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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-26
Police Dots--WOnrcn and RcvOIycrs

The wonderful spring weather that
we have been having of late or the
superb nights of moonahine must
have been at the bottom of the early
morning celebrations of three women
who live just at the outskirts Of the
town They were enjoying a little
O'Clock auto spin around the village.
which would have all been well and
good had one of these in the party
not decided TO fire the revolver while
on Liberty street and i'm the fire dis
trict The car was stopped and af-
ter Officer Lawrcnce's investigation.
the early visit TO the police station
OF the ladies. thep proceeded on their
way but lighter by the two pistols. a
Colt .3S and n Smith and Wcsson 30
and "a cash bond of sixty bucks.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-26
Tribute OF Respect.

Whereas: God i'm His wise prov.
dence has seen fit to- remove from His
sphere OF earthly usefulness James
O. Spann, M. d.. and whereas i'm the
death OF pr. Spann the Sumter Coun-
~ Medical Society has lost it's Oldest
and Its mos. loyal member.
Therefore. be II resolved that we
extend our heartfelt sympathy TO the
family OF our late brother In their
bereavement.
Resolved further that our secretary
De instructed To send copy of these
resolutions to his widow and that
eame be published I'm The Daily Item
and The South Carolina Medical
kJournai.
NJ And that page I'm our minute
book be Inscribed To his memory.
Respectfully submitted,
j.. NJ. DWIGHT, Chmn..
H. NJ. STUCKEY.
ARCHIE CHINA,
Committee.
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BETHESDA MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Emained at Home OF Miss Courteny
AtkiSon.

Rembcrt, Jan. 2l.-The regular
monthly meeting Of the Woman's
Missionary Society of Bethesda church
was held At the home of Miss Cour-
teny Atkison. on Saturday, January
:. 1921, and the following program
was carried out:
l. Devotional exercises led by
President, Mrs. J. l.. jackson.
,. Roll called and minutes OF last
meeting by the secretary, Mrs. II. G..
Bethea
3. Subject for January meeting.
Tampa facts about city OF Tampa
by agent of Voice" Mrs. w. ].
Spencer. Report of social service
committee. ~
II. General business, old and new.
~. Music, led by Mrs. c. J. jack
son.
After all business had been at
tended TO. social hour was enjoy
ed during which the hostess served q
salad course with coffee and cake. The
society then adjourned 20 meet at the
home Of Mrs. w. j. Spencer, on Feb
ruary IL. 1921.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-26
CREEK
INDIAN DEAD
Rose TO Rank of Colonel i'm Civil
War For HerOism

Tulsa, Okla, Jan. 20.-Another OF
the famous old Indian leaders who
| SNAPPED the destiny of the Req Man in
IN" early territorial days i'm Oklahoma
mas passed. In the recent death 10
David NJ. Hodgc. - years old. Iast
KING OF the Broken Arrow bribe of
the Creek Indian nation, Oklahonoa
iost a most interesting character. He
died here recently.
Prominent in the affairs of his triba
since 1866. he ranked first among
CIeeh statesmen. and although he
never received the highest honor In
the power of the tribe, that OF the
prhclpai chiefship, he was for vears
IN" chlef adviser Of the Greeks. His
advice was sought by succession of
trlbal heads and on repeated occa
slohs he was named by the House OF
Warriors and the House Of Kines
''h" senate and house of representa-
yves or ms tribe) as their delegate 10
'he Great White Fathers in Wash.
ingtOn.
IT, was the proud boast of the old
statesmen that he had met and talked
With every president since Andrew
Jackson.
One OF the last missions ACCOMPLISH
ed by MIN for his tribe was having
congress rule that the Creeks ana
other Indians were within their rights
in suing the government for the re.
coVely or lands given 10 their slaves
after the civil war
Perhaps his greaest claim to fame
is the assembling Of an English Mus
kogee (Creek) alphabet and dictior-
airy. The first effort toward the for
mation of this work was made by the
Rev. John Fleming, a missionary who
came with the Muskogees. as they
We're then called. to the Indian Terri
tory from Alabama and Mississippi in
lS31-3S. Little progress was made
until number of years later when
Hodges, rs chief interpreter of the
tribe. and the Rev. r. NJ Loughridge.
missionary, collaborated and finish
ed the book, which has been Of ines
timable value to the tribe.
When a lad, Hodges was taught III
an Indian mission school by the father
=
congress -.woman-e elect, who was one
of the early Indian missionaries. ...,
Hodges also translated the Bible in
to the Creek tongue. the Creek myths
into English and was co-author OF a
volume Of Creek-English songs. S,
Hodges was made a junior officer I'm
the forces Of Albert Pike, discove-er
of Pixies Peak. and was assigned 20
the army from Texas early i'm the civ
il war. AS result of a battle with
Union forces on Thanksgiving day,
1861, in which the army from the
North, although possessing superior
numbers, was almost annihiiated.
Hodoges was given the rank of COL
cnrl and when the war ended he was
i'm command Of a regiment.
He was born in MusKogee. Okla. I'm
1892, his father being a Pennsylvania
German and his mother a fullblood
Creek.
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PACKERS Bill,
IN SENATE
Upper House Apparently Evenly
Divided on Issue

