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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-06-30

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The enrolment books sof the Demo
cratic Gibbs Of sumter county arssHdW
open and have been open since The
firstsoY the month. The books aresin
the custody of the Secretary ard
enrollment committee Of the respect
i've clubs. Democrats who desire TO
vote in the primary this year -fsasast
sign the follsof the club of the dis
irict in which they live. The fact that
you enrolled for the. primary sof 1913
has no bearing on the primary this
year. The rules of the party require
aA complete enrolment each election
year, and those-who NEGLECT to sign
the club roliaeannet vote. s.rheub6pks
will remsin open only a sfew sReeaes
longer and these who hafes net
rpaled still have the spportuRity ssto
gualify7fp xote.in the Primary
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-06-30
WITCHES FEARED IN eHlo
Early Settlers Had Strong Belief In
Their Power TO Mork Harm
In the Community.

q
Belief in witchcraft was not un-
common among the early white set
tiers in Ohio, and domestic animals.
which were claimed to have; been taken
possession Of by witches were some
times burned alive In order to bring
an end to the evil practice Of witches.
1t was held that witches could not
DE exterminated in any other way.
Howe's Ohio history records "a
story of this HSd, said to be on
the records of the common pleas
court Of Lawrence county. The story
was brought out in tne trial of a
claim for imposition in a. horse sale
in 1928. The purchaser claimed that
he had been cheated, that the horse,
instead of being sound, was sick when
sold to him, and died soon afterward.
The defendant who had sold the
horse claimed that the animal was
not sick, but was bewitched, and in
support Of his contention told Of a
scoE in the same 3neighhurheod that
had been bewItched. The owner of:
the cow was convinced of the fact;
and to make sure that the witch
would not take possession of other
animals In the neighborllood, had
tied the COW to a tree and with the
assistance of neighbers, burned her
there alive, much to the relief OF.
settlers in the vicinity, who seem gen.
orally to have been believers in witch.
craft,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-06-30
sweetie,s Last Call.

1 had an appointment with my best
beau on "a rainy evening, and s'asol'
knew that because Of the weather our:
evening would be spent In the movies !
put up my hair in curriers', thinking
that my tam would be enough catHou-,
fage. The tam was already in place
when ;sweetie arrived and off we went.
It was warm in the show and without
thinking, I slipped the tam OF. Can: an:
you imagine nay embarrassment when
the light went on and my sWeehei
turned to gaze on my natural curly
hair and was confronted with a head
full Of curriers' sticking up at dsferent
angles? He never came again.-zx-'
change.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-06-30
The Art Of Pleasing.

The desire Of pleasing Inakessa map
agreeable or unMeleome TO those with
whom he sconxerses, acessdi sthe
motive from which that inclination ap-
pears to flow. IL your concern for
pleasing others arises from an innate
benevolence, it never fails of success; ;
If from vanity to excel, its disap-
poinfment -SIs no less certain. What
we; call an agreeable man, is he who
is endowed with Shat atural bent to
do acceptable things from "a delight
he takes n them merely as such / and
the. ah ectation OF shat characser is
what constitutes Sd Top iehard
Steele. go
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Agricultural Agent for Lee County.

Mr.. j. ?. Quinerly arrived in Bish-
opville June 10th to assume the duties
of County Agricultural Agent in Lee
County Mr.. Quinerly comes5direct
from Alabama, where he has been
engaged in similar work for five years
under boil weevil conditions. His
experience and observations there
should i;e of considerable value to the
farmers of this county when the weevil
arrives here in damaging numbers.
Originally Mr.. Quinerly halls; from
Pitt Coanty. n. c., where he was
reared on cotton, peanut and to-
=bacco. farm. In 1911 he finished the
Agricultural course at the State Col
lege and has been engaged in agri-
cultural work since that time
Bishopv;lle Vindicator.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-06-30
4syIsToIls KILLED AT PARRIs
ISLAND
..Airplanc Crashed to Earth in Flames
Three Flyers Killed. y,

savannah, Ga. June Pin an
.a.rp!ane. err II at Paris island this
afternoon L. ut frederick Malfhen,
Lieut.. S. e. ST. George and Capt.
Gustav Karow Of Savannah Were
killed, according to a long distance
telephone, message from the Paris
island marine barracks tonight. The
machine was about 400 feet in the
air when it was observed to be in
trouble. While depending and with
in 1009Ieet of thesgfonnd it burst into
flames and crashed to the earth.
Captain .Karow was a native OF.
Savannah.
Lieutenant Matthews home was in
Butte, sfont. Lieutenant ST. George
came from Quantico, Va, several
days ago.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-06-30
COUNTRY lIllED ICES
Best Qualities tf Three ssreat es,pless
Declared .NfaaIsed kae paxsase
la Aisace.

