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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-03-10
WILSON OUT AGAIN
FOR AUTOMOBILE RIDE
lnr 1he AssocIatea Press

Washington, u. G., MIRA. 1O.-Presi-
dent Wilson took his third automobile
ride since he was ordered to bed last
October The President rode in an
open car and was accompanied by
Mrs. Wilson. Miss Margaret Wilson
and Rear Admiral Grayson, his ply
stefan
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
Sheriff Raids Still
Largest Still Yet Captured IN
Sumter County Taken Satur-
day Afternoon

Sheriff c. NJ. Hurst and Deputy
Sheriff II. G. NcKagen, assisted by
the rural policemen. Sam Newman, Ii.
B. Doykin and +. S. Newman and r.
S. Griffin, last Saturday afternoon
captured, after hard work, tn e
largest still yet taken in Sumter coun-
~. The still was situated about Is
miles from Sumter in Sumter county,
on the Pinewood road and about three
miles from PineWood.
The stilFIS vas Of 90 gallons capacity.
made of copper and was found to be
in first class running condition when
taken. In addition TO taking the still
the officers destroyed about 800 gall
Ions Of mash ready for use None of
the men operating the still have been
arrested 81 40 aH.
Mr.. Alex Norris, rural policeman.
captured a man last Saturday night
at Wedgeiteld, who was transporting
The man furnished $500
cash bond
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29

Amsric4'n answer TO the radical
plot which destroyed Wall street was
given IN no Uncertain terras on the
tollowino day. when exercIi,es In cele-
hsHtion Sf the lssd anniversary OF the
adoption Of the Constitution OF the
Nalt}l states were held or the scene
~ the dlsaster. So
a vast thronS OF citizens had as
Sembied. and just Is hours after the
blasf had wrecked the district. the
s,sytas pf the .'star -spangied Banner''
and 0f rAmerica" burst forth from
nhousands- OF throais. Cheer after
cheer rent tho air when n gray haired
army colone'. SCARED with service
over beas. stood In the shadow OF
George washington's statue. which
had been unharmed by ;he explosion
That made chaos all around IL. and
said; q
III any man was dastardly enough
60 DO what seemingly was done here
yesterday, that man is too base to live
I IN this country or any other country
He has no country which he can car
his own or in which he 3 lt to live
] Am old and gray, and my years ar,
$arly spent, but ] would be proud tc
In the work of hunting down and
a snishins such men and driving then
tFom the land which VIC have deil.
Gated 90 freedom under the c nst:tu.
fion."
Overhead stood no statue. unshak
en-, symbol OF Americas unshakabi,
dissemination to uphold her consti
tuition and her laws. Below stood
the crowd. yoIcing with cheer anc
song their sympathy with the speake,
and tbeir Willingness to live and al,
for this cause. And that Is America
answer TO anarchy.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
Three Fords Afire

The fire department was called out
twice Saturday night within a short
time, to go to the aid of automobiles
on fire. The first auto caught fire at
the Garden Filling station on the
corner Of Liberty street and Salem
avenue. That the gasolene possessed
full burning qualities was proved con-
clusiVely after q match was struck
In the region Of the gasolene tank and
the automobile was in full blaze The
hle blazed all around the pump but it
seemed they We're fire proof as no
damage was done.
The second car caught fire on
HaynSworth street at about $40
O'Clock. This fire was due to a short
circuit of the wiring. The fire receiv-
ed attention early enough to save the
car much damage
Shlmmie," the Ford car of Miss
Irene a. Bryan which has travelled
from Miami, Fla, to Canada, almost
executed a death dance on Broad
street last night. She caught afire
from a short circuit in the lighting
system, but thanks to skilled assist
ance which was near at hand, she is
sun good Tor trip TO Kalamazoo.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
PineWOOd Conn
=. ... munity Fair
Sumter County School Officials
and Secretary Reardon to At
.'. tend Conference

