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The Dolores star., 1920-04-16

down the slope. the three horses were
quietly cropping away at the herbage.
I managed to rise.
Lets move back to the spring.
where we will not wake them up" |
suggested. "Now we can talk"
My eyes sought the face of the lad
Questioningly. He was loose-lipped
awkward lout, trembling still from
fright he could not conceal.
you belonged to that squad killed
out yonder"
"Yes. sch; reckon Use the only one
whut amt ded." he stammered so
tongue-ded could scarcely make out
his words. II wus gone after waiter
an when them Injuns begun fer ter
yell, never dun nuthln but Just run,
an hid In the bush"
II understand. What is your nameY
ASA Hail."
~Well. Asa, I suppose those were
militfamen; you belonged to the com
,anyr'
He nodded. his eyes dull, his lips
moving. az though 1t was an effort to
eslH. 0nih> svtdsatly whatever little
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Fixing the Family's Location,

And now where do you live the
teacher asked Jimmy, little boy Of
six on his first day Of school.
with papa and mamma" he re-
piled bit Scornfully, rs though any
teacher ought to know that much.
yes. | know: but where does your
papa and mamma lire| the teacher
persisted
IVY. they live with me-" and then
hearing the other children laugh at
his reply ana thinking maybe he had
made some mistake after all, Jimmy
hastily added: Except when we all
go out to gran'lma's."
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they are after me. l just escaped
thpm-thcy were going to burn me at
/ the stakel"
| glanced aside al Tim: his rifle was
flung forward. Then | looked quickly
back AZ the man, who had already
dropped from his horse, and seemed
scarcely able to stand. Was this true.
had he ridden here unknOwing whom
he would meet, with no other thought
hut to save his life? Heaven knows
he looked the part-hiS Swarthy face
dirtied, with stain of blood on one
cheek. his shirt ripped into rags, bare
headed, and with IL look of terror in
his eyes not to be mistaken. Villain
and savage as | knew him to be, still
felt strange wave of pity sweep me
pity and tenderness. mingled with
hatred and distrust.
Kirby" | said. and strobe in be-
tween him and Tins leveled weapon.
There is no friendship between us
now, or at any time. l believe you to
| be a miserable. snarling dog; but
would save even cur from Indian tor
ture. Did you know we were here?"
mo, so help me God. I saw the
cabin, and hoped TO find help"
THE savages are following your
"Yes-yes see Look down there
there are half hundred of the
devils and-and Black Hawk"
by the holy smoke, Cap. he's right
there they are." sung out Kennedy,
pointing excitedly. THE cuss amt a
lyin'. Whatil we do?''
l saw them also by this time, my
mind in whirl Of indecsion. What
| should we do? What ought we to do :
| We should have to fight to the death
| there was no doubt of that. An at
| tempt to get away was manifestly i'm.
| possible. But what about this rene
gade, this Internal scoundrel, this hell
hound who had been trailing us to kill
and destroy? Should we turn him bacl;
now to his deserved fate. or should we
offer him the same chance for life We
had? He might fight: he might add
one rifle to our defense; he might helI
us to hold out until rescuers came
And then-then-after that-we could
settle our score. Tins voice broke the
silence.
II reckon we ain't got much time
he said grimly. "It's one thing, 'er the
other. I'm fer givin' the d begear
chanel. l can't turn no white man
over ter 1njuns-not me- KIrby's got
a gun, an l reckon we're goln fer Ter
need EN- all afore this blame fracas
is over with"
And l agree with you, Mr.. Ken.
hedy,' said ElOise. clearly, speaking
from the open door. Lieutenant
Knox, no one here has more to forgive
than |, We must give the man refuge
it would be inhuman NOT TO-"
go in" l said. grimly, to Kirby
looking him squarely in the eyes. "And
then play the man, If you care to live ;
| fingered there upon the outside for
moment, but for moment only. The
advancing cloud of savages were al
ready coming up the slope, gradually
spreading out into the form Of n fan
The majority were mounted, although
several struggled forward on foot.
Near their center appeared the omin
GUS gleam of u red blanket waved
back and forth as though In signal, bu,
the distance was too great for nv
eyes to distinguish the one manipulat
ing 1t. We were trapped, With on,
backs to the wall
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Foresight.

