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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-05-21

On Saturday afternoon, May 14th,
the Sumter County Won3an's Council
was organized in the Office of the dem
onstration agent. This council is COM
posed of the officers and other inter-
ested members OF the Home Demon
stration Clubs Of the county and may
include other interested club women.
The purposes of the council were
given by Miss Truluck as follows:
]. To assist the county agent in
planning work and in meeting the
needs OF the county communities, and
clubs.
,. To promote the economic and
social welfare Of the county especial
ly as related to home and community
life in the county
3. To encourage spec. tlized indus
tries for p,rpose Of developing specific
resources in the county.
4. To develop leadership in the
community.
5. To foster friendly relation be-
ween urban communities.
Mr. r. B. BelSer discussed woman's
part in present crisis. fIe said that
recent statistics showed that $4,000
900 was paid out each year for can
ned goods brought into South Caro-
lima. That for dairy. poultry, and
canned fruit and vegetable products
we send out OF our state about $23.-
100000 a year. He also said that the
local market that is now under con-
sideration might be able 10 take care
OF woman's products.
The following officers were elected:
Mrs. r. W. Dabbs, Jr.. rres.
Mrs. Wm. Haynsworth, Eice-Pres.
Mrs. James Pagan. Sec. and Treas.
1t was decided TO hold the next
meeting in June when we hope to have
u larger number present and form
ulate some definite plans.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-05-21
Amend Cotton Measure

Washington. May lS.--1;epresenta-
tive Stevenson of South Carolina m
troduced to the house today An
amendment to the cotton futures
AZ. under which Il buyer on the COT
ton exchange would have the right
to select onchalf his purchase IN
any OF the legal grades desired by
him. and the exchanges would have
the right to deliver the other hail III
any of the grades they might select
The amendment differs from the
Dial amendment only in that the lat
ter stipulatcS that the buyer and
seller must select their halves on the
cotton from Two Of the ten grades.
Nh. Stevenson states that the rep
rcscntatives from Mississippi. Louis
lana and oklahoma. whore low grade
cotton is produced. have found no
fault with either his OF the DIAL
amendmcnt. They defeated The Com
er amendment last Year because OF
their belief that il would eliminate
a. market for low grade cotton.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-05-21
Annual State shors Course.

The annual state short course for
home demonstration club members
Will be held AT Winthrop college on
June 3-9 inclusive. Five women and
five girls are selected from the va
rious home demonstration clubs OF
each county as delegates to this short
course. These members are selected
on account Of then good work and
leadership in their communities.
Fully 400 women and girls are ex-
pected TO be present 70 enjoy the
many demonstrations and lectures.
The general theme Of the program
this year will be Live al Home" and
Make Money at Home Included in
this program will be the utilization
of home products botl3 as a means
of sustenance and OF lrahing money
at home. Prominent demonstrators
and lecturers from all parts Of the
south will handle these s'-bjects. The
state home demonstration force in
cooperation with Winthrop college, is
sparing neither time nor expense to
make the short course interesting and
profitable 10 all who attend.
A snecial feature for he girls in
attendance will be the daily health
program, in charge Of Miss Martha
Dinwiddie OF the United. States bu-
reau Of education. The supervised
recreation will also be IN important
part OF the course and will be in
charge Of a trained physical director.
Indications are that tbs 1921 Home
Demonstration short course will be
the best that has ever i,een held IN
the state.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-05-21
EDIsoN.s OWN CREATION.

1t is amusing 10 hear man like
Edison deriding the modern youth
FOR his lack. of minute Information,
for it is Edison and all the goodiy
company OF scientists and inventors
who have made the modern youth
what he is.
Every invention which helps to
cover distance speedily, to transfer
Information promptly and easily, to
make sources Of reference plentiful
and accessible, to render labor less
Rfmeult Or make diversion easier,
lifts from the shoulders of man one
more reason for personal effort. Why
should any man, cos!ege-bred or 9TH
erwise, painfully acquire and cum-
Der his brain with a thousand loose
facts, any one OF which science has
made accessible to him in a few
minutes or hourso
How can any youth be expected
20 devote his life solely to the pursuit
of dry facts when phonosraph in
every parior and q picture machine
on every corner and an automobile
to every 10 inhabitants invite him to
frfyohty, and he knows that he can
afford the time to be frivolous be-
cause a thousand inventors have
made it possible for him to catch
up quickly with his business?
Such youth may be bugbear to
the inventor responsible for it. but
to. an the rest Of mankind il is the
hope Of the world From it will
spring, in spite of dissruntlcd genius
the Edisons. the Teslas. the Curies
and the Bells Of coming genera
ton.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-05-21
Timely Re,nsrks From Mr.. Noise.

