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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01
Progress is Reported
In Campaign for Cooperative
Marketing

Columbia, Sept. 2S.-Splendid
progress is reported from various
sections of the state in the cotton
cooperative marketing campaign,
according to officials of the South
Carolina Cotton Growers Coopera-
tive Association. Canvass for sig
natures TO the contract will soon
be under way in a number of addi-
tional counties.
r. c. Hamer, president of the
South Carolina Division of the
American Cotton Association, will
speak at a meeting to be held in
Lancaster Thursday to launch the
campaign in that county. D. 3.
Anderson. Of Spartanburg, member
of the organization committee Of
the cooperative association, spoke
at Laurens Saturday and Alfred
Scarborough at Camden on Fri
day.
Not only are the farmers of the
state vitally interested in the move
ment. but the bankers and busi-
ness men Of the state generally are
displaying great interest in 1t. The
bankers in many of the counties in
which the campaign has been
launched have already endorsed it
most heartily and have urged the
farmers of their counties to sign
the contract.
The bankers Of Oklahoma. Geor-
gia. North Carolina. Mississippi
and other states where the mini
mum number Of bales to put the
plan into operation has been secur-
ed We're also warm in their endorse
ment Of the plan.
Signed contracts continue to
come in to headquarters here. II
WAS announced, from large and
small planters. The movement. 1t
is declared. is equally advantageous
TO the large and the small planters.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01
Pardon Of Negro
Soldiers Asked

Washington, Sept. "a petition
signed by fifty thousand people has
been presented by Secretary John
son, Of the national association for
the Advancement of Colore ] Peo-
pie, and delegation Of negroes to
President Harding, asking execu-
tive clemency for ,sixty-one negro
members Of the Twenty-fou1th in
fantry VINO are now serving terms
in Leaveaworth penitentiary for
rioting in Houston, Texas. in 1917.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01
Preparatory Services at The Pres
byterian Church.

The Sacrament of the Lords
Supper will be celebrated at the
First Presbyterian church Sunday
morning at 1880 o'clock. Prepara-
tory services will be held on Fri
day evening at 8 o'clock and Sat
urday afternoon at o'clock. At
tention of the congregation is called
to the change of hour for the Satur-
day afternoon service. The hour
is changed from s O'clock to
o'clock.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01

A negro giving the name of Joe
Wilson, was arrested by the po-
lice yesterday in connection with
the theft Of the buggy anG harness
last Saturday belonging to Fred
Ramsey. According to several wit
nesses he is supposed to be the man
who took them from the O'Don-
nell lot. The buggy was located
near First Mill minus the wheels
and shaft.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01
a County Auditor Who Has No
Hands.

(From the Newberry Observer.)
Winston Smith. auditor of And
erson County. spent a day or two
in Newberry last week on his re-
turn home from the convention
Of the auditors and treasurers of
the State in Columbia Mr. Smith
has a number Of friends in New
berry. He has the reputation of
being one Of the most efficient aud
itors in the State. though he has
no hands having lost then, both
some years ago in a gin.
Mr Smith writes a good hand: he
can run an automobile as we'll as
the next man.
Mr.. Smith is fine-looking man,
strong and self-reliant. apd will
readily tackle any task that the
man win ''yo hands can do.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01

Island Falls. Me, Sept 26.-The
farmers boy about his chores Gov
ers lot of ground in the course of
day. Norris Nickerson, son OF
farmer here, specializing on the eN-
tent of his steps from sunrise to
sunset, recently put on a pcdome-
ter. At night it showed he had
walked Is miles.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01

1t is stated that Marshal Foch
has gone into training to get into
condition for the series Of ban
QuctS he expects in this country.
Yet recovery from our banquets
should not be so difficult as form
Gazette.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01
Home Demon
stration Agents
Dis rict Conference for Pee
Dea District in Session Here