This seems to be a case of near
love"
what kind Is that?"
"A beautiful young creature prom
ised an elderly millionaire unbounded
affection If he would first settle SloO,
900 on her to insure that loves labor
would not be ost."-Birmingham Age
Herald
The Dolores star., 1920-04-16
For Scrofula and the Skin

Malvern, Hans. -
II was troubled with
scrofula. in fact, I had
it from infancy up
until Itook DR.. Piercs's
Golden Medical Dis
covcry, which was
when l was fifteen
years old. l took it for
some time and got
entirely rid Of the dis.
ease. It has never no
turned since that tirns
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For Young Girls
Entering Womanhood

Fort Scott, Kans.:-''It is with pleanir,
that tell what DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pm.
scription has dono for mo and my two
Oldest girls. I took it during expectancy
with the best Of results. also recommend
DR.. Piercc's Favorito Prescription to
mothers that have girls Just turning into
womanhood. l gavc it to my two oldest
girls Irregularities was their trouble) and II
worked like a charm. They are now stout
healthy young ladies and l will always
recommend 'Favoritc Prescription to my
friends and all who suffer from feminine
complaints" OLA KIRKMAN,
cfo Fred Haryey
The Dolores star., 1920-04-16

The world may love lover, but Il
hates . Quittss.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-12-22
MASONIC LODGE OFFICERS IN
STALLED.

The annual services for the install
in the Masonic bodies of Blue Lodge.
Chapter and Council were held at tho
Masonic Temple Thursday night.
The ceremonies began at o'clock
with the installation Of the officers in
Reulah chapter No. Z5, Royal Arch
Masons and in Seymour Council No.
l3. Royal and Select Masons who were
Chapter: w. !. Whitehead, High
Priest; Barlow Walsh, King; II. w.
Sholar, Scribe; John B. Duftie, Cap
tain of the Host; Rev. r l.. Grier,
Principal Sojourner; DR.. NJ. L. Parler,
Royal Arch Captain: w. Y. Yeadon,
Master of the First Veil; A, L. Shaw,
Master Of the Second Veil; w. O.
Staley, Master of the Third Veil; ]. c.
Pate, Secretary; Abe Ryttenberg,
Treasurer; J. S. kennedy, Sentinel.
Council: r. p. DuRant,. Illustrious
Master; NJ. L. Parler, Deputy Mas
ter; w. |. Whitehead, Principal Con-
ductor of the Work; J. G. Holford,
Captain Of the Guard; w. .. Staley,
Steward; j. G. Pate, Secretary; w. j.
Crowson, Treasurer; J. S. Kennedy,
,Tiler.
AT S O'Clock the ladies We're admit
ted into the sacred precinct of the
Blue Lodge room Of the Masonic
Temple and witnessed the public in
stallation Of the officers elected to
serve in that capacity in Claremort
Lodge. \. +. NJ. No. "a.
The officers for the year 1921. are:
George ID. Levy. Worshipful Master:
- DnIont Sapin,. NNar,Iap. Ii
Sholar. Junior Warden; Yates Yeadon,
Senior Deacon; John Duffe. Junior
Deacon; j. G. Pate, Secretary; Abe
Ryttcnberg. Treasurer: :. NJ. Rice
and w. O. Staley, Stewards; J. 3
Kennedy, Tiler.
The ceremonies were beautiful and
impressive. each officer swearing his
allegiance TO serve faithfully in the
oiiiCc for which he had been chosen.
being then invested with his symbol
Of his authority and escorted TO the
chair for which he had been elected.
In slight token Of appreciation for
the faithfulnesS, fervency and zeal
with which the Past Master, Brother
II. NJ. Jones had served in Office he
was presented by the Lodge with a
beautiful Enipht Tcmplar watch
charm
Immediately after tho ceremonies
! all present went from work to refresh
mcuts and enjoyed splendid ban
| qucI spread ont i'm the curtained Dor
! tiun Of the lodge room. II is estimat-
! ID that about $50 plates were served
! 100 of which were tor the ladies who
| added untold zeSt 10 the occasion and
made themselves truly Indispensable.
| TEr i0cnu Was ample ana beautiful
/ ly prepared. All reported a most cu.
luAdhlc feast.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-12-22
SHRINE OF SAINT LOOTED.

