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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-29
Fair Notes
Special Arrangements Being
Made to Make Poultry and
Live Stock Departments
Best Ever Held

One feature of the big poultry
show of the 1921 Sumter County
Fair, November 18th to 18th. Will
be an auction sale of numerous
varieties of pure bred poultry on
the third and fourth days Of the
fair. Mr.. A II. Wilder. superin-
tendent OF the poultry show de-
partment is working hard on this
feature Of our fair.
The citizens Of Sumter county
and this state are invited to send
exhibits. which Will be especially
provided for in the big poultry
building.
Mr.. J. ]. Whilden, superintend-
ent Of the cattle show department
has been putting in some mighty
effective work in different parts of
cur state By order of the board of
directors he has secured sufficient,
commodious and comfortable
rainproof tents for cattle ex-
hibits. AS Mr. Whilden is himself
Guernsey breeder he thoroughly
appreciates the importance of pro-
viding comfortable quarters for and
taking the best of care of cattle.
He will give the care and comfort
Of cattle his personal supervision
and see that all are looked after
with due regard to the health Of the
animals.
Special efforts are being made to
make the poultry and live stock
department, hogs. mules, horses,
sheep, and other domestic animals
the best ever displayed in our
county fairs, and if possible the big
gest and best ever held in South
Carolina.
Mr.. A. L. Ards is superintend-
ent of the swine department, and
President w. T. Brown is superin-
tendent Of the horse and mule de-
partments.
Both these gentlemen are pure
bred swine raisers and Will vie
with the superintendents Of the
other livestock show departments
in seeing that their departments
take the best care Of all exhibits.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-29
Pisgah News q
and Views
All Cotton Picking Has Been
COMPLETED

PisGah. Oct. 24.-Cotton picking
is over and all ginned. Something
unknown at this date in the mem
ory of old folks. Gin reports are
ahead of last year, and it must be
all picked and ginned in other
places, for the world knows that
but little is made.
In appealing to the courts to
stand off justice to those men IN
Columbia found guilty for mur-
dering that boy, the public has the
cause of lynch law. Speedy trial
and conviction is not all. Prompt
execution for the guilty should fol-
low in order to make people re-
spect the law.
The Impending strike and other
strikes are largely caused by the
foreigners that America has been
receiving for years. Let it come.
No better time to have it than now.
Then let volunteers run the trains
and crush the strike once for. all.
Lots of men will take the strikers
places and run the trains.
a small dog went mad on the
writer's place few days ago, bit
some children on the hands, killed
chickens on several places around,
bit a few dogs before being killed.
A few farmers are preparing to
plant small grain.
The fine Indian summer that we
now have is enjoyable after such a
hot summer and fall. 1t don't
come every year.
The burning of the gin house and
much cotton of Tom Wr!ght's on
Charleston road near Bethesda
church Saturday morning was Sc
we're loss to him and others who
had cotton there. He is a very
worthy and industrious colored
man, and has the sympathy Of all
in his loss understand his in
surance policy had just run out. We
hope this is a mistake and he will
recover some of his loss.
The pastors of the colored
churches about here say that they
have had very successful meetings
this fall with many additions and
that the hard times have not ma
terially hurt their contributions.
Rev. ]. P. Dendy, the Pisgah pas
tor, says his work has been very
successful this year.
a meeting of churches will be
held at Antioch church Saturday
and Sunday next for the purpose
of consolidating all the churches in
one associational union.
The kerShaw Association meets
on November 9th at Bever Dam
church.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-29
Notice to Subscribers.

\ Statements have been mailed to
all subscribers to the Watchman
md Southron. We know. without
being told, that times are hard and
money scarce-no one knows it
better than VIC do, and for this rea-
son we urge those who are in
debted to us to make prompt pay
nent Of the small amounts due.
No one owes any large sum, and no
one Will miss the amount they
owe US. The idea that because
no one owes US a large sum for
subscription that we can get along
without it is erroneous, for while
no one owes much there are more
than a thousand Of these past due
accounts on our books amounting
in the aggregate to several thous-
and dollars. We need this money
more urgently than ever before in
the history Of this newspaper
owing to the heavy loss sustained by
the fire that destroyed our entire
printing plant last June. The new
equipment cost great deal more
than the old, in consequence Of the
advance in prices as a result Of the
war. The insurance that we car
ried was based upon the pre-war
cost of the plant. and when we had
to buy new machinery the insur-
ance money did not go far toward
replacing that which the fire de-
stroyed. For this reason we are
in need Of every dollar that is due
US and we ask that our friends call
and settle Or remit by mail at the
earliest date possible.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-29
A Real Butter Cow.