Miss Caro- Truluck, home demon
stratiun agent. DR.. j. NJ. Haynswolth,
county superintendent, of education,
Professor G. S. Hutchinson, attend
ance otticer,FJ. Frank Williams, county
agent, and e. /. Reardon, manager
secretary of the Sumter County Cham
Der Of Commerce will attend a meet
ing of the teachers, pupils, and pa
irons of Pmewood graded aud high
school at PineWOOd, at , O'clock to-
morrow afternoon to confer regarding
the big PineWOOd Commounty Fair,
and the CelebdatiOn of PinewoOd and
ninety square miles Of Fulton and
Calvary townships voting into Sumter
county. This community fair and
celebration will be held on November
18TH
superintendent w. @. Iatum, .Jr..
president of the PinewoOd community
fair aid superintendent Of Pinewood
graded and high school Was in sum-
Ter last Saturday comforting with
Chamber Of Commerce officers, and
arranging for the printing of the
premium list. One thousand prem
iunl lists will be distributed and Sum
ter's business and professional Cstab-
ishments Will be afforded an oppor-
tunity to advertise in this premium
list, also TO make exhibits of agricul-
turnl machinery, automobiles, trucks,
and any other commercial commodi-
ties they see lit TO exhibit such as are
displayed at county fairs.
BY request of the executive COM
mittee OF Pinewood,, the Sumter
County Chamber OF Commerce has
asked Governor II. A. Cooper to use
his influence in securing one of Camp
JacksOn's splendid bands for the Pine
wood community fair. The ladies or
Pinewood will serve barbecue, and
regular oldcn time picnic dinner
and trimmings" The Sumter Cham
bcr of Commerce Will run a fall boost
er trip to Pnewood, leaving here at II
O'Clock, noon if Mayor l.. ID. Jennings
issues his proclamation proclaiming
November I2lb Il half holiday in SUM
ter on $oyr!H het. 18th as he will be re-
quested t&d9~
The contests in girls canning and
tomato club products, poultry, sewing
and fancy work have been thrown
open to the girls' club Of the entire
county of Sdmtcr and the executive
committee hopes that the Sumter
county girls clubs will come in large
numbers to help the Pinewood young
ladies make Il splendid showing Of
what "rhe Greater Gamecork Coun-
"" girls can DO with Pinewooa and
Fulton and Calvary townships tackled
on tu Sumter county.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
ITALIAN AUTHORITY.

The most remarkable thing about
the italian labor situation has been
not the seizure OF the metal industry
by the workers. but the failure Of the
authorities to do anything about IL.
The Italian government has not func-
toned at AN, In the face OF this chal-
lcnge, any more than u has sunctiouod
with respect to Fiume since Dan
nunzio's seizure of that city.
To take and hold those factories
against their owners is. of course.
contrary TO italian law. just as it
would be contrary to American law. In
this country the local authorities
could ordinarily be counted on to act.
IL they failed. the state authorities
would step In. IL troy were inca
pabie Of enforcing tie law. the leder-
al government would intervene. The
Italian COMMUNISTS have had no NIL
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
TIE LANDLORD BUSINESS

Every set Of figures complied show
ing theI proportionate increase in the
cost OF living since 1914 demonstrates
that so far rents in general have gone
up less than any other big item Of
family expenditure. This must mean
that landlords as a class have been
moderate in their demands. compared
with manufacturers, merchants. farm
ers and other important classes who
are In position to dictate prices. They
seem TO have been more moderate
than workingmen, for wages hive
gone up more than rents.
1t is right that the truth should be
told about it, in fairness to the decent
landlords who constitute, up to date.
the big majority. The general outcry
against rent profiteers is caused by the
extortiohate demands for a minority
Of landlords This Is particularly true
in the case Of hornes, as compared
with business properties.
AT a time when The total cost Of
living has risen 100 per cent or more.
evidently 1t would not be unfair If
rents were 100 per cent higher than
they were before the war. 1t costs the
landlord twice as much to live. More
over in cases where his property would
now sell for twice as much, 1t might
reasonably be expected to earn twice
an much income.
Thus, most landlords could hardly
be criticised If, at the present time,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29

they We're getting twice as many dol
lars for the same accommodations.
provided they stood ready to lower
rents again as general prices came
down. The. only : landlords fairly
open to criticism are those who have
raised rents out of proportion to the
general cost of living in their com
munities. .#
1t is the exceptional landlord, the
real proiiteer. who has done this. AMI
whose greed has created false i'm
preston and brought into disreputa
legitimate ana honorable business
The honest majority Of landlords
should join in the establishments uf
fair-rent standards, for their own
sake as well as that Of the renting
public, and should see that their ex-
tortionate brrthrcn live up to those
standards
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29

