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The Washington herald., 1921-01-18
Forced to Kiss Flag.

CHICAGO, Jan. l7.-AuCust J.
Jester. of Huntley. Ill. was forced
to kiss the American flag yesterday
after the firebelI had been tolled to
summon the village population of
1000 to the public square to wit
ness the ceremony.
The flag kissing was forced upon
Jester by members of the Ameri-
can Legion who accused him of dis
loyalty.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-18

Before the war the five principal
women-employing industries were
the textile industry, that of personal
apparel, food products, tobacco
products, and hand and foot wear.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-18
Labor Offensive
Planned to Offset
Reaction Policy

An offensive against opponents OF
union labor and those attempting to
bring about labor reaction is threat
ened by Frank Morrison, secretary
of the American Federation of Labor,
in a statement made public here ex-
planning the calling of meeting by
Samuel Gompcrs Of representatives
of the lO9 national and international
unions affiliated with the federation.
The meeting will be held February
% in Washington and its purpose
will he to consider attacks now
being made on the trade union
movement"
Explains Move.
These attacks" said Secretary
Morrison. Include attempts to es-
tabIish the anti-union shop. wage
reductions, antI-strike laws. compul-
sorry arbitration. labor injunctions
and publicity that would mold the
public mind to accept these back
ward steps.
I believe labor will formulate a
plan to expose the pretense OF men
who are only interested in cheap
labor and a continuance of their
pyfteering policy. The trade union
movement is alert to the forces
against it and proposes to act Wig
orously and courageously. Our op-
ponents are mistaken II they i'm
agine they have made the slightest
progress In alarming the workers,
or they will humbly accept a policy
of reaction.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-26
NEGROES ARRESTED
IN BIGHAM CASE

Florence, Jan. 21.-There were no
developments in the Bigham tragedy
today outside of the arrest and in
carccration of two negroes who will
be held as material witnesses. Coro-
ner Smith remained at Pamplico un-
Til tonight. He has not called the
jury OF inquest together yet and
stated that he is determined to ex-
haust every source of information
before permitting the jury to consid-
cr the case in the light of verdict.
IL may be several days before the
jury meets to arrive at verdict as
TO the killing OF Mrs. NJ. NJ. Bigham
Mrs. Maggie Black, Two adopted chill
drcn and l.. Smiley BiSham, the last
named at first being supposed to have
committed the crime and then to
have killed himself. At the Florence
Jail today, Edmund Bigham, who was
arrested yesterday on the charge of
murder on warrant sworn out bv
John w. McCrackcn. father of the
two dead children, had long confer
cncc with J. Monroc Spears. a prom
inent attorney Of Darlington. and il
is understood that Mr.. Spears will
take charge of his defense. No apDli-
cation FOR bail has been made yet
I'm the meantime Bigham is confined
in cell i'm the Jail.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-26
TIME FOR
DISARMAMENT
Henry White, Former Ambassa-
dor Believes United States
Should Initiate Movement

Washington, Jan. 2l.-Anothcr of
the American commissioners who
helped draft the treaty OF Versailles
Henry White, ambassador. to France
under President RoOsevclt--tOld the
house naval committee today that
tn. tim" was ripe for world dis
armament and that the United States
should initiate the movements.
Gen. PprshinS's views will be sought
next Tuesday. The committee n!
ready has heard Gen. Taskcr II.
Piss, former American representa-
tive on the suprcn" war council and
member of the peace delegation;
Secretary Daniels and Acting Sccrc-
tary D&t,r ii the state departments
Whether i, VIII hold for hearings az
ter Tuesday has not been determined.
Mr.. White gave it as his opinion
that the great burden OF taxation re-
sultng frCm the world war made the
peoples Of all nations anxious to cut
down on expenditures for alrnamcnjS s.
! He expressed il that the world was
! "crH ing for some agreement TO limit
armamCntS as Il means of reducing
! taxes.
Discussing the proposed naval hol-
! iday," the former ambassador said II,
did not think the United States should
stop the naval construction il now ha:
under way. He said hc would like {,
see the United States at the top whcl
the disarmament discussion begins ant
stated that the relative sizes Of naVic!
could be fixed by agreement at tn,
proposed conference He added tina
questions raised al the conference
might show "th" right OF some NJ
don Grat BRITAIN for instancc--tt
4 larger navy tina. others"
Because of the threatened spread o
Bolshcvism, the witness said. Franc
might object 10 disarmament on land
In this conclusion he said that "th
state Of chaos in which Germany ha
been kept over rcparatiOns was dOini
more TO open the way to BOlshevisn
than any other single factor.
AS to the tine Of callinng confer
ence. Mr.. White said that should b
left for Presdent-clcct Harding. ii
did not think President Wilson shOul
call ii as the fact that he would retil'
on March might lead the other ma
tions not TO take the invitation ser
iOuSly
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-26
ROOT OPPOSES
ACTION NOW
Objects to Any Move
ment Toward Disarm-
ament Until Hard
ing Takes Office

