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KILL 634 JACK RABBITS.

Stafford. d.-Over 2OOO jack rab- bits have been shot and hun dreds poisoned in the course of a campaign waged by farmers of Graham county against the rod ents. The drive against the rabbits, which were denuding the fields of cotton and other crops, were carried on by six teams, working early in the mornings and in the evenings, at the time when the rabbits came out to feed. One team killed 834 of the rabbits. Funds for ammunition were obtained from a special emergency appro priation made by Governor Thos. Campbell out of the state emer- gency fund, and poison was sup piled by agents of the United States department of agricul ture. Additional supplies of poison will be distributed to Ora ham county rancherS.
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ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest CuIled From Our
 Exchanges.

More than 191 ,OOO head of live stock owned by Navajo Indians in New Mexico henceforth will be bred only to purebred sires. The female stock includes 5000 cattle, 8, ,OOO horses, 15O. 900 head of sheep, and 3O,OOO goats, be sides smaller numbers of swine and poultry.
 Mesquite honey is finding it's way to the east to vie for favor with the famed clover honey of New York state and other rival havors. Bee men along the Salt River valley report the best sea- son they have ever known, and say that mesquite honey is sell. ing at an average of $6, 900 car load.-
 Phoenix. A report on the con- dition of Mexican labor in the Salt River valley was submitted to Governor Campbell's office by the Investigating consisting of John D. Pattee, appointed by the governor to represent Ari zona; E. c. Gonzalez, Mexican consul, representing the provis ional government of Mexico and Alberardo Sobarzo, representing GovernDr Borquez of Sonora. The same report, it is said, will be submitted to the Mexican government and the state of Sonora.
 w. E.. Stephens. secretary of the state live stock sanitary board, returned to Phoenix last Monday from the northern tier of counties, where he has been overlooking live stock conditions generally and Investigating par ticularlly charges of cattle rust ling on an extensive scale in Navajo county. MT. Stephens said that all he had heard about the stealing and misbranding of cattle, was more than bourne out by what he had discovered. He stated that several arrests have been ordered and one man has confesSed.-Cattleman.
 Phoenix.--Altho the local staple cotton crop is. three or four weeks late, officials of the Arizona Egyptian Cotton Grow. ers' association said today that plants were fruiting rapidly and heavily. The movement is of the regular crop, not volunteer, would be under way by Septem- Der 15, it is estimated, with a probable total yield of about 3O,- 900 bales less than the forecast for this year. On an average price of $1 pound throughout the season, the value of the 1920 crop as forecast would be $36, ,OOO.OO
 Flagstaff-Tourists at the Ell Tovar hotel, Grand Canyon, came very near being treated to a thrill that is not down on the regular schedule. A lot of them were standing near the wall in front of the hotel watching a chap about hundred feet below the surface of the rim, who had managed to get a couple of hun dred feet down the side of the cliff and was then working his way back up to the top. Every one was holding their breath, and suddenly everyone lost it., for the young man lost his hold and fell. Twenty feet lower he struck on his back on a narrow ledge, by miracle sticking there. But for the ledge he would have dropped several hundred feet. He got up, light ed cigarette, and finished his
The border vidette., 1920-08-14
ARIZONA WEEKLY INDUSTRIAL
 REVIEW.