country. and more labor saving ma
chinery is being installed, and less la
bor is being used for non essential
industries, and there is less lost effort
all around .....
There need be no fear OF such un-
employment as this country has been
only too familiar with in the past.
Business experts agree that it will
take years, with industries working at
capacity, to accomplish economic re-
construction, restoring the lost or
used-up wealth and bringing produce
tion up to equality with the demand
for manufactured goods. .. b..
Moreover, it is doubtful whether
there can be any general "over-pro-
duction" in u we'll regulated Industrial
system. There may be too much pro-
duction at any particular time in some
industry or other, but that is merely a
matter OF adjustment between indus
tries, regulating the relative quantity
Of labor and output. AS general
proposition, it is probably true that
the nation as a whole can use all the
goods 1t can produce, and increased
production does not necessarily mean
anything but increased comfort and
wealth for all.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29

Treasurer III. q. osteen OF the SUM-
ter County Democratic campaign tund
today turned over to County chairman
?. n. clifton for transmission to the
state Chairman cashiers check for
Sbeo.ob As the first instaiIrnent or
sumssr county's contribution TO the
Rcosevelt campaign fund. Up to
dAte the loyal democrats OF sumter
county have contributed ss25.s5 to.
thss fund, majority Of the contri-
butions being FOR the minimuns sum of
one dollar There mas been one con-
sFibnsion Of $50 few OF nve dollars
and . few Of two dollars eacn. There
are more than twenty-nvs hundred
raGintsrAd democratic vot-rs IN sum-
ter otpaty. sithough only about 1900
snrone FOR the primary tna summer,
and " the original plan is carried
oat 10 iss campaign fund averag-
Ing onN dollar from each dslaocrat,
sumter county win have to raise not
- M ts,soo. from the men voters,
- the women voters shonid contrib
Nte ss3 rally the fund you'd be much
Ne otempt has been made to cam
We. sh clts for eontrIbutions and the
MONEY that has bssh raised thus far
has come from ycluntAry contributors
Yho have s<nt ~ man or delivered
y per1c.s 20 the chairman or tteaspr-
n. Ths national campaign commit
- 4 q prsent need Of money to pay
tes n<ces.Aty expenses Or ne cam
Nrien end evSry denpocrat should
fAske y sontfibation az once, The
qrss ave hrpored dollars nave been
p1t iP.Iss ~ see how quickly The sec
end me- hundred can be raised and
ssns 20 the state Treasnrer. :,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
JOBS.

IF you've got a job, keep it," ad-
vises the head OF bigf Chicago en-
ployment agency. Jobs today are more
valuable than they have been for
years. Once more there is competi-
ton for them. "OnIy the most ef-
fcient can now get good jobs" says
another employment expert.
This might seem an alarming factS
1t is nothing Of the sort. Everything
considered, 1t Is a most hopeful de-
velopment. II means, first OF ALL
more steadincss, 6ependa0ility and
productiveness on the part of labor
When there are no more jobs than
men, or not quite so many jobs as
men, the men naturally take more
pains to hold the jobs. That Is going
to be especially true now. when most
joba pay high wages and the cost Of
living going down. and every good job
Is destined to be more profitable to it's
holder than ever before.
The situation means. too, that II is
going TO be easier to get done the
work that needs doing. The dispar
ity between jobs and workers has
disappeared not because OF industrial
depression. but because more immI-
grant labor has been coming into the
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29

itary organization to speak of. few
arms and little ammunition, yet neith-
er local nor national authority has
yentured TO say boo to them. Worse
still, when the railroad workers
through sympathy, refused TO trans
port what few troops the government
at Rome was disposed to send to the
infected regions for precautionary
purposes, Premier Giolihi ara nothing
about that, So far the defiant Com
munists have placidly gone their way
without a semblanoa of opposition.
That may possibly have been the
best way to handle them. 1t, may be
better to let Red movement die OF
its own economic Incompetence, or be
starved out by an economic blockade
inspired hy the employers and their
business associates than to try stamp
Ing 1t out by force. But there does
not seem to have been any such de-
liberate policy adopted The Italian
government has merely drifted. and
dodged a troublesome task. 1t is
strange spectacle for country which,
since I lie war. lays claim to being one
OF the four great powers of the world.
and new incarnation Of ancient
Rome. @
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
Deadly Unloaded Gun

