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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-26
Sweet Potato schools.

Clemson College. Feb. 1.-THE ex-
tension herticulturists are planning to
hold TWO sweet potato schools early
In March: one ut Hodges for the bene-
fit OF the sweet potato growers OF the
Piedmont section and one at John
ston for the growers of the lower part
OF the state. The plans for these
schools include lectures 10y the best
authorities on sweet potatoes as well
as demonstrations in which there will
be model sweet potato house, crate
recommended. specimens of sweet po-
tato grades. charts and specimens of
diseases. etc.
as a practical demonstration in
shipping I'm crates the hOTticultu lists
have recently shipped three crates of
potatoes from this state; one to Ari-
zona. one To Florida. and one To New
York, these To be returned as test OF
shipping strength
special feature i'm these potato
schools viii he the serving of potatocs,
from the various large potato houses
OF the state.
The dates of the two schools and
the program of speakers will be an
nounced within short while.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-26
SEIZURE OF DRUGS
AT GREENVTLLE
Narcotics Valued at Six ThouS-
and Dollars Taken by Police
of City

Grcenville Feb. 23.-Forty- y-nine
and One-half ounces of naTcot e
drugs. valued at over $4,000, were
seized and man giving his name as
;. Epstein of Washington. was ar
rested at local hotel here this at
ttrno, by the city police and turn
Cd over to federal authorities. State
Internal Revenue Inspector w. r.
Bradley Of Columbia has been notified
ana is expected here tomorrow in con
nection with the seizure.
Epstein denied knowledge o. th.
narcotics ana declared that the hand
bag in VIII h they were found be-
lon%ed to Gnother man who shared
his room, and who was registered a.,
j. Morj II. The police watched tht
hotel all the afternoon but Morton
did not return
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-26
CONEY COMPLETES
LONG FLIGHT

Jacksonville, Feb. 24.-Licut. Com
ey, who started from Dallas. Texas.
at 1914 last night on the last lap of
his transcontincntal flight arrived here
AT 1877 this morning. His flying
tm", according to the unofficial com
platlon was twenty-five hours and
thlIty-tWO minutes for the 2,079 miles
from san Diego, an average Of more
IMAM 5H miles an hour. The living
'in" from Dallas to Jacksonville was
"Sht hours and thirteen minutes.
'"nry flew over the city. scraDed the
WhceIs Of his n: chine on the sands Of
baP." leach ana returned here land
ing at Camp Johnston. With the OK
ception Of tWo hours night from Da1.
las to JacEsnnF.I.c IN the darkness
not until he was over AIoLiI dij -.
Sc" any lights Conc sand at san,n
periods he was Hyirg q hundred and
lily miles an hour bat his ayaraoc
Spo, d was about one hundred. Scores
of friends and relatives from his homo
ioV H. brunswick. Ga, overwhelmed
hIm with cong; atulations. His moth
i.", tAr.c brothers were also boro
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-26
HOOVER TO LET
HARDING DECIDE
He Shall Hold
Office as Secretary of
Commerce or as Di-
rector of Euro
pean Relief

New York, Feb. 24.-Herbert HoOV-
en- declared in statement today that
ne had lcft il to Harding to decide
whether hc would b" OF more service
as secretary OF commerce og n dircc-
tor OF European relief. In "a .t2tc-
ment dictated Ia The Associated i1lss
MIR. Hoover says: Il LEFT it 10 M
Harding To dctcrmiue whether he
would consider ! can be OF more SER
vice 10 the public as secretary OF COM
more" or carrying out the public
trust already entrusted TO me az pri-
VUte citizen. The statement was die
tatcd after lac had announced ne had
put up TO Harding the proposal for a
general reconstruction of the depart
mcnt of commerce.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-26
KRAMER FINDS
STILL ON HUNT
Prohibition Commissioner Uses
Hoe to Destroy 1t

GrocnVile, Feb. 23.-John F. Kra-
mor, federal prohibition commission
er was the nan with the hoe in
this county today, personally break
ipg Up % gallon moonshine still with
the Implement used TO stir the
mash"
Tne copper condenser was preserv-
Cd for Mr.. Kramer as a souvenir of
his first raid
The federal dry chief, visiting from
washington, accompanied officers in
- the dark corner of the county on
hunt for ilhcit stills They found
enc in n raVinr but The moonshiners
az fed. and ;he job Of breaking up
the apparatus was turned over to Mr..
Kramer.
a most interesting experience" he
said. adding that ne had not before
Fn0Wn What q still looked like.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-26
EXTRA SPECIAL

of
fncta etc..
: o. ere
is
u ana will
70
x Of n t o cash Orca
auom- cach nonth Irayf
: sr IA hes it j sp.sll to buy.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-26

li1ruiu IaucLWu I,l 2a.- wiz.
'Ut r.Jt,"r,- 10y l;us+.uu lp.su,-
VIII AGAINST Japanasc forces in ST
hcrlp an" believed TO hc forcHhadowcd
by IN" concentration Of soviet troous
.u the eastern end ol tho country.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-26
Sole OF DurOC Hogs.

