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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-08-27
Cotton Fire in HartSvi1Ic.

Hartsville, Aug %. At y
o'clock last night fire Of unknown
origin broke out in the warehouse
Of the iartsville Warehouse and
Compress company. of which
Ernest -. Summer is president. and
destroyed 1000 bales OF cotton
valued at between SO, 600 and
100000. Just how much insur-
ancc WAS carried on the cotton Is
not known. The cotton belonged
mostly TO farmers of this section
and had been stored.
The fire company did splendid
work and battled for hours trying
to control the flames. which We're
sufficiently eXtinguished today to
allow the charred bales to be NOV
cd about.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-08-27
BRIGHT BLAZE ON
MANNING AVE

Monday night about II O'Clock
g house owned by a negro woman
named Jones was burned to the
ground. The house was situated
just out of the city limits on a lit
tie side street that is off of Man.
ming avenue, and the firemen We're
unable to reach the burning struc-
ture with their hose. The house
was completely demolished and
Very little was saved. Another
house situated directly opposite
from the burning house was in
danger for some time but by hard
work with the water buckets ii was
prevented from catching on fire.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-08-27
Heavy Reduction in Cotton Acreage

The Cotton Belt has this year
recorded an unprecedented change
in the ratios of the acreage devoted
to leading crops. A change Of 8
per cent in the countrywide acre
age Of q major crop is unusual, 10
per cent is rare, and 15 per cent is.
unknown except under extraordi-
mary. circumstances, such as arose
during the war, or in the case Of
fall-sown grains when severe win
ter killing may result in extreme
changes
Cotton Acreage Cut % Per Cent.
The 10 leading. cotton states,
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Miss.
issippi, Louisiana, Texas, Okla
homay and Arkansas, have cut their
cotton 10,194, 600 acres, :28 per cent,
from last year, according to figures
compiled by the Bureau Of Markets
and Crop Estimates, United States
Department Of Agriculture. In
addition; they reduced rice $50 900
acres, ,or SO per cent and tobacco
100000 acres, or 80 per cent, a to-
tai reduction for these three crops
was 10,906,000 acres These re-
ductions, which were due to the
unsatisfactory prices for last years
crops resulting from financial de-
flation, coupled with heavy stocks
and lessen.ad buying, are partly off
set by increases in the acreages of
staple food and feed crops in these
States.
Corn shows a gain of 1921, 900
acres, or 13 per cent; wheat co.,
600 acres, or 10 per cent; oats
100000 acres, or 13 per cent; hay
$4,000 acres, or 5 per cent; sorg-
hum and cane 10000 acres; or 10
per cent; and potatoes $4,000
acres, or 10 per cent; total in
crease in these six crops Of 6,4S3.-
600 acres. Further offsets to the
remaining difference of 4,423,000
acres exist in increased paintings of
COW peas. soy beans, velvet beans,
and other less important crops.
Alabama alone reported increased
paintings of $4,000 acres of the
three crops named, but these are
largely planted in with corn and
are, therefore, included in the
acreage Of that crop.
Cultivate More Land Than Before
War.
The larger part Of the 4,423.000
acres unaccounted for has gone
back into pasture or is left idle.
The land in cultivation during the
past few years has been consider
ably in excess of the paintings in
the pre-war period. the area under
cultivation in the United States in
1920 having been about 10 per cent
greater than the average acreage
titled for the years 191G-1914. The
net reduction in the cotton States
still leaves in cultivation a larger
acreage than before the war
Weekly News Letter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-08-27

Charleston. Aug. 22.-The first
movement of tobacco abroad from
this port this season took place in
the sailing OF the :. s. Chattanooga
for LIVERPOOL with several hundred
tierces Of the valuable weed. The
port terminals to take Il part car
go. also. of tobacco. along With cot
ton which will be delivered at Bri
tish ports. Charleston has develop
ed an important traffic in export
ing to bacco. and it is believed that
last years record Of some $4,000
600 worth of the fragrant leaf Will
be considerably surpassed this year.
Excellent storage and shipping ia
cilities have brought this port into
prominence as a tobacco exporting
center.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-08-27
Killing at Paxyille

Tuesday night ,Zeke Wilder, ne
go, shot and killed negro named
way at Paxville and then made
his escape. Way was sh OF
through the heart with a pistol and
died almost Immediately. The hunt
for the negro continued all through
the night but up to this time no
word of his capture has been re-
eeived. Very few particulars are
available at this time.
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. Death.

