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Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-02-28

harm matters. NaZimova to the writer
is the most capable exponent of exotic
acting in a bizarre atmosphere, either on
the stage or the screen. 1t is this strange
or foreign tendency which has resulted
probably in some Of her critics declaring
that she over-acts. You either like NaZ-
imova or you do not There is no middle
road-you are either for her or you are
against her. To me she is one Of the
really great artistic persons on the screen
today. 1t is admitted that in the past
she has had vehicles in which the central
character appeared to be unnatural, such
as her Madame Peacock" There is one
safe bet that Nazimoya IS never inartis-
tic.
You viii find great pictorial beauty in
Billions" which IS now In its second
day OF a weeks engagement at the Colon
ial. In this movie, Nazimova Is cast as
a Eussion princess. who escapes from the
former land Of the Gar and comes TO
America. The princess has hobby-she
loves to aid poor writer's and poets. Her
pet wea kness is for owen Carey, a poet
The poet, being human, stops writing
poetry when he becomes rich. Nazimova
snubs him at first but in the end she
attempts 10 prevent a gang Of crooks
from getting his money 1t is at this
stage OF Tue picture LuaC 1t becomes
farce with swinging doors a flock Of
Russians running in and ont and a num-
Der Of automobiles racing in the dark
In the end, Cary looses all Of his
money. Goes back to his garrett and
starts to write some real poety The
princess loses all Of her money, thanks
to the Russian revolution, and she is
free TO go 10 this sort OF a Greenwich
village garnet where love exists
Aazimova Frances merrily through the
reels Of this story which at times is drs-
matte then becomes d farce and then
touches the realms OF musical comedy
he cast Is as follows:
The Princess Trlloff. Nazfrnova
krakorfeller and owen Carey .......
-.....--.-.. ........ Charles Bryant
FRANK Manners. William J. Irving
uNHhlt- -.......... ....-...- victor Potel
isaac Nolpen ..-......... ) Ohm stepping
NITS- COHEN Marian skinner
NllLIle toibtA. bonnie IL II
Jnnn blanchard .............k Emmett King
bcllboy ...-...-..... Eugene II. hlum
Nazimova appears to be more human
and more natural in Billions" than she
has at times In the psat. At times Nazi-
nova turns the movie into one of those
saucy bedroom farces
I believe that you will enjoy "Bll-
lions whether you are a Nszimova fan
or not.
At the Colonial all week-W. D. H
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-02-28

Indianapolis and
feel that he has many good qualities pleaded guilty
gambling charge Casey doubtless
stratng some Of good qualities
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-02-28
NAZIMOVA MAKES BILLIONS A FRENCH FARCE
Chaneys LegIe Type-HoEubar History

Billions of dollars may buy tons Of
fun hut It will not buy love.
Love appears to flourish in garnet
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-02-28

OF COURSE city condition than for
With the taxpayers Indianapolis supplying 5992 for its
use why it be?
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-02-28

RUFF PAGE also Thomas Howe
but MI Howe has not yet
expressed appreciation Rufes support
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-02-28

WHY shouldn't necessity of dealing with
bipartisan gang plumber
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-02-28

In "Thoughtless Women" new
movie at the Alhambra Miss Rubens IS
cast as the daughter Of a poor but so
ciany ambitious mother who desires her
daughter to marry a man Of wealth. On
the other hand, the mother OF the groom
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-02-28

Duluth eight recently reached
Superior Wis., adjoining All bills each month
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-02-28

be desired purchasing system has not
beens sought Legislature!
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-02-28

desires her son to marry in his own SO
cial set and her sons marriage is a BIT
ter Pill TO her. The result is that the
young wife falls Into "a trap set for her
viii be remembered for her effective
work as the sweetheart Ia "Humorcsque."
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-06-01
Sitting THE IMMIGRANTS.

