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The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-06-03

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture.l
Whltewash is effective In killing
mites and other sorts of vermin and
may be used freely in spraying the
poultry houses, brood eoops and roOsts.
scientists Of the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture say. In badly In
tested places II Is advisable to clean
aud spray with a stronger disinfectant.
and In AS hours follow with good
spray or coating of whitewash. An
effective whitewash for this purpose
is made as follows:
Stake half a peck of lime and d.
lutte 1t with 20 gallons of water; add
one pound of salt previously dissolved
In water; to this mixture add two
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-06-03

~ LIVER TWIST was born about
20 miles from London, in the
lying-in room of the almshouse.
His mother worn and exhausted from
a long and painful journey on foot,
had been found unconscious In the
road, and had been carried to the only
place Of refuge for such as she seemed
to be. His name he owed to the In
ventive genius Of the parish beadle,
who remarked: "The last one was a
's'-Swubble / named him; the next
one as comes will be Irwin, and I've
got names ready made to the end Of
the alphabet, and all the way through
1t again, when we come to T."
The wronged and unhappy mother
died without revealing her name, and
the only proofs Of the boys identity,
a locket and ring. kept even at the
price Of starvation, were stolen from
the corpse before it was cold by the
old crone who had been in attendance.
The orphans childhood, passed In
cruel neglect and semi-starvation, was
brought to an abrupt close by his own
unparalleled act. Desperate through
hunger he and his companions deter
mined that some one of them shall Sc
cure for all an extra helping Of the
thin and watery Cruel which Is their
principal diet, The lot falls upon Oh
iver. Nlne-year-old child though he
was. he was reckless with misery
He rose from the table, and advancing
to the worlShouse-master, basin and
spoon in hand. he said, "Please, sir,
] want some morei" sfs
Such unheard-of daring receives
speedy treatment. The next morning
a bill, posted upon the gate. offers
FIVE pounds to anyone who will take
Oliver Twist off the hands of the par
ish.
Then there follows a brief stay as
the apprentice Of a coffinmaker and
undertaken, who, with an eye to the
effect, promptly makes Of the sad
faced little waif chief mourner at
the funerals OF children and "many
were the professions which little OF
liver headed, IN hat-band reaching
down to his knees. to the admiration
of all the mothers inthe town"
His master is, on the whole, we'll
disposed toward him, but a fight with
q bullying older apprentice brings him
into unmerited disgrace and punish
ment and he runs away.
On the outskirts Of London he
chances upon the fasclnatingly droll
Artful Dodger, piekpoeket and pupil
Of Fagin. The curious behavior Of his
new associates Is only a game 20 the
innocent boy, when Fagin places snuff
boxes, jewelry, watches and handker-
chiefs In his pockets. and then stands
looking In imaginary store-windows
while Tin an unbelievably short time)
every one of the things Is taken from
him The true meaning Of Il ell burst
upon the Mortified Oliver, when he IL
taken on an expedition and sees the
game" In full operation. Dared and
confused. he Is the only one captured
and taken before a magistrate. bis
innocence Is established. but he faints
IN the court room, and Is taken home
by the remorseful Mr.. Brownlow. the
man whose pocket he was supposed to
have picked In bis new friends house
Oliver Is nursed through serious II
ness. and better days seem to have
dawned for him. when be again falls
into the hands Of Fagia. This 4 no
chance happening. for the old crook.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-06-03
on Guard.

Master-My mother-lnlaw Is COM
ing for a long visit tomorrow. Here
Is a list Of her favorite dishes.
Cook--Yes. slr.
-WeIl. the hrst tine you give =
one OF these you7f set . weeks no
tica"
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-06-03
WHITEWASHlNG WILL
KILL MANY INSECTS
Spraying Is Effective in Destroy
ing vermin.
Cleanliness ls Of Utmost Importanos
In Keeping Many Pests Under Con
trol-Provlde Abundance o.
Light and Fresh Air.

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ment OF Agriculturel
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-09-17
Killed at Grade Crossing.