Sunday night Mr. NJ. ]. Jackson
Oh. the Gains Mill section died sud-
denly at his home. Mr.. Jackson
had been in good health for some
time preceding the fatal attack
Sunday night and it was a great
shock to his many friends to-learn
of his death. The funeral was held
Monday morning at the cemetery at
Gains Mill
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-08-27
King Constant tine LII

Paris, Aug 25.-King o>G0nstan-'
tine. of Greece, who is visiting the:
battle front in Asia Minor became
Ill and was unconscious for twenty
minutes.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-08-27
City Council Meeting
New Schedule Of Electric
Light and Power Rates Ef-
fective September 1st

The regular meeting OF councli
was held in the council chamber On
Tuesday, and there were present
Mayor Jennings and Councilnlen
McCallum AID Raf:eld.
The minutes Of the regular meet
ing of August 9th. and special
meeting Of August 18th Were read
and approved.
DR.. s. H. Edmunds, president Of
the y. NJ C. a, together with
committee composed Of Messrs.
Witherspoo2, Scarborough, Epps,
Walsh. Belser and others, appear
ed before council in behalf Of that
institution, requesting a reconsider
alton Of the decision Of council
some time since to charge for wa
ter and lights used by the Y. NJ.
C.. A. at the regular rates. After
hearing these gentlemen, each Of
whom brought out the fact that the
Y. NJ. c. A. was in urgent need OF
assistance, council decided that be-
ginning September 1st, 1921, this
account would be charged with the
consumptioH of water and lights
each month at the regular rates,
and at the end of twelve months a
rebate Of $S0000 would be allowed,
and any excess over and above this
amount would have to be paid by
the Y. NJ c. A.
The city manager called councils
attention TO the fact that the ac-
counts against property owners for
labor and material in connection
with making original water taps
We're not being paid promptly, and
council directed that in future, no
water would be turned on until the
charge for such water tap had
been paid.
The matter Of proposed charges
for lights and power was discussed
and effective September 1st, 1921,
the following schedule was au
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-08-27
Sweet Potato AS
Real Money Crop
North Carolina Land Owners
Are Informed Of Needs for
Handling the Crop

In view Of the report on the
sweet potato situation by the mana
ger of the. South Carolina Develop
uent Board at a conference here a
few days ago, the following from
the North Carolina Land owners
Association is of interest:
The sweet potato crop in North
Carolina the year 1919, was valued
at S13.00O,000, and it is stated by
competent authorities that at least
so per cent of the crop was lost or
wasted through failure to PROVIDE
adequate curing and storgae faclh-
ties. In other words, approximate
IL six million dollars was lost dur
ing the year 1919 by the sweet po-
tato growers Of North Carolina, re-
sulting not only in a great loss to
the producer, but also deprivingrthe
great mass of consumers Of the
pleasure and privilege Of getting an
adequate supply Of this important
food at reasonable prices. To ellTn-
mate this frishtful waste, we must
establish curing houses and proper
storage facilities.
North Carolinians are too sensi-
BILE to allow such a condition to
LONGER exist and farmers will add
greatly to their wealth by applying
the system of cooperating mar
keting to the sweet potato industry
and in making proper provision Tor
saving the crop after IL is made.
There is a big demand the year
around for the sweet potato in this
State, and there are markets in the
North and West for all Of our sur
plus crop.
Will sweet potatoes pay the
farmer? Read the following figures
Compiled by the United States De-
partnent of Agriculture. showing
average crop values per acre in
North Carolina for the year 1920:
One acre corn 25.99
One acre cotton ---------- $3.50
One acre COW peas------ 29.8l
Total S1IS-oo
One acre sweet potatoes----sl ~
The above statement issued by
the United States Department of
Agriculture shows that four acres
in corn, cotton, wheat and COW
peas, did not yield combined, as
much to the farmer as the one acre
of sweet potatoes, and is conclusive
evidence that the sweet potato is
one of the best money crops for
North Carolina farmers. It has
been demonstrated time and again
that our soil and climate are espec-
tally adapted to the; sgr9Wirig of
sweet potatoes and farmers are urgS
ed to make a careful inyestigation
Of the possibilities Of the sweet po-
tato as a money crop. Coopera-
tive marketing and proper storage
will make the sweet potato a lead
ing money crop OF the South-t
will beat cotton and tobacco any
year. This association has valu-
able information on the building
of curing plants and the proper
handling Of the sweet potato which
willrbe furnished to any farmer or
merchant who may be interested.
The State Department Of Agricul-
ture at Raleigh or your county
farm agent viii furnish you much
valuable information on request.
The sweet potato means diversifi-
cation and more money for the
farmer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-08-27