A committee Of six has been APP
pointed to fix the number Of imln!-
grants to be permitted to land here
from each country under the new
percentage bill. The committee was
chosen by Secretaries hughes, Hoov-
er and Davis, each picking two men
to represent his department, thus
assuring equal voice for the state, ia
Dor and commerce departments.
The plan is that the state depart
ment will be concerned, with boun-
daries under the new political divis
ions in Europe; the labor represen-
tatives will deal directly with the
matter of immigration, and the COM
merce group will have charge Of Cen
sus figures and the allotment Of I'M
migration. This apportionnent Of re-
sponsibility should result in practical
and efficient handling Of the immi-
grafton question at the sources and
do away with some Of the absurd
jealousies and competition which
have hitherto served only to confuse
matters.
With the plans Of selection and ap-
portionment duly safegnarded. the
rest Of the responsibility lies with the
American public. and especially such
parts Of it as shah come directly in
contact with the new groups Of inn
For no efforts at res;ric-
ton or selection will be Of any par
ticular service in solving the alien
problem if the American home com
munity still fails to Go ita share to-
ward welcome and aSsin2iia ION.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-06-01
Red Cross Home
Service to Continue
Office to Be Continued Until
September 1st

AT a meeting this morning Of the
Red Cross executive committee OF the
Sumter Red cross chapter which was
called by Mr. l.. D. Jennings. chair
man, it was decided after 1t thorough
discussion that the Red Cross Home
Service be continued until September
lst. This office Will continue to run
with its secretary, Miss Mamie j..
Chandler. in charge Of the work.
There are funds enough on hand for
the maintaining Of this Office through
the summer months and il is hoped
that at the expiration Of this period
OF time that the financial situation
will be improved 10 the extent Of
making the Necessary arrangements
for the permanent establishment Of
this office in Sumter county. The
people are realizing as never before
the importance of the place being
occupied by this OFF, and Of the
work that il IS accomplishing in
comtpunity and county and they are
reluctant and not in the least inciin-
ed to give up this office.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-06-01
GETTING ALL THE BUSINESS.

The subscription swindler fiourishes
in the summer. He comes to the
door, gets your subscription to a
magazine, usually landing you either
with the worm of an abnormally low
price, or with the fiy Of an appeal to
your philanthropy by wanting you
to help him get q scholarship Ee
hauls in, your dollar or two and de-
parts. You poor fish. may either get
no magazine at all, or get it for half
the time you bought it for. a month
old copy may be delivered at your
door once or twice-anc the publish
ing house never heard of you, when
you complain.
Against these fakes the American
News Trade Journal warns the news
dealers 1t tells them they have n
duty to the community which sup
ports them to issue warnings against
such fakes. And then it adds this
striking sentence, which contains a
sharp hint to the honest dealer in er-
cry line:
"The surest method Of protection is
to t"ke all the subscriptions yourself.
There is no chance then for the
crook. He can't get any business
where YOU have it all
It is the lazy community, where
dealers and customers are too sloth-
ful Of mind to do their own thinking.
in which the crook Of any kind flour
ishes for his brief day. He can go
through such community and take
money out OF half the purses and
bank accounts in town and make has
getaway before the dupes have wax
I'd up to see what has happened.
But the town that is so alive ihat
the honest dealers go after the bust
ness hard, and where customers are
alert and wise in values. presents
scant pickings to the crafty outsider.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-06-01
THE COUNTY COURT.

3 A majority, If not all. of the read
.ers Of this paper probably read and
digested the argument of Mr.. l.. ID.
Jennings in. favor of the establish
n1ent of the county court, which was
printed in the last issue.
It is good as far as it goes. but it
{ does not make out complete and
convincing case in favor Of the pro-
posed immediate creation Of the
county court. To certain extent
rnent of the county court would aot
prevent the summary collection of
some class of debts. to the injury and
unnecessary loss of honest but tenn
porariiy embarrassed creditors, is ad
mitted to be true, but the fact that
the congested condition Of the docket
of the court Of common pleas has re-
suited in temporary moratorium
cannot be denied. 1t is also fact,
or at least the writer has been in
formed and has reason to believe ii
to be a fact, that it has been the
policy Of the bar OF Sumter to refrain
from pressing those who have been
unable to realize on their assets and
therefore una BILE to pay debts that
they expected TO pay and would have
paid when due. but for conditions
that were unforeseen and over which
they have no control. And the
: writer has been informed by those
who are qualified to express credi-
& ble opinion that the congested con-
s dition of business in the court Of COM
8 mon pleas has served as a stay to in
+ considerate and grasping creditors
who were disposed TO demand their
pound of flesh in total disregard OF
1.-THE damaging effect that this policy
would have upoE the creditors. Mr..
Jennings asserts that this opinion is
met worthy of consideration. He is
.senfitled to hts belief, but others have
3afhe privilege Of differing. In the
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-06-01
Cotton Mil Strike
Wage Reduction Said to Be Be
yonfs Dead Line" Fixed by
Labor Organization

