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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-11-26
Card From Chair
man O'Quinn
Expression. of Appreciation
For Cooperation of All Who
Took Part in Fair Week
Parade

In behalf Of the committee charg-
ed with the pleasant duty of for
nation of the Pageant of Progress
Parade Of last Friday, November
18th, which was such a great sue
cess and pleasure. and which dici
so much to reflect credit on and
advertise our city and county, will
you permit me to express the
thanks of the people of Sumter
county to those who by their partl-
cipation made this long to be re-
membered event such great sue
cess.
1t is to be regretted that circum-
stances beyond our control prevent
ed US securing the names Of the
numerous individual and organiza-
ton units of this procession OF
progress-but I desire to thank
every man, woman, boy and girl,
and every firm and corporation for
their splendid exhibition of city and
county civic pride, and to thank
our police force and fire depart
rlent also.
To the thousands of school chill
dren and hundreds /of teachers,
from the city and rural schools,
and the numerous ladies and girls
Of the rural clubs, l would tender
our sincerest thanks and express
sions Of gratitude for the magnlfl-
cent public spirit they manifested
would feel that I am remiss in
my duty if I did not also express
our thanks to the many thousands
of citizens from Sumter and ad-
Joining counties who showed their
appreciation of the public spirit OF
the thousands in the parade by
coming out to see and to applaud
the patriotic participants of the
procession Of pros ress.
I have heard many citizens say
and heartily concur in thier opin-
ion. that the Pagenant Of Progress
Parade should be>an annual event
of our county fair, and I will take
the liberty of suggesting that we
start at an early date to arrange
for the 1922 Pageant OF Progress
Parade, make it bigger, and il
humanity possible, make it bette'
than last weeks parade, but human
ingenuity will be taxed to it's limit
to exceed the artistic ability dis.
played by the 1921 Pageant o!
Progress Parade.
S. O. O'QUINN,
General Chairman.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-11-26
Browns Oldest
Graduate
In Good Health at SO Years

Providence, r. l., Nov. 21.-
Brown University lays claim to hav-
ing the Oldest graduate Of any
American college. John Hunt, of
Springfield. o., 80 years old on Oc-
tober II, was graduated from
Brown in 1912, nearly two decades
before the Civil War began. He
was born in Lowell, Mass.
During his undergraduate course
at Brown, which then consisted Of
four buildings, tuition was s21 a
term and board s125 week. He
has been pastor of eight different
Baptist churches, five in New
Hampshire one in Vermont. one in
Massachusetts. and one in Ohio.
He was married twice and had one
son. He has survived his entire
family
John Hunt is in good health
mentally and physically. He at
tributed his great age to heredity.
His mother lived to be we'll over a
century old and he expects to du-
plicate this record.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-11-26
A Smart Criminal.

Shanghai, Oct. "A fBy Mail3 -.
Amos E. Norman, who was; an
American soldier in the 10Th IH-
fantry at Tientsin, has proved hirn-
self the most dramatic figure of
recent criminal annals in China and
after holding the interest OF for
eigners generally in China for aspe-
riod of thirty daysShe has been
taken in charge by the army aus
thorities and is to face court mar
tial.
Norman was arrested as a de-
serter in Shanghai last spring and
escaped from his eaPtors by LEAPS
ing from second story window.
was then found that afterS-fle had
quit the army he had retained his
own name and has been able to OBJ
tain a position in the Chinese enxs.
toms service. He was arrested
again in August and in the first
week Of September with COM
panion. Henry Muncie, who was
also being held as deserter from
the 10Th infantry he carried oiItsa
sensational escape from the Amer
ican prison after he had dashed
ammonia into the face of hiss5aii-
er. Muncie was arrested shortly
after the two escaped, but Norman
remained in hiding and whep a
Russian girl with whom he was in
fatuated was arrested as an accom-
plice in the prison break, he made
remarkable effort to shield her
from the blame by means of-dalg
+, letters that We're addressed to the
authorities through a newspaper.Ie Ie
was through these letters that the
police Of the International Settle
ment at length We're ablerto ferret
out his hiding place.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-11-26
City Court.

