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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-08
Curb Stock and Bond
Market of New York
Is Sought to Be Declared a
Nuisance

New York, oct 2.-RefuSinG to
conform to the edict Of theFmajOr-
ity and move III "out Of the rain, =
handful Of men-too few, almost
10 attract the notice Of passersby in
the crowded thoroughfare-still
congregate daily in Broad street
during stock exchange hours TO
buy the unlisted wares OF the street
broker.
These men, with a circle of-posts
to ward off traffic, are the last Wis
ible rempants Of the outside curb
market which for a half century
personified Wall Street and Ameri-
can high finance" in the minds Of
millions Of people.
Removal Of most of the curb
brokers into their handsome new
building on Trinity Place, facing
the tiny cemetery Of Trinity
church. left a gulf o. strangely
novel silence in the heart Of the
financial district which $only. time
can bridge with new forms Of DC
! tivity
The noisy confusion of the
throng CT traders and their excited
shouting customers has vanished.
Hundreds ofwindows overlooking
the curb now stare back blanily
at the chance tourist who wan
ders into the financial district.
Scores Of drawn blinds betray the
absence OF tenants IN Offices which
six months ago rented out the
privilege of occupying a square foot
or SO Of window space for four or
five hundred dollars a year.
Since the curb moved indoors
. most OF these windows have been
vacant. Only occasionally now a
man appears at one of<them to
vanish again after d mournful in
spection of the quiet street below
The sign language the delight
and wonder Of sightscers in The
pab12 -: daya Of the outside curb.
has ;;ii!en into disuse as a means
of conveying buying and selling or
derS from the windows to traders
in the street Business is SO dull
| now, the few remaining street
brokers say, that orders may be
communicated by word Of mouth.
Even the faithful few who stuck
to their old rendezvous when the
others moved away are not left in
undisputed possession Of their
market" Property owners along
| Broad street, including several
great financial concerns and office
i buildings, are seeking to have them
declared q public nuisance by the
courts and forbidden by injunction
10 ply their traIe in the street. The
suits are directed at the Curb Stock
land Eond Market, Inc, the name
assumed by the remaining traders
! V hen their colleagues withdrew to
i form the New York Curb Market.
District Attorney Edward Swami
has announced his intention OF as
! SiSting in the move to eradicate the
! last traces of the old curb.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-08
Hungarians Migrate

Budapest, August 11-Hungar-
ians, expelled from parts Of old
Hungary, by the new states carved
out Of them have been fleeing into
the new, smaller Hungary in such
numbers that the government has
issued a decree .forbidding further
entries for three months. The re-
fuges had crowded border villages
and cities beyond their capacity and
housing facilities have been ex-
hauSted
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-08
Worlds Prize Cheese.

The prize cheese Of the world
wa. made at Lowville. n. y, for
exhibition at the New York State
fair at Syracuse in September. 1t
weighs twelve tons and required
1856 ,900 pounds Of milk or the milk
for one day from $500 COWS, for
it's manufacture. Among other
material required are four barrels
Of salt and 500 worth Of cheese
bandage,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-08
Collision in Tunnel
Terrible Accident in Suburbs
of Paris-Sixteen Killed


