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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-24
Tobacco Market Notes.

Reports TO the Sumter Chamber OF
Commerce indicate the largest acre
age of tobacco in this county cvcl
planted, with tho finest outlook for n
big crop in every section Of the coun-
ty.
The new tobacco warehouse on the
corner Magnolia and Hampton IS be-
ing pushed to completion; it will be
ready in ample time, and it will be
one Of the biggest and best equipped
tobacco warehouses in South Carlina
1t is said that this warehouse will
have excellent prize warerooms con-
nected herewith.
The directors of the Farmers To
bacco Warehouse Company have or
dered that their warehouse be en-
larged by the addition Of a prize room
-J5y5O feat TO accommodate the large
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-24

corps Of tobacco buyers to be on this
market this summer .-nis building
has a number Of prize ware rooms.
out the directors decided. that more
.oor1 was. needed or will be re-
auired to handle the prospective
largest amount of tobacco ever sold
on this market.
Messrs. Knott and Newton. lessses
and managers OF the new tobacco
warehouse. with several of their
force are here. They reported to the
Chamber Of Commerce yesterday,
ready for a preliminary round among
the tobacco planters and to find out
how their new building is progro ss-
ing.
John and Bill'' Moore, lesses OF the
Farmers Tobacco Warehouse Com
pany were in town 4 few days ago.
They ran the Sumter warehouse last
summer. and leased it again for two
more years. They say that Sumter is
going TO be the leading tobacco mar
kct Of South Carolina this summer
Knott and Newton said Amen
DR.. +. s. Booth. president Of the
sumter Chamber of Commerce, and
DR.. T. T. IIcaron. presid mt Of the
Retail Dealers Association, and num-
bers Of other Sumter business men
are anxious for the first tobacco mar
ket boosting trip. Secretary Rcardon
will blow his little conductors whis-
tie for the first booster trip about
June the 10th Says he is just
waiting for solne of those frying sized
bullets at Turbeville and Shiloh to
grow a little bigger.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-24
Prohibition Speaker
Coming
DR.. Ira Landrith Will Speak
Here Sunday June /.

Editor Sumter Item:
Rev. DR.. Ira Iandrith. of Boston
prominent in Christian Endeayol
work, will speak in Sumter on the If
ternoon Of Sunday. June l. He VII
come in the double interest of prohl-
bit!on enforcement and Worldwide
prohibition. DR.. Landrith will spe;ik
in Columbia Sunday morning &fd
evening. He comes to South Carolina
under the direction Of the Anti-Sa-
loon League
According to J. H.. Larimore. Co
lumbus, o.. newspaper man. who is
in South Carolina on publicity wo:k,
DR.. Landrith's coming is part ol Il
long tour through several States
which started at TT. Sheridan, Nyo..
last Friday. There are six other such
tours, which started At New York
May 19. Each tour is in charge OF
a speaker Of national reputation. each
covers a substantial portion OF the
United States and Canada, each con-
veys an Anti-Saloon League official
and several delegates from foreign
temperance organizations. and each
winds up at Washington. where two
dry gatherings are to be held.
The first of these is the national
convention of the League, to be held
June and 5. The second is 4 world
wide prohibition conference, also in
Washington and scheduled for June
5. G and At that conference, 1t Is
asserted, delegates from 50 countries
will plan for world prohibition, and it
is not improbable they will form an
international prohibition league.
The idea of conveying the aelegatec
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-24
The Korean Trouble
American Missionaries Charged
With Aiding Korean
Agitators