Washington. Jan. 22-Total or par
tai disarmament should not be dis
cusscd 10y the United States with 9TH
er nations, pending change of ad-
minlStraiOn, March 4th, Elihu Root,
who helped form the international
court OF arbitration under the league
Of nations, declared today, in letter
to Chairman Putlcr of the house ma
val committee. The precise meth
Cd OF procedure ought to be deter
mined after and not before President
elect Harding ana his Secretary Of
state have had opportunity to in
form themselves and reach conclu-
Hons as TO the way which affords the
! best prospects of success Mr.. Root
declared his belief that steps should
be taken promptly after the new ad-
ministralion is established to bring
about Il general agreement for dis
armament
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-26
Aahitj Women Wear Clothes.

Papeete, Tahiti. Dec. Is (Corre-
spondencc of the Associated Press.
Indignation is expressed by Tahiti.
residents because magazines, moving
pictures and Sunday supplement pages
Of the mainland have long pictured
native Tahiti women as wearing few
clothes. when, as n matter Of fact,
the average native womans dress is
Il Mother Hubbard which begins be-
mind tho ears and flares volumin-
ouSly To the grass tops
"The impression has got abroad
that beauty unadorncd is ono Of the
chl"t features Of our landscape" one
iahiti resident said recently. AS a
matter of fact we see that sort of
thlnE about as frequently as New
workers. see band Of Choc, Jaws strid-
ing down Broadway in fun war
paint.
"Such shocking pictures as have ap-
pcarcd in mainland prints and mo-
Vics arc merely photographers tricks.
missionaries changed the style of
native dress long before any Of the
present generation were born ana
designed the Mother Hubbard for
'hc female Of the species here"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-26
Death.

Miss Sue Brown died at the Toum-
ey Hospital Friday night at $3.50
o'clock from the effects of burns
which she accidentally sustained at
her home at OsweGo on last Sunday
afternoon, when the paper which ;sh"
was reading caught fire from the open
fireplace and her dress catching from
the paper. The flames were put out
hy her sister, Mrs. Terry and her
brother -in-law, Mr.. Terry, and she
was Immediately brought to the hos
pltal here. 1t was hoped that the
burns received were not as deep as
was at first thought, bat later it was
found that they We're very serious.
Miss Brown was in her S4th year.
The funeral services were held
Al Bethel Church, Oswego, Sunday
morning at IL o'clock.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-26
Death.

Mr.. David James Winn died at his
home on West Calhoun Street at $50
O'Clock Friday morning, aged seventy
years, after a few hours illness. He
has been in failing health for sew
cral months, and death was the re-
suit Of an acute attack of heart dis
ease. from which he has suffered for
several years. The funeral services
were held at his late residence at
) o'clock Saturday afternoon, and the
lntCrmCnt was made at the Sumter.
cemetery
Mr. Ninn was born in this city June
", 1870, and has spent his entire
III" mere. He was the only son Of the
late David Joseph Wmn and Eliza
beth Britton Winn. In carly life he
was associated in business with his
father who was one of the ante
Dellum merchants of Sumter who con-
unucd in business after the war be-
tween the states until his death. In
1881 Mr.. Winn withdrew from the
liln of ID. j. Winn and Son and o.
SaniZed the sumter Cotton mill with
which he was Connected until the .nill
was abandoned ten or fifteen Years
ago. Since that time he has devoted
attention TO his farming Interests. lie
was life long member of the Pros
hytcrian church, which he had served
as ruling elder for many years. lie
was also treasurer Of Harmony Pres
hytcry.
He is survived by his wife ana the
following children: Mr.. -. j. VIM,
Jr., of TimmonSvlllc; Mrs. II. l.. Nj
IntoSh, Mrs. Geo. l.. Kicker. Mrs. T.
w. WithcrSpoon and Mr.. William NJ
Winn, Of sumter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-26
COTTON MARKET
SUFFERS BREAK