Monday was rushing day in the
city court. At the end of the hours
session held by Judge Hardy the
sum of S217 was at the disposal of
the city. These were the wages of
law breakings during Saturday,
Sunday and a portion Of Monday.
The cases tried consisted Of various
charges, yagrancy. drunkenness.
disorderfy conduct, petit larceny,
gambling, reckless driving. etc. Nu-
merous ferfeitures Of bonds saved
further pains and troable in quite
q lot Of tine cases.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-11-26

The assurance of the estab dish
naent OF a canning factory will be
good news to some farmers at least.
fr. Henry J. Hardy stated yes
terday that the cannery is GER
xainty, ali the proposed capital stock
cf twenty thousand dollars having
been subscribed. The cannery will
afford e cash market for a large
auanti tity OF fruit and vegetables
fhat can be grown in this county,
and cast markets are the things
most needed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-11-26

Turkeys appear to be quite
plentiful this year, but there has
been no standard price, sellers ask
ing all the way from 18 cents a
pound to thirty-five The prevail
ing price has been twenty cents and
most OF those who have turkeys
for sale seem satisfied that twenty
cents a pound is a fair price.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-11-26
Mr.. Edgar Skinner today

MI. TUSdi ohIHIItT IUUdE sIII-
nounceS his candidacy for the
House of Representatives to fill
the vacancy caused by the resigna-
ton of Hon Davis d. Noise Mr..
Z. W. Dabbs, Jr.. has also formal
ly announced his candidacy and it
is rumored that Mr.. S. X. Nash
will be a candidate. A few days
ago it was reported that the
friends of Mr. r. J. Bland were
trying to induce him to enter the
race, but there have been no fur
tller reports.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-11-26

Game of all kinds is said to be
more abundant this year than for
many seasons. Partridges and duck
are exceptionally plentiful every
where.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-11-26

COTTON 25 CENTS PER POUND.
T. O. 3. Columbia. s. c., in eN-
change for tuition. Act quick.
Bowen's Business College, Co.
lumbia, s. c.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-11-26


avenport iowa, Nov. 1s.
.gseTe are Two Institutions that
Iowa, the richest town per
scs4;fifa Era, pTtdes Itself In not
These are churches and
II1ss rs religious beliefs, Walcott
IS anisssi For more than SO years
3 fse town has been without q
It once haa jail, but
its only church established 65
ago and which existed but "a
s sars 1t was put IN the dis
:ssd the jaii building stHl
adnds thers, is no vestlage Of a
edifice But there are no
5scks to the fail and its hinges have
roffed Of 1t Is never used.
are free thinkers and be-
lieva II free american citizenship
seven davsa week. We dosnot need
nreacher 80 dictate to as. We are
oa without thera,s, states
master froAbeea IN expressing
alcott lack OF churches.
strohbeen states that
z64e an deuonm maGon has the
5S5f of eStab blishing "a church
a7c6tt the people simply Will
not ronize them. They would
hare empty pews and empty co1lec-
foa let's every Sunday.
re getting a9eng very well
sNs naHch better than with
Snurclses We Iske TO be slet alone.
There IS no more peaceful cor law
sbid omn IN the whole United
States than NaEcoet. Why should
.ssIEs aat churches. They bring
and dlssensions-We want
peace azsd quletnds," commented
the town popular mayor.
no secret how Walcott resi-
dents spend their Sabbath. Shows
ard dances are our principal Sun
day an1usement,, Z, says Mayor 'Stroh-
been hen in summer we enjoy
hasebaH and aufenobilesriding.
ID case eof weddings, most of the
coupges come to Davenport and look
slp & justice In very rare IN
stances nainisser. Of the gospel is
called
Ess ef the funerals in the town
are conaucted by Johannes Kroeg-
er who delivers the Grafton in eth
German or English, as the
nlpnTners desire. Mr.. Kroeger pos
sesses no church affiliations or re-
kigious beliefs. In other words he is
asastor without a creed. Baptisms
are unkHown IN the town.
81 q business and commercial
way Wa1cott is. a thriving town. It
mas tsro banks with combined de-
posiss 81 over s1s500,oe0. This is
arennkabIe showing when it is
considered that the population of
the xoMn isbnt 3S4 It has con-
So dated school second to none in
xaAls paTtof the state.
So Resenfly the citizens erected a
fine public auditorium Here chau-
zauauas and musical entertainments
are held on weekdays, and dances
on SUNDAYS.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-11-26

The reason the fathers made this
a great countr: was because they
didn't st about and whine for
somebody to do something
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-11-26