August 9.-The new railway wage board award will cost the Southern Pacific $17, ,5OO,OOO year additional on present pay rolls.
 Bisbee-95 per cent of the press of the state is very friend ly to the mining industry. The only radicalism preached through the mining districts is by the I. W. w., a small contingent of aggressive socialist. communists and anarchists. Their doctrines do not jibe with any definition of Americanism.
 Nogales- Guggenheim inter- ests take over Ell Promontorio mine in Batuc district. PhoenIx-Dividends paid by state producing mines reach over $25O, ,oOO,O GOO mark. Jerome Bonanza Min ing company planning big devel- Opment work.
 Ajo-Contract for g miles of highway construction to be let.
 Flagstaff - New $15, ,OOO, ,OOO railroad project launched to tap coal fields and mineral deposits of New Mexico and Arizona. Phoenix-R. D. Roper Motor company ready to take posses sion of new home. Yuma-Government approval for second unit of Yuma Mesa auxiliary project granted. Globe-Recent developments at Old Dominion uncovering good ore.
 Tucson Santa Cruz Valley cotton crop estimated 5000 bales. Flagstaff breaks ground for $35 .OOO armory. Peoria-2O, O,OOO labors neces- sary to handle cotton crop, Mex jeans being imported. Glendale Oil com pany erecting complete new sub- station.
 Peoria-New modern lumber men.
 Prescott-Santa Fe, Prescott | and Phoenix R. R. taken over by coast lines. Miami-Inspirati Copper Go. to erect big sulphuric acid plant in connection with International smelter.
 Yuma--1O,O GOO acres being sign ed up in valley for oil develop ment.
 There are not enough houses in Oklahoma City properly to shelter the population. The same is true in a degree of near ly every growing western city.
 Prescott--The Prescott J Jerome highway completed and open for tra fife.
 Phoenix building permits is sued during fiscal year ending June 3Oth totaled $4, 295, 837.
 Kingman - Project launched for reclamation of valley lands.
 Nogales-Third crew added to construction gang on Nogales road.
 Storage projects be- ing thoroughly investigated by U. S. reclamation engineers.
 Benson - $44, ,37O 40 contract awarded for section of Benson Vail highway.
 Tucson Quarter of million dollar real estate deal closed, in cluding transfer of Willard hotel
 Gadsden farmers reporting ex- ceptionally large alfalfa yield.
 Yuma-District farmers join Cotton Growers Association for co oDara ii va m lxatino
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TO HEAD NORMAL SCHOOL.

Flagstaff B. McMullen of Greeley, Colorado, former vice president of the Valley City, North Dakota, Normal School, will be president of the North ern Arizona Normal School here succeeding J. O. Creager. re- signed, it was announced to- day.
The border vidette., 1920-08-14

Tucson votes $35O.O0O bond issue for new school buildings.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
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Express Hearing
Ordered
American Railway Express Com
pany Asks For Another Ad-
vance in Rates

Columbia, Sept, 27--The South
Carolina Railroad Commission has
announced today that hearing will
be held in Columbia at an early date
on the request made by the American
Railway Express company for an in
crease of its charges in South Caro-
lima, in line with the order Of the. in
terstate commerce commission last
week for the increase all over the
nation on interstate charges. The ex-
act date for the hearing has not been
fixed, but shippers of all parts of the
state will be invited to attend, as Wi.
officials of the express company.
The express company is asking fol
an increase of thirteen and a half per
cent, in line with the same increase
on interstate business authorized last
Friday This is the second express in
crease in recent weeks. Only last week
the South Carolina Railroad ,commis-
sion issued an order authorizing an
increase III twelve and half per
cent, in line with a national increase.
The first increase was to cover de-
heit in the express company's finances
The second increase is to cover the in
crease in wages Of express employees
recently authorized by the federal
wage board. u "a
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
WHITE CALLS
FOR $5OO,OOO
TO Fight Misrepresentation
Concerning the League
PRESIDENT HEADS DRIVE
Chairman George White Wants
1000 Men to Match Chief
Executives Gift" -. ...'

New York, Sept. 23.-Perrnit me to
call your attention to a statement / is-
sued today as follows: Less than
$l30,O00 collected by us provided a
contrast before the senate committee
yesterday with millions in the hands
OF the republicans Since the fate OF
the league and the peace OF the world
depends on the success of Cox and
Roosevelt L intend to call for a thou
SAND friends Of the league all over
the country to match the presidents
subscription Of $500 made recently I'm
the same cause. This will provide a
special fund of 100000 TO put the
truth about the league before every
voter. -
State and county chairmen will be
asked to assist and we feel shopef,1I
that there are at least one thousand
men in the United States who win
give us $500 each for the league.
Newspapers which favor the league
will be asked TO help us form the
"league thousand club" This plan
will provide the means for a heavy
assault against misrepresentation in
the mterSt or mere partisanship."
May call upon you in the name OF
the great issue to which we are SO
wholly devoted to publish this appeal
TO endorse 1t editorially and to invite
citizens of your state to contribute
as indicated May / further request
you to announce that you will receive
acknowledgment and forward to the
II fie .g.A.~
$500 subscriptions as any OF your
readers may wish to send. This
great service will be highly appreci-
ated. None but the newspapers of
America have ftiin their power to rem
der it. ...' 49,. e. ......r
'.... ..a GEO WHITE,
Chairman Democratic National Com
mittee. 49,.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
Cotton Price Exchange
Chambers of Commerce of State
viii Exchange Daily
Reports