New York, Jan. 21.-Reports OF
coninued foreign trade depression
and apprehenSiOns that the cotton
brought here for January might be
retcndcred on March contracts. seem
ed responsible for a very sevcrE
break in the cotton market today.
March deliveries sold off to 14.64 and
closed at 14.G5 compared with 1850
at the close yesterday with the gem
eral market closing barely steady at
a net decline OF 65 to s5 points
The market opened barely steady
at unchanged prices to a decline of
. points under overnight selling Or
dors which came partly from the
South. The initial prices were bet
ter than due on the showing Of Liv-
erpool which led TO some pressure,
right after the call. while there was
also considerable Wall street selling
and scattering liquidation. After
showing not losses Of about 80 to 40
points prices recovered about half
| their losses on reports o. a firmer
basis for spot cotton in the south
and of continued activity in the do
mesic goods trade with Fail River
1 -
600 pieces. Offerings increased on the
advance, however, and liquidation
became very active during the after
noon with January selling off from
1910 to 1910 and May from 15.4O to
| l4.74. Closing prices were at approx
| imately the lowest of the day.
! The statement that the war finance
corporation would not assist exports
to countries with which the United
states was still technically at war,
attra ctcd no particular comment but
nOtwiths anding the recent firmer
ruling of foreign exchange the re-
ports of continued trade depression
in Manchester had n considerable in
| iuence. The trading feature was the
heavy liquidation Of March by bo.h
trade and commission house brokers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-26
Regeneration of Dogs and Cats ,u
E.urOpC

budapest. Jan. 21.-Evcn the cats
ana dogs of Central Europe have de
generated as Il result Of the war saws
Professor Ralllanyi. director of the
veterinary school here, who is in
Nc$tlSatmG how the habits Of domes-
tic animals have been influenced by
that cause. Most Of the town bred
cats in this part Of the world refuse
to drink milk because it is unknown
by them, due to the lack OF mix dur
ing tn" war, the professor asserts.
Both cats and dogs are rclapsing
20 the savage ways of thCiT untamcd
ancestors he says. "Thc vagrancy
IF dogs is startling. Pet dogs c!opc
from heart brokCn mistresScs. Join
ing packs of NANCY village dogs.
where they live in communist equal
itY."
The same authority says that. be-
sides hNdrOphOhia, nervous diseases
are very frequent among animals
am arald domestic animals i'm Eas,-
"rn Europe are dcgCncrating and
that the stock must be rcplcnishcd
from overseas.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-26
DESERTER LIST
MAY BE PRINTED

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21---FOr the ninth
time the war department threatens
% print the list of dcscrters from the
United states army i'm time of war.
IL is not known whether this last
threat is due to the pressure cXcrtcd
by the American Legion or not. II
follows. however, rapidly on the heels
of the pressure
prior to publication of the list. :"
says Gen. Peter 6. Harris. adjutant
general of tho army, I'VE will con-
suit with the 5000 Chairmcn of the
FORMER local draft boards for the pur-
pose OF Chccking off the dead. cor
r"ctins mistakes and rcmcdying de-
t'cts To the end that injustice might
not ID, done any man. After such
construction, th" list will be made
public.
The numbers of desc rtcrs is between
l1O.OoO and lGO,01O, aud they orig
i@lly lived i'm all sections of tho
country, every state furnishing it's
quota.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-26
AGED NEGRO
MAN ROBBED

Spartanburg, Jan. 21.-A masked
man entered the home of Azic Owens
an aged negro, on Valley street
about O'Clock last night, tcrroriz-
ed the old man with a revolver and
robbed him of $500, the accumula-
uon of years. Owens has been in
The employ of the city and saved his
money from his earnings as n laborer
installing sewers.
Owens informed the police that he
recognized the rObber, despite the
mans mask, and on his information
the police arrested Rice Phillips, q
young negro who resides in the same
house with Owens. Phillips proved an
abb when arraigned before Recorder
Burnett this morning and was dis
charged. The police thus far have
been unable to find any clue as to the
Identity Of the robbcr.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-26
WOMEN VOTERS
WILL HOLD MEETING