rs We came out Of the square tatI
sc Andarin} little boys were bringing
In arnfuls of wood for their school
room stoEes others were alHeaay
noisIy scampering home for dinner IN
the crisp, sawdusty air straight eei-
umns OF. smoke from many cilin'neys
evoked women standing. about nooaay
fires; there was q homeiy human feel
ing about it ALL
AS 1 went through the school It
seemed to nae that the types of the
children were modified in two ways,
inclining now toward the elongated
head, with pointed chin, dark hair,
dark eyes and mantling color; now
toward the round headed, square-jaw-
ed, blond type, with full dreamy, blue
eyes. But under. these modification
one felt that there was1a. persistent
something that was their o'gn, neather
German nor French nor anything else,
for all the minging;; the eAlsatian
root and stem, with an inahenabte,
peculiar life mounting In it, It's very
own. its race gift.
And this essential gift, this rich, di-,5
verse inheritance, had been received,
from each point Of the compass. From
the south. through the sdefles OFF the,
Alps, the Great Latin traditions had
infiltrated. From the NORTH and east:
had come Germann thought, with It's,
mystical reactions, It's metaphysical
inelinations, its marvellous legends,
and its romantic chronicles of gods
and half gods. From the west from rom.
Gaul, came grace and courtesy and
the deathIess wish for liberty Was
ever "a people more richly endowed T.
From .alsace in Rust and Gold. !. by
Edith osShaughnessy.
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NOTICE

Notice is. hereby given OF a school
election to be held in Rafting Creek
School District No. %, Thursday
July sth. at Pisgah schoolfouse,
between the hours of O'Clock: a. M.
and O'clock p. m. for the purpose OF
voting an extra school levy of mills
for school purposes.
Only qualified electors. showing
tax receipts and registration certifi-
Gates, and who pay either real estate
or personal property tax may be
allowed to vote, by law.
The trustees will act as managers.
BY order of the Sumter County
Board Of Education.
j. r. WATSON, Chairman.
School Dist. No. r25.
June 22nd. 1920.
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Attention Ex-Ser-
vice Men

Congress has passed "a law, signed
by the President, making more liberal
provisions for government insurance
policies. Ask about it.
Now is the time TO reinstate, the
premiums are low Remember the
time is up, July 1st, 1920, or Is
months after discharge, whichever
may be the later date.
You have a choice ofsa 20 year en-
doWment. or 30 years endowment,
or one that natures at the age Of 62,
the ordinary life, the 90 and 80 pay
lnent lie policies, all at a low cost.
Are you in position to pass a
physical examination for a life insu-
rance policy, if.:not, the government
vii. provide insurance. for you.
The American Legion is doing all
they can to help you, will you help
them to make a success Of their
efforts?.
For information concerning the
war rfs2.. act. Apply to S. I. Roddy.
City National Bank Building, or j..
II. widerman. representative Bureau
War, Risk Insurance, Columbia, S. c.
AyHTOnS KILLED AT PARF1S
Nyn
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-06-30

eyoes Hold JenIings fH
al Take


ode Of the sbolde bneries in this
sssessen gf the conn sasy some time
occurred Thursdas e fternoon whef
Jennings Till son OF Mr. S. Till Eof
Sumter, who runs a music store on
Liberty street was held up near
Dingle's Mil. Till had been down in
the lower part Of the county in his
fathers truck and was returning
home with an organ and some money
that he had collected. When he got
near Dingle's Mill, about miles from
Sumter, he noticed tWo negroes out
in the road who motioned for him
to stop.
Mr.. Till stopped the truck and ask
ed the negroes what they wanted.
They replied that they needed some
gasoline and asked hinl$to give them
some. AS they had no car around, Till
was suspicious of their request and
asked them what they wanted it for
The negroes replied that their car was
around the curve OF the road.
Mr. Till then got down from the
truck and was fixing to get some gas
oline when he looked up. and saw
that the negroes We're getting very
excited. They came over TO him and
grabbed him by the shirt and told
him that they didn't want any gasoline
they. wanted him. Then they tore his
shirt off Of him: and threw it over his
head and pulled his hat over his face
SO he could not see anything. They
then; took Till down into the woods
and tied him to a tree. They next
searched his pockets and after taking
his money, about SIS they left him
tied there After the negroes had
gone, Mr.. Till succeeded in freeing
himself and got the. truck and came
on into Sumter and notified the sher->
iff.
Sheriff Hurst took a couple of men
and went down to Dingiess Mill hut
could find to trace OF the robbers,
and as Mr. Till cannot give very ae-
curate description OF either, it is
doubtful if they will be captured.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-06-30
Death OF. Mr.. .Claek.

