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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01
Three Narcissus for Massing.

While some Of the narcissus
tribe are not very permanent visi-
tors in our gardens. there are three
that will take possession ~. last
Ior a generation or more. These
are the poets narcissus. narcissus
poeticus, Barri conspicuous, salso
Leedsii, Mrs. Langtry. The poet s
uarcissus is the familiar fragrant,
pure white, with a little cup rim
med with red that is often wrongly
called a jonquil. Barri conspicu-
Gus is pale yellow with a cup
resembling the poets narcissus and
generally giving little larger
bloom and Mrs. Langtry has both
petals and cup of white. the latter
prettily crimped. Mrs. Langtry is
particularly; useful in light sandy
soils.
These are cheaper grades of mar
cissLs and may be planted by the
hundred with certainty that great
handfuls Of beautiful snowy blooms
may be cut in early spring.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01
Girl Club Prizes
Awards Announced at Dis
tric6 Demonstration
Meeting

The prize winners in the con-
tests among the prize club girls Of
thirteen counties attending the Pee
Dee District Home Demonstration
Agents meeting in this city were
announced as follows. the contests
occurring the first day, Monday:
Sewing ConutcstS-District Prizes
offered.
First place, Theresa Scarborough
of Dalzell, Sumter county. $40 III
room furnishings and trip to the
State Fair. Offered by the Sumter
Dry Goods Co.
Second place, Madge Virgins of
Dillon county Media Moore Of
Marlboro county and Blanche Gas
llins Of Chesterfield county tied for
honorable mention.
Canning Prizes Contests.
First prize, nellie Rivers Of
Chesterfield county Wins trip to
the State fair and $4,000 in cash
offered by the Hazel Atlas Glass
Co.
Second prize, Miss Ruth Jen-
nings OF Sumter counyt wins $500
cash.
Third prize. Miss Gladys Virgins
of Marion county, $40 cash.
Fourth prize, Una Rayburn OF
Berkeley county, SO cash.
Fifth place won by Miss Mollie
Wise of Dillon, honorable mention.
Biscuit Contest.
First place, Pauline Mccoy Of Lee
county, wins q trip to the State fair.
Second place. Emma Worrell Of
Florence, honorable mention.
Third place, Gladys Oliver Of
Marion county. honorable mention.
Fourth place, Lois DuBose of
Sumter county, honorable mention.
The exhibits OF canning by the
girls a'e certainly excellent and the
specia .isfs of Winthrop ana Wash
ington are delighted with these
splendid results Of the instructions
given by the home demonstration
agents and the achievements Of the
girls who did the canning and pre-
+, serving.
At Tuesday morning session Mr.
+; Warner of the bureau Of animal in
dustry Of Washington demonstrated
the art of cutting and curing meats.
DR.. J. A. Lund, of Washington,
states relation service demoHstrat-
ed the scientific principles Of curing
meats today.
New industries for women were
taught today.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01
MOTOR BUSES
A FAILURE


Des Moines, Ia. Sept. 20.-The
extensive trial of motor busses here
recently for the several weeks the
street cars were not running mas
led to much discussion of their
value. The motor bus people have
offered, if given a three year fran
chise, to suppl>' up to date buses
enough to carry 100000 passengers
to and from the business district
daily.
Merchants are generally against
the proposal as they think buSses
could not be made warm enough
in winter to bring out the usual
number of shoppers.
The buses. which were licensed
by the city, undercut the street car
company, charging five to the street
car company's eight cents in town.
and ten as against 16 cents for the
suburbs. The bus people said they
hauled 10000 passeI gers daily but
street car officials claimed they
handled no more than 10000.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01
Annual Meeting Of Extension Ser
vice Forces.

