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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-01
TAX NOTICE

VIII attend personally or by depu-
iy at the following named PLACES and
on the dates given for the purpose OF
receiving tax returns for the fiscal
year 1921:
Privateer. Tuesday. Jan ith.
Levi siding. Wednesday. Jan. 5th.
Wedgcneld. Friday. Jan. 7th.
Claremont. Tuesday. Jan. IL.
Hagood. Wednesday. Jan. ~.
Rembert Thursday Jan. 1a.
DalzeiI. Tuesday. Jan. Is.
BrogdOn. "Wednesday. Jan 10.
Nfayesvilie, Thursday. Jan. 20.
Pleasant Grove. Tuesday, Jan. 2s.
shiloh. "Wednesday, Jan. 20.
Norwood y Roads Thursday. Jan.
81
Ecturns should bc made ON all per-
sonal. property. poll and road tax.
II. T.. WILDER.
County Auditor.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-01
SUMTER LOSES TO BENNING

Last night in the gymnasium of
the local "Y" the Sumter Y. NC.
y. team went down before the strong
basket ball team from Camp Benning.
by score which doubled the score
made by the local boys.
This was Sumter's second game of
basketball for this season. they having
played their first game in Columbia
on Tuesday night. This game in no
way affects Sumter's chances for the
state championship OF this season.
The game last night was i'm every
way good clean game i'm spite of
the turn of the tide of fortune. II he
camp Benning team has quite n rec
ord n BAH and can easily be class
eu as one of the best teams that has
VISITED tflS section. They brought
with them large squad and did not
fail to make frequent ssubstitutions
from their supply of material. Sum
ter on the other hand made no sub
stitutions but played her original team
throuhsout the game 10 the finish.
iioth teams worked hard and fast
but 1T seemed tina he visiingtshrdlu
but IL seemed that the visiting team
possibly had little rub on the To-
cals. The goal tossing of Cranton of
the Camp team was indeed phenomi-
nal The basket seemed to possess
~ magnetic attraction for the ball
whenever it left his hand going any
wherc in the general direction Of the
,Nlsket. The Sumter team worked
hard and steady doing their best at
al times. At the end of the first
half the score was Camp Benning 90.
Sumter 10. The big score was piled
mp against Sumter i'm the second half
so that ut the end of the game the
score was Camp Bcnnine: 90, Sumter
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-01
Verdict for Malpractice Reversed D,
Supreme Court

Columbia. Dec. 30.-On account OF
Va fsr' reaching effect more than or
binary Interest attaches TO the decis-
ton rendered by the state supreme
rourt In case from Mccormick
county involving the liability OF a
physician To mis- patient. said to he
the first case Of the kind ever PASS
ed upon by the South Carolina su-
prone court.
Mrs. J. T. Dilliashaw sued Dr ID.
"A. j. Bell for $1,000 damages. alleg-
if'g malpractice, I'm that an injury to
hcr knee was incorrectly diagnosed
ana treated. IN the circuit court Mrs.
Dinashaw received verdict of $500.
but the supreme court reversed the
decision.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-01
CONGRESS KILLED
TIME TODAY
Work Suspended While
Hurrah Over Joe Can
non Was Staged

WASHINGTON, Dee 29.-Thc house
stopped work an hour today TO pay
Il tribute to Uncle joe Cannon. His
establishment OF a new record OF ser
vice in congress was the occasion of
the celebration. He set the new mark
yesterday. surprising the service of
Justin Smith Morrill,, OF Vermont. who
previously held the record with for
ty-three years, nine months and
twenty-fOur days in the house and
senate.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-01
JOIIlV BULL
CRIES "ENOUCH'
London Newspapers Ex-
press Anxiety Over
Naval Program of
United States

london Dec. gs.--Calls for the
United states. Great Britain and Ja-
pan 10 curtall naval expenditures 10y
mutual agreement are featured by
several London newspapers ,oday.
These Journals express rho anxiety
prevailing here since the receipt OF
reports OF the new American naval
proEram and say that Great Britain
must do likewise.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-01
D'ANNUNZIO is
DOWN AND OUT
Reign of Italian Filibuster Came
to End This Morning

Fiumc, Dec. 29.-A conference for
arranging the final cessation of hos
Nlities between the Italian forces and
bAnnun2io's troops has been set for
this morning.
ID Annunzio has relnquished MS
authority to the communal council of
Eli ale.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-01

willows, Calf, Dec 29.--An earth
quake shock Of so severe a nature
that the inhabitants were aroused, oc-
CURED at 2:15 this morning, No
damage has been reported thus far.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-01