The report for September Of the
dairy division OF Clemson College
shows that Richmond Belle of
Oak Ridge, a Guernsey cow owned
by Whilden and Onsurd. led the
Guernseys in the state in the pro-
duction of butter fat. the months
record being ,1113 pounds Of milk
and Sc pounds of butter fat. This
is the third. successive month that
Richmond Belle led the Guernseys
of the State ia butter fat produc-
ton. Whildea, and Onsurd had
three other Guernseys that pro-
duced more than forty pounds Of
butter fat during the month Of Sep
telnber.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-29
ULSTER ARMING.

Ulster is arllling again. That is
the saddest news that has come
from Ireland lately 1t almost
blots out the hope arising from the
Irish negotiations in London. Sir
Edward Carson's organization Of
volunteers" created in<1912 to re-
sist the home rule bill, is being re-
vived. Thousands of men are
drilling in Belfast and large guam
titles of modern arms have been
obtained.
This brings up again, with new
vividness, the whole unfortunate
episode of pre-war. division in Ire
land, with the Ulster leader defying
the British government with i'm
punity. That incident rankles yet
in South Ireland. 1t has had much
to do with recent Sim Feint ex-
cesses. If Ulster arms again,
South ireland will do the same.
What chance is there OF ireland
realizing her hopes with soldiers
drilling for civil war in Belfast
and Dublin? 1t is more obvious
than ever that, whatever England
may concede. Ireland's future de-
pends more on Ireland than on
England.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-29
AN UNPOPULAR STRIKE.

Il the railroad unions persist in
going on. strike, they will probably
find that they have done the most
unpopular thing in the history of
american organized labor.
The men cannot expect loyal
support even from organized labor
fl other industries. The latter
know that the railroad employees
are. as class, the best paid work
ersari the world, that their working
condition compare favorably with
those IN most other industries, and
that, everything considered, they
Are lucky to have such good jobs.
There must be good deal of irony,
10 the 100000 men out of work,
II the spectacle OF those railroad.
men biithely preparing to quit
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-29
z. NJ. C. A. Campaign.

The committee feels deeply
grateful 10 the citizens of Sumter
for the help thus far given, sub
scriptions amounting to about S.
600, but we are still short about
S3,500, and we have confidence in
our people sufficient to give us faith
to believe that the remainder will
be subscribed.
If you haven OF subscribed please
do so at once. You may phone
Mr.. T. C. Mcknight at the Y. NJ. c..
A, Mr.. c. E. Hurst, chairman Of
the committee or Mr.. Barlow
Walsh, treasurer, Y. NJ. c. a.
Although money is scarce it will
be an easy matter to raise the
amount needed if everybody will do
his and her duty.
If you have already subscribed
and feel that YOU can do more,
please do it.
The future Of our community is
dependent upon the boys and girls
that we are training now, and
whatever you give, goes toward
making better citizenship.
You can make your gift in four
installments. IA cash and the re-
mainder payable November %, jan
uary 1st and February 1st.
Do not wait for some one to call
on YOU. Send your gift to either
of those named If yOI, U.apt n
subscription blank. phone Mr.. Nc
Knight and see that enc is sent
YOU.
1t is impossible for the commit
tee to see ever one and we beg
that you Will not withhold your
help because YOU have not been
called OF.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-29
Travelling men report that speet

Travelling men repor, that speed
ing on the recently completed hard
surface highway between Timmons-
Vile and Florence is an expensive
amusement. Speed cops equipped
With motor cycles are on duty at all
hours and they pull every motorist
Who exceeds the speed limit. Each
and every motorist arrested is re-
quired to put up cash bond Of
ten dollars. for which a receipt is
given No checks are accepted
and nothing but the cash Will sat
isiy the cops. If the cash is not
produced the unfortunate motor!st
is invited to proceed 10 Florence
forthwith AT the rate the speed
sterS are being gathered in the cops
Will earn sufficient money to pay
their salaries and help materially
on the interest on the road bonds.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-29
Police Ford Suffers Injuries.