Clemson College, Sept. 22.-The
annual meeting of the Extension
Service forces. which was to have
been held September 27-3O lnclu-
sive, has been postponed one week
and will be held October to s in
elusive. a special feature Of the
meeting this year will be in the
fact that one member of the leg
islature from each county is being
invited and urged to attend the
meeting along with the county
agent Each county delegation Is
being asked to select one of it's
number for this purpose. The plan
is to have the agent from each
county and the member Of the del
egation from that county to ar
rive at Clemson at noon on Tues
day, October 4, the afternoon add
evening of that day to be given
over entirely to special program
for the members OF the legislature.
The regular program of the extern
sion forces will begin on Wednes-
day, October 5, and the members
of the legislature will be urged to
stay as long as possible through the
sessions.
The program Of the meeting, as
arranged calls for special days on
certain subjects. Wednesday, Oc-
tober 5, will be marketing day, and
there will be full discussion Of CO.
operative marketing with reference
to cotton, TOBACCO, sweet potatoes,
truck crops, etc.
Thursday, October 6, will be boil
weevil day, during which attention
Will be given to agricultural poll
cies under boil weevil conditions
Friday, October I, will be devot-
ed to livestock dairy and horticul-
tural subjects.
Other matters which will be dis
cussed include boys club work,
experiment station work as a basis
for extension work, reaching the
public through demonstrations,
publicity, etc.
Besides the various members Of
the extension service forces. there
Will be several prominent speakers
on the program of the meeting.
These include Mr.. Lloyd S. Tenny,
assistant chief of the bureau Of
markets, L. S. D. A., Mr.. Jesse NJ.
Jones, agriculturc; development
agent Of the Seaboard Air Line;
Mr.. H. L. Saveley, field agent Of
the office of eXtesion work south:
Prof. H. W. Barre, director of the
experiment station; Mr.. r. E. Cur
rim, superintendent of the Pee Dee
Experiment station and others.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01
.MigrationS Of EclS.

Copenhagen, Sept. ). Dr.
Johannes Schmidt, famous Danish
scientist who discovered the mi
grations of the eel. is about TO
start on (. now expedition to
American waters to study life in
the depths of the ocean.
He will be accompanied by a
group of young scientists. His pur-
pose it said to be- to demonstrate
another new theory in ocean
ography.
The former British mine trawler,
Dana, will be used by the eXpe-
dition.
1t will be recalled that DR..
Schmidt ascertained that eels an
nually rendezvous in the fall for
spawning at a place in the ocean
500 fathoms deep off the coast of
the Virgin Islands. in the West In
dies. There the mature cells die.
The young ones to whom they give
birth go not to america, the near
est continent, but to Europe, seek
ing the fresh waters whence came
their ancestors.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01
City Council Meeting
New Electric Light and Power
Schedule Explained to Pow
er Customers of City
Plant

At a regular meeting of Council
held in Council Chamber Tuesday
night, there were present Mayor
Jennings and Councilman Raffield,
Councilman McCallun1 absent from
thecity. The minutes of the regu-
lar meeting of September 18th.
were read and approved.
A delegation representing con-
Germs in the city using electric pow
er met with Council for the purpose
of further discussing the new
schedule OF rates adopted by Coun-
ell. effective September 1st, 1921.
The only change authorized in the
schedule was a reduction from 3
cents Ito 2 cents per kilowat for
consumers of power using 1000 Kill
owats and over per month.
Application was made to COUNCIL
by the "T-Drive-It" for license
to operate the system in Sumter,
and it was decided to grant IL
cense Of $1,000 per car for the bal
ance Of the year 1921. after which
the rate would be definitely estab-
lished.
The minutes of the meeting OF
the Board. of Directors Of the
Sumter Gas and Power Co.. held
on the goth of September, was read
to Council by the Clerk and re-
o1o;,.o5 &c inform alton
After a further discussion OF
matters along general lines. Coun-
ell adjourned.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01
Dalzell News Notes
School Opened With Large
Attendance

Mrs. S. A. Moore of Rose Hill
section visited her son, Mr.. W. "A,
Moore here last week.
Mrs. J. NJ. DuBose visited her
brother in Clarendon county last
week.
Mrs. Leila Langley and sister,
Miss Blaache Bardeld, of Darling
ton.Nwere visitors to relatives IN
Dalzen for a few days last week.
Miss Meta Boykin who has been
spending some time with friends
and relatives in Georgetown IS
home again.
Miss Lillian DuBose, after spend
ing a few weeks with relatives IN
Clarendon county, has returned
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. D. Cubbage spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. T. NJ.
Crosswell.
Miss Inez Dubose is spending
some time with her uncle in Clar-
endon county.
Mrs. Florence jenkins Of Oswego
spent the weekend with Mrs. h
3. Boykin.
Mr.. Richburg of Columbia made
short visit to his nephew, Mr.. L
&. Boykin last week.
Rev. w. H. Perry Of Wedgefield
spent few days in and around
Dalzell this week
The stork visited our little town
twice last week. On Thursday ne
brought a daughter to Mr.. and
Mrs. r. S. Smith on Church street
ara again on Saturday he came to
see Mr.. and Mrs. R. J. Brogdon
leaving them also girl baby. Mr..
and Mrs. Smith had the misfor-
tune to lose theirs when it was
only about two Gays old.
Mrs. j. NJ. Geddings was called
to Dakell by the sickness Of her
daughter. Mrs. R. S. Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Carlisle went
to Bartsville Sunday.
The Dalzell graded school open
ed Monday with large enroll
ment, quite number Of the pa
irons were present to greet the
teachers. A few talks were made
by the local ministers, the trus-
tees and the principal. We are look
ing for a successful year.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01
What Lawyers
Should Know
Familiarity With Bible,
Shakespeare and Black
stone Essential