Columbia, Jan. 22.-Every county
in the sta will be expected TO have
representation at the first annual state
convention Of the South Carolina
League Of Women Voters, to be held
in Columbia on February IL. Mrs
Maude Wood Park, Of Washington,
president of the national League OF
Women Voters, is 10 be the chief
speaker for this gathering Of female
citizens, and it is stated that plans
are on foot 10 make the gathering
notable. The Richland county branch
OF the league will be hosts to the
convention. All of the women's clubs
OF the state are interested in this
convention
The South Carolina Women Vot-
erS are also looking with interest to
the regional conference TO be held i'm
Atlanta, February So, from which
reports will be brought TO the South
Carolina convention. Among women
Of this state who will attend this
gathering will be Mrs. j. b. Salley,
Of Aiken, and Mrs. +. S. Munsen of
Columbia, and possibly Mrs. Leroy
Springs of Lancaster. Mrs. Wilson
q. Harvey, Of Charleston, and Mrs.
John Gary Evans, Of Spartanburg.
This is the last Of seven regional
conferences of the nation and will be
made one Of the biggest
The South Carolina League Of Wo-
mon Voters is very much Interested
in the lii uoW befor, the South
( aro ira icG,%'a'ur" 10 give the We
men full suffrage. in accordance with
4 -.
m"nt. They are also interested in
the bill which Will. if it becomes law,
exempt women citizens from jury du-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-26

Th" legislators who are leading the
van in tho proposed reduction of
taxes by cutting the salaries of state
ana county officers have omitted the
sec ton that would provide for = rc-
ductl"n in the pcrdicm of members
OF tn" senate and house. Consl.-
t"nCN IS not charactcriS- -ic Of tax TO-
ductiOn rcfOrmrrs. They ALWAYS adj
Nocatc the reduction Of the salary of
the other fellow, the reduction of as
SrSSmcntS on their own proDcrtv and
tn" increase Of assessments on the
classes OF buSlnCS in which thcY are
NOT Interested. And still the same
f"lormcrS are the most inSiStent and
persistent in Demanding all sorts of
improvements at the public expense.
They want and demand moro roads
ana better roads to drive over and
more schools and better schools for
th"h children to attcnd--and turn a
"llhd eye 10 TN" patent fact that these
'hlhSS cost Tot OF money that must
Oh necessity be provided NN taAatiOu
III" Who'll" trouhl" is that many poo
p." ar" coming go look to the state to
take care of them from the cradle
10 tn" grave and supply all their
wants, and forget that they are the
stat" and what is paid out Of the
sat" treasury mus hC paid mo il by
IL" people. The average rrformcr is
the fellow who demands benefits at
IN" public cost ana expects the other
fellows to foot the hlls. Taxes can
be reduced ~ even eliminated entire
~ IL we can be content to do wit lOut
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-26
MOVIE CENSOR
SHIP BILL
Senate Will Hold Hearing on
Proposed Measure

Columbia. Jan. 22.--Thc education
committee OF the senate has agreed
TO have a public hearing Tuesday at
ternoon OF next week on the bill, now
before both branches of the lcgisla =
ture. for ID state moving picture cen
sorship. providing for the creation of
the South Carolina Moving Picture
hoard OF review. a large number OF
moving picture producers will at
tend the hearing, it IS said. and "a de-
termined hight will bc made against
the bill. Tho bill was Introduce
In the house ny Representative f.. q.
Harris of Spartanburg. and i'm the
senate by Senator Rogers. OF Spar
tsnburg. II has already been report =
Ell BACK TO the senate. favOrably. but
'he education committee Of the house
siill has II under consideration.
The opposition To this bill is not
based on the desire to- oppose the i'm
provement OF moving picture films.
Tut on the ground that a salaricd
board OF three persons would not ac-
complish. ny its review the aim
souEht. IL was brought out at IA
hearing before tho education com
mittee OF the house last year. when
'he same btll was being considered
then. that the idea Or II board sitting
in Columbia. viewing and passing on
all the films shown i'm the state.
Was impractical. 10 was argued that
such plan would result i'm expense
and NOT accomplish the desired end.
There IN u loud Clamor for censor
ship. however, and the vote for tho
Hill will he large.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-26
HUNGRY FOR
GOVERNMENT JOB
Republican Senators Re.
fuse to Confirm Any
Nominations of
Pres. Wilson