! ed Press y rear end collision OF
Two suburban trains in the hall
! mile tunnel leading TO the Saint
LaZare railroad StctiOn tonight led
TO terrifying scenes and the death
Of many persons bound on their
honleu-ard journey from Paris. The
wrecke ed cars burst into flames and
the disaster was made al the more
terrible by the explosion Of gas
reservoir.
AT a late hour tonight IS bodies
had been recovered. Twenty per
sons are known to have been Sc
riousIy injured and 60 slightly IN
jured. This however. gives 30 idea
of the extent Of the disaster, be-
cause the filemen and others en-
gagged in the work Of rescue have
been unable to get any distance
within the tunnel owing TO the gas
fumes.
The fire spread with great ra-
pidity and for Il time cries OF dis
tress and the means Of the dying
were heard on all sides but these
finally were slienced. through the
cracking of the burning wooden
coaches
The firemen Under Colonel Hivert
were not prepared for the barrage
Of poisonous fumes which assailed
them as they reached the scene.
Finally they succeeded in playing
four streams On the last coaches al
the St. LaZare end Of the tunnel
but these We're empty and not
burning while II coaches in the
center Of the tunnel far away from
the firemen's efforts We're burning
tiercely.
AT no time could they get closer
than 500 feet from the inferno.
Nevertheless, every now and then q
passenger with blackened face
would come struggling out, begging
the helpless firenen, police and
soldiers 10 enter the tunnel and
save those dying within.
The minister Of public works, NJ.
LIE Troeuer, who was early or the
scene helping to direct the rescue
work. described it as % vision Of
he'll" He announced that the dead
would be buried and the injured re-
ceive medical treatment at the ex-
pense Of the state.
A hundred thousand commuters
who every evening departed
| homeward from the ST. Lazare sta
ton surrounded the yards but were
refused admittance. AS @ con-
sequence there was an immense
amount of confusion and many OF
the commuters repaired to the
| barracks, placed at their disposal
/ by the government
An American Red Cross unit was
among. the first in the relief work.
The collision occurred when the
/ 5:52 train for the suburb Marly-le-
! roi crashed into the rear end Of q
train for Versailles, which left four
minutes earlier on the same track
but which stopped inside the tunnel
for some unexplained reason. Cries
:
! at the ends Of the tunnel.
1t is feared that those who We're
trapped in the burning wreckage
may never be identified as they
! would surely be burned to a cinder
! in the intense heat yet unreached
by the tiremen who were directing
streams of water from both ends Of
! the tunnel
Later it was learned that the
fire started by explosions OF small
F, Illuminating gas tanks in the
coaches OF the telescoped train.
The train for Versailles had stop
ped TO repair q broken coupling
. when the collision occurred. Hun
! dreds were enabled to escape by
running through the dark tunnels
along the tracks to the ends OF the
! tube.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-08

Paris, sOct 5.-Seventeen Of
t! ose injured in the tunnel wreck
have died in hospitals, according to
the Havas agency, bringing the to-
tai number. OF dead in the tunnel
wreck to 80. Exploration of the Il
burned cars has not yet been pos
sible and it is feared that they con-
tain additional victims.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-08
Coca Cola Fight Settled.

Atlanta. oct. THE contro-
versy between the Coca Cola COM
pany Of Delaware and the bottlers
of soft drink throughout the coun-
try. involving more than $23.00o.-
coo in property and the annual
sales Of millions OF gallons Of syrup,
has been finally and definitely set
tied. ii was announced here today
by j. j. Paulding. Il member OF
the legal finn which engineered the
compromise.
According TO NJ Paulding the
contract OF settlement has been
mad decree o.; the federal court
thus ending litigasion. The out
standing feature OF the settlement
contract is The fixing OF 4 basic
price TO be paid b. he hott'trs OF
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-08
Refused Charter
to KIan

Charleston, ". Va, Oct G
Houston Young, secretary OF state,
announced that he had informed :.
person making informal appllca-
ton for a charter for the ku kluX
Klan, would not DE granted
charter in this state
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-08
A MIGRATION POLICY.

A report presented before the
Emigration Congress in Geneva in
August is of interest to everyone
who has an intelligent concern IN
this country's immigration problem.
It deals primarily with the prob
lem of the migrants themselves,
but they are go closely allied to
others which arise after the new
comers reach our shores that they
deserve study.
There has always been a wide
and deplorable disparity of eligi-
bility tests as applied at the port of
embarkation and as applied at Ell
lis Island or other United States
ports of entry. Tests of literacy
and physical health and ability diff
lsr fn different countries, and
frequently an immigrant who has
passed some successfully in the old
country is disqualified in others
when he reaches America. Some
dimes emigrants sell or dispose of
all their property, pack their few
belongings and travel eight days to
two weeks before they reach the
ship they hope to sail on. They do
not know definitely until they get
there whether or not they may
sail or even whether or not they
will finally be admitted to the
United States.
a committee which has studied
this phase of migration, has rec
commended that the International
Labor Bureau concern itself with
the problem, framing a construc-
tive policy to remedy these evils.
There should be some effective in
spection at the source Of emigra-
ton, with some sort Of attempt at
economical routing for the travel
ers; international control Of rail
roads and ocean carriers; greater
cooperation between the different
governments concerned in migra-
tory movements, With standardized
records and qualifications. Medical
examinations and literacy tests
should be given before ever a pass
port is granted, and the would-be
immigrants should know before
they start upon their venture exact
~ what the total cost of the journ-
ey will be and what possible de-
tentions are ahead Of them. Simple
humanity demands that transporta-
ton facilities be improved to pro-
mote health and cleanliness.
It is obvious that such precau-
tions would greatly reduce the
number of desortations from this
end Of the migration line. Quite
aside from efficiency, however, is
the humane aspect of a more en-
lightened pc;icy. 1t 3 a coura-
geous act for men and women to
break up home ties and go pioneer
ing forth to strange lands. There
is no reason why official stupidity
and lack of foresight and 1repara-
ton should be allowed to increase
their difficulties with uncertainties
and heartbreaking disappointments.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-08