Columbia, Sept. 24.--Ah the Cham
bers of Commerce Of the state are 10
be parties to plan for spreading i'm
formation as to cotton prices throueh-.
out the state. A system is being
worked out whereby the chambers
Siil all be notified each day of the
price paid locally for cotton In the
other towns where there are Cham
berss of Commerce or similar trade or
ganizations. The Columbia. Chamber,
OF Commerce has endorsed the plan.
and it is understood all the other
chambers have done likewise.
The idea originated with Secretary
Warren King, of the Greenwood
Chamber of Commerce. His plan is
to have each commercial Organization
In the state notify every other such
organization every day Of uie price OF
cotton that day, the price 10 be report
ed by the local cotton buyers The In
formation will be transmitted by pos
tai card.
The idea is for each city and town
to be able to keep up with the cot
ton market advances and depfessions.
This service will be put before the
public in such a manner as to bene-
fit the bnyers and the producers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
Ten Years For Rapist
Isaiah Young of Fairfield County
.. Sent to Penitentiary

I Columbia, Sept. 27.---Isaiah Young,
a colored rapist of Fairfield county,
was lodged in the state penitentiary
Saturday TO spend the next ten years
of his life, and he is thankful that
there is a penitentiary, for it saved
his life. The negro was brought to the
state prison for safe Keeping, mob
OF Fairfield county citizens having at
tempted to take his life. several weeks
ago. Last Monday he was called for
by deputy from Winnsboro, and he
went back to his county seat to face
trial. He was convicted and sentenc-
ed to ten Years. ..."."
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
Hotel Rating
Report Ready
First Score Card of Hotels I'm
der Clean Sheet Law To Be
Issued

Columbia. Sept. 27.--The initial
scoring of all hotels OF the state, under
the new clean sheet" law, will be
published within a short time by State
Hotel InspectorJ j. II. Woodward, who
is in Columbia. today for the first time
for several weeks, after completing
his first inspection of all the hotels
of the state. Mr.. woodward says
there is stu room for Improvement
on the part OF many of the hotels, but
many have cleaned UP to a remark
able degree in the last few months.
Mr.. Woodward spoke of one hotel in
the state that has recently undergone
a change of ownership and a change
of its condition. This is at ST Mat
thews. 1t has been purchased by the
Garber-Davis orchestra, and the man
agement of this well-known jazz ma
chine" will manage the hotel. The
orchestra will make its headquarters
at st. Matthews.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
A Mechanical Dairy.
Government Experts Solve Pro.
bIem Of Milk Supply For Nj
trO, West Virginia

Washington, Sept. 27.---I.ack of
paaturage for dairy cattle in the
vicinity OF Nitro, West, Va, resulted
In the establishment at that war
built city OF ''mechanical dairy"
where milk and cream equivalent to
the output OF farm with 1900 milk
cows wr.s produced, according to q
government report Just published.
Bottles and cans Of the fluid were la
beied ''reconstfuctedr milk or cream
and "nitrolac."
Recommendations for $4,000 inhabi-
|tahts were provided at Nitro; schools,
churches, hospitals. d partm en- {
stores, restaurants, and all the other
elements OF a modern wen-equipped
community being part of the project.
AS a construction, problem 1t was
comparatively simple. but officials be-
gan TO strike snags as soon as they ap-
preached the task OF insuring a sup
ply Of staple foodstufrs, particularly of
fresh milk.
\ Nitro IS situated in mountainous
diatrlct where little, II any natural
pasturaSe is available. Local milk
supplies were barely sufficient to salts
~ the normal demands OF Charles
town. the nearest metropolis. Ex-
pansion Of the natural supply being
out OF the question, the public health
service was asked for aid and the
first .'mechanicai dairy" resulted.
The process used Is described ais
the "emulsification of butter fat OBJ
tanned from unsalted butter in So
luton OF skinned milk powder, or di-
lpted evaporated milk" A building,
150 feet long by 81 feet wide, was con-
strncted and provided with huge mix :.
ing watts, refrigerators and bottling ap-
paratus. Chemically pure water was
used in the mixing and careful tests
made by the product which proved 10
be little superior, if anything, the
report said, to natural milk.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
Highway D'epart tinent
spreading Out
lhDoDed Activities, Employs
Larger Office Force and
Mare Room Needed

