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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-23
PERSONAL.

Mrs. c. M. Hurst left this morn
Ing Tor Charleston whore she has
been called to the bedside OF her
brother. Mr.. M. s. Stoppelbein who
Is critically III.
Mr.. G. l.. wray left last night for
Florence.
Mrs. w. "A. walling left FOR Colum-
bia this morning TO be with her hus-
band who last night suffered injuries
I'm tho train wreck and is now in the
Columbia hospital.
Mr.. Eddie Atkinson returned to his
home I'm Charleston last night after
spending a few days in the city.
Mr. c. T. Boone and children left
this morning for Olanta where she
will visit for several days.
Mr.. J. B. Baker left for Columbia
this morning.
Mr.. Foster Smith left yesterday for
Oakland. Cal
Mr.. Dock Jones left this morning
for Miami, Fla,
Mrs. j. G. Pate left for Columbia
this morning whore she will visit her
brother, Mr.. l.. c. Bast.
Mr.. Alexander. superintendent of
the schools of Conway. has been visit
Ing the city public schools for the
past two days. Mr.. Alexander is a
graduate OF Wofford College Of the
class Of 1911 and has been teaching
since his graduation. 1t is very
gratifying to note the report of his
Impressions that he made upon leav-
ing: II have been delighted with
my two days visit. have seen some
very strong teaching. The most con-
spicuous feature of the Sumter schools
is the attitude OF teachers to pupils
and OF pupils to teachers. This at
titude is the best that l have ever
seen. and have visited many
schools"
Mrs. @. II. Dick and son from At
1anta. Ga. are visiting the family of
Mr.. Dayison Dick.
Miss Coline Campbell is spending
the weekend in Columbia as the
guest OF Mrs. e. d. Harrell.
Miss De Ellie BENEFIT of Ashboro.
~. c.. Is visiting Miss Mary Belle Bur-
CESS. her former school mate, of this
city,
Miss Blanche Spann Is spending the
week end at her home In the city from
Chicora College at Columbia.
Miss Ruth Calvert OF Hartsville is
the wcek end visitor OF Miss Louise
Watson
Mr.. Delgar Dorm left yesterday for
Greensboro. N. c.. where he will be
engaged In business.
Miss Mary Shaw returned TO her
school In Columbia this morning after
visit OF several days at her home.
Miss Henrietta Boykin is spending
the, week end in Columbia.
Mr.. Paul Aughtry left for Column
bia this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cuttino Mcknight are
spending a short while in Columbia
Miss Mamie Chandler leaves for
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-23
Columbia Defeats
Sumter GamecOcks
Fiercely Fought Game Goes To
Columbia High School

Columbia High schools speedy bas-
ketball team last night took Sumter
to ride in one of the hardest fought
games ever seen on the Columbia Y.
M. G. A. floor, the final score being
% to II and the result being in doubt
until the referees whistle sounded the
knell to hostilities.
Columbia outplayed the Sumter
ties and deserved the victory. The
passing and shooting was as a rule a
little better than what was offered by
the S. IL. $. However, Burns of
Sumter threw II scare into the CO.
lumbia camp when he rang in two
beautiful goals from the center Of the
floor coming within one point Of
tying the score, very near the end of
the game. r. Wright and Sholar for
Sumter were exceptionally good with
their defensive work, never allowing
Columbia to register a score from un-
der the basket.
A rcOrd breaking crowd witnessed
the contest
For Columbia, Richards and James
probably deserve special mention
while Burns and Wright played the
best ball for Sumter Neither team
made any substitution throughout the
game.
With this victory, Columbia and
Sumter now have the same standing.
Both teams are yet in the running for
the state championship.
The lineuO.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-23