Today at noon Mr.. L. ID. jennings
hoId his s"mi-annUal sale in his new
sue paNlllon ON his Duroc Hoo,
Farm about 2l= miles from Sumter
Ih'r' were in the ncighborhood or
80" persons present who enjoyed Mr.
'enn'n&"' : hospitality and partook of
the splendid barbecue dinner which
was served shortly after twelve
" cock. This sale was attended b.
many PROMINENT farmers, business
men ana ladies of sumter. The saro
pavilion. which is Of recent construc-
ll'h "nd strictly modern ana uD-to-
date in every particular, was well du-
ed. ''-'
The, sale was in charge Of col 7,
D. Hensst auctionner, and the sale
list was made ~ Of about fG rcg,*-
tFto buNoc soWS. Ghe price OBJ
'"in"d Irr l'a3 fox tn S., hops v,ae
around a hundred dollar, average.
INp,Nt l.,.....
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-26
Prophecy by Daniel Webster.

Portsmouth, y. H., Feb. 2t.-Dan-
lei Webster IL coming to be remember
cd hardly more as statesman and
orator than as prophet. Following
fast on the fulnllment recently of his
prophecy made at the 2OOth annivcr-
sary of the landing OF Pilgrims i'm
1890 that when another century hld
rolled round the voice of the Cclrhri-
tors would Ice heard from Plymouth
Rock to the Pacific coast. judge Ed
gar Aldrich OF the United States dis
trict court has found that Webster
may be considered To have prophcsied
also the wireless telephone OF tclc-
graph.
In "a letter To Former Governor
John III. Bartlett. Judge Aldrich APP
proved a proposal To name central
state highway after Webster, and
added TO Wcbster's prophecies by
quoting from a letter written from
his seat I'm the United States senate
I'm 1Sl9 TO his friend Mr.. Blatchrord
In Boston. The letter which judge
Aldrich said hc had happened on rc-
Gently. said:
III writing and sending were as
ready and crSy as talking and Shlk-
ing hands. these morning salutatious
OF friends would lee equally pleasant
on paper. Perhaps electricity will
help us To the means Ot an this vet.
so that when YOU are giving advice OF
receiving fees. la your OtIiCc iu ilau-
over street. l may speak To YOU from
On board my boat, at 'Suni. ROcE' and
tell you when l have bite MIR.
Badger il making very able speech
I'm reply To Mr.. Hale
Yours.
ID. Wchst,r.'
can II hc possible" judge Aldrich
remarked, that midst his great du-
ties as senator and ass secretary OF
the state. with his manifold diversions
In Respect to his farms thc details or
which hc so closely planned and 50.
much cnjOycd-midst his sports ou
the seas and with the rod ON tin.
streams and ponds. he had studied
and. more than any Other man OF his
, day. foresaw the possibilities uC rlcc-
.tricity and possibly tho Vircl,~-s"
In The world is >ti,l ruc.up. SAY, the
jtish Premier. And the supreme
peil Is going to produce a few
- A.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-26

Ttc worlds fish life ccntcrs 81
tropical shore lines.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-26

Tho niminso no longer exists ON
g h' American continent
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-26

tIhe world iS stiu ryc.iup. SAYS the
itlsh Premier And the supreme
nsil Is going to prgduce a few
~ reels NJ the next session. Pitts
pispatch.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-11-18
AGE OF CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE
obelisk In New York Park Was Erected
In Egypt Before the Birth
Of Moses.