Sunday at about 2 O'clock a negro
woman, Caroline Javers, accidentally
shot her husband Isaac Javers. The
accident happened about two miles
out Of town on the DmgIe mill road on
Mr.. Lawrence's farm. The woman
and her husband both state that the
shooting was purely accidental and
that IL was directly caused by neither
Of them knowing that the shot gun
was loaded. JaVers, the woman states.
picked up the gun and pointed it at
her. She says that she just brushed
the gun aside and finally taking il
from him, she cooked the gun and
pulled the trigger. The shot took eff
feet in the mans abdomen and it is
said that he is ir critical condition.
The last reports from the hospital
were that lie was getting along as
well as could be expected The wo-
man is in Jail awiting a hearing.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
oUTnAGEs IN IRELAND.

Reports of British outrages I'm Ire-
land, when coming from Irish sources,
are naturally taken with reservations,
because OF the self-interest back Of.
them and because more or less allow
|ance Is made for Gaelic over-empha-
sis, When EnglisAmen protest
against the way their own government
treats Ireland. their words command
attention. A remarkable letter was
published In the London Times re-
Gently signed by many eminent Eng
Hsh publicists, Including III. G. Wells,
the novelist. Sir Philip Gibbs, the war
correspondent 80 we'll known on this
side of the Atlantic. and c. p. Scott,
editor OF tie Manchester Guardian, a
paper which u regarded by many as
the most dependable publication in
Great Britain. The letter tells OF the
injustice wrought by the court mar
tial system lately established. ana
charges that there IL now in force a
military lynch law applied mot to
culprits. but to villages ana towns or
Ireland" The complainants say:
/ 1T Is a commonplace experience
for whole streets to be burned, cream.
cries DESTROYED and life taken in la
discriminate :reprisals by which sol
diers and policemen avenge the mu.-'
der OF constables Not for century
has there been such an outbreak OF
military violence in these islands. The
government has failed to restrain or
punish this violence, and has now TAX
en- steps to prevent any civilian court
from calling attention to 1t.
"If these proceedings" the protest
adds. "were Of kind TO put an end
to outrages, and not to cause further
mischief, they would not have called
down the condemnation of such men
as Lord Monteagle, Lord Skaters
bury, Sir Horace Piunkett and other
leading Irishmen,"
Herein lies a fault ot this proce-,
dure which Is no less objectionab q
tasn its essential injustice-its tu-
tility. The military violence" per-
petrated b. the British army. unwil-
lingly Cor the most part, under orders
from the Lloyd George government,
fails Of it's aim, and only makes tlc
situation worse. 1t is strangely 81
variance, too. with the humane POI
Icy preached and practised by Great
Britain during the war with Germany.
1t Is bad enough for the Irish to
murder constables. no matter what
may be the pIovocation. That is
probably as bad, In many cases, as
anything the Germans did But shall
the British therefore murder Irish
men and burn their property indis-
criminately? They refrained from
such reprisais against the Germans.
and won much praise and self-respect
thereby. What can they win by be-
lying their own principles in Ire
land? ,.' -
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29

iEACtiERS-Fifty to one hundred re-
quests daily from all classes SOUTH
crn schools. If you want rural
work. graded. high school or prin-
'ipa IShip, salary SIS to $3.50, write
Us today for special enrolment.
Offices Columbia, s. c., Richmond.
Va and Chattanooga, Tenn. -,
Southern Teachers Agency, Column
ha, :. G..
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29

WANTED-GOod agents to canvass
for health and accident insurance.
attractive policies for both white
and colored. Liberal commissions.
Write 4. L. Sigh, II1S l-2 TAYLOR
Street, Columbia. = G
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29

IiEMSTiTCIIlNG and piceting at
- taehment works on all sewing ma
chimes. Price $2.O0. Personal
checks 10 cents extra. Lights Mail
Order House, Box 12T, Birmingham.
Ala ...- --------4 laAzEka Ion saag
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-08-27
HOPES EVERY ONE
WILL TAKE ADVICE
and TRY TRUTONA
Evansville Woman Says
Others Should Use Perfect
Tonic As 1t Will Help Them