Columbia tonight on Red Cross busi-
ness.
Among those who attended tho bas-
ketball games in Columbia yesterday
were DR.. S. III. Edmunds, Misses Mar
garct Shaw, Lucy Wilson, Bessie
Mears, Lydia Ryttcnbcrg, Kathryn
Timmermon, Percilla Shaw, Mamie
McCollum. Dasie China, Nancy
Booth. Doris Moses, Emmie Osteen,
Edna Boney and Doll Bultman.
Mrs. j. w. Williams of Rocky
Mount, n. c., who has been visiting
Mrs. c. III. Pendleton returned to her
home yesterday
Mr.. ID. r. Stack returns to Colum-
bia tonight.
Ir Cecil Bre Arley passed through
the city this morning while enroute
for Columbia.
Miss Martha Dinwiddic Of the Unit
cd States department of interior at
Washington. will arrive in Sumter to-
night TO visit the rural schools of the
county and while in the county will
lecture before the county teachers as
sociation Saturday morning.
Mr.. A. G. Williamson left Friday
Cor Grcenville where he will be for
several days on business.
Revfl +. l.. Glennan of Barnwell,
Rev. G. L. Rhoad of Trio, Mr.. l.. c..
Ripley of Charleston and Miss Eula
Winn of College Place, members of
the South Carolina Epworth League
executive committee are in conference
this morning with the local Epworth
League relative to the Summer
League conference which is to be held
in June.
Miss Mamie Chandler returned to
Sumter this morning after visit in
Columbia on Red Cross business.
Mrs. Henry Deas returned to her
home in Charleston this morning at
ter a short visit in the city.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-23
Sumter Juniors Loose to Columbia
Midget Five.

Friday was an unlucky day for
Sumter as far as basketball is con-
cerned. The Junior "Y" team Of
Sumter even lost their game to the
Junior 'Y' team of Columbia. The
score was Columbia - to the II
points for the small boys of Sumter.
The game was declared to be a
dandy one and the little fellows
showed some good form at times. The
Columbia Juniors won the game from
the Sumter boys in the last half when
they got the rub on the Sumter team
by their better pass work.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-23
Ccphus Ford Goes on Hunger Strike

Cephus Ford, the negro who has
been committed to the chain gang
for the robbery of The Battery, has
decided to pull rather radical meas-s'
ures and declared himself on a hung.
er strike. The negro. who is q very
mean one TO deal with, has taken the
whole matter as ilnaturedly and
sufllily as was possible and now as a
elimination of his insubordination has
decided that the food of the convict
camp is worse than nothing. Just how
long his scheming mind will keep its
present trend of thought is not known
but it is rather easy to suppose that
his strike will be Of very short" du-
ration. ~
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-23

Columbia, Feb. 20.--Gen. -. Card
well, for more than so years a be-
loved citizen of Columbia, died at 1920
o'clock yesterday afternoon at the
Baptist hospital, following a brief i'll
ness. He was stricken suddenly
Thursday night and Friday, with the
hope of saving his life, an operation
was performed. The news of his
death brings genuine sorrow. not only
in Columbia but throughout several
states.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-23
to Grow Sweet Potatoes In
Italy.

Rome Feb. 14.-Professor Boni,
archacologist and director of excava-
tions on the Palatine, is going to
make another effort to grow sweet
potatoes in Italy. He has just receiv-
ed lot of seed potatoes from the
United States agricultural depart
ment.
Whenever sweet potatoes have been
planted in Italy. they have reverted
to ordinary potatoes after a few
years. Professor Boni hopes to be
able to keep them true to their type.
He says that old manuscripts prove
that the ancient Romans grew them
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-23

Washingt on, Feb. 21.-Henry p.
Fletcher. former ambassador to Mex
leo. is to be under secretary of state
In the Harding administration. The
tender Of the position was made
through Judge Hughes, whose selec-
tion as secretary Of state was an
nounced Saturday by Harding. Form
al acceptance of the position offered
him, 1t is understood. is planned by
Mr.. Fletcher immediately. Fletcher
is native of Pennsylvania.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-23
Death.

Mr.. J. A. Raffield received a tele
gram this morning announcing the
death of Mrs. Raifield's mother, Mrs.
Watson OF GrecnVilc county. Mrs
Watson has been very i'll for some
time and Mrs. RaiIield has been with
her for several weeks.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-23

The non-paymCnt Of taxes by so
many people is beginning to cramp
some Of the school districts and some
of the country schools may have to
be closed before tho CnA of the term.
Teachers cannot work without pay
and they cannot be paid unless the tax
money comes in.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-23

Hamilton. Ala, Feb. 21.--Sergeant
Glenn Stephens. of the Alabama Ma
tional Guard went on trial today or
a murder charge in connection with
the lynching OF William Baird, a min
or near Jasper last month
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-23

Fertilizer is not beginning to move
and the prospect is that compara-
lively little Will be used in Sumter
county this year. A cut in acreage
and Il cut in fertilizer will certainly
rcduc, the crop.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-23