Cleopatra's Needle, which stands In
Central park, New York city, was
given to the United States by Egypt
and was transported here at the ex-
pense of the, late w. II. Vanderbilt. 1t
was erected in 1881 The crabs it
stands upon are replcas of the
originals, which are in the Metropol-
tan museum. In the museum too, a
model is to be seen showing how the
obelisk was lowered and raised into
position. 1t is sixty-seyen feet high
and weighs $50 tons.
Gazing at it, it is hard to realize that
when 1t was erected Moses had not
been born, that not one being in Europe
could read or write, indeed that
Greece, Rome, England had never even
been heard of, remarks the Detroit
News.
When Thothmes III, erected this ODE
lisk, about 1900 B. c., to commence
rate his victories over the enemies Of
Egypt, his country was the richest
and most powerful in the world the
great center of trade and the leader
In letters and arts. The last indepen-
dent ruler of Egypt, Cleopatra, had
the obelisk transferred from Heliopo-
lis, the old capital, to Alexandria,
thereby giving it its present name.
With the fall of ancient civilizations
the old buildings of Egypt decayed and
everything about that country was for
gotten. Finally, at the instigation of
Napoleon, scientists undertook to solve
these secrets and aroused interest in
that long-forgotten country.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-11-18
Parachutes Rescue FLYER,

Wireless and aeronautic science were
recently employed in a very timely
combination which saved the life of an
air-service cadet flying from Mather
field, California. over Crater National
forest in Oregon, according to an
article in Popular Mechanics Maya
zine. While in the neighborhood of
Crater lake, the spark plugs ceased
working in the engine of his plane.
and landing was necessary. Choice in
landing places was confined to either
the rugged mountain peaks below or a
small island Of black lava in the middle
Of the lake, After some deliberation
he chose the latter and made a land
ing in the huge cliff-rimmed cup. The
plucky pilot then set his radio outfit
in operation and after many hours of
waiting, rescue planes arrived carry
ing the necessary spark plugs Ad-
verse air currents within the great
moon hole" prohibited the descent
Of the rescuers, and so the plugs were
attached to parachutes and dropped.
The lost pilot placed the plugs, started
his engine and made a perilous take
off over the lake surface
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-11-18
History in a Nutshell.

Some time after the school system
was adopted by the navy a Filipino
was directed to write an essay on
George Washington. This, however,
was the first contribution, and was as
follows:
George Washington was sore be-
cause American persons was not free
He sale for England on my ship and
sat to king: I express declaryations
IF Independence for American per-
sons King, he say 'Nothin' dom and
Mr.. Washington tell Admiral Dewie
to shoot big guns at him. Bimeby
King, he say he will not run over
American persons again. let George
do It, he say, and today American
persons she is e."-Great Lakes
Bulletin.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-11-18
SALVAGERs DID GOOD WORK
Recovering Disabled Ships During the
World War Was Matter of
Highest Heroism.

Landlubbers link salvaging ships
trove, but the shippers Of the salyag-
,ng SHIPS would tell them that salvage
Is sweaty and poorly paid eXeruon.
They do not regard themselves as adj
yenturers of romance. They are divers
Of seagoing ambulances. They are
marine surgeons, who operate on slcE
or disabled craft, says the Spokane
Spokesman Review.
Salvaging before the war was mat
ter-ot-fact trade, but during the war
u became a business fraught with ey-
traordnary dangers. The maritime
oeIligerents had to save every dam
aged or suuken ship that they could,
and the salvager was almost as indi5-
pensuble to winning the war as was
Shu ulan-o'-War.
At the DardQnelies five vessels were
sunk near shore, and yet all We're SAL
yased eXpeditiously by the Liverpool
arms.
In June of 1917 the salvagers recov-
cred four gOOd-SiZed steamers in ten
days that had been sunk in the English
channel. They saIyaged Beattie's flag
ship and the Britannia and the Astu-
rias; the submarine k-13 after its crew
had been submerged two and a half
days; the wrecks off Ostend and Zee
brugge.
The salvaging boats had at one and
the same time to act as machine shop,
power house, pumping station and tug.
They worked in a single spot Where
they were target for every German
Submarine anywhere around. They
showed a heroism beyond praise.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-11-18
INDIAN WORLDS OLDEST MANI
Been on Earth 1874 Years, and
Is Said to Look it.