If in need Of middle blouscs see
our showing =, i9c t. $l.00 and
save Yourself money Also a fun
line ties. emblemS and braidS 10
match AT unrnatchahle prices.
John -. Lennon. l223 :. Main st
Advertisement
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-08
Woman's S Influence
in Japan
Taking Equal Position With
Men, Adopts Improved
Dresses and Eliminates
Smoking

Honolulu, IT. H., Sept. 8 (By
Ma!D-A unique feature of the
gradual rise of women'S influence
in Japan, until their position now
is slowly approXimating that or
American and British women, is
that they are giving up smoking,
iust at the time when great COM
mcnt hes arisen over the increase
of smoking among their sisters IN
America and England. according TO
DIR. r. II. Haden, dean of the theo-
logical department OF kWapsel
Gakuin, q mission college IN ia
pan. who attended sessions here OF
the Pan-Pacilic educational con-
ference as one Of the empires rep
resentatives.
"ror1nerly all classes Of woElen
in Japan smoked in public as we'll
as in then homes" DR.. laden
said. The influence OF the west
has almost stopped this custom al
though it is to the interest OF the
government 20 foster it, as tobacco
is n government monopoly.
Dr. Haden said that 4 new word
for rhon,e-.'katei''- has been COIN
ed in Japan TO express the mean
ing and idea OF home life in wes-
tern civilization as it is being learn
ed by the japanese.
The changing condition Of Japa-
nese women is only begun but it is
proceeding with 4 rapidity and IN
tensity which are very significant
and hopeful" he said ''rha Japa-
nese language had a word express
ing house and household, but they
mad no conception Of home llfe IN
the occidert, where women are on
an equal footing With men. This Is
now expressed by "Katei. with the
new appreciation OF home as a
thing to be shared by husband and
wife and the gradual rise of the
.Iananese women 10 the position OF
their American and British sisters. .
Dr.. uaGen said that the city pop
ulation Of japan Is increasing thlr-
teen times as fast as that OF the
country, due TO the change OF IN
dustry from agriculture 10 manu-
factur.i,i;5. More than 900 900 are
engaged III factory work ana IN eN-
cess OF half Of these are under 70
years OF age he said.
a significant and interesting in
dicatiou OF the change in progress
in japan now is the tact that while
the Japane&e women retain the kl-
mono as their chief attire, they
have discarded the obi-the folded
square of cloth worn on the back
and over t;lcir kinionos many OF the
! c,ol.lcn now wear a full, divided
skirt, which ties around the waist,
With a vice sash and hanging at
/ the side, Dr. Iladen said. Many
OF them also wear shoes instead OF
! their sandals.
"Divorcc laws also have been re-
vised i'm accord with their transit
tons. t'or!nerly q man could send
his wife back TO her parents with
! out excuse or explanation. This act
constituted legal freedom for him.
I Now he can only divorce her for
/ intidelity or by agreement With
/ her. The woman as yet has no re-
course against the iniidelity of her
! h husband not even thoush he bring
IA concllbinc into the home, as tre-
qu.nt!v has been done.
..Gh" example OF Americans,
tacir homes and schools IN Japan.
e,adu3lly@ Eas allcled th" hearts
and feelings OF the Japanese until
they have been induced to eift Ct
IA, Sc changes.
4 red nose is no longer a sign
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-08
Condor CiIascs .airman.