The good old battled SCARED
flivver. property of the City of
Sumter. received one more malic-
ious bruise when on last Friday at
about no. it was rammed by a
fleeing automobile OF the variety
that's painted ;:rccn and makes a
Kissing sound when it runs. Chief
Barwick was plotting ye good old
Lizzie and saw George Robinson,
public hack driver, coming his way
down Harvin srteet. Now George
has been police surveillance for a
number of days on the suspicion
that he occasionally handles coun-
trabrand tonsil varnish. Chief
Barwick placed his Ford across the
street to block the way of the car
which George drives. and also
called out Georges name and gave
him the command to stop. One
word from Chief and George did
as it pleased him, so stepping on
the gas the car driven by George
Robinson bounded forth, striking
the police Ford in the rear and
brushing by it. When last seen the
car which George drove was ball
ing the jack at a speed Of about 60
miles per down Devine street.
George is still making himself
scare around these parts and like
the proverbial chickens is coming
up missing. Not SO with the
cylinders on the car we don't sup
pose. The flivver is again out of
the repair shop and is as pert and
sassy as ever.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-29
ETHRaNs IN sWEaTsHoPs.

TIE director of the United States
xt veterans Bureau suggested
recently the establishment of four
I snationai schools tor the training
eef ffornsr service men, the creation
ofempiayrnent 1ences to assist in
sszacing these naen and a follow-up
ssgte1n insuring them specialized
assistance. He believes these inno-
ssatinns have been made necessary
the evi1s Of the contract sys-
seiu noM IN force.
nder the contract system, it is
charged; former service mem sup
posed I'D DE receiving vocational
trsIninG are actually placed QUO in
sSsstshops and mushroom con-
Germs which are taking advantage
sef tisr plight to secure cheap la
boz. In sone Of these plants men
.ssM1sD Have been assigned for train
ing in specific occupations are
pertorming quite different work,
simply because the employer sees a
chAnce in this change to make
more money. According to the di-
reetor. Of 5000 service men repre-
sshted as rehabilitated scarcely 5
per cent are engaged in the work
chosen by them and assigned to
Them.
There has been so much talk
about the nations failure to care
for It's disabled service men that
the public is having hard time
80 discriminate between facts and
ffcstcr Certainly if even part of
the charges of ineficiency, GRIMM
at neglect and Indifference are
sfus, the ceremonies planned to
honor the unknown dead" are in
danger OF being regarded as a
snoeksrs: The dead soldiers can
best be honored by dealing both
generously and Justly with the liv-
ins ones.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-29
Enroll for School OF Methods.

The School of Methods begins
tomorrow. The place of meeting is
the Presbyterian church.
This is a great chance for all
Sunday school workers to receive
valuable help.
Enroll right away.
If you only attend one session,
be sure to enroll.
It costs nothing to enroll. Re-
member, by the way there is an at
tendance banner offered. Be sure
to attend. Help your school get
the banner.
Miss Abbie Bryan is superintend-
ing the enrolment for this School
OF Methods.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-29
Prize Winning Sumter Durocs.

The Jennings Duroc Hog Farm
won the following prizes at the
State Fair:
Aged board. first. Junior yearl-
ing boar, third. Senior boar, pig,
second and third Aged SOW, first.
Junior yearling SOW, second. Sc
nior SOW pig, first and fourth.
Young herd. third. Senior cham
pion SOW, first. Grand champion
SOW.
Alfred Scarborough, of Eastover,
won the following: Junior yearl-
ing boar. second. Senior boar pig,
first. Young herd bred by exhibi-
tor, fourth.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-29
Police Court.

Lottie Skipper. a colored woman
living on Devins street. was this
morning tried in the Recorders $
court on the charge OF being a va
grant. The case took the form Of
trial by Jury. attorney for dc-
fenSe l.. f. Wood. There seemed
not to have been quite sufficient
testimony to sustain the charges
preferred against Lottie and she
was found not guilty by the jury.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-29
Bringing the Law Into Contempt
News and Courier).