Mr. John r. Clack died at the hos
pital Monday afternoon at 3 o'cloek
Mr.. Claek had gone to- the hospital
for an operations and seemed TO be
getting better but he took sudden
turnffor the worse today. His death
viii be mourned by many friends.
The body Will be taken from 1Hurst's 8
undertaking establishment Tuesday
morning and the funeral services held
at the First Presbyteria church at
ego. q
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-06-30
si1ns-Daniels Row
Revived
Admiral Decker Charges Dan
iels with Disappearing
{ Facts

Washington, June 26.-The Sims
Daniels row over the navy conduct OF
the war was revived today with the
publication of a letter from Admiral
Decker. commandant OF the ,hay
West naval district. in which he
charges Daniels in his testimony be-
fore the senate investigation commit
tee Of Intentionally and deliberately
disappearing certain acts OF Ad-
mirals Sims, Pullman and Fiske.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-06-30

Mr.. Leighton Hudson OF Newberry
County. was IN town last Monday. He
says the crops in :Newberry are not
far behind those in Lee in size Mr..
Hudson and his brother, Moultrie,
bought ore of the fine farms in New
berry County right on the main high
way from Columbia to Greenvii!e.
They are well pleased with their pltr-
chase and with their new neighbors.--
RishopNille Vindicator.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-06-30

The Rev. Jas. E. Cousar Jr., who
expects TO sail for Japan soon, where
he will serve as q missionary. VIII
preach in the Presbyterian Church
Sunday morning. Mr.. Cousar is the
third Lee County boy who leaves for
the Orient Us missionary.-Bishop
vile indicator.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-06-30
British Fire on Turks
Over One thousand Killed BY
Fire From Warship

London, June 2s.-The British War
Ships at Isnid Asia Minor Bombarded
the Turkish lines around the place
inflicting heavy losses. 1t is estimated
that 1000 Turkish soldiers were killed
according to an exchange telegraph
from Athens
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-06-30
Explosion in
Pennsylvania
President and Superintendent Of
Tire Company Are Killed

Pottstown. Pa, June 2s.-SEiIifam
Walsh. president and general nanS
.ager. OF the. Euleweid Tire company.
4lad James Nancy, general superin-
steadent, were killed; today by an eS-
plosion Of a dryer in the plant.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-06-30
sEayptlan pyramids.

1t took 12300o,645 slaves. working
IA hours a day or three centuries to
complete the py,amids of Egypt. and
Z the nummies exported from them
have not brought, a!' told. 81 ,o09, COO
New York Sun. ~
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-06-30
iasasyIVassii ard
ont
Ignars I,aborB GARD Announces.
l1esl and 50 ofe Strike

Rhiiaasipnia spite the
Labor Board ammo oaaeernent Of an
carly djustment the Railway
employees grievances and a; decision
to be refraetive to May ist., PennsSyl-:
vania Railroad shopmen are reported
to have voted to join the walkout OF
yardfaen.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-06-30
Hotel in Ireland
Attacked
Bombs Are Thrown in Limerick
But None Killed

Limerick. June 2s.-A railroad hotel
here was attacked today by unidenti-
fed persons Two bombs were thrown
but there were no casualties.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-06-30