Marburg, JugO- -Slavia, Dec. ID
The wonderful coffin Of st. Elisabeth
in the church of that name, has been
robbed of many Of it's finest jewels.
Twelve very large pearls and 1913 pre-
ciOus stones Of great value were pried
from the encruStation. Many valu-
able robes also were stolen.
In life, st. Elisabeth was the Coun-
toss Won Thuringen Won Wartburg and
was known for her charities. Against
the Will Of her husband, it was her
custom to slip from the castle Wart-
burg and carry food to the poor Of
the town. The legend goes that on
one occasion he caught her bearing
a great basket and demanded to see
its contents. The frightened lady lift
ed the cover, but instead OF the bread
and meat and wine she had placed
there it was filled with beautiful roses.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-12-22
JAPAN wt =
is MENACED
BY Constant Expansion of
American Naval Armament

Toxic, Dec 15.--The recent speech
or Representative Kahn. of Califor-
MA, I'm the house of representatives
AT Washington, i'm which he declared
that IL the statesmen. the publicist +,
the agitators and the demagogues OF
Japan" really want war with the
United States they would be the ones
to bring II on and not the Ameri-
cans. Is attracting much attention in
Japan.
The Osaka Manichi Shimbun ar
gues today that an extension OF
ann amcnts, which Representative
Kahn seems to think would prevent
war. really would lead to a collision.
and that IL the Americans desire jap
ans friendship they should eliminate
the sources of trouble.
The Osaka Ashi Shimbun says that
disarmament discussions are useless
while the United States and Germany
remains outside the league of nations.
Japan. the newspaper declares, con-
stantly is meanced by Americas ma
val expansion and. being deficient in
technique and material for warships
Japan should concentrate on subma
rines and aircraft.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-12-22
WESTERN UNION
DEFIES ORDERS
Will Connect Our Gables Regard
less of Opposition of the Gov
ernment, Declares NewcGmb
Carlton

Washington Dec. l6.--Notice was
given the American government today
by Newcomb II. Carlton, president of
the western Union Telegraph COM
pany, that his company intends to
connect its new cable from Barbados
with its lines in the United States by
means OF existing cables to Cuba re.
gardlcss of the opposition Of President
wilson and the state department.
Mr.. Cartoons statement was made in
testimony before senate interstate
commerce subcommittee which has
before il an administration measure
giving the executive department abso-
lutte control over the landing OF cables
lines on American soil.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-12-22
OPTIMISTIC OCTBURSTS!
IkY (.eOi.nsN
(Sy ClcOrgp

Cheer up. What's the use of wor-
rying? If you are enjoying good
health and getting plenty to eat what
nave YOU to Kick about anyway What
more Go you want? Ju5tt hink of how
much worse off you might be-. Think
o. then fellow who enjoys i'll health
and has no home. and no friends, and
no money, and no work and no sense
how would YOU like to be him? And
even he has much to be thankful for,
because he has no cotton, no taxes.
no bad accounts. no position to lose
ana no high rent to pay. Don't bor-
row trouble. Ii yuu do you will sure
iy have To pay IL back III worry.
There is an old saying to the effect
mat III people did less worrying,
doctors and undcrtakovs would have
20 peddle suspenders for II living"
l-ite TX short. stop worry ing. If cot
ton had brought SOC a pound You
might have bought a high powered
automobile ana been killed. on by this
time be suffering from chronic indi
gestion caused from high living. Con-
slider again the multitude OF things
! YOU have to be thankful for. Tho
sun is still shining brightly FOR every
| one, the air is free. TALKING is cheap
ImtfChandiSe is being offered at almost
| gwen away prices, Christmas l.
coming, the mint is still making mon
ey. the moOnshincrs are still moon
shining. the electric plant is nearly
ilnlShcd, the cook and wash woman
are again willing To- work. gasoline Is
coming down elevators arc going up
gossip is going ON. the city manager
~ gone. mosquitoes are dead. y. V. D.!
ar" uncomfortablc, the picture show
are furnishing thrille. and there i
IA merry. gnlN, musical ow comm;
To 'V"n THINGS up the night bcf0r,
,ThriSllnaS. Ch""r up! What hay,
lvu 30 worry dhou au, uulr
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-12-22
MARTENS TO
BE DEPORTED

Washington. Dec. 1s---Dcportation
'of Ludwig e., A. X. Martens. unrecog-
nized Soviet Ambassador" to the
United States was ordered today by
secretary Wilson OF the labor depart
m<nt.
s The labor secretary holding that
Martens IL an alien. a citizen Of Rus
IA. and a member OF. and affiliated
with an organization advocating the
overthrow OF the. government OF the
united states by force. directed the
ocnnissioner general OF immigration
20 take the Bolshevik agent into Gus
tody and to deport him to Russia
at the expense OF the government OF
the United states. Mr.. Wilson In his
order added that Martens should
b. treated with the utmost cour-
tesy and given the best available
ncco commodations In transit"
Martcns In expected by officials
% be given leave to settle his af-
fairs I'm the United States before
the PRONUNCIATION Of the warrant OF
deportation.
Government officials also anticipate
that an effort viii be made by Mar
tens counsel TO stay the warrant by
appeal to the courts such as was done
under similar circumstances by EN-
ma Goldman and Alexander Berkman
when appeals were taken by them.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-12-22
OPEN FIGHT MADE
ON UNION SHOPS