1t is plain statement of fact
to say that nothing that has hap
pened in this state in years has
been better calculated to heap con-
tempt upon the courts than the
fiasco which has marked the effort
to bring the murderers of young
William C. Brazell to speedy JUS
tice.
Brazell, a young taxi driver of
Columbia was murdered on the
night or August by c. o. Fox.
Jesse Gappins and S. J. Kirby, who
hired him to take them on trip
in his automobile, attacking him
at lonely place in Lexington coun-
ty and beating and stabbing him to
death. The murder was so brutal
that the full details of it as the
murderers told them afterwards
could hardly be printed. Fox, Gap
pins and Kirby had as their only
object the theft Of the automobile.
Their arrest by Georgia authori-
ties. their Imprisonment in Angus
ia, the efforts of a mob from Co.
lumbi to take them out Of Jail and
lynch them, their hurried removal
to Savannah and thence to Char
lesion. and the excitement which
prevailed for days while armed
men waited to take them from Off
GERS of the law for the purpose Of
summarily executing them, made a
front page story day after day
for several weeks. They were tried
at Lexington and condemned to
death.
There is no possible doubt of the
guilt of these n1urderers. That
their trial was a fair one has not
been impeached. Yet by the ex-
ercise of legal technicalities their
execution, which had been set for
yesterday, has been indefinitely
postponed. 1t is failure of justice
the harmful effects of which must
surely be farreaching. The inabil-
ity of the courts to function in this
case in a way which would have re-
suited in melting out prompt pun
ishment to young Brazelrs slayers
will be cited time and again here
after in justification or excuse of
mco iaw-and it will be hard FOR
those Of US who condemn mob law
to reply effectively.
In point Of fact, only one ef-
! fective reply can now be made.
Steps must be taken at the earliest
opportunity, which will be when
the legislature next meets in jan
uary. to devise ways and means
so that in a case of this kind the
courts of South Carolina will be
clothed with power SO to deal with
appeals as to protect the processes
of the law from defeat through
I! technicalities. The courts exist to
promote justice. They must be
given such powers as will enable
them to command respect.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-29
EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
CONFERENCE;
Governing Boards Of
Railway y n o n S
Meet to Consider
Proposal Of Labor
Board

Chicago. Oct. 27.-The executive
committees of the big five trans
portation organizations, which pos
sess power to call off the strike,
met today with the chiefs in confer
ences, said to hay been called at
the instance Of the railroad labor
board on a proposal to entrust to
the board the adjustment Of COM
plants, which led to the strike
vote The conferences are expect
ed to determine whether the un-
ions will regard this as "satisfac-
tory settlement"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-29


work themselves and incidentally
add to the unemployment in every
other line.
It cannot be doubted that the
railroad employees have griev-
ances. It may be admitted, too.
that railroad operators have pro-
,voked them unduly. Nevertheless
the men should understand that
prostrating American industry by a
strike is not the way to settle their
grievances, and that the public,
which is the ultimate court of ap-
peal viii. not, stand for a strike.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-29
Prizes for Sumter Poultrymcn.

Several chicken fanciers of Sum-
ter received premiums on the birds
tha, they exhibited at the State
Fair:
Single Comb Rhode Island Reds.
Cockerels, a. Z. Gregg. fourth Pull
lets, ]. I. China, third Pen. ]. T.
China, third.
Notified Anconas: Cocks. Wen
dell NJ. Levi, third and fifth. Cock
erels, Wendell NJ. Levi. second and
fourth. Pullets Wendell NJ. Levi.
second and third. Pens. Wendell
NJ Levi, third.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-29
Farm Statistics For Sumter County.