asshas
Isagen flalrs.
s 6as On visit TO relatives IN Balti-
more She was accompanied by hei
sister -in-9aM, Mrs Geo. Morrison
gsoham bia. On their return trip
shey viii visit Washington and Rich
{ 1nond
Miss jamie Barnett left last Mon
sSaag for Atlantic City, where she vii
spend the summer.
Miss sLauras Murphy Of Atlanta is
the guestof her sister Mrs John Al
zen Thomas for several weeks
Mrs H. N. Pate has returned af-
3er an extended trip to New: ork an6
Washins
Messls. E C. Haynsworth and II.
sC.sEEaynsmorth are spending few
aays at Myrtle Beach.
Duncan, who was operat-
led on THURSDAY at the hospital for
sappeudicitiss is doing nicely now. His
saaIy friends hope to- see$hln1 out
soon.
Miss Emily Rates of Eastover is
spssiHng her aunt. Mrs. Brooks Built
Snan, Broad street.
MRS. M D. J Jackson, who has been
visiting her sister. Mrs. Mitchum, on
Eoedlawn avenue. will leave this af-
tsrnoon fer Nanticoase, Pa, TO spend
sonne time with her daughter. Mrs!
Jordan.
MRS. W. b Singleton has received a
letter from her dang Inter. Mrs. j. L.
HHtchinson, who us in Washington
Mr and Mrs Hutchinson are on their
sWedding trip and after a visit TO New
York sthey viii return and be at home
IN Florence.
Rev. FIX Hirsch and family leave
tomorrow for Toledo, Ohio for stay
eof six weeks
sDr. Roger Siddan, who recently
scampIeted his course at John Hopz
skins Medical College, after a brief
stay at home has gone to Lake Cham
PLANE, N Y, where he Will DE as
<sistant physician at a summer camp.
En- the arly fail he wilfsreturn te.,John
Hopkins Hospital where he has an
aupointment as interne for one year.
Miss MasnieJ. Chandler has return
ed Observation-Disclosures the Camp for
Camp Fire Guardians at Bat Cave, n.
sC.. and-a the South Carolina Train
ing Conference at Wofford College,
Spartanbnrg.S. G.
DR.. and Mrs. John A. Rice. MISE.
sW.Syogel and Miss Annie Purdy re-
Sfurned home ION Friday from the
South Carolina Training Conference
at Wofford College. Spartanburg. S.
G.
DR.. r. S. Truesdale. Of Columbia, is
the suest of Afr. and Mrs Joseph M
Chandler.
ar and Mrs. William Bower and
daughter, Marguerite, have returned
TO Augusta, after visiting their par
ents, sdr.sand SIrs.eH q. McKagen.
anss Pearl sullivan and Miss Annie
Fay Turner sef Teacher. y. c., are
the guests Of Mrs. 2. G. Shaw.
Miss Fiorine Rowland, who has
been yasiting IN Sumter. has returned
q 70 her home in sAsheville.
Miss Elizabeth McKagen is attend
+ ing the wedding OF, Miss Perrin IN
BishopvI1e-
Mr.. c..;z.Afoise has gone to WASH
ington, D. c., on business and viii
he ont of the city for week or ten
days
MRS. Is. Il. covington, of Norfolk,
va, IS visiting her father, Col. Rich
ard Lee.
NeilI OeDonnell. who has been at
Atlantic City and New York for sew
erai weeks, is at home for the week.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-06-30
Nothing New:

Nothing New.
.All the worlds a stage and yet
some people look upon the revolving
stage as 9 modern idea:
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-06-30

Columbia, June 26-B. Harris,
commissioners OF agriculture, yester-
day gave out the following state
ment:
The Washington herald., 1920-01-10
WIDOW MODEL
SUES FOR BALM
My Dear King and my
Idyle of Clay - SHED at
Double Harness.

New Yor. Jan. e.-A suit for
$4,000 for breach of promise
brought by Mrs. Margaret de Pa
.tasky. gown model and widow of a
Hungarian prince. against Seth w
Fox. a wealthy resident Of Sparkill
n. Y. to whom she had written a
poem In which she termed him my
dear king" and by idyle of clay
was dismissed today by Justice Van
.sicklsn. in the Supreme Court of
Queens County.
Mrs de Pataky. who had come to
the court with her lawyer. got tired
of waiting and left the building,
telling her lawyer she was going to
Garrison, n. Y. where her e-year-
old son. Ivon. is dying of a heart
ailment
My son is more to me than Fox,
or his money" she said. 81 can't
wait here any longer"
The Washington herald., 1920-01-10
DIPLOMATS FILE
FROM IRKUTSK
Red Forces Advance in
South Russia. .-Deni-
kin Loses.

All foreign representatives have left
Irkutsk. according to advices to the
State Department yesterday from ST.
IBERIA and European Russia.
The japanese control the Baikal
railway tunnels: the Bolsheviki arc
practically unopposed at Talga; and
are advancing in South Russia, hos
tilities have ceased between Esthonia
and the Soviet government. and Pol
ish' troops are making some inroads
in fighting ground formerly occupied
by Denikine. the dispatches declare.
The American Consul General, Mr..
Harris, who has been at Irkutsk, is
now in verkhni-Udinsk. The repre-
sentative of Japan will go to Chitz
where Semenoff is located and from
where semenoff is endeavoring to ex-
ercise authority over Eastern Siberia.
In the South of Russia the forces
operating under Gen. Denikine have
been cut in two by the Bolshevfk
thrust which has penetrated to the
- " AAo'' :. q
The Washington herald., 1920-01-10
u. S. Notifies Him to Use
Liquor Before Jan. Is
(By Herald Leased wife)