Tie first days session Of the Pee
Dee District Home Demonstration
agents meeting was held Monday
at tae Girls High school in this
city. Every county in the Pee Dee
district was represented, and seyen
high officials and lady experts be-
sides one gentleman from the
States Relation Service of%Wash-
ington, and thirteen prize club girls
fror. thirteen counties We're in at
tendance.
The meeting was called to order
at I2:f5 noon, by Mrs. S. O. Plow-
den. of Sumter county, the Pee Dee
District Home Demonstration agent
who presided over the meeting and
introduced the speakers and sub
iects Cor discussion. Miss Caro-
Truluck, Sumter county'S home
demonstration agent assisted Mrs.
Plowden in the arrangements OF
the meeting.
Dg S. H. Edmunds, city superin-
ten0ent Of education Of this city in
a happy talk cordially welcomed
the visitors to the city OF Sumter
Girls High school and said that the
entire plant Of the city school sys-
tenn was at their disposal.
E. I. ,Reardon, secretary Of Sum
ter Chamber of Commerce then
welcomed the visitors in behalf Of
the city and county and turned
over the entire county to the visi-
tors. Miss Christine South, State
Home Demonstration Agent for
South Carolina, gracefully and elo-
quenrIy responded to the welcome
extel.ded.
The home demonstration agents
in attendance are: Miss Maude Rus
sell, Miss Mary A. Haynie, Miss
Eta Sue Sellers, Miss Anne B.
Moore, Mrs. Minnie C. Doar, Miss
Helen Thomas, Miss Ethel Grice,
Miss jamie Kitchen, Miss Edna NJ.
McPhearson, Miss Edna NJ. Earle,
Miss Blanche Tarrant, Miss Caro-
Truluck, Miss Hattie J. McMurcay.
The following assistant State
Home Demonstration agents and
specialists are in attendance: Misses
Anne Campbell, Lola NJ. Snider,
Laura Bailey, Eula D. Atkinson,
Elizabeth Forney and DR.. J. a.
Lund, Of Washington, D. c. Mrs.
E. J. karrick, and Miss Henrietta
Dargan Of Sumter.
The Pee Dee District meeting is
SAID to be one Of the best ever
held in this state, and Sumter feels
highly honored in being the host Of
so many charming and accomplish
ed ladies'. and gentlemen Of the
United States department OF aSri-
culture and of Winthrop College,
+, and South Carolina.
The exhibits We're said to be by
the judges among the best ever
seer. and the thirteen young prize
club girls. had an interesting and
spirited contest The full particu-
lars Of the three day short course
will be furnished for publication
at the concluding session on the
2Sth.
! The Young Mems B u S n S
League of Sumter were last night
the hosts of the ladies who honored
Sumter by visiting us, and Of the
local ladies who are participating
An automobile ride, a visit to Po-
Gala Springs ape a luncheon are
the entertainment features for TO-
day. The demonstration agents
and the specialists We're kept at g
rigid course of instruction all day
today, with prospects OF harder
work tomorrow. But they are en-
joying their work and the demon,
strat.ons, and will be given a little
more recreation and entertainment
by tlse young men Of Sumter tomor'
row evening.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01

Friends and acquaintances Of
Prof. +. a. Girard Will be interest
ed to learn that he is meeting with
much success in the northern cities.
He has been appointed leader Of an
orchestra of seventy-tive men to
play at the Columbus. o., pageant
which will be held in that city Oc
tOber 1St
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01
Life Sentence For Murder.

Charleston Sept. Lawrence
Weston, found guilty Of murder
with recommendation to mercy, was
given life sentence today in the
court of general sessions by Judge
w. H. Townsend. He was tried
for fatally stabbing his father-in-
law.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01

PAY Up Week" starts Saturday,
October 1st and runs to the 10th.
1t is hoped that this movement Will
do much good in bringing about
better business conditions: There
is no doubt it is a move in the right
direction.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01
Open Shop in Alaska

Sandiego, Calf. Sept. 27.-EN-
tended controversies between oper-
ators and miners In the Alaska coal
fields have resulted in the United
States government. settling the dis
pute by creating open shop condi-
tions. according to a radio dispatch.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01
To We'd i'm October.