! washington, Jan. 23.-A vote i'm
the senate on passage of the packer
phi tomorrow will start a week
promising unusual activity in CON
sress
After about ten Years the agta-
ton and controversy for and against
government regulation of the meat
! packing industry and other phases
! OF live stock marketing the vote on
the pending regulatory bill iset for
O'Clock in the senate, which is said
to be almost evenly divided. If
passed and sent TO the house, the bill
/ sull must contend against other leg
lslauon awaiting action in the five
weeks remaining OF the present scs-
sion.
Other important matters expected
to come to the fore in congress this
week include tariff legislation, in
ternational disarma ment and the am
nual appropriation bills.
Debate on the Fordncy emergency
ial1if Dill, now unfinished business"
in the senate, is planned during the
week but appropriation bills in prep
aratlon may interfere. Republican
leaders plan to push the appropria-
lion measure some of which are
about ready for the senate even to
the extent Of temporary displace-
ment OF the tariff bill. Hearings OF
The house ways and means commit
tee on permanent tariff revision also
will continue this week
Senator Borah Republican. Idaho,
expects TO call up early this week his
resolution, approved recently by the
foreign relations committee, direct
ing initiation Of negotiations with
Great Britain and Japan for reduc-
hon or naval construction. Much
debate is in prospect with q vote
sallI an uncertainty. Hearings OF
house naval committee on disarma-
ment will be concluded Tuesday with
General Pershing as the final wit
ness. Chairman Butler has indicat-
ed that no definite legislative step
VIII be taken until the Harding ad- |
ministration takes office.
The house this week proposes to |
center attention on its jam of ap- !
preparation bills, taking up the an
nual agricultural budget tomorrow |
remaining money measures.
Hearings Of the senate immigra- |
tlon committee on the Johnson bill .
TO bar virtually all Immigrants for |
one Year are to be concluded Tues !
day when immigration Commissions !
er Caminnetti will describe condi- |
tions as he found them in Europe.
Norman II. Davis. acting secretary |
of state. is to give further infolma- !
tion Tuesday to the senate foreign |
relations committee regarding con- |
trovcrsy rs to the Island of Yap and !
the cab.c lines radiating from It,
The senate commerce committee |
plans TO conclude hearings this Week |
on tho Calder coal regulation bill. !
with the prospect of Il favorable COM |
mittcc report and an effort to Sc |
cure The measures passage at this |
session.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-26

The Sumter Steam Laundry was
tested out Friday afternoon and
the machinery found TO be IN perfect
running order. 1t began regular op-
GRAFTON Saturday and from this
time forward Sumter will not be de-
pendent npon other towns for first
class laundry service. The laundry is
equipped throughout with the best
ana most modern machinery procur-
able. and is therefore capable of
turning out the maximum amount OF
work economically and of the very
best quality. The laundry VIII be
under the personal management of
Mr.. King, laundryman Of more than
twenty years practical experience
with some of the largest and best
equipped laundrles i'm the south. For
moro than ten years he has been as
sociated With one OF the largest laun-
dries in Columbia. but when the on
! jportunitv was opened 10 him TO come
! 20 SumtCr as a large stockhoider i'm
! the Sumtcr Steam Laundry he de-
/ decided 10 become a citizen of the
/ GamcCock city.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-26
BAPTISTS ASK
MONEY FOR SCHOOLS
Memorial Presented to Legis.
iature Recommending $1,000
600 For Common Schools