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2l.--DippinG
their brushes into the probability
that the Republican majority i'm the
senate would refuse to confirm most
of the 5000 nominations made by
President Wilson. some administra
zion officials painted today picture
of creaking government machine.
noundcring along for some time after
March with lot OF important cogs
missing.
Failure of the Republican senator's
at secret conference to reach any
decision as TO confirmation. set the
canvas. Republican leaders weren't
inclined to take the picture seriously,
however.
The question Of the nominations
occupied much of the time Of the
Republican conference. The official
announcement said no decision was
reached. but some of those attend
ing the meeting said privately that
there had been "tacit" agreement
for the Republican members of COM
mittces to take the nominations com
ing under their jurisdiction, study
conditions i'm the executive depart
ments and then determine whether
failure to keep the Democratic ap-
pointees in office after March 4, would
result in any embarrassment Of those
departments.
a young regiment Of officials now
i'm Washington are holding ON b,
virtue Of recess appointments. Should
the senate fail 10 act on their nomi-
nations before this congress quits on
4 n, tS
will automatically be out Of jobs
under the law. These officials in
clude all seven mcrlbers Of the ship
ping board. two members of the In
terstate commerce commission. thr {
and five assistant secretaries Of tie
treasury.
| Then too, there are a lot of post
masters, federal judges, MAJ shals
federal attorneys registers of land
offices and the like over the country
who are in the same position. Some
OF these are Cla%ed as emergency
cases and the Republican leaders have
indicated that where there is found
10 be an emergency action will be
taken.
Confirmation of President Wilson.
appointments by the senate would
carry some of these officials Over
into the Republican administration
for terms ranging from one Year tC
four years in excess of the four 70,
which Mr.. Harding has been elected
Senator Lodge. Of Massachusetts. thu
Republican leader has announce,
that he does not propose to have tn,
Democratic administration fiji up
lot OF bureau thiefships in the arm,
and navy for the incoming admins
tration and in this he has the supper
OF his Republican colleagues.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-26
BRITISH SUBMA-
RINE SUNK
Lost With All on Board in Eng
liSh Channel

London, Jan. 22.-Thc Eri;ish sub
marine Ks. commander John Gaines,
was lost with all hands Thursday at
the approach to the English Channel.
the admiralty announced today.
full compliment OF officers and
men were aboard. The number is
not given, but the submarines OF this
class carry six officers and fifty men.
The cause of the disaster is unknown.
The vessel was of the latest type of
British submarine. 1t was 33S fees
long.
The disaster occurred while the
submarine was practicing with four
others Of the X class. She submerg-
ed and never rose to the surface agair
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-26

ON "Wednesday afternoon a party
made up of Sheriff Hurst. Deputy
Sheriff II. G.. McKagcn and Rural
Officers Boykin and Newman. raidcd
and captured u small bat complete
still and destroyed about 80 gallons of
mash. The still was found about $50
yards from the house of negro
named Peter Davis. who was arrested
and is now i'm the County Jail awaiting
To be turned over to the L. =. Court
for trial The still was found on the
place belonging 10 Davis i'm the State
burg township.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-26
Nindicatcd After ID Years.

Geneva. Dec. - (Correspondencc
OF the Associated Press. after serv-
ing more than Is years Of life SEN
tcnce for murder of which he has
always claimed 10 he innocent, a
young man named Hirschbrunner is
10 be released, the real culprit. hay-.
ing confessed n
ON tho day following a populsr
masked ball at Solcure in May 1905.
tn" body of young Swiss girl was.
found in the waiting room Of the rail-.
road station whore she had beent
"trangied TO death. She had I,cs
seen the previous evening in the CO
panN of a young man dressed aS
peasant woman. The deScriptioy<
her companion tailed with a cos<
worn ny liirschbrunner and he;
tried and sentenced TO life iu,,1
mont entirely on circumstance,
dCnCc.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-26
ALL PLAY AND
NO WORK
Harding Will Refuse All Invita-
tiOns During His Stay in
Florida

st. Augustine, Jan. ga program
of recreation calculated to insure i'm
munity from worries of the presidency
awaited Mr.. harding upon his arr
val here today. Hc will spend this
afternoon on the golf links and leave
few hours later on a houscboat for
a cruise down the coast as far us
Miami. He announced that during
his stay in the south he intends to
accept no invitations to public func-
tionS.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-26
MURDER IN CHARLESTON

Charleston. Jan. 2l-Late tonight
the body of John l.. Galley, night
watchman for the Maybank fertilizer
company WAS found dead by the tracks
of the Scahoard Air Line railway. He
had been killed aud robbed. Death
WAS caused by blow on the back of
his head with sharp instrument. The
Offices OF the company were ransackcd
desk drawers being broke INFO.