Pyeng Yang, Korea. April "
fcorrespondence of The Associa'ee
Pressl-On the occasion OF the ar
resi- of Reverend E. NJ. Mowfy. !
American missionary, on the cnarSe
OF sheltering Korean aslea LOTS '.'e
houses Of seven other American ms
sionary workers were subjected 10
donniciiiary searches by the police
and gendarmes at the instance 81 the
public procarator.
The missionaries whose houses We're
visited were the following: +. NJ.
Mowry. Manseld. Ohio; A. w. ellis,
Mount pleasant. Ohio; r. Q. Reiner.
Berkeley. Cal; w N. Baird. Topeka.
4 Kansas: A. aloffet, Madison, In
diana: r. MeMurtrie. Rock Island,
nj: Miss v. 6. Shook, Fairfield. Ohio
and Miss A. Gittens, Williamsburg,
Ohio.
As a result of this search the police
arrested Kim Tai Sui, well-known
leader and ten other Koreans as being
<im picated in the Independence
movement. The police seized. as
evidence, a copying machine. copies
Z OF the elnGeQeAdeIICS News, d oGCioAti
ton not to attend school, and a re-
port OF the disturbance.
8; The Rev. MIR. Mowry was the only
one American detained by the police
Mr. Sheppey of. the Seattle Post In
1elIigencer was in Pyeng Yang when
the arrest occurred. He Immediately
applied through the Japanese officials
accompanying him and obtained per-
mission to see the prisoner. He was
extremely nervous. said he had not
been badly treated, and asked per-
mission for his wife to visit him. Mr..
Sheppey spoke to the officials and
they promised this should be allowed
aIld the interview ended.
Later the Rev. Mr.. Mowry was
found guilty Of having permitted ko-
reans to use his premises at PyenS
Yang for disseminating. propaganda
Tor Korean independence. He was
sentenced to six months in1prison-
n1ent at hard abor but, on his appeal
was admitted TO bail.
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The United States
School Garden Army


the opinion that the cost OF .food
stlffs will decline but little in the
near future. America has pledged to
Europe this year 20,000,000 tons OF
food. Labor is receiving higher prices
than ever before known, consequent
4 ~ the cost of food production is
greater than it has ever been in the
history of the world.
The government s urging that every
family that has backyard shall cui-
tivase a garden for the welfare Of the
family and for the good Of the na-
ton. The United States School Car
den was organized under the Inter
ior Departme by the Bureau OF
Education. It has now enrolled three
million children in the United States.
Texas alone having enrolled 1S5.-
zoe. North Carolina has enrolled thus
far 1900 in the larger towns and
cities. taking no account OF the rural
sections ard small towns and vii
Iages. The following North. Carolina
cities have organized companies OF
school children for garden work un-
der her-directors: Raleigh, Char
lotte. Greensboro, Cancord, Goldsboro
Kmston, Washington, Elizabeth City
Rocky Mount and Asheville.
Charlotte leads with eight garden
teachers and over one thousand child
rem engaged IN garden work. Colds
boro has two paid teachers with az
enrolment of over 700 children
washington, Elizabeth City, Rock,
Mount, Salisbury have each one palt
teacher-director with an average ol
$50 children. Raleigh has six volun
teer garden teachers with an enroll
ment Of 500 children. among The
whites, and one paid supervisor ant
400 children in the colored schools.
South Carolina thus far has enroll
ed in the larger towns and cities ant
mill villages 5000 children. The fol
lowing cities have teacher-directors
whose salary are paid by their. re-
spective boards of educationi Col
umbia. Chester. Sumter. Rock Hill
Winthrop Normal and a number OF the
smaller towns and mill villages. II
Sumter the sixth grade boys are cul-
; tiyating a quarter Of an acre in Irish
potatoes, the proceeds Of which are
10 be applied to supp. rting Frener
orphan. In other cities OF South
Carolina some of the children are cul-
tivating community gardens havlne
this same object in view.
Last year the United States School,
Garden Army enrolled 1.5o0.0oC
children in garden work. who pro-
duced from their gardens $4,000
600 worth of food. This year about
three million children have been or
ganized and it is estimated that they
: will produce s60,000.000 worth OF
food. In all of the larger towns and
cities, boards Of education are max
! ing home gardening an organic part
of the public school system. The gar
dens are graded and the work is being
undertaken with enthusiasm by the
boys and girls The eagernesS WITT
which these boys are engaging in tins
work is proof that the government Is
building wisely and that Commission
er Claxton the originator of the idea
had the vision to see just what this
: would mean in helping to train the
children of the nation in patriotism
: thrift, and good citizenship.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-24

The annual picnic Of the Sunday
school Of ST. Anne's Catholic church
will be held at Pocalla Springs on
next Wednesday, May 2Sth. Prepara-
tons are being made to give the
children real day of enjoyment and
sufficient vehicles will be on hand
in front of ST. Joseph Academy that
morning at 1890 o'clock in order 10
transport the little ones to the
grounds.
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A Real Fighting Man
A Tribute to Capt. w. L. Nc.
Cutchen by a Comrade Who
Was With Him in Battle
On the Way Home.
May /, 1919