Ka-be-nah gwey Wence (Wrinkled
meat) better known to tourists Of the
Northwest as plain John Smith is al
legged to have recently celebrated his
one hundred and thirtyfourth birth
day, and any one who observes the
depth and number of wrinkles in his
face will have no reason to doubt that
many will suspect him of withholding
q number of birthdays from the total.
During a recent vacation trip in the
region Of CaSS Lake Mimi. Earl E.
Evans, writer in LeSlie's. twice Wis
tied "Wrinkled Meat at his home. on
the outskirts of the aforementioned
village, and on both occasions, found
"Old John" in the best of spirits and
willing to talk. so long as there was
any one to listen.
JOHN began the routine story of his
one hundred thirty-f9ur years, choos-
ing as the first subject his nine
squaWs. who John maintains, are re
sponsible for his many wrinkles and
long nose. Me have nine squaws."
said John "All pretty face but
crazy. Pretty quick me get tired of
squaw; throw EN- in the woods. No
good"
me big Injun," continued John.
Flight two wars. many battles. XIII
five Sioux and scalp EN-" At this
part of his story John points proudly
to his feathered headgear, hanging on
the wall near his floor bed and upon
which are arrayed the five feathers
representing the five unfortunate
Sioux Indians. Long Prairie and Pine
City were the two principal battles in
which John engaged.
Chicago is his great nightmare, and
he is not trifie backward about eX-
pressing his opinion. Cray town"
says John. MANY man. many squaw,
too many kids; all crazy. Money.
money, money, too much money. Me
spend $40 one day." and then he
signs.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-11-18
LEAF FROM LANDLADY'S BOOK
Drummer Devised Shrewd Scheme for
Putting End to Series of Petty
Extortions.

Like cures like" said Speaker Gill
lett. apropos of certain extortionS.
Abuse may cure abuse, too.
II once knew a drummer for
chemical firm. This drummer would
visit Pottsville four or five times
evening at the Pottsville hotel and
depart after lunch the next day. He
didn't stop a full day, you see; he
got no dinner; nevertheless he was
always charged full days board.
1.-THE eNtortion got on his nerves
at last; so one afternoon when his
bill was brought him. he took out his
pad and drew up an account against
the landlady for a carboy of sulphurio
acid.
take this to Mrs. Tompkins,' he
said 70 the waiter. and ask her if she
would mind settling up at once
in few minutes Mrs. Tompkins
herself appeared.
Why she said to the drummer
7 never bought any sulphuric acid
from you in my life. This bill is a
mistake
Neither have 1 ever eaten any Of
your dinners. ma'am.' said the drum
mer, but you charge me for them
every time 1 come to Pottsville.'
After that the Pottsville hotel never
charged the drummer for things he
hadn't had.'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-11-18
Pic IRONS BASIC PRODUCTS
metal Sold In Three Forms-Cast
Wrought and steel-One Of Most
Valuable Minerals.

Iron is the most valuable metal in
the world to man. because 1t Is Of
more use in more ways.
1t has been known to men from earli-
est times. Savages smelted it. It Is
generally found compounded with other
substances such as carbon. These
other substances have to be burned
out In order to have pure iron.
Iron Is sold in three forms-cast
iron, wrought iron, and steel. Cast
Iron is brittle and hard, like the lid
on the kitchen range. Wrought iron
can be hammered out fiat or made into
wire or welded. It Is quite soft. Steel
IS also capable Of being hammered
out fiat and welded. It's peculiar prop
erty Is that when tempered it be-
comes very hard-so hard that sharp
edge can be put on it-so hard that it
will, when edged, cut wrought iron.
Iron which has been melted and
poured into a mold In some form de-
sired for use, such as part Of a stove,
Is called cast iron. Iron which Is cast
roughly from the smelted ore In order
to be used to make cast iron, wrought
iron or steel is called pig iron.
Pudding Is the name Of the process
by which pig iron is made into wrought
iron. 1t is done In a furnace in which
the carbon Is burned from the pig
iron.
Pig iron contains the most carbon,
then comes steel and then wrought
iron.
Steel can be made directly from pig
iron by what is known as the Bessemer
and open-hearth processes. Formerly
1t was made from wrought iron.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-11-18
CITES EARTH'S ID MOVEMENTS
Fiammarion, French Astronomer, Emu
merates Various Activities of Globe
During Its Travels.

The fact that our earth In its voyage
through space has no fewer than four
teen distinct movements has been
pointed out by the French astronomer
and scientist, Camille Flammarion, ac-
cording to an article in the Paris
Temps. These are as follows.
Daily rotation, annual revolution,
fuctuation or rocking due to the pre-
cession Of the equinoxes in a period of
70, 1856 years, monthly movement of the
earth around the center Of gravity
OF the earth-moon couple, mutation
caused by the attraction of the moon
every eighteen and half years; vara-
tlon, coming once every century, of
the obliquity Of the ecliptic; variations
every century of the eccentricty of the
terrestrial orbit; displacement Of the
line Of apses every 210OO years dis
turbances caused by the constantly
changing attraction of the planets; dis
placement of the center Of gravity Of
the solar system around which the
earth travels annually, this center be-
Ing determined by the variable posi-
tons Of the planets; perpetual varia-
ton of ATTITUDES; daily tides of the
continental soil; displacement of the
whole Milky Way, of which our sun
Is one star, toward the constellation
Of Capricorn, at the formidable speed
of 375 miles per second, or 100000
miles per hour"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-11-18
EASY TO START "HARD TIMES"
Rumor Becomes an Endless Chain
Once the Proper Impetus Has
Been Given to It,