The Sumter Hardwood company,
which has not been running for
some time past will resume oper-
atoms on the 29th of August.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-08-27

The English flag was the only
thing the sun never set on until
Henry Ford came along.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-08-27

These are the days we Will wish
for in fey9 months.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-08-27
GRAIN LETTER
FURNISHED by MacDowel1 & co..
Wheat

FURNISHED by MacDoweu d CO..
Wheat
Wheat prices ranged higher ana
while there were several dips below
Yesterdays finish the undertone
was strong. The passage OF the olii
designed to aid exports OF 1arm
products was the main influence
and while it was ignored Tor a
while early it became effective to-
ward the last. The War Finance
CORPORATION said that negotiations
would probably be closed within a
few days for the financing OF a.
100000 bushels wheat mainly from
the Pacific Northwest. Export de-
mand at the seaboard was only falr
and sales here were much smaller
than of late Locals sentiment was
rather mixed up leaned toward the
buying side and there was lack OIL
selling pressure at times.
Corn
Corn showed a stronger under
tone with persistent commission
house buying Of Sept, and sell
ing of December industrial demand
for cash is good and no change was
shown in the basis in the sample
market despite large offerings TO
arrive from the country with pur-
chases estimated at around 15O,-
600 bushels. Bids to arrive for 80
day shipment Wee advanced half
cent. Crop reports show little
change although excessive heat In
parts of the southwest led to some
complaints from that section.
Oats.
Oats dull but firm in sympathy
with corn.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-08-27
SUSPICIOUS OF
{. H0BoKEN FIRE

Hoboken, Aug. 25,-The fire
which last night destroyed the
army piers and threatened the de-
struction of Eve hundred American,
dead and: the giant liner -Leviathan
causing damages to the. extent Of
five to. ten million. is under inyes-
tigation by the department OF JUS
tice: - ~: -.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-08-27
MUNUMENT DEAL
ERS' CONVENTION

Columbia, Aug. 25.-Seventy-
five monumsnt dealers of the two
Carolinas are in Columbia for their
annual convention, which began
Wednesday afternoon and adjourns
Thursday night. The sessions are
executive. Z. O. Black, chairman
Of the Columbia Chamber Of Com
merce welcomed them as visitors
to the city. Thos. H. PEBBLES, for
mer attorney geenral Of the state,
was also Il speaker.
----e->-
1t costs girl 81 to have her
hair bobbed. There are no cheaper
cuts.-Toledo Blade.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-08-27

The country is shipping bored.--
Baltimore Sun.
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Nfinimuh77 charges per connected
h I, ~ :.-.29! ~. !.:t, =; -
2 to.lN:h.,f. permonth :: Z: ;-'-''..1 so
10 to 80 h. D. per month .la;1>0D
80 h. p. and over, per month. 80
Council tilen adjourned. .
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SENATORS MAY go
ON TRIP TO CUBA
Kn9ISHggssts tGlnlm.tIee Should
VISIT Island at Once.

Washington. July S.-Conditions in
Cuba, which already are receiving the
attention OF President Wilson and til
state department, hare been engaging
senate study, and It is possible thar
the senate COMMITTEES On Cuban rela,
lions will visit the island at once.
Senator Knox, Republican, Pennsyl.
vania, hsa suggested the step to Sen
ator johnson, of California, chairman
of the committee, and session of the
committee will be called Immediately
TO consider the matter.
Senators Mccormick, Republican, II.
Iinois; Underwood, democrat, Alaba
ma, and Dial, Democrat, South Caro-
lima, are other members of the com
mittee.
For some time ne committee has
been in receipt Of &C nmunications anC
suggestions as TO thu grave financial
situation In the :epublic," Chairman
Johnson, land mole lately grave ques
tons as to political difficulties encOun
tered by its people have been brought
TO Us
Senator kEox iIas suggested THAI
we should go further with the matter
Immediately and that the only fashion
in which this cal ~ done Is by send
ing the committee to Cuba. We shall
go over the question a., soon as an op
portunity to discuss i in committee
session has been nh;nined.
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CHILD SAVING v|()nK
IN ARMENIA TOLD
BY IN AMERICAN
Charles V. Vickrey Gives Facts
of Hear East Relief Pro-
Gram for Orphans.