When a man says he wishes to
consult his wife about it, he means
that DE wishes to get his n'ife's in
StructionS-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-11-26

acre Of land in wheat will be
s.vorth something next spring, while
san Idle acre win bring IN nothing.
& A. feaw barrels Of home raised -four
n the store room viii be preferable
S, as e carload in the merchants
warehouse.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-11-26
The man and Sehahron
Entered at the Postofice at SUM
C as Second Class Matter.
pEIssoSaI..
- = = - - - 4 -, /, =. :.

rs Fl Graham and daughter
of Rock Hill are visiting Mrs. Julian
Braafora on e Liberty ST
aTf Howard Jones Of the Uniyer-
Sly of South Carolina IS in Sumter
80 spend the anESgiving holidays.
Irs. loci - Charles OF Greenville
siting her sister, MrssJ Fol
som on onIaynsworth st.
Jenkins, of Aichnlond,
81 risitor in Sumter.
K. IS. Il. Rowland returned this
n6rning fcom Atlanta where he
mas left his little daughter Annie,
anether stay of ten days under
Dr.. Hoke. Little Annie underwent
Iuperaaion on her feet several
weeks ago under this Atlanta spe-
cfa Hist and has since that time
0esn getting along very nicely and
Eas able to reFurn home for a short
Miss Augusta Rembert, ,sof Coz
EaIahia viii be the visitor of Mrs.
Abbott on Washington street for
several days.
fsssgs Stoudemire, w. ].
e;r0Waon. George Warren
aud ID Shner left today for the
laHssr art Of the state on "a duck.
hunt
party composed OF Mr., and
s Korn. Dr. H. a. Mood.
E,rs D w Green, and Messrs, RIA.
BradEaaxn s. e. Jenkrssan G. 7.
fsgan kas gone to Waccamaw
CUB near Geergetown, on a deer
{ duck hunt IS -
samuel Carter of Ashe-
land, and Yrs. Henry H Gov
Ingtoa Of Norfolk, Va, are visiting
their father Colonel RID. Lee ON
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-11-26

Of course the rest Of us, if ne
owned the mines. would make coal
cheap even if we, f1ac to operate at
a loss. ;sssSs-@
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-11-26

Miners ought tofdig in for the
winter. - a.--,.a.,s
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-11-26

The arms parley is like q para
chute: much will depend on how
it opens.-Boston Herald.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-11-26

At any rate, two can get a al-
vorce as cheapiy. asone. y;
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-11-26

President Harding's home town
went Democratic. but it would seem
to stand to reason that he couldn't
find places for all Of them.--I1e-
trOit News.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-11-26

IRE postcard, delivered after a
ss.ears shows Hays succeeds where
a, ,,ar pastraassers failed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-11-26
LIVERPOOL COTTON.

Tone steady: sales 5000: mddling IL
good middins 12.32.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-09
GAUNTLET
HUNDRED TIMES
Russian Refugees Punish
Theft Their Own
Way

TERtOJKL FINLAND, May s.
The 5000 refugees from tho recent
Kronstadt revocation in Russia
who are quartercd in Finnish con
centration camps here and at lno
have just given a striking example
Of bolshevik discipline.
The refugees are being fed bS
American Red Gross officers. The
other day one OF than was caught
by his fellows In the act OF stealing
a larger share OF food than was
due 10 him.
The others formed a committee.
tried the man, found him guilty OF
/. stealing food. and then appeared be-
fore a Red Cross officer.
please give us enough guns 90
form firing squad" they request
ed. "wc have found a man steal
ing food and viii execute him inn
mcdiately."
Insist on Punishment
But he must be punished they
| insisted.
AN right" said tho officer" but
| no shooting goes here
| The committee then made tho
| thief strip, although the weather
was bitterly cold. formed "A long
! line In the woods. including about
/ $50 men, and made the guilty man
run naked 100 times from one end
| of the line to the other. shouting.
I'm n thief
Discipline in these refugee camns
has been exccllcntly malrk aimed,
4 through tho orders OF stephen
petrichcnko, the 29-ycar old sailor
who was president of Kronstadt and
the .eadcr of the revolt Yet the
Finnish authorities are much wor'
ried over their presence In Finland
Tho KronStadt men. while opposed
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-09

last night showed no elimination In
the gravity OF the situation there
caused by the Polish lnsurgcnt
movement
Tho Polish irreRulnrs were re-
ported To be planning attacks
against some OF the large towns In
the district and their onslaught
upon Kocnigshuctto Is declared by
the Vossischc Hcitung to have been
successful, the town surrendering
after several hours Resistance.
Tho railway junction OF Knpdrzin.
near Koscl, was given up by the
Germans after they had suffered
severe losses, the insurgents march,
iuv in
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-09
BAR BATHERS' PARADE
Effort 10 Prevent Swimmers APP
pcaIiDg on Public Streets I'm
Bath Costume.

