amount necessary TO have ru-
raj health work carried on in their
communities These counties are
Darlington, Lee. Sumter and Calhoun.
The work will be similar to that now
being carried on in Orangeburg and
Greenwood.
The work is under the direction OF
Dr. L. a. Riser. director OF rural san
itation in the State.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-01-29
Red Cross Fund
List of Pledges Remaining I'm
paid.

Sumter Daily Item:
IN compliance with resolutions OF
Sumter Chapter Red Cross, we today
continue publication Of the list OF
unpaid pledges showing names ana
amounts pledged for war fund last
May and payable October 1st, 1918.
This list we shall arrange alpha betl-
cally It may be that publication OF
the list will bring these unpaid pledges
to the attention Of the persons maxi
ing same. Payment should he made
ito The Sumter Trust Co.
- Please publish the list as furnish
ed from day to day.
Yours truly,
Z. D. JENNINGS,
Chairman Sumter Chapter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-01-29

Secretary Reardon has called the
first meeting Of the board of direc-
tors of the Sumter County Chamber
of Commerce for o'clock next Thurs
day afternoon. January goth, at
Sumter Chamber Of Commerce rooms.
Under the plans Of organization OF
the county commercial organization,
there will be twenty-one directors in
stead Of nine directors as heretofore.
Nine directors shall be from the city
Of Sumter. one from each Of the
ten townships. and two from the
town of Mayesville.
At next Thursdays directors meet
ing the following business will be pre-
sented:
l. Election Of president, two vice
presidents, and a treasurer
2. Drawing for tenure of Office Of
newly elected directors
3. Campaign to secure 1919 mem
berships in city Of Sumter the town
of Mayesville and in the ten town
ships, Of the county
A. Plans for entertainment Of the
Thirtieth Division when the boys
come home" TO the Gamecock coun-
", Sumter.
>. Organizing the farmers. mer-
chants, and bankers TO get ready for
the cotton boil weevil.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-01-29
Fighting in Portugal
Monarchists Appear to Be Los
ing Ground.

Lisbon. Thursday, Jan. 23.-Fight-
ing between Republicans and Mon
archists is in progress at various
points today The Monarchists ap-
pear to be giving way.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-01-29
Chamber OF Commerce.

At the annual meeting OF the SUM-
ter Chamber of Commerce held at the
Elks Club rooms January 2lst, IN
conformity with the resolution Of the
last meeting OF the Sumter County
Council of Defense held on Decemcef
2Sth providing that a committee pc
anpointed from the Council OF De-
eense and Sumter Chamber OF Com
nlerce looking to the amalganlatlon OF
these two bodies, subject to adoption
by the Sumter Chamber of Commerce
members in their annual meeting OF
January 21st, 1919, the following
recommendation Of the joint commit
tee Of those two bodies introduced by
Mr.. II. a. Moses, and seconded by Abe
Rvttenberg was unanimously adopt
ed
after a carefua consideration. tie
desirabil:ty of the amalgamatlon was
unanimously voted. To carry out the
an1alganation the committee recon-
mends:
That the name of the amalgamatee.
bodv be the. Sumte. County Chamber
OF Commerce.
That the presenl organization of the
Sumter Chamber of Commerce be
maintained with the following
! changes:
That the number Of directors be IN
creased to twenty-one, consisting OF
nine directors Of the Chamber OF
Commerce and ten directors Of one
from each township in the county,
and two directors from the town OF
Mayesville.
That the terms Of the twelve adj
iiticnal directors be arranged by lot
so that four shall serve for one year,
/ four for two years, and three Tor
| three years, and that at the "xpira-
ton of their terlas their successors
be elected for three years.
! The Joint committee recommends to
! the meeting that it elect tie follow
ing directors: From Sumter town
ship, 3. NJ Oliver; Privateer town
ship, s. A. Harvin; Mayesville town
+ ship. e W. Dabbs; Stateburg, c. J.
Jackson: Rafting Creek township, Il
| E. Ren1hert; Middleton township, IL
| E. Aycock: Manchester township, r
NJ. Coulter: Concord township. j. G.
Rrogdon; Shiloh township. l. NJ
Truuck. Providence township, a
c. Thompson and from the town
of Mayesville J. F. Bland and w. 3.
Cooper.
The following amendment to the
constitution and hg-laws introduced
t,y W. II y Moses and seconded by
NJ. I. y. r;yrtenbcrg was unanimous
~ adopted:
| Amend Section ! Of Article > b.
| striking out the same and inserting
therefor:
During December the BOARD Of Di-
rectors shall elect a nominating COM
nrittee OF three members Of the
Chamber of Commerce who are not
directors, this committee shall chose
a nominee for each vacancy about to
exist in the board Of directors, and
| those nominations shall be posted IN
| the Chamber of Commerce not later
! than two weeks prior to the date Of
! the annual election On written re-
/ quest Of any three members other
nominations shall be made and sim
ilarly posted, but no nomination shall
be made later than forty-eight hours
prior to the election.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-01-29