CSlufhhla. SAINT. 2a.--Ths south Car
~,fK~ hl~nwav ecra rtmert ~ ! saen IRE
fcI1SliiE5 incrsa -. enormo,,sIv within
kko&ki nndathe, aimee the enactman,
" (KS now hIrhWav law LAST rinter'
~ anuIouncem,n ant Il made 'Iodsv that
~ aennrs msnt + forced 10 fInd larrer
tC|nritts. Oilicials % the departmcnt
~ nStotinsinr for new quarters now.
on1 same annoiIncemeht Of 4 new "a.
N1tloh VIM be made n, 4 few DAYS.
yyltIlsh the nsxt day or two the at,.
NoSrtbliA licensing elcpa rtment win
1Dtt 90 t<mporary Quarters in the
rAtolina LII, Insurance company
lNll1lak Dn the 1900 block or Main
RDool Al piJ1~nt this division BIZ the
-'-I,~aS department work is on the
1-1>oo nocr Of The Ideal theatre build-
~ nloAg with the other divisions.
n ~ department - hndIv cfar,peA
q Nfko force OF draftsnien IL emplov.
~ knA there att, Also MANY ONCE en-
tlotto Secretary Thomas stated To-
7rN 49, v,,fh IRA s,tnhIng ov<~ - h,ss,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
ClOt thing Prices
Remain High
Ne Cut In Manufactures Prices
Probable Befre Spring

Chicago. sept 25.---Prices for mems
clothane will not come down more
quickly than the high cost OF matcri
alp and labor, and therefore. no vio-
leNt changes may be expected. de-
elnrOa Mi strouse. president OF the
NationaI Association OF Clothing Man
nfactuSers. before the National As
sociation OF Retail clothiers conven-
ton hare tonight.
Mr.. etrouse promised that the 20 TO
- per cent price cut announced by
the textile manufacturers would be
renected I'm spring prices. but said
that the cost OF cloth Is only one fac
tbr In che production OF clothes. There
had been M, sign OF reduction In ac-
csssory materials. ne declared. and the
workers In the industry never would
fstnrn to the low wage levels OF the
old days.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
Y. w. C. A. in Brazil
First Association in Country
J Has CommodioGs Quarters in
Rio #

I Rio De Janeiro, Sept. 25.--The first
Young Women's Christian Association
to be organized in Rio de Janeiro has
op,-.ed It's commodious quarters in
the downtown section. United States
Ambassador Morgan and other prOmi-
nent American and British / ,sidents
attended the opening.
The association starts off with a to-
tai membership of 937. including 100
Americans and an equal number of
British. Seventeen religious faiths
and 20 nationalities are represented
among the membership. j.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
WOrkmen and Popula-
ea u Bloody Conflict in
Strets
ND PLACARDs TORN.
FROM STREET CARS
ellce Said To Have Situation
4 Under Control After Seven
Casualties

& London. Sept 2i---Italian workers
ADDtar 70 be divided In respect to the
nGSe@mNnt between employers and
werkmen In the metal trade. Turin is
The scene OF disorders and dispatches
place the casualties at seven dead,
WIN situation under control Extrem-
loD heodef thSSagitation which ia ap-
parently without the support OF the
poDuIAtlon. Viva L<nne'' and Death
90 Iungs' were dlspIayed on placards
DA the street ca|rA The population
1DnsGe1 the carEaen from the cars
aAA destroyed thi posters.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
BANK PANIC .
IN BOSTON
AS Result of Previous Bank
Failures Runs Start on Sew
eral Other Banks
NINETY DAYS NOTICE ON
WITHDRAWALS REQUIRED
Situation in Financial District
in Boston Has Reached Criti-
cal Stage

I Boston, Sept. 27.---Fonowing the
closing saturday of the Cosmop politan
Trust Co., the fifth banking institution
to be closed here recently, several
big banks this morning were forced
to invoke the law requiring ninety
days notice before Withdrawals of de-
posits The first Of these was the Ire
mont Trust Co., where run started
saturday and continued today. De-
positors generally are uneasy and fur
fther runs are feared.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
New Prehlier of France
Georges Legues Accepts Call and
Will Act as Foreign Minister

Paris, Sept, 24.-Georges Legues,
minister of marine in the Ciemenceau
cabinet has accepted call to the pre-
miership under President Millerand,s
administration and will act as foreign
minister, 4.s. .,
The new premier is the father-in-
law of Paul Rockwell, the North Caro-
linian who served in the foreign Le-
gion during the war.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
mo DNFORMATION
|. ON JAP PROBLEM
Administration Officials Con-
tinue Silent on Negotiations
With Japan
JOINT COMMISSION SAID (.
TO BE UNACCEPTABLE
Negotiations in Reference to
California Anti-Japanese Land
Law VIII Continue