Dayton, Ohio, Sept. 27.-All can
didatcs for admission to the bar
should be compelled to pass eX-
aminations on the Bible and the
works of Shakespear, in the opln-
ion Of Daniel w. Iddings, former
president of the Ohio Bar Asso-
ciation. Mr. Iddings has urged that
ali bar organizations insist upon
passage Of such examinations as
prerequisite to the taking OF the
bar examination proper and recon-
mends also that candidates be quiz
Zed on Dlackstone's Commentaries.
'"The source Of all law really is
the Bible while Shakespeare point
cdiv brings out the foibles Of the
law" declares Mr.. Iddings. Black
stones Commentaries, he says,
should be read by every lawyer at
some time during his career, for 1T
must ever remain the greatest cX-
position Of what the Anglo-Saxon
Law really is.
"Such examinations would COM
pei the reading and study of these
great literary masterpieces, Mr..
lddings continues. land certainly
no man can read and understand
the Bible without being benefited
morally, and ahe same is true, al
though in a lesser degree, of
Shakespeare. The biggest duty of
Bar organizations is insisting upon
early and universal action on this
important subject.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01
County Fair Meeting
Interest of Citizer 5 Of Count.
tosuBe Enlisted in eNovem-.
Der Show

It has been decided to push up
the date for the holding Of the
citizens mass meeting in this city
in the interest of the 1921 Sumter
county fair. The fair dates for TINS
year are November 18th to 1StM
This. meeting will be held at eight
o'clock next Monday evening, OcS
tobera3rd. at the court house
Every man and woman IN this city
and county is invited to attend thIs
meetins. Mr.. p. G. Bowman, chair
man of the committee Of arrange
ments' is, preparing a program q
speakers and discussions. s
The development Of big get-to-
gether occasion between city ana
rural; districts, and between conE'
munities IN this county, by thE
holdlng--of county fair that, viii
prove to be an educational, co-operf
ative;; and instructive county affaie
is the object Of this meeting.
Never in the history Of Sun1teF
county has it been SO necessary fog
farmers, bankers, merchants, and
manufacturers. and for all citizens
OF every profession and occupation
to meet. on common ground to exs
change ideas OF agricultural and
business development, and readE
, justnens to suit inevitable changes
and the county fair is the nosI
democratic and educational mal@
ner Of bringing many thousands toS
gether to carry out the purposes Of
diversifcation of field crops, new
methods Of farming, marketing
and the display Of farm products
livestock, poultry, agricultural MAJ
chinery-; manufactured products.
mercantile exhibits, and for uniting
the people of the county to fghI
against the temporary business deg
! preston and to take counsel tos
getber as to the best methods to rec
! adjust farming and general buSIs
ness conditions which are now ana
will be necessary. The county far
is worth every bit Of time, money,
and labor that can be given at this
particular period and for years te
come. There is absolutely no rea-
son why, with the city and the ru-
! raj districts pulling together, with
every progressive school and COM
munity working for their and the
! county's interests, Sumter county
should not have a county fair equal
to any and second to none in pro-
portion to population and worldly
wealth. Sumter should take the
lead again this year as it has IN
the paststo make our county. fair 2
success. The men, women, boys.
and girls of the rural districts
ought not to be second to any one
or section in bringing W aelr club-
community, and -school exhibits to
! show what they are doing.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01
The Lexington Murderers.

Columbia, Sept. 81. = Today
marked the close Of the ten-day PEI
riod following adjournment OF the
Lexington court which sentenced
20 the electric chair C. O. Fox, Jes-s.
Sc Gappins and S. j. Kirby, and no.
tees OF appeal in any OF the cases
not served on the solicitor by today
will not be allowed hereafter. Only
one of the men served notice OF
appeal, Jesse Gappins, and this ausi
tomaeicaIly stays his execution. The,
other two men, however, will die IN:
the electric chair on october 21, the
date set by the court for the execu4
ton.
T. C. :sturkie, of Columbia, atss
torney. for Gappins, has served no-
tice on the solicitor of his intens
ton to appeal. Mr. Sturkie stated
today that he bad not decided ex-
actly what his exceptions would irss
clude. lie has thirty days in which
TO prepare his appeal. The supreme
court will probably hear the aps
peal atsits October term, Lexington
county cases to be called during
November. However, the decisioR
in the case will hardly be handed
down until early in 1922. Even It
the court does not upset the vers
dict of the lower court, the appear
will serve to add q few months to
the-life of young Gappins. $
McKendree Barre, attorney OF
Lexington, who represented Fox
and \. B. Martin, Of Lexington,
who represented Kirby. stated to-
day that they had not served notice
of appeal, feeling that there was
no ground for such a step. It e
not known what ground Mr..
Sturkle holds for the appeal for his
client. a1r. Sturkie had confeEs
ence today with Mrs. Gappins:
mother of the condemned boy. Il
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01
Sweet Potato Prices And Move
;ment.