HONOLULU. Hawaii, May s.
Not since the day when Alice Roose-
welt, now Mrs. Nicholas Longworth.
shocked high society Of Honolulu by
traversing the city from Waikiki
Beach in her bathing suit and ap-
pearing in that garb at an afternoon
tea has the metropolis of Hawaii
been so wrought up as at present
when the territorial Legislature Is
battling over q bathing suit bill
which will compel the wearing Of
bathrobes over the abbreviated gar
ments on the public highways.
The bill, introduced by a Senator
from the island OF Hawaii, 200 miles
from Honolulu, provides that only
on the shlmmering sands, and within
q certain reasonable distance from
the water. shall the human figure
be seen adorned only In the garb OF
Annette Kellermann. The bill does
not dictate the nature of the bath
ing suit nor endeavor to provide how
much II must cover the body, but II
does stipulate that IL shall not be
worn as n street dress
Disrobc Miles Away.
The proposed law has been
brought about by complaints, so its
author has told the Senate. that both
men and women, boys and girls, al
legged vampires and so-called flap
pers" are wont 10 disrobe at their
homes or hotels as far away from
the beach al two or three miles, and
then, garbed only in one-piece bath
ing suits amble leisurely along the
broad highway TO the sands of
Waikiki. The bill allows for the
donning of the bathing suit at any
point in the city the bather desires,
but it insists that on the promenade
across the city to the beach a full
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-09

20 the communists. are n bit too
radical In their views 60 suit the
Finnish authorities. who hav, had
a red" problem at home for a Ions
time.
Presence hmbarnsS,Ns.
This. and the fear that the Amer.
lean Red Cross cannot continue to
Feed them Indefinitely. has caused
Finland TO consider various means
" getting rid OF these 5000, and
the $4,000 othar Russian refugees
who are in the country Tho gov
crnmcnt would Ike to- have the
league OF nations take them off Its
hands.
when the kronstadt garrison ar
rived at Terioih the men were half
starved. Ten days of good Amcri-
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-09

can food changed thcir appearance
wonderfully and some of them. un-
used To white bread and q dict CON
tanning a largo proportion of fats,
found 1t so rich that thry vcrc 40
and their diet had to ho reduced
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-09

during tho first part of April 1000
additional persons arrived.
10 is announced that In the future
emigrauts must ho organized into
productive" groups prior to sailing
Tor Russia. $50 that they may be dis
trlbutod among various localities
after thcir arrival
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-09
1900 Americans Reach
PefrOgrdd in 3 Months

RIGA. May s.--According TO a
dispatch received here from pctro-
grad, "a patches of American work
men and omigrauts, totaliug 3,0i2
men. arrived In pctrogrpd from Dc
ccmbcr, 1920. to April L. last, and
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-09
POLES TAKE A TOWN
situation In Sucsn Continues Sc
riuu-. Berlin Telegraph Dis
patches Assert.

BERLIN. May S. Reports from
German sources today declared that
adyiccs from Uppcr Silcsia up to-
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-09

length bathrobe, or other over-gar-
ment, must he worn.
Evening star., 1921-02-26
BILL FOR SOLDIERS
BONUS|S REPORTED
Senate Committees Only
Change Is Elimination of
Tax Features.

With the tax provisions eliminated,
the soldiers bonus bill was reported
to the Senate today by the finance
committee. The cash bonus would be
payable January ]. 1873.
Use of the interest on the $40. .000,-
900 600 of American war loans to the
allies in financing adjusted compensa :
tion for former service men is one or
the plans under consideration by Con
gress.
The question of taxes to meet the
cost of the bill was left for the next
Congress Aside from striking out the
tax provisions. the cofnmlt,ee maae
little change in the House bill, retain
ing the five options of cash bonus
on length of service. deferred cert'ti-
Gates. farm and home aid and Voca-
tional training.
Senator McCumber, republican, North
Dakota, in charge of the bill. plans
to call it up in the Senate at the
first opportunity, probably next week
Several senators gave notice OIL
their opposition and Senators Gerry,
Rhode island and Jones, New Mexico,
democrats. reserved the right to offer
amendments on the floor. They IN
dicated that they would seek to nave
the bill made Immediately effective
by offering amendments to restore
the taxation provisions.
Senator Thomas, democrat. Colorado.
who opposed the bill, expects to file
a minority report.
One of the amendments added by
the committee provides that all
claims must be filed by July l, 1922,
visions go into effect, so that the
government may know what proper
tion of men file for the cash or other
options.
Evening star., 1921-02-26
REFORMER CLAIMS POINT.