1t is scandal and a shame that
the court house that was built only
few years ago at great cost should
already stand in iced of $4,000 worth
Of repairs. There must have been
shoddy work dore and shoddy ma
tCralS used, ... s...l.J !. ID. Z.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-23

st. Augustine, Feb. 21.-Deflnite an
nouncement that Harry M. Daugh-
erty, OF Ohio, has been chosen as at
tOrney general in the new administra-
ton was made by Mr.. Harding to-
day
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-23

The grand jury refers TO tho need
Of Il ncW jail If prices drop some
more a Jail can be built with the
money that is in bank for that pur-
pose.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-23

If the city of Columbia can sell
bonds above par sumter county road
bonds should command an even high
or premium.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-23

Eggs are down to thirty cents, al
though some sellers are asking 35.
Quarter eggs are almost in sight.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-23

Furniture is coming down. Now if
there were just some place to put it.
Chicago News.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-23

Vampire bats are numerous and
dangerous in South America.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-23

mo perishable product produced in
the south is Of as great Importance
rs the sweet potato and none SO
roorly handled. Tinted States De-
partmcnt of Agriculture, Farmers
BuIIctm No. $40.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-06-30

THOSE who express their shoughts IN
i terms of millinery must be at their
happiest when they crete the lovely
hats of midsummer. The gracious days
and nights of summertime, prodigal of
beauty, are written in these lacey and
fowery garnishlngs-they are truly the
poetry Of apparel and the talent Of
the designer blossoms at its best in
them.
While their season lasts, designers
ruSel in them and the fashion reporter
would willingly cover pages with their
pictures. But four Of many gems, as
shown in the picture above, are suffi-
cient to- reveal the character of this
millinery and the manner in which 1t
has been expressed this season.
The wide-brimmed, transparent hat
at the top of the picture might be APP
propriately called midsummer nights
dream; 1T is made Of black malines
At each side there is cluster of white
lilies-the fragrant. old-fashioned lilies
that bloom in gardens everywhere, re-
produced with beautiful fidelity In a
fabric.
Just below Is one of those fine leg
horns that Is never out of style. Vel
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-06-30

draped over foundation of georgette
crepe and the design simple. The
bodice has elbow sleeves cut in kimo-
no style, with front panel of lace ana
a noteworthy collar of the georgette,
very full and soft and suggestive of
a fichu. An unpretentious girdle OF
ribbon has ribbon flowers set across
the front and they are made to CORE
spond with the colors in the summary
Dresden silk parasol. This parasol Is
just the right accompaniment for the
wide-brimmed hat Of white georgette,
with a long spray Of flowers trailing
across its dropping brim. White silk
hose and kid pumps round out per-
feet afternoon toilette for smart 0cca-
sions. By means Of more elaborate
sash or girdle, different headdress, q
suitable fan and perhaps even dressier
slippers, one can imagine this frock
making triumph in the evening. It
is of the sort that does not grow tire
some.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-06-30
E[1II2lIz 1|I7lSlIIlIEl2

u VERY summer finds, in its bright
~ cortege, lovely afternoon frocks Of
white or Of black lace, and they are
always welcome. Good lace cannot go
out Of fashion. Women Of Judgment
and whose judgment is important
never fail to appreciate it. So styles
come and go, all Of them interpreted
In laces that make dresses of the most
enduring charm. An occasional season
finds colored laces an item Of impor.
tance-there is never one that finds
white or black negligible.
In the beautiful afternoon gown pic.
tured an all-over white lace, run with
black, makes costume that will serve
either for day or evening wear, and
will find few rivals in appropriateness.
BY means Of the proper accessories it
is fitted into either background-and
this is one Of the reasons for the I'M
failing high esteem in which lace is
held by women of good judgment.
In the frock pictured the lace is
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-06-30
his own state, Edward Everett, they
can apostrophize the flag:

his own state, Edward Everett, they
can apostrophize the flag:
"All hail to our glorious ensign
Courage to the heart and strength to
the hand, to which in all time 1t shall
be intrustedl May 1t ever wave in
honor, In unsullied glory and patriotic
hope on the dome Of the capitol, on
the country's stronghold, on the en-
tented plain, on the wave-rocked top
mastl Wherever on the earth's sur
face the eye Of the American shall
behold 1t, may he have reason to bless
it'll On whatever spot 1t Is planted,
there may freedom have foothold,
humanity a brave champion and reli-
gion an altar! Though stained with
blood in q righteous cause may it new
er in any cause be stained with shame!
"Alike when its gorgeous folds shall
wanton In lazy holiday triumphs on
the summer breeze and its tattered
fragments be dimly seen through the
clouds Of war may it be the JOY and
pride of the American heart! First
raised in the cause of right and liber-
ty, in that cause alone may it forever
spread out its streaming blazonry to
the battle and the storml Having
been borne VIGOROUSLY across the con-
tinent and on every sea, may virtue
and freedom and peace forever follow
where it leads the way!"
With Henry Ward Beecher at a
later date, they can stand beside the
graves of their dead and take COM
fort from the truths that an enlarged
vision brings within their grasp:
"Oh, tell me not that they are dead
that generous, that airy army of
invisible heroes. They hover as a
cloud Of witnesses above this nation
Are they dead that yet speak louder
than we can speak, and a more uni
versal language? Are they dead that
| yet act? Are they dead that yet
move upon society and inspire the
people with nobler motives anu more
heroic patriotism? Ye that mourn, let
gladness mingle with your tears. He
was your son, but now he Is the ma
tons. He made your household
bright; now his example inspires a
thousand households. Dear to his
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-06-30

brothers and sisters, he is now brother
to every generous youth in the land.
Before, he was narrowed, appropriated,
shut up to you. Now he is augmented,
set free and given to all. Before, he
was yours; he is ours. he has died
from the family that he might live
to the nation. Not one name shall be
forgotten or neglected; and 1t shall
by and by be confessed Of our modern
heroes as 1t is of an ancient hero, that
he did more for his country by his
death than by his whole life"
And they can proudly prophecy with
the eloquent Henry Arnitt Brown,
whose death at thirty-four was SO
great a loss to the Philadelphia bar
Of generation ago, in words which
he used in centennial Grafton CON-
memorative Of the assembling of the
first Continental congress In Carpen-
ters hall:
'"The American Union has endured
a hundred years Here on the TIRES
hold Of the future the voice of human
ity shall not plead to us in vain. There
shall be darkness in the days to come
danger for our courage, temptation
for our virtue, doubt for our faith,
suffering for our fortitude. A thou
sand shall fall before us, and tens Of
thousands at our right hand. The
years shall pass beneath our feet and
century follow century in quick sue
cession. The generations Of men shall
come and go; the greatness of yester-
day shall be forgotten today, and the
glories Of this noon shall vanish be-
fore tomorrow's sun; yet America
shall not perish but endure wh,fe the
spirit Of our fathers animates their
sons."-Philadelphia Ledger.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-06-30
THIS MAN DREADED
TO SEE NIGHT COME
Was So Restless He Couldn't
Sleep and Daylight Was
Always Welcome.

with the exception of little milk
toast, which comprised my diet for
more than eight weeks, 1 could not
eat anything" said Capt. Geo. w.
Womble, residing at 1O5 Jennings ST.,
Knoxville, Tenn, "a highly respected
citizen of that city.
II am now able" continued Captain
Womble, after taking two bottles of
Tanlac, to eat practically anything.
had bad form of stomach and in
testinal trouble for long time and
for months my condition had been
such that I suffered agony. l got so
I could not eat the simplest food. 1
tried doctor after doctor and all kinds
of medicine, but nothing that was pre-
scribed for me seemed to do me any
good. I had terrible pain in my
breast just over my heart and for
weeks and weeks got no relief.
Il finally got so nervous that ac-
tually dreaded to see night come, as
could not sleep, and was always so
restless that l would rejoice to see
daylight come. was also constipated
Ga VI lAC 7IAIlc. Ill IdCL, HE seemed
burden and was so miserable that
l was almost on the verge Of despair.
Several of my neighbors told me about
Tan,ac and advised me to try 1t.
Il am personally acquainted with
Mr.. Dan NJ. Chambliss, Of the firm Of
kaufman & Chambliss and when I told
him Of my condition and how I suf-
fered he advised me to begin taking
Tanlac without delay and that 1t had
relieved hundreds Of the best people
IN Knoxville. have now taken two
bottles of Tanlac and am giving you
this testimonial in the hope that 1t
may Induce others to take it. Since
taking this medicine l actually feel
like had been made all over again
with the youth, energy and ambition
Of sixteen-year-old boy"
Tanlac is sold by leading druggists
Observation-Disclosures.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-06-30
/ New Note
in Nations
Celebration
! 7ttl1lIFjI91V|d'dE