Clemson College, SEPT. 26.-To-
:al shipments of sweet potatoes to
market this season to September
have been 2,91O cars compared
with 1874 to September 8, 1920.
At present the heaviest shipping
section is the eastern shore Of Nir-
ginia, so to $50 cars per day. Scat
tcring shipments are moving from
practically all Southern states. New
Jersey shipments increasing daily
Total shipments from all states
September Is, Ill cars.
Prices, due to heavy supplies in
consuming markets, took slump
last week OF from $1.00 to $500
per barrel. Number l yellow va
rieties packed in cloth-top stave
barrels from Eastern Shore Of vir-
giria were bringing SO to $3.75 per
per barrel September IL on New
York market. Number l yellow
varieties packed in bushel hampers
and from New Jersey were bring
ing $50 to $500 on New York
market September 16.
Several cars of early sweet po-
tatoes have moved from state to
market already, but the majority
of growers in this state expect to
store and sell potatoes later in
season from the storage houses.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01
The First Woman Preacher al
Harvard.

Cambridge. Mass. Sept. 17.-Dr.
Rowena Morse Mann. minister of
the Third Unitarian church III Chi
cago. the first woman to receive a
degree from the University Of Jena
in Germany, has attainted q new
distinction.
When she appeared recently in
the pulpit of Appleton chapel at
Harvard University to preach to
the students of the summer school
she broke Harvard tradition. New
er before in the nearly 800 Years
Of the institutions history has a
woman conducted chapel services.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01
Chicago Has
$500 Bars
Mayor and Chief of Police
Disregard Prohibition Law

Chicago, Sept 23.-An appeal
to congress to enact a law to com
pei city officials to obey their oaths
of Office in enforcing the 18TH
amendment has been made in the
form Of a resolution passed by the
Chicago Law and Order league
with assurance that il Wlll De
brought up in congress during the
next few days.
The resolution. after asserting
that while Mayor Thompson Oh
this city has announced that all OF
his appointees have been instruct
cd TO enforce the law. states that
there are not less than $500 dry
bars in the city Of Chicago where
Intoxicating liquor is sold and the
principal offenders in permitting
this situation to continue arc the
MAYOR of Chicago and the general
superintendent Of police
The resolution statcs that Chief
of Police FitZmorris Of Chicago
stated before witnesses that "as
long as the government allows in
toxicating liquor to be shipped into
Chicago I will not mop it up.
The resolution then continues:
Now, when the mayor Of Chi
cago and his general superintend-
ent of police take the position that
we have shown to you that they
have taken. and the conditions as
to the illegal sale Of Intoxicating
liuuol in Chicago are very bad, and
when the mayor and chief of police
have under them about 5000 po-
icemen, we believe that the time
has come in the history OF this
government to find out whether
there is not a law that will reach
officials of a great city like Chi
cago, who practically nullify the
18th amendment to the constltu-
ton. The time has come when
the government of the United
States, if there is no law to COM
pei the officials to obey their oath
Of office. ought to enact sucn Ia"
and we appeal to the senate ana
house at Washington and ask that
if necessary, a law be passed to
cover such cases as this.
"One of the dangers to the per
manency of this great republic is
that in the great cities lawlessness
prevails, the constitution is dlsobcy-
ed, and what may be the result! "A
great country may so down from
the vice and lawlessness and devil
try of the great cities
The resolution was proposed by
Arthur Burnage Farwell, president
of the Chicago Law and Order
League and copies sent to both the
vice president and speaker OF the
house with the request that COM
mittee be appointed to investigate
the situation in Chicago relative to
the modification of the 18th
amendment.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01
Breaks Alti-
tude Record
Test Pilot Attains Height of
More Than 100000 Feet