"I"mo'a. Jan. 24.--Two million
I"f common school education
~ N"u'h Carolina is the total of an
p''PI E'!onS urged by the Baptis,s Of
"""'h carolina, in memorials urr-
S''l''" 'IliS week to members of Tho
general assembly. by a snccial co,,
nil''t" appointed by the recent Han-
"Ht SUI" convention to prepare me-
morals 10 this end. The Bantist. u,o-
morals urge that cXtraordinorv o,tor-
'loh 10 inc common schools be made
me policy of this and succeeding loo
iSIaturcs, entering upon a declared
program 10 bring the state raDidly,
forward in educational activities. .ond
'hHl all the educational leadership
ana lhilu"nce available in Soulb Car
"iiha bt mcNcd 10 co-oncration and
concentration OF effort to achieve this
great forward movement of ponuIar
mtclligencc."
The committee which preparod Tho
memorial To the Legislature is com -
posed OF Drs. John f.. White. d. Al
Ramsey l.. ". Skies and Lee Davis
Lodge. and Prof. Lueco Gunter. Chas
~ Jones, secretary, is forwarding
copies OF the memorial to all mem
btrs Of the Legislature.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-26

The weather thus far this winter
has been exceptionally favorable for
boil WC"Vils and comparatively few
will be killed by cold weather. The
prospects for early and heavy infcs-
tation OF the cotton crop and the
maximum damage are most serious
The farmer who plants II large acre
age will be the greatest sufferer this
Year In old boil weevil sections
where the farmers have learned their
lesson tom bitter experience few
plant more than six or seven acres OF
cotton to the plOw and the majority
only five acres or less
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-26

me cotton market reviewers" who
nave the privilege of expressing their
opinions in the financial news columns
or our metropolitan newspapers have
an adroit way of handling farm la
bor subject to suit the varying inn
pressions which they wish to pro-
duce on the minds of their readers. If
they are in n mood friendly TO the
constructive side Of the cotton market
they mention labor as scarce and
nigh or OF doubtful dependence. but
IL their minds happen TO be in the
othcr phase, they write about the
iatmer as his own laborer, and Of his
remuneration, as such, as a matter
ehtireiy subject TO his own control.
Ire fact OF the matter is the farmer
VINO is his own laborer is almost al
ways drain or a pcnsioner on the
business or the community in which
he lives. He seldom produces enough
or sells his products for enough to
support himself and his family. The
other farmers who conduct their op-
efations with hired help SO as TO make
Il SUCCESS Of them have to compete
with other lines Of business for their
assistants, and their help is bound to
cost them Just as much all told as the
similar classes of labor cost other
employers. SO unless the pay of 9th.
er workingnon is reduced in 1921
the pay OF the farm laborcr cannot
be materially altered.
III prices of farm and forest pro-
ducts do not advance soon, or the
pay of 'industriar' labor is not
quickly reduced proportionately to the
present level of prices Of country pro-
ducts. the farmer and woodsman who
produces things to sell during 1891
VIII have to sacrifice his capital TO
meet a deficit again this year, to the
detriment OF our entire section and
the whole world.
Ms IL time now for our government
and our banks to furnish some pro
tection' to the natural resources of
the country, and not give it all to the
their employees and
the speculative interests OF our ma
tion
/ cannot believe the generality Of
business men i'm our section want TO
see the farmer put where the fable
says the timber wolves got the last
herd OF deer. They got tired OF
chasing them over the broad plains
and induced them to Craze in a rock
bound valley and shut them in. The
deer soon ate UP the grass in the val
ley ana became 80 weak from hun
ger the wolves could pull one down.
wherever Lheir meal time came. They
had good time for while on the
principle that a lean deer-easy to
catch was more desirable than q fat
ono which had to. be hunted down
With patience and toll. But they soon
destroyed the herd Of deer. and as
there was no more game, they had to
eat the grass on the plains them
selves, and they pershed also because
This diet was unsuitable for their
stomachs. OF there isn't such ia
bic there ought to be.)
VIM. Clifford
Clifford, s. c., Jan. 20.
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Scouts Passing Their Scout Tests.