Charlotte. Y. c.. May 2S.-A gem
rral st.ik. TO affect textile mills;
throughout the South has been de-
clared by the officials Of the United
Textile Workers OF America Thomas
Z. Mcmahon. VIC. president OF The
national Organization said upon his
return here today from New York
" here he conferred With President
John Golden and other officers.
Mr. McMahon however, steadfastly
refused to name even the approximate
date when The strike order viii be
issued, further than to intimate that
it will be in the very near future.
The Impending strike it is officially
stated. viii be- the result OF wa@e re-
ductions in excess Of p Il peg cent
in the textile mills. that scale Of re-
duction having been fixed by the
union authorities as the dead line. '
Alr. Mcmahon has been in the south
for several weeks, most OF the time
c;nva$sins the various textile centers
and investigating wage reductions.
President Golden also has spent con-
the last five or six weeks.
Mn Mcmahon declared today that
wage reductions have averaged about
80 to 55 per cent and in many cases
have been much more drastic. There
is "basloutely no reason" for theae
reductions. Mn Mc1Iahon declared
adding that in his Investigations he
has gathered data on the cost OF pro-
duction of various types OF goods
manufactured in the mills and has
figures 20 show that the r@ductions ~
wages WAS without justification.
More than 100000 mill operatives
in North Caroli;,n alone viii be affect
q, by the strike order. Nh McMah"n
said. Not all Of these are organized
but he expressed absolute confidence"
ihat the unorganiZed workers Will
walk out with the union workers
when the order is made effective.
Mr. McMahon declared that he ma
tional organization had been bcsiescd
with requests and apea!s by loc:tl
textile unions III the south to hurry
the strike call. whit..', he said, would
be announced from his temporary
headquarters here by hinl rs the
spokesman for the national or$anlZH-
ton. He said that while the strike
would be called to become effcctiv"
in all affected mills practically stimuli
taneously. the walk-out might be pat
into operation in some crntcrS SeV-
era! DAYS ahead of others
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-06-01
Jasper Farmers
Abandon Cotton
Not Hundred Acres Planted in
County.-Trying Other Crops

Pidsnland. May 21.--.Iasp@r county
farmers are no longer depending
upon King Cotton" Cor 4 liTing.
This year there are no; oyer 100
acres. if thai amount. piant.'i in cot
ton throughout The entire coUntz'. for
the farmers have learned VOL the
lesson rnat with The boz! we"vil aa'l
low prices that il hey are 70 make
a living they must urn 20 other
crops. IS d result truck farming is
claiming the farmers attention. many
acres Of truck having been piante'!
and already marl;e I'd. Naterncl"n,
slre looking fire and Il row appears
shat shi ,Hlcnts can be made by The
tirS; OF July. which VIII be about TWO
weeks sooner than usual. The sWe";
potato crop is the largest BEING
planted. several thousand Hcrc> hay
ing ;llreat!: been planted this year
by local farmers Already n potato
curing house has been erected N.:th
lon.C Geo bushels capacity. TAc farm
cr:: as Il whole have little ready
ncncy bat practically o"e n"ne ;,nd
having learned to ike Ut nome are
m i,et.t.I. condition as n wioie titaG
.,.c.. before in the history OF Jasper
county. II divcrsif;c:.tion Of 'l"p>
makes progress in ltic ucXt yea: ~
rapid ~, i, has IN III" past. i" So,
cotton slowing Viii ir Il curiosity
in this src.ion OF the state.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-06-01