New York, Dec. 1.-THE Bethle-
hem Steel corporation will refuse to
sell fabricated steel to builders and
contractors in the New York and
Philadelphia districts to be erec,ed on
union shop basis.
This policy was disclosed by Eu-
gene c.. Grace, president of the cor
poratior. who testified today before the
joint legislative committee ,invest-
eating the alleged building trust"
replying to charges that his concern
was sponsoring the open shop"
movement by Withholding steel from
builders employing only union men.
Il think it is proper thing to
protect the open shop principle" de-
clared Mr.. Grace. who explained that
his stand would not be changed evon
If building operations in New York
were TO be suspended because steel
could not be obtained by union erec-
tors.
Whether the corporation will extend
its policy to other parts of the coun-
try, the witness said, depends "en-
tirely on what effect I should expect
il to have on our general labor situ-
alton"
The steel magnate who was on the
witness stand nearly an hour, was
subjected to Il severe grilling by Sam
uel Cntermyer, the committees coun-
sci, who has stated that he, Inter
myCr, is the largest stockholder in
the Bethlehem corporation.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-12-22
SCOUT NEWS
DOingS Of TrOup 1

The Scouts of Troop One met on
last Wednesday night with their
scOutmastcr, Mr.. w. NJ. Levi in the
Boy Scout room Of the Y. Nj. G. A.
All scouts were present, with only a
few exceptions. and enjoyed a very
splendid meeting. Next Tuesday has
been set apart by the scouts as the
day to initiate candidates and as
their prc-Christmas festivities day. An
athletic contest Of the scouts among
themselves will be held. etc. On the
Tuesday directly after Christmas the
scouts will take a two day auto hike
to Dingles' mill and there make camp
The yare looking forward to this trip
Ncr ycaSerly and are expecting Il most
enjoyable time.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-12-22
BOY SHOT AT MANNING.

late Wednesday afternoon, little
Carroll Mckelvey, the eleven year son
Of Mr.. II. G. McKelvey OF Manning
was shot in the back with a rifle by
q negro boy. Carroll had gone out
with one of his fathers trucks to
his grandfather's place to gather pc
cans and was SO engaged when this
negro boy came up, it seems, loaded
the 22 caliber rife in young Nickel
vey's presence. Carroll paid no at
tentiOn to the negro boy only saying:
Don't point that rifle at me" and,
stopped to gather the pccans. The
negro boy had then pointed the rifle
a. Carroll and fired, the bullet en-
terng the young boys back.
Carroll was brought TO the Tourney
hospital late Wednesday night and an
operation performed TO eXtricate the
bullet, which could not be located.
The little fellow is getting on as we'll
as can be expected and will recover
should no complications set in.
The negro boy has been placed in
the Manning jail pending an investi-
t:oE.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-12-22
TIME To GET AUTO LICENSES.

Columbia! Dec. IA. g. Coward
and w. J. Courtney. inspectors for the
motor vehicle license division or the
state highway department have been
called In by the Columbia offices OF the
highway commission this week They
Will not go ON the road again. in
search OF auto license dodgers. until
nfter March ,. ncNt year. and at that
time there will be an increased num-
her OF inspectors. The highway de-
partmcnt In TO make n vigorous fight
for compliance with the auto license
law early in tho year. To this end IL
n proposed To- have an ENLARGED force
Of inspectors. one Tor each OF the dis
t~ict Offices OF the highway depart
npent.
The law allows motor vehicle own
ers uiltli March Of every year To Sc
cure their current licenses. Already
the licensing OF cars for 1924 has be-
gun. fhe highway department having
received the plates for light weigh,
cars After January I The licensing
OF vehicles will be pushed strcnuously
with view to having all cars licensed
before March I. After that date u
will he u violation uf law 90 drive 4
eur without i22l plate. County au.
th0riilrS and automuiilc dealers al
over the state are being urged 20 co
operate with the highway department
in helping car owners get their licens,
IlatAs. 80
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-12-22
INTERNATIONAL POSTAL RATES.