The scouts have been very busy
during tn past week and have been
doing good work. A good many tests
have been passed by number of the
scouts which will help them TO become
all round No. scouts.
Among the tests passed We're: Scouts
q. {. Cooper, Compass test: Charles
Green, IA mile hike. 1st and 2nd class
signalling; Harry Bruner. knife 1d
axe, 2nd class signalling, compass and
window; w. A. Bryan, Jr.. ID mile
hike. lst class cooking; Carleton Will
don, Joseph Warren. Frances Kirk,
Marion Noise and Morris Averbuck.
'hc window test.
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The roads in Sumter county. n,

comparison Wfthi the roads OF tho
n"iShhorinc counties, are at present
in excellent condition with very lew
exceptions, especially when il is con-
Sidcred that at this time of the year.
NJ all points over the country il il
Il continual fight TO keep the roads
paesablC. The DalzCll road and the
road to pocalla are still on the slight
" rOuSh list. At Il number of points
II Is easy to sec, or rather TO feel.
just where the end of the Sumter
county line is. Very noticeable is tn"
bridge Improvement, the bridge re
pair gang having done splendid jobs
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SCOUT NEWS.
*. ID Epps to Address Scouts.

AT the regular Scout meeting OF the
scouts of Troop Number /, which is
held every Tuesday night at the Scout
room at the Y. NJ. c. A.. Ex-senator
K. ID. Enps will make a talk to the
scouts on his experiences during his
stay III the Philippines. Senator
Epps needs no introduction to any
audience of Sumter and more espec-
ially TO the scouts who are looking
forward to his address with keen ex-
pectations.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-26
1921 Models i'm Flowers

Annual flowers have come back
in fashion after a period of decline
due TO The popularity Of perennials
ana hardy permanent gardens Like
most fads. there was only a part of
the full truth in the doctrine which
Scorned jhe ANIMALS. Even the chief
advocate Of informal and hardy plant
ing, William Robinson, the great
English authority, does not discourage
the planting of annuals but uses
them freely.
They ere the mainstay Of the gar
den for cut flowers, easy 10 raise,
coming quickly into bloom. and re-
quiring thc least trouble in cuitiva-
ton. ALnuals have been planted in
quantities all over the country during
the last two or three years, greatly
20 the Improvement OF the beauty Of
he landscape.
Annuals are the most economical
Of fOlWcrs for a ten-cent packet will
furnish n fine display for even the
most humble dooryard.
The modern Improvements in an
nuals have been the greatest devel-
opment in flower gardening of recent
years. Compare the colossa Zinnias
today with the small flowers of our
grandmother's day.
The giant balsams, the wonderful
array of Chinese and Japanese i,inks
the beautiful plumy cockscombs with
thc shimpy tails Of the older Varities.
5hc wonderful great rufflcd petunias
compared with the small smooth
edged blooms OF earlier days. Even
die small flOwcred bedding petunias
leck themselves with double the num-
bcr of blooms Of the old-fashioned
VariC tics.
Aunuals are as easy to grow rs
vegetables and require precisely the
same care and treatment. Asters,
petunias, pinks cockscombs. balsams.
four o'clOcks marigOlds. poppies. mas
turtiumS. and bachelor buttons; there
: the start of gorgeous garden in
ten packets Of seeds. All the colors
)f the rainbow represented and a
| mass of bloom within a few weeks
after planting.
Besides there are scores Of others
| which can be used 10 suit the taste
| If the gardener. There are the fra
grant ANNALS such as sweet alySsum,
| mienonette and others. The little an
| nuals for borders, such as portulaca
| lnd dwarf lobelias, agcratums and a
lot OF others.
| Annual ChrysanthemumS, the Afri.
| can daisy CArctotis). the orange
daisy UimOrphotheCa). TO furnish
margUcritcs for vases in the house.
Then thcr" are the stately caste,
| beans for foliage. the Towering 10
baCcO (Nicotiana), for sweet scentcl
flow, rs and decorative foliage. th'
| summer cypress with ITS green foliage
| 'urning 10 scarlet. in fact tho annU1
list gives plants for all purposes e"
:olor effect. ornamental paintings. fo
bouquets. i'm fact for every purpoS
FOR which flowers can be used.
Thin sowing i'm boxes indoors or ID
hotbcds or cold frames and trans
planting as soon AZ The fnSt pair /"
true leaves appear, is the formula 70
euCCcSStul annual grOWiug. TTlnSpian
them in boxes if the weather iS un
favorable aud into the open Sroun'
as soon as poSSihl" to start them. TIL
main thiu% is To avoid too THE
rlautmv.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-26
How u This For "A NameP