Mr.. J. J. Brennan, of Hardy and
Co, who returned yesterday from a
business trip of several days through
( portions Of Barnwen, Aiken and
Bamberg counties, reports that in
some sections a number Of farmers
are plowing up cotton and planting
corn and other crops. The farmers
have been influenced to this action
largely by the generally unfavorable
prospects of the crop, due to cold
heather, excessive rains, and poor
stands, but principally by the multi
1ude OF bool weevils that already in
known fact that the weevils that hi
bernate during the winter and sur
svive until spring live until cotton be-
gins putting on forms by sucking the
Juice Of the. young cotton plants, but
heretofore in this state they have
been so few in number in the early
part of the season that no attention
has been: paid TO the little damage
they have done. This year, however,
the. weeviIs are so numerous that
the damage is quite serious and no
deeably apparent. The abundance
of the wesvils now foreshadows heavy
damage to the bottom. and middle
crop, which usually escape. owing to
the scarcity Of the weevils in the
early weeks OF the cotton growing
season. The weeyil experts Of the
department Of agriculture recon-
mend that as soon as the weevils
emerge from their winter hiberna-
ton the cotton fields be regularly and
frequently inspected and all weevils
found-usually in the buds Of the
young plants-be killed, as by this
practice a great many of the pests
can be eradicated before they begin
laying eggs, which they do not do un-
stfl cotton begins putting on forms.
The weevils that live through the
winter do comparatively little dam
age, as they are not numerous in
comparison with the millions that
infest the fields later in the season.
1T is the second, third. fourth and
later generations Of weevils that de-
stroy the CROP. They multiply by
geometrical ratio, and one weevil
that lives through the winter is the
ancestress Of many million by July
and August. To kill one weevil now
is the equivalent Of killing many
millions in late July and August.
Those who have cotton VIII be we'll
advised to heed the directions of the
government experts to inspect their
crop frequently and kill the weeviis
found.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-06-01
Schedule Changes Southern Railway
System.


Effective sunday May 18th, tram
III will leave Columbia LOO p. M.
kingvili>. $50 p. ~. Camden %"
D. m., kershaw 4:2S p. m. Heath
Springs 4:+3 p. m.. Lancaster 3;lo
D. ni.. arrive Rock Hill 6:lS p. M.
connecting with train 50 for CHAR
lotte and the North; leave Rock Hlil
$50 p. M. arrive York 7:O5 p. m.
Train us will leave York % a.
m, arrive Rock Hill 500 a. A., con
meeting with train 81 from the North
and train SO from the south and lcav-
ing Rock Hill $40 a. m, Lancaster
s:55 a. m, Heath Springs 1919 u
m. kershaw 1922 a. M, Camden
11:2S a. in. arriving kinsNsaie l2:94
p. m. arriving Columbia l50 p. M,
corresponding changes al interlne-
dia!e stations.
Train ll3 viii be changed to leave
Claremont - a. m. instead OF 80
a. m, Horatio 1:39. Hagood 1:43 a.
m. state Farm 80 a. IN, Boykn
.:54 a m.. Camden S:l6 a. M. De
Kalb $40 q. m, Clyburn >4I a
al, Westvil!c 50: n. M. HershaW
9:0S a. m. Hea1h Spring 80 a. m.
Pleasant Hill SIS u M. El&in 9'H
4. M, lncastcr 9:51 Il. M. taSkcy
$40 a. m. riverside lU:2i a. nl
Springfield 1910 m. ataWh'
junction l0:32 a. M. Roadcy lo''N u.
M. Leslie HOG a. IN. arrive Rock
Hill 1l:20 u. m
I',,,l,an 4 ~
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-06-01
.sODcn Shop" Policy.

Knoxville. May 2S.--l.nion textile
workers of this city today voted to
continue their strike IN protest Of the
open shop" and I waSe reduction OF
22ls per cent by the Hr""hSide Mills.
about 900 union laborrrS.
" hich suspended operations April II.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-06-01

jectiny to the immediate creation OF!
the county court, but it is not essen
tial to state them at this time, es
pccially as this article is in danger,
of becoming unduly long.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-06-01

OF rc.,,3nil= Maaas:: uas,Ie. ,he Open
shop" pciicy and considerable wage
reduction. Union officials stated TO-
night. that they anticipated no vio-
fence, but police have been placed on
guard at the mills 20 prevent possible
disorder
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-06-01

Uncle sam needn't be concerned
about the poison @as that IS be
ing Manufactured ~ the other iiSl-
tions. IN the course OF time. pro
hioition Will frrtiIy Us against any
kind OF poison.-Akron Beacon
Journal.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-06-01

Ia :he. week cndcG January %, in
tsi.; COUNTRY Surplus ri idle freight
cars ;,e;,";nt..;i TO mere than 100000.
In" I..:e,st number unemployed IN
NOR, i:.an = decade.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-06-01

Bread ana butter are cheaper, but
.,i;,:;. thtt i>li' al III" nlakin's OF
.:,ilt! ,v;ca.- Sc ci!V.;iiilce Journal
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-06-01
Hands Across the Sea
Harding Sends Mes-
sage CT Friendly Greeting to
English People
r;lv :G-xC7