Greenville, Sept. 14.-Ed Hart
man, driver Of the automobile
which was struck by a Piedmont &
Northern freight train near Camp
Sewer yesterday afternoon, result
ing in the death of Frank Wheel
er. 19, was released from the coun-
ty jail today upon instructions Of
Coroner Arthur Vaughn. Mr.. and
Mrs. C. w. Hill, newly married
couple, and Umbrellas Bailey, u
year old girl, who were also in the
car when it was struck, are still
suffering from bruises sustained in
the accident, although only one of
them, Mrs. Hill, is being kept at
the hospital a coroner's jury was
empaneled today and viewed
Wheelers body. The inquest will
be held on Tuesday and all four
surviving occupants Of the car will
testify.
The accident occurred at cross
ing near the United States public
health service hospital. According
to Mr.. Hills version of the acci-
dent, just as the automobile start
ed across the track the freight
train came suddenly into view NOV
ing, he said, at a rate Of about 35
miles an hour.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-09-17
Citadel Cadets
Win High Honors
Tie For First Place at Camp
Perry, But Lose Decision on
Distance Shots

Charleston, Sept. l4.-Citadel
men were gratified today in re-
ceiving the news that the cadet
rifle team at Camp Perry had tied
the University Of Michigan for first
place in the r. o. T. c. match. Be
cause the Michigan team made the
better score at the longest range. 1t
was awarded the honors OF the
match, which accorded with the
rule in such cases. However. the
shooting of the Citadel cadets was
of high quality and equal to that
of the University Of Michigan on
points. The cadets were in compe-
tition with many large institutions
having r. O. T. c. units and with
r. O. T. c. camp teams. Maj. L..
S. LeTellier, commanding the Cit
adel squad, telegraphed the an
nouncement Of the cadets accom-
plishment.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-09-17
Kirby's Wife Ap-
peals to Gov. Cooper
Effort Being Made to Save
Slayer Of Brazell From
Death Chair

Columbia, Sept. 15.-Mrs. S. j..
Kirby. her II year old daughter
and other members Of her family
and her husbands family sought
executive clemency from Governor
Cooper yesterday for S. j. Kirby,
convicted of murder and sentenced
to death by electrocution for his
part in the brutal killing 70 Will
liam Brazell, young Columbia taxi
driver.
Mrs. Kirby told Governor Cooper
that her husband, S. j. Kirby, was
subject to temporary spells OF IN
sanity and that she believed he was
irresponsible for his part in the
crime. She told the chief executive
that her husband often appeared to
be suffering from insanity and she
pleaded for his life Mrs. Kirby is
in hopes that the governor Will at
least commute the sentence OF
death against her husband to lie
Imprisonment.
After the visit Of Mrs. Kirby, the
governor said he did not care to
make any statement at this time
as to what he would do. He told
Mrs. Kirby, who said a physician
had been treating her husband, to
send the doctor to confer with him.
No appeal to the supreme court
is expected by the governor, al
though this is not certain. Mem
bers OF the Gappins family are
also said to be thinking Of appeal
ing for Jesse Gappins, but nothing
was done yesterday as far as is
known
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-09-17
South Carolina
News Items
Daily Chapter of Accidents
and Suicides

Newberry, Sept. IA negro
girl, IA years of age, was shot and
killed on Mrs Claudia Suber's
place, three miles north of New
berry, yesterday. The evidence
taken at the coroner's inquest indi-
Gated that it was an accident and
the jury so found. The pistol had
been left at the house by Son Ed
die Coleman, negro, who claimed
he found it at the camp where the
soldiers stayed while they were
near here last week.
On the recommendation of the
coroner's jury a charge Of carry
ing pistol was made against Son
Eddie Coleman today before Mag
istrate Douglas and he was fined
S75 or 80 days on the chaingang.
He will probably nave to take the
69VS
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-09-17