Madrid, Jan 2.i.-Tha monarchy
has been proclaimed in Lis n;
ccrding to a telegram from
on the Portuguese border. - I
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-05-16
COUNTRY. NOT RIGHTLY NAMED
Iceland by No Means the Barren
Waste Which AppelIation Would
Seem to Imply. N

Iceland suggests to many people a
land of glacial coldness populated ny
fur-clad shivering natives, probably
Eskimos. The real Icelander wears
clothes no warmer than those needed
In Canada. His winters are usually
no more severe than those of Cnnada.
The Icelander Is not an Eskimo. He
is descendant of the fair-haired .Yik-
ings. Nothing excites an Icelander
more than to have some one pleasant
" ask him if 1t Is ever warm in Ice
land and IL any flowers grow there.
That Iceland Is SO misunderstood is
entirely the fault Of the Morse explor-
ers who landed on the island and felt
obliged to name 1t. AS it was a cold
day and the land was frozen beneath
a blanket of snow, they, thoughtlessly
called It Iceland and departed hastily.
Had they first visited the. island on n
spring day, when the wind blew across
the broad plains, they might h;,ye'fel,
the vastness OF the place and with
equal carelessness called it Greenland.
The name Iceland was officially adopt
ed and instantly became the islands
hOodoo. ~. So
Summer in Iceland is warm. some
times hot. In June the sun ponrs
down, upon the plains continuously
save for a few minutes at midnight.
Another unicelandic phase OF Iceland
are the hot springs which spout up
steaming water. To this hot water
supply the women carry their wash
Ing as matter of convenience. s$H VI +.
Iceland Is not land Of luxuriant
vegetation or perfect climate. Il is a
fairly prosperous little country that
struggles brayely against Its handl.
caps, not the least of which is the
worlds attitude Of persistent misnr-
jderstandne. . ~. al 3S7 + .5&
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-05-16

REpATRlATE 500, 900
RUSSIAN PRISONERS
y. S. Medical Officers Supervise
Work Of Sending Men Home
From German Camps.

h The task of repatriating approx
mately 100000 RUSSIAN prisoners in
the twenty CAMPS in Germany which
have been under the supervision OF
American army medical officers began
a. few days, ago. according to WORD
received by the branch of the Amert,
can Red Cross at@Cohlenz. The work
of sending. these prisoners of war
back to Russia began in accordance
with the decision Of the allied armi-
, stice commission at Spa, and advices
received at Cobienz indicate the ur-
$dcrtaking Will soon be completed.
4 The Americans connected. with re-
lief work amang Russian prisoners
number more than 1000. The princi-
pal duties of ethe Americans are TO
see that the Russians are properly
fed and to supervise camp sanitation.
Food shipments. handled by the Amer
ican Red Cross have been passing
through Coblenz for several weeks.
hut these VIII cease soon and 1t Is
expected that within two mouths all
American missions and soldiers IN
e Germany who have been connected
with relief work among Russian pris-
=oners viii be out OF enemy territory
Allied relief work at the various
Russian camps was decided upon sew
eral months ago by the allies as a
rrecaution against half million Rus
Sims returning so the native land and
Joining the bolslleviki. Under the
plan that is being followed, the Rus
SIMS are being released in small
groups and sent to various parts OF
!: The country and transported to their
homes In this way there is no dan
ger of their Joining the bolsheyiki IN
large bodies. 1t Is believed by officers.
The difficulty attendant on shipping
food across Germany also was one OF
i the reasons for the decision to re
patriate the Russians as soon as pos.
sibIe. --"= - - 49,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-05-16
TURN HAIR DARK
WITH SAGE TEA
II Mixed With Sulphur II,
Darkens So Naturally
Nobody Can Tell

e The old-time mixture of Sage Tea
and Sulphur for darkening gray,
streaked and faded hair is grand
mothers recipe, and folks are again
using it to keep their hair good,
even color, which is quite sensible, as
we are living in an age wnen . youth
full appearance is Of the greatest adj
vantage. s \, 81 .3Y .zts 4.
Nowadays, though, we don't have,
The troublesome task Of gathering the
sage and the nussy mixing at home.
All drug stores sell the ready-to-use
product, improved by the addition OF
other ingredients, called "Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Compound" for
about SO cents a bottle. It is very,
popular because nobody can discover
it has been applied. Simply moisten
your comb or a soft brush with, it.
and draw this through your hair,
taking one small strand at time !;
by morning the gray hair disappears,
but what delights the ladies' with
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound,
is that, besides beautifully darkening
the hair after few applications, il,
also produces that soft lustre and APP
pearance of abundance which is 50
attractive. This ready-to-use prepa-
ration is a delightful toilet requisite
for those who desire a more youthful
appearance. It is not intended for
the cure, mitigation or prevention Of
disease. II NJ .s4st &:
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-05-16
T ) 4, ) ErERNAL MAGDAIENE.