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Aug. 26 - 81
hope every one who is in need of a
good tonic will hear about Trutona,
and try it, Mrs. Paul Vittelow, a we'll
known Evansville woman, who lives at
$40 Walnut Street. told Trutona Rep
resentative recently.
'Trutona has made me feel like a
new woman, Mrs. Vittelow continued,
latter I'd been in nervous and run
down condition for the past several
months. I've been SO nervous, and
felt SO draggy, and tired out, that I've
not felt like attending to my house
hold duties. I was very restless at
night"
"But I feel 100 per cent better in
every way, since I've taken Trutona.
This wonderful medicine has i'm.
proved me remarkably, in the past
ten days. did my own washing. and
a big one, too, last week, and yet
didn't feel 'all in, as l would have
before / took Trutona. My former
nervousness has vanished entirely
and I'm able to rest we'll at night
now. Trutona surely proved it's worth
in my case, and I'm glad to recon-
mend it to others
Trutona is sold in Richmond at
Quigley's Drug Stores. - Advertise
ment.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-08-27
How to Lose Your Tan,
Freckles or Wrinkles

A days motoring, an afternoon on
the tennis court or golf links, a sun
bath on the beach or exposure on a
water trip, often brings on a deep tan
or vivid crimson or, more perplexing
still, vigorous crop of freckles. A
very necessary thing then is mercol-
lied wax, which removes tan, redness
or freckles quite easily. 1t literally
peels off. the affected skin-just a
little at time, SO there's no hurt or
inconvenience. AS the skin comes off
In almost invisible flaky particles, no
trace OF the treatment is shown. Get
an ounce Of mercolized wax at your
druggists, and use this nightly as you
would cold cream, washing it off
mornings. In a week or so you will
have an entirely new skin, beautifully
clear, transparent and of a most deli
cate wilderness.
Wrinkles, so apt to form at this sea.
son.. may be easily and quickly re-
moved by bathing the face in a solu-
ton Of powdered saxolite, one ounce,
dissolved in witch hazel, one-half pint.
This is not only valuable astringent,
but has a beneficial tonic effect also.
Advertisement.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-08-27

been invited to do SO since the war.
l find it difficult to lash myself into a
fury of anxiety over the fate of
Armenia.
l have much difficulty in saving en-
ough of my salary to pay my income
tax. l am in favor Of an outgo tax, to
be paid not by me. but by the prof
teers.
paying for when we buy a theater
ticket or glass of soda.
I will be very glad when the reign
OF sophists, idealists, nuts. cranks and
thimbleriggers throughout the world
has drawn to a close.
I used to be a printer, but now
am poor.
After being laid up in house in the
country for two weeks, with nothing
to read except the March number Of
the Ladies Home Journal and a sci
OF Trollope, we recently reached the
conclusion that any man left on his
own resources for amusement is less
endowed than the jungle monkey.
1t costs $4,000 an hour to run con
gress, according to a magazine article
Almost as expensive as though con
gress were propelled by gasoline.
The Polish commander evidently i!
going to be a difficult Pilsudski fol
the soviets to swallow.
Fashion journal says fur will b.
worn everywhere next winter. This i:
revolutionary. The time to wear fu
and furs, as everybody knows, is il
the summer.
So far as we are personally concern
ed, anybody who wants the good ole
summertime is quite welcome to ou
share of it.
Women are now allowed to smoke il
Chicago jails, which may be called thu
freedomless freedom Of the sex.
The best cure for Bolshevism is Boil
! sheVism.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-08-27
How Erie, Pa, Kept Out Wildcat Stocks

That city had more than its share of the
trials and trbulations with the floating Of Wild
cat stocks in it's confines. Statesmen of promo
ton schemes had no trouble separating thou
sands of dollars from investors.
It's citizens realized that there could be no
municipal supervision so it studied blue sky
laws Of many states and finally evolved plan
whereby stock offerings of every nature were
examined and citizens were told not to invest
until a report had been made on the offering.
The details of the plan are set forth in The
Nations Business:
"The rules adopted were that complete SELL
ing literature should be supplied, that state
nlent of the financial condition of the house be
delivered, and ,that the board have sufficient
time to conduct it's investigation as to financial
standing, profit-making ability, personnel and
such other requirements as any partner would
have right to know. ltwas explained to the
salesman that statement would be made for
publication, that no opinion would be expressed
unless the proposition was shown to be fraudu-
lent or undesirable, and that before any report
would be made to prospective buyer, the sell
ing representative would be called into confer
ence and allowed to see the findings. 1t was also
explained that the board had no authority to pre-