In Paris portrait painter sat in
his favorite cafe slipping his wine. His
first small bottle Finished he was
about to order more when his eye fell
on a headline in the Figaro, Hard
Times Are Coming" so instead of or
dering his usual second bottle he
called for his check
as there anything wrong with the
wine?" asked the landlord
THE wine is good, but l did not or
der a second bottle because hard
times are coming and we must econ
omiZe' explained the artist
Hard times" said the landlord
Then my wife must not order the
silk dress we planned but must take
one of cotton"
Hard times" repeated the dress
maker when the order was cancelled.
This is no time 20 expand I must
not make the improvements I had
planned in the place"
Hard times, eh?" said the builder
when the dressmaker cancelled the
pu4iHiHS RidlI>. men 1 CdlluOI nave
my wife's portrait painted"
So he wrote to the artist and can
celed his order
After receiving the letter the artist
went again to his favorite cafe and or
dered small bottle of wine to soothe
him. On nearby chair was the pa
per in which he had read of hard
times two days before He picked it
up to read more closely and found it
was two years old,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-11-18
The Snrjno Straw Hat.

All winter long man wears hat
that Is easy aud comfortable-a
friendly, slouchy. well-worn sort OF
thing that he can pull down over his
ears when the wind blows or throw In.
to the air at football game. It's
lust the sort of clothing man ought
to wear, not tyrannical but compan-
ionable. And then along-comes spring.
In the spring, say the poets, the spirit
of man breaks its bonds. A fellow
feels restless and indomitable. fit for
ANYTHING and free as the wind. he
brooks no restraint, not he. He looks
upon his good old cap or hat and de-
cides he ought to buy another. And
he does. He goes and gets himself
q straw hat-a stiff. uncomfortable,
unreliable sort of thing that Is faith.
less to every passing breeze. A man
can't roll It up and put It in his
pocket he can't throw 1t into the air.
he can't pull it down over his ears.
he can't do anything with 1t except
wear 1t daintily and carefully. until
the time comes to smash It In the
autumn and 60 back to the old cloth
nat. And that's the best proof Of the
madness Of spring-not love, not
blooming flowers, but the new straw
hat that leaves red mark on . fei'
nv's forehead.-San Francisco Call
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-11-18
NOTED AS TROUBLE MAKERS
According to Historian, the Moplahs
Had Evil Reputation as Far
Back as 1918.

Duarte Barbosa's Account of the
Countries Bordering on the Indian
Ocean and Their Inhabitants" writ
ten about 1918, contains lengthy de
scription of the Mapuleres or Mop
labs, who even then were troubling
the peace much as they now are.
"In this land of Malabar," writes
Duarte Barbosa, there are Moors in
great numbers who speak the same
tongue as the heathens of the land
and go naked like the Nayres. but as
a token of distinction from the heath
en- they wear little round caps on their
heads and long boards; and they are
so many and so rooted in the soil
throughout Malabar that 1t seems to
me they are fifth part Of it's people
spread over all it's kingdoms and prov
inces. They are rich and live we'll
They hold all the sea trade and navi-
cation. They belong to the sect
of Mafamede; their holy day is Fri
day. They marry as many wives as
they can support, and keep, as well,
many heather concubines of low
caste. If they have sons or daughters
by these they make them Moors, and
ofttimes the mother as WELL and thus
this evil generation continues to in
crease in Malabar; the people Of the
country call them Mapuleres."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-11-18
Appreciation.

The mayor of a Southern town had
been asked to assist in the annual en-
tertainment given at Christmas to the
inmates of the local workhouse. He
consented with great complaisance
and went and made up as Father
Christmas. For time his antics and
FRANKS were the delight of the COM
pany.
A damper on his enjoyment was,
however. eventually brought forward
by scrap Of conversation he CHANGED
to overhear.
isn't he enjoying himself?" re-
marked one old man to another.
What treat it is for the likes of
him. But why can't they let all the
loonies out on Il night like this?"
well" replied the other, ''mebbe
they amt all so harmless as this'n -
Philadelphia Ledger.