The production and technical UNI
.aueness of 1.-THE Eternal Magdalene. :"
GoIdwyn's perturbation Of Robert II.
famous play, Are GER
tain to challenge the attention VI all
who see this big drama Of compass
sion, which comes to the Grana thea
tre,. Monday and Tuesday. While
there have been, in stage history big
panorama pictures, there has never
been one that approaches The Eter-
nal Magdalene'' In novelty and COM
pletness. Things that 1t was hnpos-
sible to achieve on the stage when
this play was one OF the reigning hits
In New York, Chicago and Boston,
and later in the principal cities of the
country, have been achieved by the
all-seeing camera. One of the points
that Goldwyn emphasizes with re-
gard to its perturbation of THE
Eternal Magdalene" is that the story
lis a modern one, with Its scenes laid
in modern American city, and that
it deals with the vital present day SO
cial problems of any typical commune
sity in the country tt is not a
Biblical or religious picture and it
possesses the challenge Of big mod
ern theme that is on the tongues of
millions,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-05-16
Buy a tag tomorrow.
EEWSOF THE
THEA ER'. S ).
THE REX THEATRE.

Today's attraction at the Rex
theatre is En- German in "The Little
Orphan" 1t Is sure to please To-
morrow Bert Lytell. the clever and
versatile young Metro star of
"Blackie's Redemption" will be
seen at the Rex.
He is one of the youngest OF dra-
matte stars and comes from a long
line of theatrical celebrities, among
whom was j. X. Mortimer, his grand
father, for years one Of Augustin
Days biggest players. Mr.. Lytell Is
we'll known as a leading man in
broadway productions, his last before
leaving the stage for the screen be-
ing, Mary's Ankle, in which he was
co-starred with Irene FenwicK. The
young actor has determined to con-
fine himself exclusively to the screen
and all his successes in this line have
been with Metro where he has starred
in "The Trail to Yesterday" "No
Mans Land" Boston Blackie's Lit
tie Pal" Hitting the High Spots
t.unexpected Places" 1.-THE Spender,"
s.Faith,' and 1.-THE Blind Mans
Eyes. r
Born in New York, Mr.. Lytell was
educated at Upper Canada College
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-05-16
TOO Many Eggs.

My neighbor and l had been striy.
Ing for u long time to see who could
produce the most eggs from d certain
number of chickens. Each day when
/ met him at the office and told him
how many eggs got he Invariably had
two; or three more than i. So one day
i made up ms mind to Guido him, and
after putting several eggs that had
been laid the day before into the nests
we went to a funeral and upon our
return invited him in to see my coau
and chickens, and to my horror the
hens had laid more eggs during my alb.
sence. He remarked "You have
more eggs than chickens" All i could
say was that didn't gather them yes
terday.--Chicago Tribune. q.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-05-16
A FACTOR IN NATIONAL LIFE

The Reconstruction PERIOD proving period Of recogn
we'll reconstruction for women who work Data from
men of women comes office of the assistant the Dec
of the United States Employment Service Scien
tc reports clippings OF commissions and
Of walk in life make us mosaic that
national has ever before appeared It not
that great number of entered industry as
result Of the war; according to Margarea Neae who is in
charge of the womens work for the United States
The outstanding fact that the country has had its
eyes suddenly focused this great composed
according various estimates, of from 900
900 The that the decennia the only
knowledge Of their numbers although number
mate how scattered and little recognized has been their
force in the past -s3%fs. rg|E
Indications the attitude evidenced in the unan
recent conference Of
tves held invitation Of the Secretary Labor to ask Con-
gress provide for assistant director general of
United States employment service to have charge
of affairs pertaining to womens work Another evidence the
support of divisions of the Employ
men during the interim between appropriations by
donated by civic commercial welfare and womens
panzaons in about Cities subscribed vary
from $400 $500 smaller places to the contrib
uted Philadelphia the total probably than $780,
Support woens organizations has been constant and
taken FORMS depending the emergency and
whether the organization is local State NATIONAL whether
made who themselves wage earnes or OF e
ure-ciass S %s@ >s.~.- ~'
evidences of recent data the resolutions OF the
ectiye committee of the National Council of Women with it's
MEMBERS calling for the continuance Of the uned
States Employment Service Justice demands that
Nation provide employment system in order that soldiers
sailors and war workers penazed for their service
and that women's wider interest and equality Of oppor
tuni Industry gained during the war be not RELOCATED
to minor place. Similar resolutions passed at the an
nua convention of the Association OF Collegiate Aumnae with
forded the coege-traned hroug the offices of the
United States Employment Service. @--
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-05-16

two negroes out Of SIPS while telling
their fortunes.
They advised their victims that Il
would bring them good luck II they
would let the seeress blow In their
nocketbooks When they looked at
their purses short time later the ne
groes discovered their money was
gone,
The party has three high powered
automobiles, all carrying Arkansas IL
cense tags for 1919. They are natives
Of Brazil, but they say they have
been in this country several years.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-05-16
AN ODD ROLE. I