Charles Y. Eickrry, general s"cre-
tary IF the Near East Relief. has re-
tUrned from i trip OF Inspection
throughout Central Europe ana the
Near East. ana made Il report to tbs
trustees ~ the Near East Relief in
which he CuvrrS in detail tic actual
work of child saving now being con,
ducted by the great American relief
organization ~ The Near East Mr.
Vtckrvy Ieil2Nes that IA few millions
OF dollars wisely expended at tii$1ime
in lEe ed;:ca;iun Of The children OF
tn Near I.HSf in character building
end il mun,lin2 these young lives
ALL be worth vastly more to the world
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.-
COAL G0(jCE COST
PUBLIC MILLIONS
Consumers PAID Gigantic Sums
to PTOfIIGarS.
PALMER GETS RECORD
torney General Take Actlon-Pre-
pairing Legislation to Meet situa-
ton.

pairing Legislation to Meet situa-
ton.
Washington, Jan. >.-TAc coal i'll
Quiry reached the senate floor Whru
Senator Snoot asked the Calder coa-
nittee for a partial report as 10 lis
work suggesting that ii be extended
to the retail field
Senator Kenyon. icr The committee,
presented an Analysts Of its work to
date.
If the consuming public was rob-
bed last fan. aS The government was
robbed, the robbery Will run into hun
tjrens Of millions" Il" said.
What are We @uilg to du about
it," asked senator Bu1ah, OF Idaho
We hay, seat to the department of
justice oug record. Senator Calder
replied, with Il recommendation for
action. and we are working at logsla-
ton to meet this situation"
This record shows that during 1919
the war department purchased $4,000
tons of coal at an average price Of
SIP a ton at The mines," Senator
Kenyon resumed. Then we have fig
ures as to production costs in central
Pennsylvania. Alabama, East Tennes-
see and West Nirglana, and we find
this coal was costing the operators
about SIS Il ton.
I'VE took these figures right out Of
the files OF the National Coal Associ-
alton in this city, 50 there can be no
question who furnished them. Now we
have the testimony Of Colonel D. B..
Wentz, president Of ne assU( Cation, to
the effect that u fair profit on coal
would make the price at the mine of
1882
This mcullS. as I figure it, that on
these war department purchases an
excess profit of $3.50 ton was taken,
amounting 10 total of $3500,000."
Not only that" continued Senator
Kenyon, but the navy department at
the same time was Communicating
coal at $4.3J q ton, and will have to
take its fixed price into the court Of
claims, where this war department
price can be presented as evidence by
the operators to show what prices
others got. The war departments mis-
take-putting it mtldly-will thus
come back to cost the government more
IN other branches
Senator Sutherland protested
against what he termed Singing out"
Of coal operators for investigation. He
declared there was much profiteering
In other lines of industry, and Senator
Kenyon promised hat the committee
vorld report fruitful results later
other cases.
Senator Sutherland said that lin
most instances prices have not been
The fault of the operators"
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Dogs Vigil For Friend.

Cniontown, Jan. S.-The shepherd
dog found behind the Fayette Candy
cOmpany's store after it had not been
waiting all night cor his owner. But
the anir.dl was a chum of PGnl F1ke,
aged j., no has Lnen arr t, with
Theodo.e Brooks, aged is, II suspi-
ion Of the robbery. Both boys were
m parole for former misbehav'or.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. - Firm.
Winter straight, $8.75q9.25. Spring
Wv WSHEAT~Firm; No. 2 red, s1.96@
CoRN-Firm; No. ? yellow, 08c@
oATs-steady; Nc. . white. cop
Gle.
POULTRY-Llve. firm; hens, 800
$50: old ROSTERS, 23Q25c. Dressed,
firm; choice gowls, 36c; old ROSTERS,
RUTTER-Steady; fancy creamery.
EGGS - Firm; selected, 7l@79c a;
nearby, 67969c; western. SIG $40
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SMALL TOWN COMMOTION
Shot Fired at Supposed Burglar stirs
BattentoWn, n. J.

eattentown, n. J.
SwedeShOro \. J., Jan. S.-All the
rCnrle Of BattentOwn are agreed that
there was some connnntion round town
Thursday night.
All those within few hops Of tn"
home of William FrelerickS say it was
more than a cOmm0tiHn. FrederickS
il manager of a stare here, and after
Il trying day was not Nesting very well
Sometime after midnight freder-
ickS caught the sound Of some one
walking on the shed roof. lie reach
ed after his revolver, kept for jus
such emergency, and let drive through
the window, sash, curtain and all. III"
class crashed with loud report, the
curtain fell and the baby dropped out
Of he'd The pistol bullet hit the house
of the neXt-dOOr nelghbor. He raised
his window and wished to know, with
some vlgor, what It ali meant. Fred
ericks sighted Il cat climbing down the
grape arbor. very lauch agitated and
in great haste. F'rGGericks said he
guessed there was no burglar. after
all
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PREMIER INVITES De VALERA
Meeting Will be Held Shortly and
Peace in ireland is Near.