New York. Jan. 9.-william G.
Street, financier and clubman. who
has for years kept a quantity of
wines and whiskies in two rooms he
rents from the Lincoln Safe Deposit
Company. has been notified by Col.
Porter. supervising agent of Internal
revenue. that he must use the liquors
before January 1s, or they will be
seized.
Mr.. Street holds that he has a
right to keep the liquors in storage
for his own use and has brought the
matter before Judge Knox. of the
United States District Court for de-
cision. Arguments are to be made
Monday.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-10

Ogburn's. which was $500. That to.
tal' however. was established for wage
earners and did not take into con-
sideration the extra expenses OF the
office worker. 1t is the budget OF
the clerical worker in which is cen.
tered the tragedy of "genteei pow
erty."
For the sake of argument it will
be admitted that the figures prepared
by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for
the family are down to bedrock, es-
pecially after the extra savings of
s246.s1 have been subtracted from the
original living estimate of s2,&2.4
With the extras out there is prac-
tically nothing left but essentials. 1t
is. in fact. down to a subsistence
level.
Do People Really Live That wnys
As matter of record efforts have
been made to discover whether or not
people really lived according to the
budget estimate. Are families daily
crucifying themselves on the cross of
self denial? Do the members never
see movie nor read a magazine? /?
Do they ever get a chance of tramp-
ing through the wiIdwoods or of see-
ing the folks in the old home? Is a
boat ride a forbidden luxury and do
CONTINUED ON PAGE NINE
The Washington herald., 1920-01-10
MEXICAN ARMY RIFLE
KILLED TAMPICO MEN

Dispatches from Mexico City which
declare that F. ]. Roney and Earl
Bowles. American citizens, were kill
ed while attempting to get am
munition to Gen. Pelaez, the rebel
leader in the Tampico district, are
absolutely incorrect, according to
information received by the State
Department yesterday.
The place where they were mur-
dered was only one kilometer dis
tant from a Carranza garrison.
The report of the superintendent
OF the oil company to the authori-
ties indicated that a Mexican army
rifle. the Mauser, had been used to
XIII the men. The fact that no
FORCES of rebels are anywhere near
either oil termini on the beach and
can not approach nearer than Tan
cochin River. practically makes alb
surd the report from Mexico City,
which attempts to explain the
deaths.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-10
.BRITAINSPLIT
OVER US. LOAN
Northcife Press Is Bitter
Against Efforts to Get
Money.

London, Jan. s-The NorthcnfIe
press today violently attacked Sir
George Paish. financial expert. who
now is touring the United States. de-
manding Paish return home and quit
injuring the country by his irresponsi-
bic statements.
Great Britain requires no money
from the United States" the Daily
Mail asserted We are perfectly cap
able of financing ourselves. The peo-
pie regard Paish's statements as a
slur upon their honor and an injury
to British credit abroad"
THE Times saw in Herbert Hooyer-s
statement that the United stste.
should demand full security for funds
she advanced TO Europe "a more than
well merited rebuke" to Paish.
Hoover indicates accurately the ex-
tent to which the United States is
likely TO interest herself in the affairs
Of Europe, the Times continued
Hereafter the demand for return to
the United States policy of aloofness
will grow apace. Hoover speaks with
far greater authority than Wilson"
The Washington herald., 1920-01-10
DOUGHBOY WINS
BARONESS KIN
Former Newsboy Engaged
To Marry Into Russian
Royalty.

Scranton, Pa, Jan. s.-"The story of
how an American doughboy won the
heart of a baroness daughter was
told in a letter received here today by
Mrs. Ella Joyce. of South Scranton,
from her son. Walter E. Joyce, who
announces his engagement to Alma,
daughter of the BARONESS Dupuget
PUGET, of Warsaw, Poland.
Joyce, who is about Is, was former
ly a newsboy in Scranton. He went
to France with the first contingent of
American troops. Later he was made
a field clerk and just before the ar
mistice was signed he was promoted
to the rank of first lieutenant When
honorably discharged from the army.
he took up reconstruction work with
railroad department and was sent
to Warsaw.
IN his letter to his mother Joyce de-
clares that It was love at first sight
when he met the baroness daugh-
ter. The. girls mother, he writes. has
offered no objection to the marriage.
and the knot will soon be tied.