l., y.
Dear Mr.. osteen:
Some of us have had the idea for
! quite a while that when Daddy
Mac" started home. we wanted to tell
you little about what we think Of
him, but we have put it off until l
find myself now on the way home
with him. He doesn't know that /
am writing anything like this, or he
sure would be as sore as boil, for II
any one talks less about what they did
than he does. I'd like to find him.
met Miss Ryttenberg on the
way down here, and she enlightened
me as to the name of your paper, as
we'll as Your own name, so trust
that this communication will reach
you o. k. And we hope from the bot
tom of our hearts that when Daddy
Mac" comes home, you all turn out
the band and run a parade up from
the station. We only wish the
.eThirtieth" could be there to help
make the parade.
I'm newspaper man myself. when
I'm out of the army, and / ought to
be able to write what I'd like to say.
It was for that reason that they stuck
the job onto me Of saying what we
all would like to say about Daddy
Mac. But it couldn't be written as
you would say it, and couldn't be said
as you'd feel it, for when / say you
can't describe the place that Daddy
Mac holds in the hearts of the Thir-
tieth. mean it from the bottom Of
my heart. But l trust that you good
peple of Sumter will appreciate in
some measure the love that we have
for one Of your very finest and great
est citizens, and that you will know
you are welcoming home one big
hearted, whole-souled fightin' man.
when Daddy McCutchen gets off the
train. Sincerely,
William W. Hague.
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Taken to Penitentiary

Altamont Murray. Lee county ne
gro. was taken to Columbia Tuesday
and placed in the penitetiary for safe
keeping until the next term Of court.
Murray was arrested Monday under 4
warrant issued by Magistrate L. S.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-24

Derlin. May 20-Violcnt riotin@ is
again reported at Stcttn. whore min"
civilians and twenty soldiers are re-
norted 70 have been killed.
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.NC-4 Finishes First Leg
Commander Reid Takes His Sea.
plane From Horta to Ponta
Del Gada

Horta. MAY 20.-Seaplane NJ
started for Ponta Del Gada at -
p. NJ. today. Greenwich meridian time
The weather was clear and tn" WI
favorable.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-24
Quick Flight Made

Washington. May 2a.-Seap';'n"
NC-4 arrived at Ponta Del Gada from
Herta at 1924 a. NJ. Washington
time.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-24

There is an unusually large acreage
planted in tobacco in Sumter county,
and as a rule the CROP is doing WELL
but quite a number of farmers report,
broken stands and they are stfll en-.
ya ged in replantinS
The Washington times., 1919-05-19
For New Members of the Senate
And the House of Representatives
By EARL GOODWIN.

Washington wants to give the members OF this
Congress the glad hand and hearty welcome; wants to
make life pleasant for these important people, their families
and their secretaries This newspaper wants to give every
aid 1T can to these Washngtonians and personally
am asking friends to call upon this newspaper for
any information or help they think give
Just treat neghbors in and borrow the lawn
mower anything ese ask about the stores the real
estate folks the theaters the trains, the groceyman
anything.
want to warn these that like every other
city there are sharpers and pirates in Washington but
mighty few compared to the great body of people.
Unfortunately, the sharpers single out the newcomers
and begin to operate upon them from the start This hap
pens once In every Congress- at the start The result Is that
many spot is left in the heart of Congressman The
real folks here wanted to make friends of them but without
the guidance of good neghbor the wrong people got hold
of the stranger and "did" him.
One of the common tricks played upon Congress
men is performed by gentlemen who say they arrange
for favorable publicity for generous fee and that sub
scrpon to press bureau real fake press
organization will be followed by friendly feelings ON the
part Of the of the country represented by the
eral hundred newspaper correspondents here
any such person starts that line of negotiation in the
office of Congressman my advice is to telephone either
the Senate the House press gallery and ask the supern
tendent member of the standing committee of cor
to quick The chances are the gen
temen asking for this piece of graft will leap through the
door insanty-unless the window offers quicker exit
No in Washington has to be paid bribed or salved
Washington is just suffering from lack of homes
and it will be hard for of the friends get what
they want We this newspaper have lots of acouanances
and if help in that line let us know Drop in
any time and get acquainted Personally I'm going to be
busy all this week helping the Salvation Army but after
next Monday am yours to command
Come In and talk it
The Washington times., 1919-05-19