It is further indicated. while de-
terioration is still in progress, 1t
may be expected to be somewhat
less rapid from this time forward,
because that portion of the crop
which has a chance to make is al
ready reasonably safe.
Boil weevil is the chief COM
plant, although boil worms, army
worms. shedding from causes 9TH
er than weavil depredations, sharp
shooters, red spider, bad stands,
late starts and stinted use of fer
tilizer are frequently mentioned.
Drouth has been a leading con-
tributory cause in reducing the
size OF the crop Of Texas and Okla
horaa and a factor Of some import
ance in North Carolina. Boil Wee
vii depredations are especially Sc
we're in Arkansas and Mississippi
and damage during the past two
weeks was probably greater than
during any other period Of equal
length since the season started.
Picking has been started to
about the northern limits Of the
belt, but it is not yet general.
Cotton is opening rapidly. There
is much complaint Of premature
opening. On the average the bot
tom crop is about all that is expect
ed. The middle and top crops
have been prevented by boil weevil
and shedding from a variety OF
causes. Weather conditions have
been such that cotton on the more
fertile lands presents a handsome
weed, which continues to flourish
without setting new fruit.
The present outlook is that the
frost date Will make little differ
ence, and an early frost might be
beneficial On light lands most of
the crop is already open, while the
heavy foliage on the richer lands
would be better for the crop If it
could be removed, for which rea-
son some growers rather welcome
the appearance Of army and leaf
worms.
a few bales have been ginned in
almost every locality and the
prospects are that the crop on the
whole will be ginned early: ginning
has not yet become general.
Weather conditions have been
favorable for maturity Of the crop,
and arather favorable for picking,
except that it has been too hot for
picking. especially in cotton OF
ranla> growth. Few blooms are to
be seen anywhere and the amount
OF new fruit being set is negli-
! gible.
The crop. it is judged from re-
ports, is relatively poorest in Geor-
gia, Oklahoma. South Carolina and
Texas and relatively best in Arkan-
sas, North Carolina and Tennessee,
with Alabama Louisiana and Mis-
sissippi somewhere in between.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-09-17
Promotion For
Postal Employees
Postmaster General Hays An
nounces Policy Of Advan-
cling Those Already in
Service

Washington, Sept. 14.-As evi-
dence of the desire Of the depart
ment whenever possible to fill va
cancies in postmasterships by pro-
motions in the service Postmaster
General Hays announced today
that of the 87S appointments sent
to the senate for confirmation up
to September 10. 426 or close to so
per cent. were promotions from the
classified service. Of the other 452
appointed by nomination, 345 We're
No. ! on the civil service eligible
list, Is were second and 80 were
third, the department having the
privilege of appointing any one of
the first three on the list.
A total of 4.S09 vacancies have
been certified to the civil service
commission, Mr.. Hays said. and as
fast as the names Of the three
highest competitors in each case
are submitted to the department
appointments will be made.
Whenever employees now in the
service qualify, they will be given
preference.
The postmaster general announc-
ed that in the future publicity will
be given to the names of those
seeking postmasterships. AS soon
as the date for entry closes, he
said. the full list of those applying
will be made public. Also after the
civil service commission has rated
the competitors the names Of the
three highest on the eligible list
will be given out. Heretofore the
names of the applicants and the
successful candidates have not been
diyulged.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-09-17
Working For Strike
in Textile Industry
Union Plans to Make Demand
For a Forty-Four Hour
Week

New York, Sept IA cam
paign to make the "A hour week
the standard throughout the textile
industry was launched today when
delegates to the annual convention
of the Textile Workers of America
adopted resolution giving the
executive council full power to act
and issue a proclamation to en-
ployers'
The economic strength of the or
ganiZation the resolution provided,
should be utilized in obtaining the
shorter working week, instead of
asking for legislation. It was
claimed that unemployment would
be materially relieved by shorter
working hours.
In connection with the campaign
the delegates went on record as
giving their full support to South
ern textile workers who have been
on strike in numerous factory GEN.
ters. In the south, and few 9TH
or scattered regions where work
weekly, the first effort will be to
obtain an agreement for q 4S hour
week. In the places where 4S
hours is the standard a movement
will be conducted for A hours and
in the ccnters where the Al hour
week mas already been established
the organlzatiCa will exercise its
strength to prevent a change.
Plans for q drive for closer or
ganization in North and South Car
olina We're announced. Of. ..rers
stated that President Samuel
Gompers Of the American Feder-
alton Of Labor, who is now in AT
lanta, had prOmis' to give support
to the movement. Textile points in
Canada where long hours have
been established in woolen and cot
ton mills will also be centcrs for
3cfi..itE
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-09-17
New York Municipal
Primary Results
Henry H. Carran Coalition
Candidate Wins Republican
Nomination For Mayor