Washington, Sept. 27.--Adminis-
tration officials continue to be silent
on the negotiations with Japan grow
ing out of the proposed California
anti-Japanese land law, but the i'm
preston prevails here that Tokio's
proposal that the question be refer
red to a Joint commission for solu-
ton is unacceptable. The negotia-
tions however, are proceeding. -"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
Japan Will Protest
Vigorously
If California Passes Anti-Japa,
nese Law Ambassador Will
Take Up Matter With State
Department

Honolulu, Sept. 24.--Tokio ad-
vices to Japanese language newspa-
pers says the plan to ask the United
States TO appoint members of a COM
mission to effect a settlement of the
Japanese American problem has been
abandoned and Japan will instruct her
ambassador to protest vigorously, if
California passes the Japanese land
laws, -...'..t
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
Bomb Explosion in Cork
Department Store in Irish City
Completely Wrecked IT,

Cork, Sept. 27.-MuchN property
was destroyed and the city was bad
ly shaken by the violent explosion of
bombs in a, big department store early
this morning. The department store
was completely wrecked and; it is be-
lfeved an effort was made to kill a.
number Of Sin Feiners employed there.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
Harding Makes
Early Morning Speech
Routed Gut of Red at AlcOOna,
Pennsylvania--Is On Way to
Baltimore

Altoona, Penn, Sept. Ex-senator
Harding, who is enroute to Baltimore
where tonight he makes the second
speech of importance away from his
Marion home, was routed out OF bed
by large crowd for speech and ap-
peared without collar or necktie.
Large crowds are greeting him at
every stop which have been arranged
at frequent intervals.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
Secretary of National Trade
Council Tells Cotton Manu-
facturers I
EUROPEAN MILLS ON
PRE-WAR BASIS
They Will Soon Be Strong Fac
ters on all Cotton Buying Mar
kets ~

Marplewood, N H., Sept 24-Os-
car X. Davis, secretary OF the Ma
tional Foreign Trade Council, told the
National Association of Cotton Mana-
facturers that the cotton manufactur-
ing industry in Europe is rapidly ap-
preaching the prewar output and AM
erica would soon be faced by the
fiercest competition in cottonbuying
markets ~ 49,. .. .....
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
Unions in Danger
Labor Official Warns Building
Crafts That FactiOnal Strife
Will Destroy Unions

Chicago, Sept. 27.--A warning to
the building crafts that unless they
"resort to reason" and end jurisdiC-
tional disputes the unions may be de-
stroyed and open shop come into
vogue, was issued today by President
John Donlen Of the building trades
department OF the American Fedora
ton of Labor.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
Russia and China Break
Russian Minister Decides To
Leave Pekin at Once

fCkin. Sept. 25--Prinoe Koudacheff,
The Russian minister. has announced
his intention OF leaving China. az the
result OF the decision of the fO?ri'n
"i.ce to terminate offlctll relations
with the Russian legation. Ali treaties
letwecn Chlr3 and Russia I'm the
meantime are held In allegiance.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
Ultimatum From Soviet

Riga, Sept. 24.-Adolph Joffe, the
head of the Soviet Peace Delegation
has proposed an armistice with the
Poles, which he said must be accept
ed within ten days or the Russian win
ter campaign will be inaugurated.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
Hays Bushwacks Cox

\ New York, Sept, 24-WiIl H. Hays,
declined to comment on the charges
of Governor Cox that Hays scon, Is
were proceeding Cox and attempting
to influence the press against him.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
Prohibition in
Switzerland
Socialists Preparing Bill to Stop
Sale of Brandy and Liquors

1erne, Sept. 25.-The Swiss Social
lat party is drafting bill which it in
tends tn place before the Swiss parlia-
ment this month proposing a referen-
dunn for the purpose of prohibiting the
sale Of brandy and liquors in Switzer-
land.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
No Strike in England
Thrpatsned Strike of Coal Miners
Postponed For a Week

y London. Sept 2i.--The coal miners
ef Great Britain will not strike Mon
aay an the threatend coal strike no
tioes were postponed week after the
meeting between Lloyd George and
the union representatives.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
Many Immigrants
Are Coming
TWENTY-FIVE Thousand Foreign
y 60 Passed Thrugh Ellis
Island Last Week

Washinston, Sept. T4--The tide
OF Immigration through Ellis Island
continues To swell the immigration
bureau reports showing the total for
ths week OF September eighteenth OF
almost twenty-five thousand.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29

vienna, Sept. 25.--The cabinet
council has approved the seven-hour
aay for civil servants.