plants which have been built in and
near Washington for the city have
been up to the present time more or
less of an eyesore because Of the
fact that no efficient incinerator was
provided enabling the unstable re-
fuse to be destroyed as soon as a.
cumulated. A plant constructed As
this one will be is not a nuisance
and should result in the Improvement
OF streets leading to il and should
give employment to persons in the
vicinity. Similar plants in Pittsburgh
and other cities are located in resi-
Dental districts and are unobjectiou-
able.
Our property does not adjoin Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, a strip of land about
zoo feet wide intervening. On this
land is pig-sty and the pigs are fed
with garbage in violation of the laws
OF the District OF Columbia. As Won
may imagine, the odors from thFa
pig-sty are Infinitely more OF n
nuisance than a reduction plant
could ever be
Those interested in this contract
have proceeded in this matter in a
frank, straightforward manner, and il
the real interests behind these OBJ
jections are uncovered, il is believed
that the citizens of Washington will
take d different view OF the matter.
WM. 2. KELLY.
The Washington times., 1919-05-19
Do You Believe In DOughnuts?
Then Give the Salvation Army Lassie Contribution.

81 believe in doughnuts" said returning soldier. 1t
his way Of saying that he Endorsed the Salvation Army
No organization connected with the has gained
approval from the who went the
women and who wearing the badges of blue carried
something of comfort to the trenches
Today nationwide Salvation Army appeal for funds
is being made For week you will be asked to give. You
have been asked give many times already often to less
worthy
Give if you in money. you can't give in money
give in kind words of appreciation.
When lasse asks you contribute remember that she
may be of the brave who baked pie for
boy you know And that pie the welcome thing
he saw in France.
It isn't tremendous the Salvation Army asks.
little from each one of US will quickly make the total
you believe in practical charity if you believe in
doughnuts give your share.
The Washington times., 1919-05-19
The Refuse Plant Near Mt. Olivet
Cemetery
Cemetery

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
Referring to your editorial in the
Times concerning the reduction
plant to be erected near Mt. OIivet
Cemetery, l wish to submit the fol-
lowing facts:
The contract for the removal Of
miscellaneous refuse provides that q
disposaI plant must be provided by
the contractor where the salable
portions OF the refuse shall be re-
claimed and the balance passed
through an incinerator, where the
combustibIe portion shall be burned.
the plant, location and its manner OF
operaticn to be satisfactory to the
commissioners OF the District OF CO.
lumbia.
Much time was devoted to finding
a site, as it is the desire OF those
connected with this contract to oper-
ate Il in a manner to the best in
terest Of the citizens OF Washington,
and finally the one near Mt. Olivet
Cemetery was selected as suitable
and submitted to the Commissioners.
Upon their approval this site was
purchased and the erection OF the
plant started.
This plant will be OF fireproof con-
struction, the incincrator builder fur
nishing a bond that there will be no
smoke or obnoxious gases. The
The Washington times., 1919-05-19
What's Doing; Where; When

American Woman Suffrage Association.
1876 Rhode Island avenue northwest, Sis
p. M
Mestfng-Y. W. g A. BookIovers SO
Fourteenth street northwest. y. IN. Miss
Alice HutChins Drake will lecture An
Evening with Robert l.. Stevenson"
Lccture-Miss Theodore Il. Miller,
Summer Dishes" Wilson Normal Com
munity Center. Eleventh and Harvard
streets northwest. 1880 p. m.
Meeting-CentraI Citizens Association.
McetIng-Abrah ham Lincoln Circle. No. 3.
G. A X. home Of General and Mrs.
Richard HoKie. 1852 X street northwest,
s p IN.
Tomorrow.
Meeting-Rarry Farm Citizens Ass0cIa-
ton, Methodist Church. corner of Stan
ton and Elvan roads southeast. Sis D. IN.
Discussinn-"IIouseho hold and Community
Sanitation" TheodOTus MyCT Mason
House, 1906 Twentieth street northwest.
; 40 p. m.
Illustrated Lecture Lieut. Col Dabney
". Maury. advisory engineer in charge
OF water supply. Water for a Thirsty
Army" Officers Club of Washington, 1900
MeetinG-COlumbia n storiCal Society,
gold room of the ShorehSm Hotel. Sis
p. m.
Meeting -WashinEton Aviators' Club.
New Ebhitt Hotel. p, m, Lieutenant
Baker will tell NJ overseas experiences
MeetinG-Kenesslah Club Adsth Israel
Congregation. Sixth and ! streets north
west, p. m.
MeetIng-Rusines woman's Council.
Wesley Chapel. Fifth and streets north
west, 1870 p. m
The Washington times., 1919-05-19
Today.