Editor Daily Item:
I desire to publish through the col
unns Of your paper short article and
hope that the views impaired may as
sist in bringing TO the readers, of your
paper feeling of more optimism than
has been generally exhibited for the
last few months. ] attended with
great deal Of pleasure the meeting
last evening at Pocalla Springs where
the good people of Sumter and the
surrounding county extended to the
boosters of Greenville a well-planned
and satisfactory reception. l believe
that this meeting will do great deal
Of good in every way and especially
from a standpoint of better acquaint-
ance and cooperation among the peo-
pie Of the state, as the conditions
which have confronted, and are now
confronting the entire people Of the
South are conditions that are not To-
cal, but are general and cannot be
solved by mere talk. and certainly not
by such pessimistic feeling as nave
been exhibited for some months past
by a great many people.
For the past few years the entire
people have been spoiled by condl-
tons that were not normal and 1t Is
we'll that these conditions have been
changed. even though temporarily 1t
involves hardship on our entire
country. 1t has been Il common feel
ing and was possibly gotten from an
old adage that the world owes every
man living This unfortunately is
not the case. The world is good TO
its people. but the only way that a
living can be obtained is by hard work
and saving and the sooner the people
learn this, the better off the country
will be and the sooner conservative
prosperity will again come.
There are a great many problems
TO be solved. but we have a great
many able men among us TO handle
them. If there is man, woman or
child who feels that the temporary
depression which has come over TINS
country will destroy our existence ana
demolish our enterprises and that
there is nc remedy for it, then that
rerson, whoever they may be. has no
confidence in this grand old country
of ours. and should seek some other
place OF residence than in the United
States.
There have been some failures IN
our community which we regret and
no doubt could not have been avoided
and it is up to these people. as we'll
as the balance of us. to wipe Off the
slate. 10 put our shoulders to the
wheel. to raise our heads and open our
eyes and ears and begin again II
necessary for | believe that there are
lust as many opportunities today as
ever before and believe the future
will bring more opportunities tc the
live Wide-awake man than 1t mas IN
the past. We have all beenehit and
lit would be hard ta lind what busi7
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-05-21
NUTS OR CROOKS.

Congressman Bland of indiana
complained on the foor of the house
the other day that he had been try
ing ii vain for several months TO SCI
q light truck for the Bureau 0,
Mines. That bureau is a branch o'
: the United states government. The
government, he says, has thousands
of trucks of the kind desired, stand.
ing idle, and admits. it. The govern
ment also admits the desirability OF
Drosiding a truck for the Bureau OF
Mines But there Is some red tape
OF some:hing, in the way. so that there
IS no power ON earth that can get
one Of these trucks assinsed to q
station
Il is the same old story of red
tape bureaucracy, repeated a thou
sand times during the war and since
The governmental departments, sup
posedly organized for efficient service,
have grown so ,anwieldy that so sim
pile q matter as the transfer of bit
of property from one department
ns bureau TO another is almost i'm
possible. Always there are promises
CT reformation, but little comes OF
them.
familiar and Irritating bit Of in
eneiency along this line is found in
the case Of farmers bulle.ins' is
sued by the Department Of Asrcul-
tare. Some OF these pamphlets are
so,d for FIVE or 10 cents a piece The
most convenient and obvious way 10
forward such a small sum is by en-
elasing ssamps with the order. But
wiH the government accept its own
stamps2 It win not. The citizen
desiring one Of those pamphlets is
obliged to send a certified check Or a
registered letter OF a postal order for
that nickel or CINE.
1t is impossible, apparently, for the
government of the United States to
arrange so simple thing as the ad-
iustment of accounts between the
postaface department on one hand
and the department. of agriculture or
the government printing Office on
4hes other. and any criticism is met
with the polite but reproving re-
sninder that stamps are not mon
es.ss suppose private business op-
Grated that way;
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-05-21
PRICES ALMOST CUT IN HALF