Atlanta, Dec. 2S.-Robcrt w.
toN, president of the Geo rgia, q
ION of the American association.
himself last night at Newnap<
The suicide WAS due TO despon
over his wife's death, aud wuz6
business conditions.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-01

London, Dec, "a movement to
place the lull weight of Prtish or
ganized labor in support Of the Irish
selI-dcterminatiOn claim began with
II conference Of the parliamentary Ia
Dor party today.
, 1921-03-31
dfARK1t
S1R0QK
CAMPAIGN FOR BETTER SIRES
Nearly 100000 Head Of Stock En-
rolled-Larse Number Of Fe-
males Shown in Records.

prepared by tho United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture.)
In the three months period ending
December 81, 1920, more than 90, 1000
head of live stock and poultry were
enrolled by 1856 owners in the Better
Sires-Better Stock" campaign now in
progress to improve the quality of do
nestle animals in the United States.
This is Il large increase over the NUM-
Der enrolled during the previous quar-
ter. OF the stock listed, 1919 were
males and, in accordance with the
provisions of the campaign, all these
were %purebred. The female stock
numbered 81, 1903, and the owners have
pledged themselves to breed this stock
to purbred slres only.
The county showing greatest actlv-
ity in the campaign for better live
stock during the quarterly period was
Saline county, Neb. Next in order
are Stafford county, Va. Tippe canoe
county, Ind; Pulaski county, Va. F;
Fauquler county, Va, and Platte
county, Neb. Craig county, Va,
stands out as the principal county,
since the beginning Of the campaign,
In which there appears to be a strong
tendency for crossbreeding. During
the quarter just ended II Better
Sires-Better Stock" emblems were
issued to live stock owners in Craig
county and all of them owned cross
breds. Crossbred animals were i'm
partially distributed among all class
es of stock, including poultry.
The records Of the better-sire cam
paign continue to show that persons
using purebred sires for all classes of
animals owned LAY a large number
of purebred females as well. In fact,
of the 81, 703 females recorded during
the last quarter 81 ,504 we're %purebred.
The remainder, arranged according to
number, were grades, ~crossbreds, and
scrubs.
Significant figures in the progress OF
the nationwide campaign to increase
the use of purebred slres are the fol
lowing:
Up to December 81, 1920, the tota'
number of persons enrolled was 3,243
OF these 1,075 are in Virginia, which
is the highest state in number of en-
rollments, and 446 are in Pulaski
county, Va, which retains its plac,
as the foremost county.
The total stock listed Is 394 ,954. o
which 23S,122 are poultry and 1868
larger animals. Among he latter cat
, 1921-03-31

tie lead, with 63,663, followed by sheep
and swine in order. Smaller numbers
of horses, goats, and asses make up
the remainder.
As regards quality of the female
stock, fowls are first, with 20 per cent
purebreds, and swine next, with 65
per cent, while 81 per cent of the cows
are p%urebred. Grade female stock
ranks highest with horses, sheep, and
cattle In the order named. Cross
breeding is much more prevalent with
sheep than with any other class OF
stock. Only 2 per cent of all the fe-
male stock recorded as being bred to
purebred sires are scrubs and the low
est proportions of these are found in
sheep and swine.
, 1921-03-31
cabinet circle" Kept Buoy.

To belong to that select coterie OF
Washington society known as the
cabinet circle" would seem TO most
women to be n bed of roses, but like
other roses they are not without their
thorns. For instance. the wife of II
cabinet member is required by social
etiquette 10 make Mt least n calf
on each senatorial and congressional
household. which means that she must
make half a thousand or such
calls during the season. whether Il
pleases her or not.
, 1921-03-31

thing. A neighbor advised me to
take DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. l took six bottles and
have never been troubled with IL
since."-MRS. II. c. HUGHES.
Sold by druggists for the past fifty
years. and has neve contained a
drop OF alcohol. 1t can now be had
in tablet form also. Send to DR..
Pierce's Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo.
N. Y, for a t~en-cent trial package.
, 1921-03-31
Sounds Plausible.