IN the new World picture, "The
Little Intruder" there's a young
lsdy, for whom the picture is. named,
who intrudes herself into a mans
home. is hired by him to spy on his
wife, and who also intrudes her way
into young mans heart. Who is
this mysterious winsome, lovable
little intruder? 1t IS. not until the
;tegy last few feet of the picture that
that this mystery Is solved in this
surprising production which is sche-
duled for showing today only at the
Elko theatre. Charming Louise HUFF
is starred in the role of the intruder
and it is one of the, best and most
Iikeable parts that she has ever
played, = Vi. Es -.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-05-16

Keep your Liberty Bonds if you possibly Sacrifice,
hold them. Don't let the first little temptation
induce you dispose of them And do have to sell them
receive the current market and crcum
stance should exchange stocks companies that
slick statesmen to That is the message IN bu1e
tin Associated Advertising Clubs of the World
which show local advertising club affiliated with the
association recently estimated that unscrupuous who
buying than their actual value will rob the
people United States of $2 900 during the next few
months people do have to sell take greater precau
ton value of their bonds And there is
telling what public will lose through trading bonds for wild
have been reported where 100 bonds have
been sold sharpes little $40 $780, In thousands OF
other absolutely nothing has been obtained FROM
bonds because the have traded them for worthless
stocks =. T., p
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-05-16
FAMOUS STORY IN PICTURES.

Filled with humor, pathos and deli
cate sentiment, Little Women" the
famous novel of Louisa M. Alcott,
which has been picturized and re-
leased as Paramount-Artcrft spe-
cial picture, will be shown at the
Elko theatre tomorrow and Sunday,
matinee and evening. This will be
an event in which every woman and
child in the city, and men too. for
that matter, who have read this i'm
mortal story, will be intensely in
terested. In connection with the
special feature added attractions at
tie Elko Saturday and Sunday will
be Paramount-Flagg comedy. and
music by the popular Elko theatre
orchestra of Eve capable musicians,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-05-16
Got II Bad.

The young man about town had just
been accepted by ''the one girl In the
world" who, nevertheless, was q mem-
Der Of forty-strong beauty chorus. :,
$50 ypu think you love herr" smiled
his father. 80
II know love her!" swore the in
fatuated youth. .z gY,... f.
Are you sure you love her as much
as you think you dor .-
Tin sure of more than that. love
her as much as she thinks dot"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-05-16
Waited Forty Years for Sons Retur,

" a5UCu = U1 y !" ~ 7-'Soee'' -. ~
Berwick. Pa. When Lawrence
Boyd left here for Seattle, WASH, in
1879, his mother expressed the hope
that she would live to see him return.
Although she had to live to be eighty!
six years DID,, she has enjoyed the
fultillment Of her wish; the son re-
turned. a few days ago on his nrst
visit in forty ysA So
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-05-16

where. among other things. he ex
celled in athletics. 4 a. =
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-05-16
= : - y -7-g1..5-@I - e.
sEEREss A GOOD BLOWER
Cypsies Arrested Upon Charge OF
a. Petit Larceny.

George Vono N. Adams and Annie
Miller. members of n band Of gypsies
who were arrested recently at their
camp, two miles east Of Texarkana.
ARR, on charges OF petit larceny.
pleaded guilty in the Municipal court
and were fined $23 each. including
costs, and given two days in Jail. It
was charged that they .'tlimflammed"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-07
The II ealth of the South.

The prosperity of the South is strikingly
attested by certain figures presented in the
Augusta Chronicle showing the white per
capita wealth of the several states of this
region. In Georgia it is $1,664, which is
considerably above that of number of East
ern and Western states In Alabama it is
$1,349; in Florida, $2,36O; in South Caro-
lima, $1,000; in Tennessee, $1,000; in Louisi-
ana, $3.50; in Texas, $2,14O. The average
for the entire South is $1,814. Confirming
the significance of these figures is the report
on the South's banking resources, which
amount in the aggregate to $3,248,065, 122.
This record appears the mere remarkable
and prophetic when we observe that as yet
the wealth-producing resources of the South
are but specifically developed Below the
surface of natural treasure which has been
merely skinned, lie riches incalculable,
awaiting the touch of efficient exploitation to
make this section of the country truly mar
vel of prosperity. The treasure of mine,' for
est, Stream and soil, all are here in super
abundance, and in due season they. will be
brought fully forth.