New York, Sept. 13.-Henry Il.
Curran. coalition candidate. won
the Republican nomination for
mayor today over three opponents,
leading his nearest rival, F. II.
Laguardia, president OF the board
Of aldermen, by vote Of almost
5 to l.
Judge Reuben I. Haskell, who
made his campaign on wet is
sue, and F. II. Laguardia, president
OF the board of aldermen, were
running a neck and neck race for
the second place, with William
II. Bennett. former state senator,
q poor fourth.
The other principal coalition
nominee, Charles c. Lockwood, for
comptroller and Vincent GiIrcy. In
dependent Democrat, led their op-
ponents by Overwhelming pluraii-
ties.
Mayor John F. Hylan and
Comptroller Charles L. Craig, We're
renoalinated without opposition in
the Democratic primaries. Murray
Hubert received the Democratic
nomination for president OF the
board of aldermen without con-
test.
Returns from about one-third OF
the election districts in Manhattan
indicated that James j. Hines, an
ti-Tammany candidate for borough
president. would be defeated by
julius Miller, the Democratic or
ganization's choice, by about 2 to-
l. es
At midnight an attempt by a
band Of armed men in three taxi
cabs 10 seize the ballot boxes in the
Second election district, Twelfth
assembly district, Charles F. Muir
phys bailiwick, was frustrated af-
Ter a fUsillade Of shots had been
fred
The raiders, apparently disao-
pointed ct their failure, then drove
to the Anawanda club in Second
avenue. a political organization.
and broke the windows with bull
lets. No one was shot although
the police reported several men IN
the club had been cut by splinter
ed glass.
MIR. Hines, in a statement to-S
night, declared he had won the
election and would not permit
himself to be counted out.
Mrs. Mabel Faico Of Brooklyn.
won the Republican nomination
for the board of aldermen in the
Thirty-th:rd district.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-09-17
Hearing on Colum-
bia-Sumter Train
r. R. Commissioners Again
Refuse Request to Discon-
tinue Nos. SO and SO

Colum bia, Sept. 14.-People don't
like to get up too early to eaten
trains, and the South Carolina rail-
road commission recognizes this
and doesn't want to see train NO.
IS, between Columbia and Sumter,
taken off, which would require the
many users Of this train to get up
in time to catch a $40 train in
stead Of catching No. 6S, which
runs at 7:45. The Atlantic Coast
Line railroad has been told so, too.
The railroad commission had a
conference Wednesday afternoon
with ". H Newell, of Rocky
Mount, n. c., general superintcnd-
ent of the Atlantic Coast Line, re-
garding trains No. 63 and 69. The
railroad wants to discontinue these
trains. The commission told Mr..
Newell, nothing doing, unless he
would meet the travelling pubic
half way. The commission made
Mr.. Newell a proposition. 1t agreed
to allow the discUntinuance of No.
So, if the railroad would change
the schedule Of the train which
now leaves Columbia at 5:40, so as
to have il leave here later, after
folks are all up, and make con-
nection, as it does now. at Flor
ence, with the fast train for the
north. This would mean the ad-
iustment Of the schedule OF the
fast train from Jacksonville to
Washington, SO as to reach Flor
ence ct a different hour, but Mr..
Newell said he would take the
proposition under consideration.
He will report to the commission
later
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-09-17
Hardened Criminals
nDeath House
Slayers of William Brazell
Show No Remorse For Their
Crime-Wish It Were
All Over

Columbia, Sept. III wish it
were all over with"
The speaker, with a drawl in his
voice, sent these words through
grated bars. The words came from
the lips Of a man who is spending
his remaining days on earth in the
penitentiary's death cell. The
speaker was S. J. Kirby. one of the
three sentenced to die in the cleo
trio chair on October 21, for the
murder of William Brazell, Colum-
bia taxi driver, who was stabbed to
death on one early Monday morn
ing in August.
Kirby and his two partners in
crime, C. O. Fox and Jesse Gappins,
are three Of the most famous pris-
oners the state has ever held. Their
careers have been marked by re-
markable events, the murder of a
young boy to steal the car he drove,
chased by a mob for several days
over two states, held in Charleston
under heavy guard to escape
lynching, secretly brought to Co
lumbia under heavy guard and lat
ar taken to trial in Lexington un-
der heavier guard. the three men
are now stoically awaiting the day
of their doom, and their loved ones
cry about them and plead for mer-
cy.
The three men are very talk
ative for men under sentence OF
death. Through the bars Of their
cells in the death house they talk
to their friends ard talk to officials
and they even appear slightly
cheerful at times.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fox, parents Of the
young man sentenced to die, have
been frequent callers on their son
at the state prison, since the trio
was brought Tuesday from the Lex
1ngton court house. They are nice
looking old people and their loss
excites the sympathy of onloekers
Mr.. and Mrs. Gappins, the father
of Jesse Gappins. have called on
their son, too. Mrs. Kirby and
Kirby's little daughter have like
wise seen the man to whom they
will say good bye on October q.
Gappins is a Columbia boy. Fox
came from Stanley Greek, n. c..
the home of his parents. Kirby
came to Columbia from York coun-
ty. His first visit TO the capita
was as a prisoner, in 1917, when he
was sent to the pen under a two
year sentence for crime commit
ted on a man in York county
whom. it is said, ne beat into in.
sensibility and robbed. The vic
| tim of that crime was left In the
woods apparently dead. However
he regained consciousness but
could hardly move from the
ground. He reached a small sap
ling. and bending it over, hung his
coat on it. Then he waited until
a passerby saw the waving coat
and rescued the suffering man
Kirby served year Of his SEN
tence and was pardoned by Cover
nor Manning.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-09-17
Family Committed
to the Penitentiary
Judge Sease Sends Lexington
County Murderers to
Prison