Dr. Crafts. in a statement to The
Star today, said that he had succeeded
in makirg the following point. in
spite Of interruptions, at the meet
ing of the executive committee of the
Chamber of Commerce:
That the Commissioners themselves
I'm calling the hearing had expressed
the belief that there is need of some
further regulation or censorship OF
motion pictures and had stated that
while most films had passed some
sort OF censorship. this had not been
rigid enough to prevent the exhibi-
tion of some very Objectionable films
and had also stated that no specific
regulations governing exhibition Of
motion pictures have been made. but
the Commissioners are authorized to
terminate the license OF any theater
or other place of amusement when
ever it shall appear to them. after due
notice. the person holding such H.
cense shall have failed to comply with
such regulations as may be prescri bed
by the Commissioners for the public
decency.'
The ridiculous part OF the resolu-
tion adopted by the committee is that
1t approved of the regulations now
in force. when there is none" said
DR.. Crafts.
The doctor denied that he had shown
any reluctance to show the telegram
in question, that he had taken il to
the meeting for the purpose of show
ing it to members of the committee
and that only one man in the room
accused him Of trying to mislead the
committee.
Evening star., 1921-02-26
BISHOP HARDING SEEKS
PEACE AT ST. ALBAN'S
Will Meet With Parish Next
Tuesday to Arbitrate
Differences.

Dissension in st. Alban's parish over
the resignation of Rev. John l.. Saunders
as vicar of st. David'S and St. PatrickS s
chapelS, in the Conduit road neighbor-
hood, may be adjusted next Tuesday at
the meeting of the vestry OF the parish,
as Bishop Alfred Harding of the dio-
cese of Washington has undertaken to
arbitrate the differences between the
chapel congregations and the vestry.
Just what plan the bishop has in
mind has not been learned, but he said
today that he was taking every pos
sible measure to restore harmony, and
that he hoped to be able to do this at
the next meeting of the vestry.
The two chapel congregations have
refused to attend services in the chapel
buildings since the resignation of Mr.
Saunders almost month ago, holding
that his resignation was practically
forced by the action of the vestry.
They have asked that they be given
control of the church property in their
part of the diocese, with power to en-
ploy whoever they choose as vicar
Rev. DR.. Charles T. Warner, rector
OF st. Alban's, said today that neither
he nor the vestry had made any Of
fer looking towards the settlement Of
the difficulty, and that the whole
thing was in the hands of Bishop
Harding. In the meantime the two
chapel congregations have arranged
for Sunday school, services in the
homes OF parishioners tomorrow, and
an evening service at o'clock in
the Shull factory, opposite the Res
eryoir School, where the Rev F.
Winter will preach
Evening star., 1921-02-26
TUMULTY PUSHES PLAN
TO OPEN LAW OFFICES
Prospect of Becoming Member of
International Joint Commission
Does Not Deter Him.

The posi- bility of Joseph 2. Tum-
'ulty, secretary to the President be-
ing placed on the international joint
commission to arbitrate disputes be-
Tween this nation and Canada has not
deferred him from hurrying along the
details incident to the opening of law
offices in this city. He has rented
rooms in the Southern building.
Other than to say that the President
has offered him an appointment to this
much-coveted commission, Secretary
Tumulty has not made known wht ther
he has accepted. Neither has it been
intimated whether one of the present
two members of the commission will
be asked to resign to make room for
Mr.. Tumulty or whether the commits
sion recently issued to Senator Mark
Smith for appointment to this body
will be withdrawn in Mr.. Tumulty's
favor. The commission consists Of
only three members at $500 a year
each. and their service is at tue will
of the President, and their appoint
ment is not subject to confirmation by
the Senate.
Appointment as chief Justice of the
United States court of customs appeals
which was offered to Mr. Tumulty by his
chief Several weeks ago and which, after
several days consideration. was declined
is now understood to have been offered
to Representative Cordell Hull of Ten
nessee, who went down to defeat at the
polls in November. In declining this
offer Secretary Tumulty made it plain
that he did not desire a place which
would interfere with the practice OF
law he expects to carry on here.