Newberry. Sept. 25.-Mr. and
Mrs. Otto klettner have announc-
ed the engagement Of their daugh-
ter, Mary. to w. Maxwell King Of
Sumter. the wedding to take place
in October
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01

"
No; diplomats are not all aor big
armament. The diplomats of the
little powers are heartily in favor
OF the big powers disar.aing.
"a still in every kitchen and a
brewery in every cellar seems to be
the present ideal of the wet prop
sagandists. 81;
AS a result of the recent Greek
failure, the Turks seem to have the
Greeks Angora along with their
e-a. - :.
Was it the coffee Or the movie
star that made the other famous !?
ANYWAY. they're both well roasted.
High prices are retarding high
way construction. and retarded
highway construction is retarding
low prices.
That 5000. .oOc women workers
reported on the job by the depart
ment Of labor doesn't count moth
sr. who's the biggest worker of
them all.
There's little chance Of the
League Of Nations going cat of
business as long as there are so ma
tons in it, all wanting offices.
Every new Congress ssmeans a
new crep of congressional inves-
legations. The biggest task con-
nected with legislation is the in
struction of the legislators. And
then, just as they begin to get their
bearings, the people vote them out
: of Office and send a new batch of
pupils to Washington.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01
DR.. Crosland Dead.

Bennettsville, Sept. 27.-Dr. w.
]. Crosland, one Of the leading
physicians Of this place died at his
home here SunGay night after two
years illness.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01

G. E. Bruner, Jr..
J. c.. Brown,
c. S. Hutchinson.
Sam B. Mitchum,
A. S. Alderman,
A II. Haynie.
J.. L. Bradham.
w. e Easterling.
NJ. Pitts,
". A. Bowman, Jr.,
3. J. Haynsworth,
j. D. Isball,
P. G. Bowman. Jr.,
. The Sumter Dry Goods CO.
T. II. Clarke,
Jno. T. Green,
J. L. Pritchard,
Sumter Clothing CO.
The, Cash Dry Goods CO.
Hearon's Pharmacy,
w. d. Shearidan;
]. H. Lawson,
o. L. Yates,
First National Bank, 9
J. J. Riley,
S. L. Roddy,
II. P. Moses,
Frank w. Chandler,
E. P. DuRant,
Peoples Mercantile CO.
VIM. Berg,
j. II. Guthrie,
W. S. Fishei,
w. B. Levy,
j. G. DeLorme,
C. C. Blanton.:
Robt. w. Plowden.
Shaw & McCollum Mere. Co.
r. c. Bradham,
Commercial Bank & Trust CO.
N. B. Cox,
w. O. Courtright CO.
The Ladies' Shop,
Louis Lyon,
Spann's Cash Grocery,
Hardy & Co. Inc.
Lyman Electric CO.
H. l.. Tisdale,
Z. r. Taylor,
Bland-Hudson Sales CO.
H. S. Smith,
Bee & Dee Co.
.Jennings-Gainey Fur. CO.
w. j. Crowson, Jr.,
G. C. Warren,
Gladys Jackson,
H. L. Mccoy,
W. H. Yates,
A. NJ. Broughton,
City Drug Store,
Bryan's. Inc.
r. B. Belser,
Booth & Mcleod, Inc.
Lee & Noise,
Peoples Grocery CO.
D. J. Chandler Clio. CO.
w. H. Shelley & Son,
Hudnall & Thigpen,
T. r. Burdell,
The O'Donnell Dry Goods Co.
Joseph NJ. Chandler,
McCollum Bros.
Levy &; Moses,
Stubbs Bros.
Sibert's Drug Store,
G.. &c. Cooper.
Harper's Grocery.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01

II the price Of mems clothing is
indeed coming down many fair
woman will thereby be enabled to
have new dress.-ChicaSo News.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01


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

Pay Up Week is based on good
morals, and it should be a great
success.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01
I Pay You.
You Pay Him.
He Will Pay Me.

If there had been a Pay Up
Week last October perhaps some
of the debts that will be paid next
week would not have stood SO
long.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01

Do it now-that is the basic of
Pay Up Week,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01
Committees
Get To Work

Washington, Sept. 27.-The ten
subcommittee appointed by the
organization session Of the. unem-s
ployment conference got. down to-
work studying the various phases
Of the problem with a view OF rec
ommending practical relief meas
ures to the conference which has
adjourned until October 9TH.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01

That is the way we all hope
will work. 1t is worth a trial.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01
Marriage Licenses.

Colored:
Frank ,McCants and Eunice Boy
kin Of Sumter.
Brooks Bowman and Serena
Smith of Sumter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01

castles in Spain" have often
figured in poetry but American
capital has given castles in Aus
tria status OF prosaic reality
Washington star
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01
pubic EMPLOYMENT SER
VICE.