DAYTON, Ohio, Sept. 2S.-Lieus.
John McReady, test pilot at NC
Cook Field, today shattered the
world altitude record, attaining a
height of 40,S00 feet in the same
La Pere biplane used by Rudolpn
c. Schroeder, who set a record o.
3S.180 feet on FEBRUARY 2S, ls2o.
Lieut.. McReady was in the ar
one hour and forty-seven minutes.
recurring all but a few minutes ol
the total flying time to reach MS
mark. At $4,000 feet ice formed on
his oxygen tank, but he pressed on
until the altimeter registered Al
Ooo feet. At this point his en-
rines coughed and died. He then
rlided safely to the ground.
McReadys new record is 2,620
feet niger than that Of Schroeder
and in this fight the pilot suffered
none of the hardships met by the
former chief test pilot. Schroder's
6veballs froze and excessive dilation
of the heart kept him in two weeks
after the flight.
The fight made today was for
the purpose Of testing improve
ments made on the super charger
invented by S. a. Moss, who wit
messed the f1.4l-. After the flight
McReady declared he suffered
nothing but numbness.
McReady was clothed in the
heaviest furs with special helmet
and goggles. To insure clear Wis
ion a special gelatine was used on
the goggles to prevent collection OF
ice. The suit was electrically
heated throughout
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01
Killed a Negro.

Abbeville, Sept. '27.-After a
short dispute as to the disposition
of the proceeds received from the
sale af load of cottonseed, J. r.
McAlister, Of Iva, Saturday after
noon about o'clock shot and kill
ed John Hall. % negro share crop
per. at the negrQs home near
Lowndesville, this county. Nc
Alister came Immediately to Able
vile. where he surrendered TO the
sheriff and was placed in Jail. He
admits doing the shooting. He was
released yesterday uhder habeas
corpus proceedings before Chief
Justice Eugene B Gary.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01
To-StndysWinds in Pacific Ocean.

Honolulu, T. II, Sept. 2.-The eff
feet of storms and other atmospher-
ic disturbances upon the climate,
the health, minds and activities Of
the peoples of the Pacific and upon
agriculture and industry is being
studied here by DR.. Stephen S.
Eisher, associate professor of geo
graphy at the University of Indi-
ana; who received the Bishop Mu-
scum Fellowship from Yale Univer-
sity this year.
The effect of storms upon ships
at Sea has been studied extensive
~, but little thought has been given
to the influence Of storms upon
the health, minds and activities of
people in the storm swept regions
HE said in explaining his work.
tssTo this subject I will devote at
least year of study in the Paci-
ic Islands, gathering together all
known data, which, with my
own observations will be publish
ed.
The Kona winds, the most Sc
we're which reach Hawaii, will be
Observed very closely by DR.. Wish
;er. he said. These winds, a mild
form Of hurricane. strike the SOU
thern part Of the island Of Oahu,
known as the Kona district, and.
according to Hawaiian tradition
brings sickness upon the inhabi-
tants.
nThe Kona wind results from a
difference in intensity. in low air
pressure areas DIR. Vishec explain
ed. s.If this wind is strong enough
fa overcome the trade winds, we
hare q strong southecly wind.
sometimes called the sick wind ;
because it is not hot and depressing
These winds travel from so to 100
miles an hour in this region but
their velocity becomes much
greater near China and the Indies.
DR.. visher will spend several
months in the Fiji Islands. study
inds the winds there and then will
proceed to the TonSan and Samoan
Islands. returning to Honolulu to
assemble and complete his data
for publication.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01
Petit Jury List.

H. A. Bultman, Sumter.
II. D. Warren, Mayesville.
T. NJ. Monaghan, Sumter.
T. c. Ducom, Sumter.
S. NJ. Pierson. Sumter.
j. O. 8arwick, Sumter.
R. H. Hope, Dalzell.
a. P. 4'inson, Sumter.
". L. Wells, Sumter.
O. C. Stuckey, Dalzell.
r. Is. McElveen. Lynchburg.
D. NJ. Dick, Sumter.
]. F. Bland, Mayesville.
B. f. Ards, Dalzell.
]. D. Newman. Sumter.
C. a. McGrath. Sumter.
y. c. Thompson, Dalzell.
F. c. Stoney, Sumter.
T. + Newman. Mayesville.
W. L. Proctor, Sumter.
w. p. Ra1ield, Sumter.
j. J. Team, Sumter.
J. c. Rogers. Sumter.
J. d. Harper, Sumter.
II. j. Windham, Sumter.
James Cuttino, Sumter.
W. G. Mccoy, Sumter.
S. W. Rafield, Sumter.
r. F. Joye, Sumter.
c.. +. Young, Mayesville.
Geo. Johnson, Lynchburg.
Geo II. Hurst, Jr., Sumter.
W. Y. l.. Marshall. Sumter.
w ii. Strange, Sumter.
c. L. Owens, Sumter.
j. Singleton Dwight, We6gefie