The following facts and figures
have been taken from the United
States Agricultural Bureau bulle-
tin for South Carolina Of the year
1920. The figures speak for them
selves and good idea may be OBJ
tanned from them as to just what
Will have to be gone against in
the consideration of diversified
farming, etc.
Sumter County.
Land area of the county-967,-
$50 acres.
Number Of farms, 4,897.
Land in farms, 265,759 acres.
Improved land in farms, 167,457
acres.
Average value farm land alone,
S7S.51 per acre.
White farmers, 1922.
Negroes and non-white farmers,
3,772.
Farms Operated.
Number of farmers operated by
owners, 1887.
475
Improved land, 64,619 acres.
Native white. 622.
Negro and other non-white, S74
Farms operated by managers, 55.
Containing improved land, 10,-
153 acres.
Tenant Farmers.
Farms operated by tenants, 81
345.
Containing improved land, o.
0S5 acres.
Value, s11,667,SS2.
White tenants, 45S
Negro and other non white, o.
SS5.
Total Value of Farm Property.
All farm property, s29,S85,6S1.
Land in farms, 20,S65.143.
Implements and machinery L.
643,146.
Live stock, 2,S14,17S.
Horses, total, 2,477.
Mules, total, 5,621.
Beef cattle. 1854.
Dairy cattle. 6,916.
Cows and heifers, years and
over 1892.
Sheep, total, 1856.
Swine, total, 30,034.
Sows and gifts, 5,349.
Crops.
Corn, 46,460 acres: 912,597 bus.
Oats, 9.179 acres; 203,567 bus.
Wheat, 1,747 acres: 1896 bus.
Hay and forage, 10000 acres;
5000 tons.
Irish potatoes, 104 acres; 10,414
bushels
Sweet potatoes, LAS acres; 1885,
1872 bushels.
Tobacco, 3,499 acres: 1854, ,663
pounds.
Cotton, 1880 acres; 47,521
bales.
Sorsum. ass acres: 1,777 tons.
Farm Expenditures.
Labor:
Farms reporting, 2,573.
Total expenditure. SS11,492.
Fertilizer:
Farms reporting, 4,554
Amount expended S2,079,737.
Feed:
Farms reporting. 1,449.
Amount expended, S247.424.
In 1920 1876 per cent or almost
one-half Of improved land was
planted in cotton.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-29

SUMMARY.
TexaS-Coton picking about completed
in all sections rain badly needed
Oklahoma-Cotton picking progressed
rapidly four -ffths picked.
Georgia-Cotton all picked and hilk of
crop ginned. Farmers burning stalks or
plowinG under to kill weevl.
Misunderstanding Of cotton finished
in nearly all sections: ginning progressing
rapidly.
Mississippi-PckinG and ginning cotton
practically completed in southern snd CEN
t.al portions.
.Arkansas-very favorable Tor gathering
cotton.
South Carolina-Cotton WELD exceeding
expectations in north but little picking re-
mains TO be done.
North Carolina-Cot;on picking nearly
completedtin the south: some Improvement
in late cotton in the east with still con-
siderable picking 10 be done.
Tennessee Gathering of cotton pro-
crossed rapidly nearly all in quality very
good.
Elorida-No report
Louisana-Cot;on mostly gInned: very
little remains unpicked
Crhis is last weekly cotton bu!le;in).
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-29

The shady drug stores and quack
doctors will now become the COM
petitors of the blind tigers and
bootleggers in catering to the
thirst Of the booze artists. The
ruling Of the treasury department
permitting hte sale Of beer. wine
and liquors opens up a profitable
field of commercial endeavor to
doctors and drug stores that place
profit above principle.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-29

There may not be as much money
in growing wheat as in cotton at
forty cents. but hot butter-milk bis
cults are more satisfactory as
diet than cotton. A few barrels of
home raised flour in the store room
next summer will come in mighty
handy
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-29

Cotton picking season is about
over. a larger percentage of the
crop has been harvested in Sumter
county to date than ever before in
the recollection of the Oldest citi-
Zens. Notice the expression: per-
centage. TO date.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-29

No circus is billed for Sumter
county this season. The circus
people are close students of crop
and financial reports and they new
er visit section that has a crop
failure.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-29

Tobacco prices on the Eastern
North Carolina and Old Belt mar
kcts have steadily advanced since
the opening o: the season. and dur
ing the past week good tobacco sold
fo,- higher prices than for several
seasons.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-29

The Jennings Duroc Hog Farm
has number Of hogs on exhibition
at the State Fair.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-29
Marriage Licenses

\ marriage license has been is
sued to Mr.. I. NJ. Floyd and Miss
Pearl keels, both Of Lynchburg,
S. c.
Also to the. following colored
couples:
Lafayette Thompson and Louise
II. Hunter. Of Stateburg.
Mack Shack and Clara Smith OF
sumter.
jim Cooper and Ada Gregg Of
Oswego.
Richard Davis. Jr.. and Willie
Bell Dennis Of Wedgefield.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-29

c. w. Josey, of St. Charles. who
IS a regular exhibitor at the State
Fair. as usual this year carried off
a number of premiums for farm
products. He received the follow
ing awards: Second for ten ears
Dent corn, Second for single ear
Dent corn. first and second on
bunch velvet beans, second On half.
bushel rice, first on best display OF
corn.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-29

Slogan of infant republic:
More"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-29
SU M MARY.

M.ddins l2.l5: Good middling 1900.