n new eating house for Colored
pSopie recently opened on Manning
avenue has been named '"Thc Econ
ymy Filling Station" By the up-to-
Hfe promoter who is manager. chef
~ head walter This fellow should
cceed for he has ideas. and ~ M,
- OF discrimination In picking "a
% to suit the times IL he had
added subtitle. Cash and
the name would have been
ounded and complete.
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Throughout the greater part of las

Throughout the greater part Of last
year common labor and certain class
cs OF skilled and semi-sk illed labor
demanded and received wages out Of
all proportion 10 the worth Of the SER
wee renI"rcd, the scarcity Of work ers
in comparison with the demand en-
abllng the laborers to exact unrea-
sonably high wages, but the tcnden-
cT now seems To be for employers TO
x" TO I'll" other extreme in paying
common abor less than Il living wage.
becaus" Jobs are scarce and the ap-
pllcantS for work many Because Ia
Dor was unreasonable and greedy i'm
demanding more than it's worth is
not an cNcus" for employers TO grind
the faces Of the poor and take advan-
tagc Of hungry men.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-26
81 900 900 to Starving Children.

New York. Jan. @l.--John -.
RockC fC!lcr. Jr., son Of the Standard
OH magnate, has contributed $1,000
600 to the relief of starving European
children. This announcement was
made tonight by Herbert Hoover at
the conclusion of Il dinner given to
MIR. EocKcfollor's Bible class.
Mr.. NOCkcfcllcr'S gilt is The largest
personal contribution TO the $33.000,-
600 fund being raised by the Euro
pCan rv!icf council, Mr.. Hoover stated.
He added about onp-half Of amount
already has been subscribed
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-26

There are probably several thou
sand bales of cotton unpiCkcd in the
hclds of sumter county ana little cf-
fort TX now being made to save it.
Everybody is getting ready to plant
another crop Of cotton, and cotton
that was produced at the expense OF
so much money and labor last year
Will bc plowCd i'm To get rid Of it,
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Tho women of lax morals and r,1v-

Tho women of lax morals and rr'v-
OlouS behaviour who inhahit the SUI
burhS seem TO have lost the fear Oi
the law thrown int" them n few
months ago by Tho grand jury and are
cutting up again. AZ was dcmoustrat -
od this morning when three OF them
took n JOY ride into the city nrmg
pistols. They were arrested by the
police and released on bond. This
Is probably tho last that will be heard
OF the incident.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-26

The nrw automobile licenses f0r
the year 1921 are fast coming into
evidence. BY the first of February
all cars, trucks, etc. will be wearcrs
Of the garnet and black or someone
Will be wanting to know the good
reason.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-26
BANDITS MAKE
POOR HAUL
Secure Only SO For Holding Up
Chicago and Alton Passenger
.
Train

Louisiana. Mo-, Jan. 2i.-Four
bandits who held up a Chicago and
Alton passenger train today got only
~, which they took from the fire
man. Trainmcn locked the doors Of
the cars and the bandits were unable
to enter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-26

According To the report Of the state
Highway commission about six hum
dred automobiles and truCtS chat paid
the auto license tax ia sumter county
were not returned for taxation by the
state and county. II should be the
duty OF some one to look up the de-
linquepts.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-26

The court Of general sessions which
cOnVentS here within few weeks viii
have an unusually heavy docket ;,nG
will have To work hard 10 clear :hc
docket of Jail cases.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-26

Among the new members we notice
Il C-13. When il comes to speed
that's an easy one TO remember.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-26

Th" fruit trees are feeling the ec-
feet Of the spring like weather AMI
will be i'm bloom pretty soon iC thc
warm days continue.
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NOTICE TO TIE PUBLIC.

beginning Wednesday. January
26th hudson Bridge over Lynches
River connctcing Sumter and Flor
cncc counties will be closed for re
pairs until further notice.
J. r. JEFFORDS.
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LIVERPOOL COTTON.

Government Cotton Graders Office
The following reports give the
prices paid on the stated markets on