Today there is a new note struck
on the Fourth Of July. The old vic
tories Of the Revolution recede into
the dimmest past; and poets who have
written, as did that patriotic son of
New Jersey, Doctor Thomas Dunn
English, of how
There flows Assanpink; yonder Mon
mouths plain
Spreads green before US. fertile with It's
There Trenton rises. where our fortune
Turned to the flood when at Its ebb the
worst;
There Princeton, too. whose college folk
may see
Where startled Britons took their first
degree;
There is the Tory blockhouse on the ridge.
There Paulus Hook. Red Bank and Quin-
toms Bridge:
Or, like Bryant, have sung how
The British soldier trembles
When Marion's name is told,
will be the bards of ancient American
history-a history ever to be cherished
but no longer to fill the foreground
in the national annals Even Gettys-
burg and Chickamauga recede, and
the bloody shirt, buried deeper than
ever plummet sounded, seem forever
incapable Of another languid flap. New
triumphs and new ideals fill the minds
Of the people who have, in part at
least, realized the aspiration Of the
patriot who declared:
Our banner still defiance filings
TO sceptered power and may not rest until
All peoples and all lands alike are free
From threat of princes and their brood
Of tyranny.
None the less, many Of the old ex-
hortations still ring true. To the end
of time Americans can repeat the
words uttered by Daniel Webster, not
ilany months before his death, when
the republic completed its seventy.
fifth year and the great orator entered
OIL his SEVENTEEN:
This anniversary animates and
gladdens and unites all American
hearts. On other days of the year
we may be party men, indulging in
controversies more or less important
to the public good; we may have likes
and dislikes, and we may maintain our
Political differences often with warm
and sometimes with angry feelings
But today we are Americans all in all
nothing but Americans. Ev-
cry mans heart swells within him
every mans port and bearing become
somewhat more proud and lofty as he
remembers that seventy-five years have
rolled away and that the great inherl.
lance of liberty is still his-his I'm.
diminished and unimpaired, his in all
its original glory, his to enjoy, his
to protect. and his to transmit tc
future generations"
With Wehster's rival orator, from
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-06-30
rHE Declaration Of
independence The

interest w hi c h in
that paper has survived
the occasion upon which
it was issued, the interest
which is Of every age and
every cline, the interest
which quickens with the
lapse of years, spreads
as it grows old, and
brighten. as it recedes,
is in the principles which
it proclaims. It was the
first solemn declaration
by a nation Of the on
ly legitimate foundation of
civil government. 1t was
the cornerstone of a new
fabric, destined to cover
the surface Of the globe. 1t
demolished at a stroke the
lawfulness of all govern
nents founded upon con-
quest. 1t swept away all
the rubbish of accumulat-
ed centuries of servitude.
1t announced in practical
form to the world the tram
scendent truth Of the in
alienable sovereignty of
the people. 1t proved that
the social compact was no
Pigment Of the magma.
ton, but a real, solid, and
sacred bond of the social
union.-J o h n Quincy
Adams.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-06-30

Built in 174S. the State house in
Boston was the pride Of the city long
before the Revolution. 1t was, when
constructed, fine edifice, with an i'm
posing front, and surmounted with a
gilded dome. Much of Its original
appearance has been preserved, and
1t is today a Mecca for the tourist who
visits the sacred shrines connected
with the birth OF liberty In the United
States of America.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-06-30

yer does not belong to summer, but
the artist, who created this bit of
headwear, has been audacious enough
to use it for binding and a soft
crown. One discovers the method in
this madness when the wreath Of pond
lilies is considered: against the deep
background their waXen Wilderness
stands out most wildly.
A pale and misty blue in crepe de
chine makes the charming small hat
at the right yelled with fine pretty
white lace, run with black. This is
a charming hat for matrons who have
progressed beyond the wide-brimmed
picturesque shapes just described. The
last hat pictured is made Of black
hair braid and has dropping double
brim bound with old blue silk. A
wreath of garden roses With their
foliage lies across the brim and a
cluster of roses droops from 1t at the
right side. The face Is framed by a
bandeau of little button roses.
>G*<' &'.,~1
corraoHr sr WESTERN NEWS. in UNION
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-06-30

If it is really what you want, you
hardly ever can get 1t at cheese
pairing price.