Columbia, Sept. 15.-Mrs. Julia
Cook, Minnie Cook. her daughter;
Wheeler and James Bartield, Sr.,
Ira Cook, her son, and Henry
friends of the family, were all
landed in the state penitentiary
this afternoon, sentenced by Judge
Sease in the Lexington court on
Thursday morning on a charge of
having killed Marcellus Cook, hus-
band Of Mrs. Julia Cook, on Aug
ust 5, the verdict was by consent
Of attorneys for both sides and was
directed by Judge Sease. The old
man was killed by his son, who cut
his throat from ear to ear. Mrs.
Cook was back Of the deed, her
daughter and Henry Wheeler held
the old mans feet, James Barheld
is said to have plotted the crime.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-09-17
p. T. Hayne Dies
Chairman of Board of School
Trustees at Greenville

Greenville, Sept. IA. = P. T.
Hayne. for many years chairman
of the board of school trustees and
prominent citizen of Greenvillc,
died here early tonight as a result
of a stroke of paralysis, which he
suffered yesterday morains. Nh.
Eayn" was rs years Of age. For
about forty years he had been II
the fire insurance business here. lie
is we'll known throughout south
Carolina. The school authorities
recently paid a tribute - his ser-
vices in behalf Of the city schools
by naming one OF the new Schools
of the city for him.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-09-17
Cotton Stocks and
Consumption
Statistics of Old Crop Given
Out by Census Bureau

washington, Sept. 14.-Cotton
consumed during August amounted
TO 467,1o3 bales Of lint and So
sol bales Of linters, compared with
4s3, $50 bales Of lint and 4s,4l2
bales of linters in August Of last
year.
s Cotton on hand on August 81 i.
consuming establishments amount
ed to 1,002,s81 bales Of lint and
1881 bales Of linters: in public
storage and in congresses $780,
s7S3 bales of lint anG 241,333 bales
eof linters.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-09-17
Race Trouble in
Tennessee
Officers Having Trouble in
Protecting Negress Who
Shot Four White Women

Chattanooga, Sept. IA negro
family is under arrest, while other
families of the negro colony are
fleeing, and posses Of deputy sher
ifs are seeking to hold in restraint
irate armed white avengers, while
Edna Barnett and her three Sis
ters, wounded last night by shotgun
fire by Jewel Clipper. a negress. lie
seriously wounded in their home at
Montlake, mining village near
here
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-09-17
Contractor Shoots Himself.

Anderson, Sept. 14.-Columbus
Shelton, construction foreman at
Orr cotton mill, took his own life
today at the home of his sister.
Mrs. Galloway, in Piedmont. The
family had gone to the front Of the
house, and when they heard the re-
port of a pistol, rushed back to
find Mr.. Shelton lying on the floor
with his head in pool Of blood.
He had fired a so caliber ball
through his head. No reason for
the. rash act can. be given. as Mr..
Shelton had not seemed in the least
depressed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-09-17

RAILROAD
STRIKE
Decision Of Big Four
Brotherhoods to Be
Made at Chicago
Meetings

Chicago, Sept. 15.-The decision
as to whether the nation will face
a general railroad strike may result
from two important meetings
which are impending. Represen-
tatives Of five hundred thousand
shopmen will meet Sunday and
representative Of the engineers,
and trainmen will meet
September 22nG Unofficial reports
say that the men favor a strike.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-09-17
The Arbuckle Case
District Attorney May Press
Charge of First. Degree
Murder

San Francisco, Sept. 15.-Fol-
lowing the charge Of manslau ghter,
returned by the coroner's jury.
Roscoe Fatty" Arbuckie charged
with the death OF Virginia Rape,
today viii ll,row whether he is to
face the more serious charge OF
first degree murder. The district
attorney is seemingly determined
to press the latter charge.