The United. states Employment
Service was Iirst greatly reduced
and then practically abandoned
within a comparatively short time
after the war. Many social work
ags and far-sighted persons interest
ed in preventing the evils which
follow unemployment protested
against this policy, but general
public and official Indifference to-
ward it proved stronger.
France established such a SER
vice as war emergency in 1915.
J It IS now carrying on more sue,
cessfuiiy than ever. There are Is
Offices in Paris, with separate bu-
reaus in number Of smaller cities.
There are also provincial Offices
through which workers are trans
ferred from one. section of the
country to another.
- Immediately after the arrnistice,
cf course, the work was heavy, be-
cause there wer. large numbers OF
former soldiers to be placed. But
it has continued its usefulness to
the present anl appears to be rret-
~ well established as a permanent
thing There is a definite attempt
to decentralize che system, loca. au-
reaus being practically kelf-direct-
ign. with only q few regulations
from the central Office compiled
with by all alike. -,.,a@
Even 4 strong public employ
Haent system in this country could
s;nes have controlled thss conditions
which brought aheut the now
waning business depression. 1t
seems more than likely, however,
that il could greatly 1i have g relieved
the dimct1ty and would now facili-
tate the restoration of better condi-
tons,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01
SUMTER BUSINESS MEN
"PAY UP WEEK"
Campaign Will Be Started at Once Expected to Do Much
Good in Adjusting Business and Bringing Condi-
tions Back to a Normal Basis.

We the undersigned do hereby endorse the "PAY UP
WEEK CAMPAIGN to be inaugurated from October 1st to
10th and pledge ourselves to cooperate to the extent of
financial ability in paying our local. accounts
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01

Love at first sight uually end
with divorce at first slight.-zAshe
Vile Times. ~
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01

All. gentlemen: disarmament.
like the Kingdom of Heaven, must
he within YOU.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01
The Watchman and sseuthron

Published "Wednesday and Satur-
day by
Osteen Pnblishing Company,
Sumter, S. c.
sSSs Texms:
$500 per annum-in advance.
Advertisements:
One square..,first insertion $500
Every subsequent insertions-- so
Contracts for three months>or
longer viii be made at reduced
rates. -,
All communications which sub
serve private. interests will be
charged fer as advertisements.
Obituaries and tributes of re-
spect viii be charged for-
The Sumter Watchnan was
founded in 1850 and the True
Southron in 1866. The Watchman
ana Southren now has the com
bined circulation and influence OF
soth of the old papers. and is man
ifestly. the, hast advertising medium
in Sumter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01
pOIS uHCudiSeu, IHIUullllS W.
LIVERPOOL COTTON.

Spots. middlins 1921, Good midding 1851.
Sales $4,000. Receipts $4,000. Amcri-
can ln 300
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-01
COTTON MARKET
NEW YORK COTTON.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON.

Spots 81 down. middlins 2l.20.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-01-05

TWO PROPOSALS FOR REDUCTION
OF ARMAMENT WILL BE
TAKEN UP.
Borah and Walsh Plans Before
Foreign relations Committee
Administration Said to Look
Askance at Suggestions.

WashingtOn.-The proposal Of an.
international agreement on the reduc-
ton of naval armament will be taken
up by the foreign relations commit.
tee of the senate. when it will con-
slider the two following resolutions:
BY Senator Borah directing the pres
ident to negotiate with Great Britain
and Japan for 80 per cent reduc-
ton Of naval appropriations by the
three powers for five years.
BY Senator Walsh of Montana, 70
Questing the president to name dele
gates to act with the league of nations
commission on disarmament.
From one administration source
comes the opinion that the president
sustains Secretary Daniels contention
that the only sure method of prOmot-
ing disarmament is through the league
of nations and that Mr.. Wilson re-
CARDS the Borah resolution as scheme
of the irrecOncilables to discredit
future processes of action. 1t Is be-
lieved that the president favors the
Walsh resolution, for he notified the
league he could not appoint members
Of the disarmament commission on
account of lack of authority OCCASION
ed by the failure of the United States
to accept the covenant.
The Walsh resolution, however,
stands no show of receiving favorable
action by the committee. Senator
BOrah is confident that his resolution
will be reported favOrably, although
there is disposition on the part Of
some Republican senators to with
hold action on the measure until the
Harding administration comes in and
the new president enunciates his for.
eign policy.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-01-05
SEEKS TO ENTER U. S. on RAFT
Austrian Stowaway Forced, However,
to Call Help in New
York Harbor.