London, Jan. S.--Eamonn de Valera,
president of the IRISH republic" is re-
ported to have been invited to come
to London to confer with Prime Min
lister David Lloyd George, says the
Westminster Gazette.
Father Michael O'FlanaGan, vice
president of the f'isn republic" is ex-
pected to arrive here and his coming
is said to be in connection with new
peace discussions.
Viscount French, lord lieutenant of
ireland, returned to London last even
ing from Dublin and conferred al
length with Sir Hamar Greenwood,
chief secretary for Ireland. Persist
Gnt reports are in circulation that a
meeting Of the Dali Eirean, or Irish
Republican parlia = Mt, is imminent
All the foregoing reports are being
largely featured by The afternoon news,
which speculate on the possibility of
an early peace settlement.
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SLIGHT CHANCE FOR DEBS
Justice Department Reviews Cases OF
All Convicted of Espionage.


All Convicted of Espionage.
Washington, Jan S.-Investigation
Of the cases of III .Fersons now serv-
ing sentences for r.olatiOn Of the es-
pionage act, including that of Eugene
V. Debs, to determine whether the
facts warrant recommendations for
pardon, has been started, it was stated
at the department II justice.
Officials said the examination into
Debs' case had not proceeded far
enough to determine whether any re-
commentator would be made. Presi-
dent Wilson's determination not to
grant a pardon to Debs has been made
clear by White House officials, who
say the president feels that 1t would
lower the morale Of the people in the
event of another war.
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together with the aIleywaE an zsass
ment OF way described il iced to
Oliver Spedden from Mar gtsFet K. Jor-
dan, ct. al, dated November Goth, 1914
and now OF record among the Land
Records of Dorchester County, in Lib
er, W. L. r., No. s, at folio S27. Nos.
lis Race street and 120 Race street
will be first offered separately and then
as whole, the trustee reserving the
right to accept the highest bid No.
100 Race street has frontage on Race
street of 81 feet inches and has
depth OF 155 feet and y inch measured
from the outer edge of the curb on
the East side of Race street The
division line between 11S and 40 Race
center of the brick wa Il dividing the
same and extending from the outer
edge of said curb 20 the rear Of the
' hole lot, No. 118 Race street has a
Race Street and ha sthe same depth
as No. 100 Race street. The Northern
boundary of rs Race street ID the
centre of the II foot alleyway on the
way is IL feet in width, to be used In
common as an alleyway for the prop
critics as mentioned in said last mem
toned deed, including said properly
No. 100 Race street. There is reserV.
ed for the use of Sid 120 Race street
an easement OF way along strip OF
land II feet wide, rom said alleyway
along the Eastern side of said property
known as 11S Race street to SAID
property known as 100 Race street.
No. us Race street has second moor
finished as an apartment with neces"
sary conveniences. Il
The frame shep in rear or No.
100 Race street belong ito the tenant,
Charles T. Mace, who Nas the right TO
remove the same in .asonable time.
Drawing of properties -eay be seen
on application to the undersigned:
and also the lines v i'll be shown on
the premises by Mr.. Chas. T. Mace.
The location of these tWo stores be.
ing in the pest business section Of
mbridge is unsurpassed for bust
ness purposes and 1nsures Constant
increase in value. Race street Is the
leading business street in Cambridge.
TERMS OF SALEi-15 per cent caSn
on day of sale. balance In tweiSS
months or all cash on day OF Sale' "
on final ratification Oh sale. at the opk
ton of the purchasers. The crsais
portions to bear interest rom the uay
OF sale and to be secured by the nolsS
of the purchasers with surrey "
sureties thereon to be approved py tae
trustee Insurance to be adJusIeo -
of day of sale. All taxes now que 70
be paid by trustee. Title payers 81
expense of purchaser
Trustee.
Dixie Realty Company. Auctioneer.
NOTE-Liberal loans on these prop
critics can be obtained by Application
to Fletcher & Jones, Attorneys.
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