Madrid December 15.--The slogan
of the European delegates to, the Pos
tai Congress held here appeared to be
I'VE want revenue while that of the
delegates both from the United States
and Latin America was clearly I'VE
seek to exchange public service"
The discussions all through the long
committee stages OF the congress were
tingcd with these opposite ideas and
led To the formation Of two solid
blocks among the dclcgatcs--thc wes-
tern hemisphere against the eastern.
Friendly feeling was not lost at any
time but the determination of the
hard stricken Europeans was backed
by their voting power and the new
convention of Madrid contains the au-
thorization to raise the postal rates.
Like the old convention of Rome.
the freshly drafted agreement leaves
IL open To members OF the union Ia
make separate agreements between
themselves. cut of this opening has
arisen the Pan American Postal I'm
ion, comprising every republic IN
Northern, Central and South Amcri-
ca, as well as Spain, by which they
agree to Interchange mutually at do.
though all the countries signing
formed "a single territory.
The delegates of the E,ropcar
countries and their colonies in thci,
search for revenue seemed to con
slider it their duty To secure "a much
for each of their countries as it wa.
possible to extract from the con
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-12-22

Washington. Dec. 16.-Another
controversy in congress over anti
strike legislation was launched today
through passage by the senate or
the PoindeXter bill to penalize inter-
ference with interstate commerce
Less than dozen senator's were
present when the bill went through
without q word of discussion or a
roll call, but opponents rushing in
late, announced q contest. Senator
La Toilette, Republican, Wisconsin,
filed Il motion to reconsider the vote,
which holds the bill in the senate un-
til disposal of the reconsideration
motion. When the La Toilette mo-
tion would be taken up was not de-
termincd.
The bill rs introduced by Senator
Poindexter, Republican, Washington,
and passed today, would not prevent
individuals from quitting their en-
ployment, but fixes severe penalties
for persons who, with intent to OBJ
struct interstate commerce. advise
persuade or use force toward induc-
ing common carriers operatives to
strike.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-12-22
RUSSIAN RAILWAY SERVICE.

Reval, EsthOnia, Dec. 15.-Since
Tro,zky, the bolshevik war minister
took over the russian railroads and
put them under the personal direction
Of Svcrdloff there has been q marked
Improvement in transportation con-
ditions. Sverdloff lived for several
years in America and had the adj
vantage Of association with the Stew
ems railway experts in Russia. He Is
not a politician but an economist ana
executive who has been identified sine :
the bolshevik regime with tho Rus
sian Co-operativcs ana the Russia n
Red Cross.
However, the improvements made
III rolling stock, have been temporary
rather than permanent. By forced
labor and the stripping of disa bled
locomotives and cars to repair others
an excellent showing has been made
This enabled the Russian forces to
drive against Poland, but even the
bolsheviki do not claim the improve
ment was effected by manufacturing
-epairs.
A statement Of transportation con
ditions published by the Russian
Economic Life showJ mat, according
To Bolshevik figures 6,677 locomo-
t:ves were operating on Russian rail
roads in September The attempt &C
have locomotives repaired in private
chops and 9,6S5 were in repair shops
vas an acknowledged failure. Efforts
to have repairs done in E;sthOnia also
failed TO bring desired results, and the
contract with the Vulcan Repair
works in Germany was not a success
The premium system In soviet shops
speoded up repairs, but was not with
out its faults as it encouraged toe
hasty work and locomotives were fire.
puently turned out in such condition
that they broke down in snort time
Inls situation makes it clear why
all the soviet commercial agents talk
constantly about locomotives and rail
wa repairs and hold out promises OF
immense contracts to the United States
ard England, the two countries which
could supply rolling stock in the i'm
meme quantities Russia will require
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-12-22
GOV. CATS
ON WARPATH
Chief Executive of Florida
Threatens to Settle Dispute
With Shot Gun

Tallahassee, Fla, Dec. lin open
letter Governor Cats. { h l. g at @ n s
to go 10 West Palm Beach with his
dOublebarrel shotgun, loaded with
buckshot, and have a final settlement
with Joe l.. Earman, president of
the state board or health, and pub
Usher of the Palm Beach Post. The
letter follows the publication in The
Post OF an item regarding the rein
statement of the states attorney al
West Palm Beach.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-12-22

The Sumter High school football
squad held their banquet at the
Y. NJ. {. y. Friday night at $50.
Mr.. sol Motzg"r. Carolina coach, of
Columbia. viii be present at this
banquet and VIII during the evening
give the boys a short address. The
boys are indeed dcliGhted ut the pros
poets Of hearing Mr.. MetZger and
know that he has Il message of great
interest 10 all boys of the gridiron
world
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-12-22
SMALL FIRE

The FIRE department was called out
Friday ut about . o'clock to eXtinguiSh
"a small fire on the roof Of a negro
house Silver street The small
blaze could be seen upon the roof
when the trucks arrived but with the
use Of tn" Hook and Ladder in the
hands of the fireman the fire was soon
no more