On the first of this month, accord
ing to Bradstreet's index, there was
recorded a general price decline OF
IS per cent from the high level of the
boom period. That is to say, the
peak prices, on an average, had been
almost exactly cut in half. On, look
ing at the situation from the other
end, the Bradstreet report showed
that prices stood, on May /, only ! 3
per cent above the highest pre-war
level of 1912. And since May /,
prices have settled down a little fur
ther.
Doesn't that give one a grand and
glorious feeling? To think that for
only s1.1$, OF possibly cent or two
less, you can! buy as much of the ne
cessaries of life as you could for 81
before the war:
But" every reader will reply in
stantly, you can't And the sad
fact has to be admitted.
| The figures quoted above do not lie,
hut they are wholesale prices. the
prices paid by dealers, not the prices
paid by consumers. The ultimate
purchaser knows only too we'll that
very few commodities reflect the big
drop referred to, as far as he IS con-
cerned, and that many commodities
are still near the peak.
It comes back to the same old story
the story Of the retailer who eth
er refuses TO take his loss on high
priced stock, or who, if he has prof.
teering tendencies, holds out for
boom profits in slump period and
hopes to continue those profits in
definitely.
The actual or intentional prohteers
no doubt, are q, minority but they
have enough influence to retard the
natural subsidence Of prices, to
arouse public indignation against re-
tailers in general who do not deserve
it, and by checking deflation to hold
back business revival. The quicker
they take their loss-where there is
any loss to take-and start the new
deal, the better it will be for every
body, including themselves.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-05-21
Warming Sent Mexican President.

Mexico City. May Is" Beware
Of the fate of Francisco Madero. who
failed to heed solicitations TO change
his policy and fell was the warming
sent to President Obreson by Liher-
ais constitutional members of the
chamber OF deputies and the senate
sent warning and made pointed
charges against two members OF the
cabinet who had attempted I" cause
dissatisfaction against the OhTcson
administration. 1t was signed by one
hundred and thirty-eight deputies
and several senator's. Two cabinet Of
iicers were charged with attempts to
use their Offices to propagate radical
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-05-21
Sumter County Delegates to Short
Course.


The following girls have been
awarded scholarships 20 the Win
throp short course on records made
last year: Names. pounds Of tcnla-
toes raised, cost Of production and
profit follow:
Inez Higgins, 1,424 pounds, s17.70,
$72S4
Alma Higgins, s72 pounds. sl1,so,
$50.
salhe Gardner. SIS pounds, $19.7s.
s6l.06. /
Sara Stafford. 81 chiclS;sns Matched,
25 chickens raised.
Mamie DuBose, 26 chickens hatch
ed. u chickens raised.
There were some better records
made than some of the above but
were not eligible to tril on account
OF previous one or age. Name Du-
Bose cannot go since she has stopped
club work Tillie Brice Will go in her
place.
The women delegates will be pub
lished later.
CARO- TRULUCK,
County Home Demonstration Agent.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-05-21
Columbia High Defeats Sumter.

Columbia, May 1S.-Columbia Hi
defeated Sumter Hi here yesterday
afternoon to 3 The game was one
OF The best exhibitions OF high school
baseball e;cr played in Columbia.
Sumter got two runs In the first in
ming, on walks and errors. Bradley
hit q three bagger in Columbia
half of the second and scored on a
wild throw. uedgepath for Column
bia hit Il home run in Columbia
half of the fourth. tying the score.
Columbia scored again in the
eighth. Sumter came back in It's
half of the ninth, tying the score by
an error in the inield. Columbia
rallied in its part Of the ninth. get
ting two singles Shillito brought IN
the winning run With a single over
second.
The game was hard fought with
plenty OF pep on both sides. as 1t
had bearing on the state cham
pionship. which is 10 be played OH
in the next week or two. Etheredse
pitcher for Columbia. was strong IN
the pinches. He allowed only two
scatch hits and famed II men
Hedgepath for Columbia on short
furnished the fielding features. lie
successfully fielded ten chances with
out an error Scay played his usual
good game on first.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-05-21
BRITAIN SEES 1T THROUGH.