New York.-After bobbing around
aimlessly in the harbor on a raft for
several hours in the dark, Waste
Ernst. an eighteen-yearold stOwaway
from Austria. decided to abandon his
novel method Of eluding Ellis island
officials and called dejectedly for help.
While thawing out by a radiator, he
told tugboat captain. who found him
after much searching, he had been in
formed that the way Of stowaways en-
tering America was hard and. conse-
quently, when his ship entered the
harbor he threw the raft overheard,
Jumped on 1t and hoped to be washed
ashore. He was taken to Ellis island
for deportation.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-01-05
GERMAN
CHANCELLOR DIES
OPPONENT OF SUBMARINE WAR.
FARE AND THE MiLirARiSTS
PASSES TO REWARD.
Won Rethmann- Hol;Weg, Who Offered
to Stand Trial in Place Of the
Former Kaiser, Dies on His
Estate Near Berlin.

Berlin.-Dr. Theobold Won Beth
mann Hollweg, former German chan
cellOr, died January l after brief ILL
ness. on his estate at HOhenfinnow
near Berlin.
Among the most prominent activi
ties of DR.. Won Bethmann-H ollweg was
his Testimony in 1919 as a witness be.
fore national assembly committees in.
vestigating responsibility for the war
His testimony brought out he had Op.
posed submarine warfare and had is.
sued warnings not to underestimate
Americas strength.
One of the most famous utterances
during the war was that concerning
"a scrap Of paper as regarded the
treaty guaranteeing the neutrality of
Belgium. This treaty was so charac-
terized by Won Bethmann-HOllweg dur
ing an interview with Sir Edward
Goshen, British ambassador to Ger
many. The chancellor expressed his
inability to understand Great Britain s
attitude with regard to Germany's at
tack on Belgium.
DR.. Won Bethmann-Hollweg received
prominent attention in June, 1919,
when he asked the allied and associ-
ated powers to place him on trial in
stead of the former kaiser. The SUI
preme council ignored his request.
DR.. Won Bethmann-HOllweg was
chancellor of Germany from July 4,
1909, to July IA, 1917. He was sue
ceeded by DR.. George Michaelis, an ap-
pointee of the former kaiser 1t was
said Won Bethmann-Hollweg was
forced out Of office through efforts
of the militarists, headed by linden
burg and Ludendorff, largely because
Of his "scrap of paper" statement and
his admission that German invasion
Of Belgium was unjust. The former
chancellor. had on several occasions
issued statements blaming the militar-
lists for the war, while previously he
had declared England was responsible.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-01-05
DELIVERS SETBACK
TO RAILWAY PLANS
PRESIDENT vET0ES BILL TO
SUSPEND CLAUSE IN THE
CLAYTON ANTITRUST ACT.
Railroad Representatives Declare Ae.
ton Means a Drastic and I'm.
perative Revision Of Carriers
System Of Buying Equipment.

Observation-Disclosures of the c0un-
try will be prohibited from buying
equipment from companies in which
they or their officers are interested, as
the result of the veto on December 30
by President Wilson of a bill to delay
further the operation of such a pro-
hibitory provision in the Clayton anti
trust act. The last Of three separate
two-year suspensions of the prohibi.
tory section expired December 81, at
midnight.
The president, in announcing his
veto through a message to the senate,
declared the railroads had been given
several extensions Of time to prepare
for observance of the law and that no
adequate reasons had been presented
for further postponement OF its op-
GRAFTON.
Railroad representatives, on learning
of the presidential veto, which over
rode a six-tO-fOur recommendation of
the interstate commerce commission
that the bill be approved, declared
failure to suspend further the oper-
alton of the Clayton act provision
would mean drastic and immediate
revision Of carriers system of buying
Equipment. The contention also was
made by the railroad representatives
that the required change would add
hundreds of thousands of dollars to
the cost of railroad operation.
President Wilson in his veto message
said that the principle of prohibiting
railroads from being both buyers and
sellers Of their railroad supplies was
sound, and that with the interstate
commerce commission prepared to On.
force the law by preparation Of regu-
lations he could not consent to further
delay