Today.
Meeting Monday Evening Club. Y NJ. c
a, 1886 G street northwest y. m.
Concentrated States Soldiers Home
Band, bandstand, p. IN.
Concentrated States Marine Band
Marine Barracks, $3.50 y.
Public Hearing by officials IN
charge Of enforcement of the Federal Food
and Drug Act. Bureau Of Chemistry. De
Dartment OF Agriculture. 10 q. IA.
Lecture-Dr. Resale s. Morton. on war
experiences. Assembly Hall Of George
Washington University Arts and Sciences
building, 2O23 G street northwest, l2:l6 y.
m.
Rcception-Men's Club Of Lincoln Church
for soldiers and war workers. Eleventh
and streets northwest, $50 p m. Ad-
dress by Lieut.. Walter AIkens.
Meeting-General PeTshinG Post No. J,
new Central High School, =. m. Report
Of convention proceedings by Col. Henry
d. LindsIey.
Commencement EIercises-Chevy Chase
School, $50 p. Commencement Mt
Dance. $50 p. m.
Public meetinE-Sationsl Society for
the Humane Regulation of Vivisection.
Carnegie Library lecture hall. s p, m.
Meeting-GeorEetoWn Citizens Associa-
Garden Party-In honor Of the Saliva
ton Army workers. given by Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Ramsey, of the Fairmout
Seminary, to be given al l40l Euclid street
northwest, to p. m.
Neutrality-suspicious. Citizens AssoCia ton.
Library building. p. m.
ADMINISTRATION william s. Kenyon Of
Iowa. Labor Legislation to be Introduced
in the SiIty-BiXth Congress- National
The Washington times., 1919-05-19
Beatrice Fairfax Writes the Problems and Pitfalls the War Workers
Especially for Washington Women

companionship. too. but do not
know where to find it.
SWEET SIXTEEN.
Would it not be ideal if some
kind Fairy Godmother would only
introduce this serious minded
young man of nineteen and this
serious-minded girl of sixteen. 1
regret very much that cannot be
the Fairy Godmother in question,
but absolutely no introductions of
any sort are made through this
column.
He Whistles All Day Long Like
A BIaekbIrd.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am a young girl and employed
in a Government office. There is a
young man in the same room who
whistles necessarily all day long
and for that reasan I cannot attend
to my work properly. l have asked
him several times to cease his wills
thing. but he persists in keeping it
up. L dislike going to our employ
or about ii, but it interferes with
my work. What shall I do?
PATIENCE.
As long as your repeated re-
quests to the young man to stop
whistling have not met with any
success / am at loss what to rec
ommend, unless perhaps, you
might give him a ''paciher" and
perhaps he will take the hint, and
stop being a nuisance.
The Washington times., 1919-05-19

Please tell me il you think he
loves me or not, or is he ashamed
Of me. JEALOUS.
1t would seem if the young man
goes to see you on Sunday, and
twice during the week. that he
spends considerable time in your
society, and is at least not indif-
ferent to you. In regard to the
dance halls it would be difficult
for me to pass judgment, as |
have really not Investigated them
and do not know by what class
Of people they are patronized.
Mother Does Not Care for Him.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
/ am a boy OF seventeen and
am deeply in love with a girl and
know that she loves me. but her
mother does not care for me. And
every time she finds out that her
daughter has been speaking to
me. she either keeps her in the
house for a long time or shuts
her up in the front yard Could
YOU give me some advice.
:. q. &.
The only advice that could be
given to a boy of your tender years,
under the circumstances, is TO be-
have so well and be so steady and
industrious as to overcome the
objections of this young girls
mother. think, however, that
you are both entirely too young
for . serious love affair.
She Has Been SupDIanted.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
Some time ago l met a young
man whom | thought a great deal
The Washington times., 1919-05-19
TODAY'S TOPIC
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

OF, and he for no reason at all
has taken another girl in my
place. Now l have always acted
the part of lady, and have never
given him any cause to leave me.
l am not one half as old as this
other woman, and he is also near
my age. Please advise me what
to do TO regain his affection.
J.H.
There is really nothing to ad-
wise, in a case like this but to
bide your time and see if he does
not get tired Of the lady who is
nearly twice his age. l think your
willingness to take him back after
he has dropped you may have been
the cause of his giving you up in
the first place. Girls ought to
show a little independence of char
acter in these matters, and not be
taken up and dropped at will. In
your place I'd try and forget
him.