Washington. May 30-President
Harding expressed the hope in t1c
message read at the simultaneous uE-
Yelling of three buSts Of George Wash
ing on IN England, presented by the.
American pcon!c, thai the gifts may
inspire a continued reciprocation Of
He established friendship OF the
American people for the British ma
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-06-01

Most any tree an airplane barks ~
against is the wrong tree-Detfon
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-06-01
Gbe Matt|b}snaall alla so}ltbroll

Published Wednesday and Saturday
eS By
DSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY
SUMTER, S. q.
Terms:
$500 per annum--in advance.
Advertisements.
One Square, first insertion .-------S1.oo
Every subsequent insertion so
Contracts for three months or long
or will be made at reduced rates.
All communications which subserve
private interests will be charged for
as advertisements.
Obituaries and tributes OF respect
will be charged for.
The Sumter Watchman was found
ed in 1850 and the True Southron in
1866. The Watchman and Southron
now has the combined circulation and
snf1uence Of both Of the old papers.
snd is manifestly the best advertising
medium in Sumter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-06-01

That big rum shakeup' was not
cocktail-Chicag News.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-06-01

after only a few days session, on ac-
count of the heat or because the cases
that were on the roster for trial on
certain days had been passed over and
the attorneys We're not ready to take
I'D the cases next in order. Will the
county court alter these methods and
habits? We have our doubts, and We
+ do not believe that either the county
court or the circuit court will clean
up it's docket. In the matter Of the
circuit court the probabilities are
that, having a less number Of cases t"
try, the lawyers will feel free to give
frear rein to their abilities as legal
tecnnicians and s,ratesists, and time
will be less considered than nov, if
such thing We're possible.
3. In the matter OF litigated cases.
such as damage suits. to which Mr.
Jennings had particular reference. The
"
the. legal business that we have long
| hoped TO see entirely abolished by the
enactment. ity the legislature, OF an
employers liability law, under which
claims Cor injury and danlaS. would
be settled without recourse To a
jury trial in court. Massachusetts,
! Ohio and a number of other states
/ have such law and it has worked
admirably t. the great benefit OF lit
gants and The public. If the refusal
Of the people of Sumter county. or
| any other. county. TO establish add
tional courts to foster the bringing OF
damage suits. viii hasten the day Of
| the adoption OF an employers habii-
ity law then no other reason need be
advanced for opposing the county
court at this time.
There are other grounds for OBJ
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-11-07
DELIGHTFUL ROMANCE TONIGHT
AT THE CIRCLE PLAYHOUSE

Those who enjoy the better of type
of serious picture OF unusual charac-
ter delineation with a sound plot as
the background and an engrossng
theme for the fabric of the story. will
want TO see The Barricade' tonight
at the Circle. 1t is a picture OF
plain folks" the scene being laid in
the New York Ghetto, and the atmos-
phere of parts OF the picture remind
one of that motion-picture classic
"Humoresque." The Barricade" is not
a Bebe Daniels picture nor a comedy
drama but a serious production reliev-
ed by deft touches of humor-a
thoughtful photoplay directed and act
ed in a very artistic fashion.
The story deals with two men,
Jacob Solomon and Michael Brennan.
who in spite of obvious religious diff
ferences, get along amicably and are
partners in an East Side cigar store.
There are complications in the lives
of their children. trouble TO be smooth
ed over and it is the Jew who works
for the happiness of all in a way
that will touch the hearts of those
who see the picture. Finally the
"barricade" of prejudice and pride
crumbles away and there is happiness.
A leading part is taken by Kenneth
Harlan. who will be remembered as
playing opposite Constance Talmadge
in some of her most recent pictures
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-11-07
Miss Jaeger Marries
Cover Ii. Newman

A pretty wedding took place Satur-
day morning in the parsonage of the
Eastport Methodist Episcopal Church
when Miss Freda NJ. Jaeger. of Balti-
more. was married to Cover B. New
man. also of Baltimore. The cere-
mony was performed by the Rev. John
T. Jaeger, brother of the bride.
The bride was attired in travel
ling costume of blue cloth trimmed
with gray fur, and carried large yell
low chrysanthemums The brides
maid. Mrs Milton Spillman. was
similarly e<tired. Milton Spillman
was the groom's best man. After
breakfast was served in the parsonage
the bridal party left for a short we'd
ding trip, and will be lat home af-
ter December l at 1923 w Lanvale
street. Baltimore.