"How did the impression get about
that George Washington never told Il
lief' asked the inqulsltlve person.
"Some people credit the cherry tree
story for that" said Mr.. Dubwaite.
but ! suspect Georges reputation for
vernclty Is due to the fact that he
never said, 1--WE had my car six
months and 1t has never been In u
repair shop
, 1921-03-31
BY E. r. cLiPsoN.

March madness again seized Ger
many a few days more than M year
after the troubles instigated by Doctor
Kapp and General Won Luettwitz in
1920. Although the Kapp-Luettwitz
affair speedily was suppressed it was
followed by communist uprislngs SINH
lar to the one now taking place. Last
year 1t started with n monarchist
tinge. This time the movement ap-
pears to be almost entirely commu-
nistic. financed. 1t Is charged, by Rus
sian gold.
Industrial districts of middle Ger
many contain the center of the dis
turbances which threaten the great
ammonia. potash, anthracite and cop
per works. Involved are the impor-
tant cities. Dresden. Leipzig. Frei-
burg, Piauen. Halle, Mansfield, Els
leben and n number of smaller places.
Outside these areas the large shipping
city OF Hamburg has been the scene
of violent occurrences.
Dynamite has been used extensively
by the revolutionaries and various
town halls and other public buildings
have been damaged. In several cases
! prisons were stormed and their In.
mates liberated. Banks have been
\ blown up in n few places md their
safes raided. Some armories and am
munltion stores have also fallen into
the hands of the communists. Fight
ing behind barrlcades and the use OF
barb wire entanglements have been
features.
Although the loss Of life has been
considerable both among the govern
merit forces and the %mutineers, while
the latter have gained control of Inn
portant nreas and violence, robbery
and virtual anarchy prevail In many
places, the trouble so far does not mp
pear TO equal that of last year. The
fact that II Is confined mostly TO Prus-
sian Saxony. the center OF radlcalism
in Germany, does not Indicate that II
win not spread.
, 1921-03-31

Watch cutieura Improve Your Skin
On rising and retiring gently smear
the face with Cuticura Ointment.
Wash on Ointment In five minute,
with Cuticura Soap and hot water. II
Is wonderful sometimes what Cutlcura
will do for poor compilations. dandruH,
itching and red rough hands.-Adv.
, 1921-03-31
PROPER EXERCISE FOR SIREs
Many Valuable Animals Are Injured
by Being Kept Continuously
Confined to Barn.

Animals used for sires on the farm
should be given an opportunity to ex-
erclse properly. Many valuable ami
mails are kept continuously in n barn
In winter and become injured merely
from lack Of opportunity to exercise.
, 1921-03-31
FEED SHEEP SOME RoUeHAeE
Animals Are Fond Of silaue, Fodder,
Hay and Pasture orass-Need
Some Concentrates.

Sheep are well adapted to grazing.
as their stomachs viii hold much
%roughage. They have an appetite for
such feeds ms sllage, fodder. hay and
pasture grass, but cannot thrive with
out some concentrates
, 1921-03-31

Enforcement OF prohibition under
the Volstead law has been ~broadened
by recent rulings. whacked In several
places by court notions and Is threat
ened In its entire validity by a new
suit before the Supreme court at
Washington. The o important oc-
currenee up 10 this time, was the elev.
enth hour ruling OF former Attorney
General Palmer TINT beer and wine
may be dispensed on physicians pre-
scriptions the same ns whisky, but the
amount permitted. especially beer, is
much greater. Several federal pro-
hibition directors have expressed them
selves TO the effect that this action
along with the evident intention OF
, 1921-03-31

thirty years and
can truly say they
are the best med
icines I have ever
u S Q d. A b o
thirty years ago |
sic k- head.
aches so that half
of my time l was
unable to do any
, 1921-03-31
Hog Eattenlna Food.

Oats do not make n very satisfac-
tory fattening food for hogs. Tank.
age would make a much more satlsfac-
tory and cheaper food to feed In con
nectlon with corn.
, 1921-03-31
Main Object With plo,