There has been very general scep-
fieisns over the trial Of German war
criminals which is about to begin IN
Leipsic, Germany The situation is
cleared considerably by the infor-
ufation that two British lawyers are
20 be on hand for the proceedings.
Their presence Will make it infinite
as more difficult for Germany to CON
dnct a fareicaf or nnsa'isfaefory triai'
Sir Ernest Pollock. English solici-
SET General, and SIR Ellis Hume
Msusams. z. C., viii heat the dsis-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-05-21

After Mr Osborne had spoken Il
resolution introduced hy Bishop Fin
lay was unanimously adopted e&-
pressing to the speaker the deep ap-
preciation Of the service he has rem
dcred to us in the clear and power
fu, presentation Of this very vital
subject An offering was then TAX
en- for the benefit of The Prisoners
Welfare League.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-05-21
Bcrgdoll's Counsel Held foe Contempt.

Washington. May 1S.-iFarry Vein
berger, OF New York, the counsel for
Grover Bergdoll, in the court martial
proceedings, was ordered to appear
before the bar OF the house Of Rpre-
sentatives today for contempt. after
refusing TO testify before the investi-
eating committee regarding the fees
raid him by BerSdolls mother.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-05-21

Columbia. May 19.-I'he Cohannet
Mills. of Eingerville, in Spartanburs
county, have been granted authority
by the secretary of state to increase
their capital stock from 100000 to
$200,000. B. b. Gossett. Of Spartan
burg, is president of this company.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-05-21

Boston, May 1S-James A. Dun
can. of Columbia. s. c.. a teacher at
Harvard university. was sentenced to-
day to serve three months in jail
for assault with knife on negro
policeman. He appealed and was re-
leased on 81 900 bond
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-05-21

ME" and he read a letter that he had
received from Johnnie, telling how he
was making good in the world. be-
sides supporting his Wife and TWO
children.
Mr.. Osborne pointed out the almost
general indifference that is shown by
the wardenS of tho prisons to the
method that he instituted at Sing Sing.
where it has been working success
fully for six years. His system is call
Ell the Mutual Welfare League. and
it is also in operation at four other
prisons in the county. including that
at Paris Island. in this State. Phc-
inomenal success has been achieved by
il III the naval prison ut Portsmouth.
y. II. Out of total Of moro than
+ 900 prisoners. only eight have eS-
capped. aud no guards have been en-
ploycd during the period OF two years.
The only guard service employed is
that supplied by the men themselves,
after the manner Of military syS-
tenn. In The past 1T 4 time when there
were only 10 prisoners. the guards
had numbered $50.
There is undoubtedly a strong 10y
altv among crooks. TO themselves and
70 = system that rcpoSes trlSt in them
and LOYALTY is the basis of good citi-
zcnship he said. Appealing Tor inter
est and sympathy for the men in the
prisons, he pointed out that ii Was
Cain, the first criminal. who asked:
Am | my brothers Keeper? and he
then referred to the significance OF
the story Of the thief on the cross.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-05-21
Sumter County Wonnan's Council.

County Home Demonstration Agent
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-05-21
Bodies of Soldiers Arrive.

E. W. NOISE.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-17
E.. A. EHMANN
ARCHITECT
-SpeclaIizlng H.
HOTEL and APARTMENT HOUSE
Desian. CONSTRUCTION and EquIpmen

Design Construction Equipment
Florida
years
building buildings inspected
during onstr completion.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-17
ARKANSAS HAS
ONLY DIAMOND
Mine IN NATION

MhrphTeesE0ro. Ark, March 10
The only diamond mine thus far dis
covered on the Western Hemisphere
is located in Pike County, Ark, in
which this hamlet is situated. The
mine is two and half miles south
Of here.
The diamonds are found in pipe"
the crater of an extinct volcano which
age ago boiled up through the sur
face. had its terrible heat chilled by
The waters of an inland sea, and left
bits of carbon scattered throughout
the perid0tite which now fills the
crater, TO be pressed into diamonds
by The contraction Of the rock. The
Iperidotite forms the originaX matrix
of the diamond. and thus far the only
diamonds found in the Western Hem
iSphere in the matrices are those Of
Pike county. Diamonds have been
found in some twenty-five states, il
Canada and South America but al
ways in river beds where, biologists
surmise, they have been washed by
the waters, or in places where it is
presumed they have been deposited by
glacial action.
The first Arkansas diamond was
found in 1906 by John Huddleston,
then owner Of the farm on which the
siXty-acre pipe is located by acct
dent. Huddleston observed outcrop-
pings of the gray-green rock, since
classed as peridotite and came to the
conclusion that his hillsides contain
ed valuable mineral perhaps copper
After pecking around without finding
anything which looked to him like
mineral, he picked up crystal, and
then one day showed it to some
friends in Murphreesboro. A Little
Rock jeweler pronounced it diamond
and made sure by yerification by jewel
experts in New York.
The mining operations in Arkan-
sas for several years at least, will be
far different from those of the South
African fields, although the forma-
lions are the same. In Africa desp
shafts are sunk, the peridotite is
brought to the surface and spread on
drying floors for periods ranging
from six to eighteen months. The
rock has the peculiar quality of dis
integrating when exposed to the air
In Arkansas, however, except Tor d
few places, the peridotlte already has
disintegrated to Il depth of about
twenty feet, and mixed with vegetable
formed sticky clay called ''gumbo
locally. This over-burden of "gumbo
will be worked before blasting opera
tons are started.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-17
Household Furniture
at Public Auction
Friday. March Is. mt , + VI
at 800 East Orange ~

Mr.. f. II. Van Sickler having de
cided to move to Clearwater, will sell
at auction all his household goods
and furniture as follows:
Library table, bookcase. books, set
tee. 2 stands, S rockers, round dining
table, s dining room chairs, New
Home sewing machine, wood heater.
. 9x12 rugs, 2 9x12 Crex rugs, 2 9x12
mattings rugs, SXl0 Crex rug, porch
settee, porch chairs, 3 iron beds.
springs and mattresses, 3 dressers.
washstand. bowls and pitchers. oil
heater, set portiers. rattan couch.
small rocker, 4 burner gas range,
kitchen table, cooking utensils, ice
cream freezer refrigerator, 2 tubs.
clothes horse, 2 pieces GXlI linoleum,
20 window shades, dishes, glass ware.
garden pillow, lawn mower, scythe,
rakes, hoes, 4 tubs OF ferns, potted
plants, and numerous other articles.
REMEMBER, the sale Will be held
at the home at 909 f.. Orange St. next
Friday, 2 D. m.
b. Fl. HARNLY, Auctioneer.
Phone 4S6 Blue.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-17
WORKERS REFUSE
TO ABIDE BY PACT
in MEXICO CITY

Mexico City. March Various
workmen's organizations have refus-
ed to abide BY the agreement reached
between unioni leaders and the govern
ment for the settlement of the railway
strike and work has not been re-
sumed on the road by men who have
been idle for the past three weeks.
An announcement was made by
Gen. P. e. Gales, secretary of the
interior yesterday, that after an ex-
tended conference with strike leaders;
the situation had been adjusted, but
it was described last night by both
government officials and strikers as
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-17
UPPER SILESIA
TO DECIDE ON
NATIONALITY

Berlin, March 17.-Uppper Silesia,
where 100000 Germans and Poles
will vote in a plebiscite on Sunday,
March 20, to determine whether that
province shall remain German or be-
annexed to Poland, is rich stake.
The two nationalities are coniending
for a territory OF about 5000 square
miles in area or approximately tn
size Of Connecticut In one year ~ =
100000 tons of coal were mined in
Upper Silesia and besides it has vast
deposits of iron, zinc and lead
The dispute over its posses ion
which results from the clause in the
Versailles treaty providing for the
plebiscite has made Upper SileSia one
OF the storm center9 of Europe. The
situation there for many morths has
been tense with both sides heavily
armed aud the possibility Of ciyil war
always present. The lnterAilied
Council of Ambassadors repeatedly
postponed the election which even
nov seems fraueht with grave pos
sibilities.
The loss of Upper Silesia would he
serious blow to the indu3trial
strength of Germany
1T would be Impossible to carry
on the war except for the resources
of Upper Silesia," declared the Ger
man Chancellor Won Bethmann Holl-
veg, in 1917 Assertion that without
Silesia's natural resources, Germany
would not he able to redeem her
treaty pledges or to work oat her own
reconstruction" was emphasized be-
fore the Allied Preparations Commits
sion in London on March l.