The main object in the first few
months OF a pigs life is to produce
bone. muscle and growth. Sort OF get
him In shape to carry a big load Of
corn to market
, 1921-03-31

tive Partisan journalist, visitors to his
country. during the mex three weeks
will be in conference with President
Harding, Secretary of State Hughes,
other cabinet members and a number
of senators and representatives. The
great question agitating Washing
ton is the extent to which their in
fluence will prevail in formulating the
peace program which the President
shall submit to the coming extra ses-
sion of congress.
Domestic economic considerations
are involved in the fact that a return
to normal conditions requires a mar
ket for American products abroad, a
stabilizing of exchange rates and the
establishing of a more settled state of
affairs In Europe. Influences are not
lacking. both inside and outside the
administration, to point out that these
things cannot be achieved without the
strong support Of the United States,
acting in a league or some sort of de-
finite agreement with other countries.
A big straw In the strong wind of
foreign influence is seen In a recent
decision of Great Britain to bring a
speedy Termination to the Mesopo-
tamian problem by admitting the
United States into full rights with ma
tionals Of the League of Nations in
exploiting the oil of the
Asiatic country. Such conditions and
influences confront the President and
the new congress-, and the question Is
being freely propounded II. under the
circumstances, the administrator can
afford to definitely turn down some
form OF n league.
, 1921-03-31
DENVER LIVE TOOK.
Cattle.

Best fat heifers were quoted from
1928 TO $3.50, with best heavy cows NJ
to s6.75, one load of desirable stock go-
ing at the latter figure. Good grades
Of cows and heifers were quoted from
Sc to $3.50. with fair to medium kinds
at SIS to 1878, and more common grades
at $4.75 and down.
Beef steers met with n slow. uneven
trade. Packers continued to be indif-
ferent toward all but the better grades
and salesmen had difficulty In effect
Ing ~clearances. The top sale was made
Mt $500. one o of choice stock, aver
aging 1880 pounds. bringing this fig
ure. Fair to good grades were quoted
from s7.7s to ss.s5.
Feeders and tocke showed little
change. In sympathy with the decline
on fat cattle. the general undertone
was weaker, but on the few sales made
prices were not far from steady. Choice
lions up to $3.50 with best feeder
stockers up to S7.75. More common
grades were quoted at corresponding
prices.
Trading on this division was some-
slow. Supplies were liberal al
though somewhat under the usual av-
erage.
Top hogs sold at siO.25. one load Of
desirable stock going to small killers
at this figure. A few scattered loads
Of good light hogs sold to the same
buyers from this figure down TO $40.
Wntch was packers TOP. Bulk OF the
days sales were made at 1895 TO 1885.
sheep.
Supplies were the heaviest received
here for some time. more than 10, 900
head being offered. but buyers and
salesmen were slow in getting togeth-
or on values.
Buyers generally were benrish in the
face OF lower eastern reports. The fact
that the local market was compare
lively higher than eastern centera on
the previous day also Influenced the
downward trend.
Top was reached at $500, freight
paid. one string OF choice lambs bring
ing this figure. Several loads
ranging in weight from 30 70 80 pounds
old for the mex highest price at 1925.
freight paid, Fair to medium grades
were quoted largely from $3.50 20 50,
with heavier types at t7.76 TO $3.50.
Ewes met with n fair trade In limo
with the reduction. Quotations on best
OF fat ewes ranged from tf.75
to .tb.25 with good stock from 81 10
1850.
, 1921-03-31
Do you Suffer
from

Mapleton, Kans.-'I have been
using DR.. Pierce's medicines for over
, 1921-03-31
NEWS review OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Germany Has Communist Revolt
Resembling in Some Phases
Affair of Year Ago.
MEAT STRIKE COMPROMISED

Foreign and Domestic Pressure for
League Of Nations-More Elastic
Billings on voIstead Law
Trouble Over Vote in Upper
SiIesia-Soviet Russia
Wishes to Trade
in w.. S.
, 1921-03-31

As a result OF the Washington con.
Ference. and as anticipated. the pack.
)ng industry strike resulted in a COM
promise. Representatives OF the work
PRS agreed to accept the wage reduc-
! lions while the packers agreed to re-
Jain the eight-hour workday with over
lime rates ms fixed by n previous ar.
fitration. and to extend the wartime
\ FILTRATION agreement for six months
pnm Sept. 10. This puts OF prospects
n a strike for Mt least six months un.
tess the workers by general consent
fcpudiate the action of their repre-
eentatives.> Meanwhile the principal
packers state they VIII go ahead with
Iheir plans TO democrntlze the plants.
@%hstitute shop councils, etc. In an ex.
pertinent against future strife.
, 1921-03-31

Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood has been
selected by President Harding for Il
mission to the Philippines which.
while not directly administrative
nevertheless partakes In some respects
Of the character Of his important so.
journ In Cuba Immediately after the
Spanish-American war. At that tim,
General Wood not only governed the
country, but made an investigation Of
its principal problems and was. large
ly instrumental In establishing condi.
lions which made self-government pos
sible. He is scheduled to leave for
the Philippines April 5. accompanied
by w. Cameron Forbes. former Cover.
nor general OF the islands, and several
military advisors. In appointing Gen
eral Wood, President Harding has
signified an intention to obtain a de-
tailed. unparalleled report OF condl.
lions In order to execute the Jones net
providing that American sovereignty
shall be withdrawn when n stable
government in which the natives are
largely participating shall have been
established. II is significant Of the
potential authority vested In General
Wood that pending his Investigation
and report no governor general OF the
islands will be appointed.
, 1921-03-31

The question OF American participa.
ION In the League OF Nations con
nues to bob up. Notwithstanding
e prediction platform OF the Re
ublican party. Mr.. Harding's am.
Aign and Inauguration %utterances, and
g result OF the election itself. hav.
~ put n supposedly definite quietus
the mntter, strong influences from
relgn nations and economic forces
home are being exerted toward
curing American entry into some
Il OF covenant; possibly a modifcn-
? OF the one adopted Mt Paris.
FORMER Premier viviani OF France
Stephen Lausanne. a representa-
, 1921-03-31

One OF o popular elections which
do not decide n speedily become N
popular, may be said to character
lie the p%lebiscite In Upper Silesia.
Germany received a heavy majority of
the total vote, but II came from the
larger towns and centers of popula-
ton. Polish strength was manifested
principally In the villages and among
agricultural groups, and the conten-
ton has arisen ms to whether the re-
turns shall he Interpreted by the whole
majority or by village and group units.
Various factors contributed to the Ger
man majority. the principal among
them being that military service Is no
longer compulsory In Germany, where
ms Polish citizens must serve two
years; German factory and mine own
ers threatened TO close their works II
Poland won the ~plebiscite, so many
Polish employees voted In favor OF
Germany through fear OF losing their
Jobs; the Berlin government vaguely
promised to share the big landed es-
tates In Upper Silesla among the small
land owners and Germany promised
amnesty to all political offenders. AL
ready there has been violence In the
disputed territory and although the
interallied commission which super
vised the voting Will have to decide
the questions arising from II, any de
cision car hardly create n permanent
settlement.
, 1921-03-31

New York has taken a straightfor-
ward method of dealing with the rent
problem by releasing from taxation
for ten years homes upon which con-
%struction shall begin before April 1,
1922. This strikes at the heart of the
question in that 1t is a virtual guar
antee against construction losses. If
property m down In price as a re-
suit of lower material and labor costs,
the owner of a home will have com
pensation In the form of tax elimina-
tion. The maximum tax exemption Is
$1,000. which restricts the benefit to
the type OF home sought by people of
small means Already n boom In home
building Is reported. The legislatures
of Illinois and several other states are
struggling with the rem problem.
, 1921-03-31

The American Legion is stirred up
over the conviction and sentencing to
terms In German jafls of Sergeants
Carl Neat and Fred thinner, members
of the American forces on the Rhine,
who attempted to apprehend Grover
Cleveland Bergdoll, convicted Ameri-
can Stacker. Neat was sentenced to
Is months Imprisonment and thinner
six. The national legislative commit
tee of the Legion has addressed a let
ter to the secretary of war requesting
that the United States government
take steps to procure from Germany
the return of Bergdoll to this country
and the release of the s%ergeants. The
letter Is quite severe In its terms and
among other things states that 'the
Bergdoll case as 1t now stands Is II
disgrace to the government and a cruel
and undeserved insult to the 5,O0O,O00
men who served America I'm the World
war"
, 1921-03-31

Red Russia Is now ut peace with
most Of her neighbors and rapidly
concluding trade agreements. A strong
appeal has been made to President
Harding for n resumption Of trade
with Russia. For the first time the
soviet government has officially dis
avowed any Intention Of interfering
In American Internal affairs, thus
backing down from the manifesto OF
the Third Internationale which pro-
posed to overthrow by force, ~ neccs.
sary, the governments of the United
States and other nations and substl.
tute rule Of the proletnrint. Opponents
In America OF n resumption OF trade
point TO the assertion once made by
Lenin that the soviet government
would not hesitate TO repudlate prom.
ises made to gain immediate ends.