A condor, a huge bird of the An
des. pursued an aviator, flying
from Lima to Cuzco. for more than
500 miles and was about to attack
him when he made a landing at
the latter place.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-08

There are some wives, probably.
who cannot understand how Presi-
dent Harding came to leave their
husbands off his LIST Of experts
on unemployment. - Providence
Tribune.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-08
Money Kings
-. in Session
American Bankers Discuss
Foreign Trade at Los
:. Angeles

Los Angeles, Oct. 6.-Foreign
trad. was the topic Of the discus
siisfssl&ot The third session OF the
4lassi iican Bankers association
,lseei ing here in the forty-seyenri:
ass1leal convention. Sir Drunmond
lsfaae.. OF London international
of;ganizec for the bond scheme for
iErezuational credits adopted by the
lsagn1 OF nation, is a special guest
aassx pound the details Of his plan.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-08
Death List Grows

Paris, Oct. e. = Twenty-three
bodies have been recovered from
the tunnel into the Saint LaZare
station. where two passenger
trains collided. Only seven have
been identified.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-08
Hundreds Dying
of Plague

London. Oct. 6-Hundreds have
died of plague at Jobbulphur. Q
British India manufacturing city OF
ninety thousand population, The
Daily Mail learns.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-08
Stumped the Electrician

Watts the matter? Wire your
insulate?' was the greeting his
wife gave the electrician when he
reached home at 3 y. IN.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-08

y correspondent thinks collect
org must be popular because theY
IRE always asked to come beck
Reading Times-Herald.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-08

The largest Of the United States
arscnals are located 1t Rock Is
land, H.. and Springfield. Mass.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-08

.'Well-dressed men should have
II suits. News item. Some law
yers dress we'll on one.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-08

In 1919, the bureau Of labor
statistics reports, there were 3.374
strikes in the United States.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-08

a red nosc is no longer a sign
oi drink. He inaY have 4 Gil'i who
llseS rou"r.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-08

Today is q good day 10 pay up
Have you tried it?
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-08

Yes employment is IN" best cure
for G:.cmploylne nj just rs going
10 sleep is the best cure :, l,Qr, IA
soInnia-Hoston Globe.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-08

Mrs. Wallace Reid. Sizes return
ing to TIE movies. Used to bc "a.
nous as Dorothy Davenport, hut
shes going 20 use nubby's name
this time. That big saxaphone
gives the picture ''Waliyreid" at
ECspnere-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-08

People. who get INTO everything
usually include debt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-08
he ehmaa and seushren

Publlsaled Wednesday and satur-
day by
osteeaK Publishing Company,
Sumter. S. C.
Terms:
$500 per annnlfs-in advance.
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One SG,:are, first insertion --$1.00
Every subsequent insertion - so
Contracts forgethree months or
longer will be made sat reduced
rates.
AA communications which sub
serve private interests will De
charged fer as advertisements.
Obituaries and tributes OF re-
specs viii be charged for.
The. Sumter Watchman was
founded ifs-lS50 and the True
Southron in 1856 The Watchman
and Southron now has the COM
hined circulation ard Influence OF.
beth Of the old papers. and is man,
ifestiyt the best advertising medium
in Sumter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-08

Tie superintendent Of police in
Chicago says he ia convinced that
SO per cent Of the Chicago police
are involved in illegal sales and
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-06

with Frisch or third aud only one
out He had reached first On a
S!I.EIe TO right. stole second and
took third on Young's sacrifice,
Mays TO Pipp. lie was left there,
as Kelly struck out and Emil Men
sci grounded out. Ward to Ptpp.
The other chance came in the
sixth inning on Friscb's triple al
ter two were out. Young. however,
was not equal to the occasion, go
ing out. Ward to Pipp. The Giants
had men left on second in the frs;
and second innings.
One Of the surprising things
about the game was the fact TIA;
while the Polo Grounds will accom-
mediate nearly 39.0G0 persons. The
official attendance figures shcwe!
but 30,oO3 persons present. The
upper grandStand. to which admits
sion could only be obtained by pur-
chase of tickets at the gates after
they were opened. showed large
stretches Of empty seats at the eN'
tremes OF the stand.
AS for the temper OF the crowd,
It was remarked that some degree
OF tho enthusiasm Witnessed at
most world series contests seemed
lacking.
With an attendance Of 30,203
tho official announcement gave the
gGte receipts as S103,9G5, new
record. OF this the players funds
get S5302215, the two clubs total
Of S35.34S.10. and the national com.
mission 5,594.75 The only other
case OF the gate receipts at a
worlds series gamO running over
100000 was the sixth game of the
Clnclnnati-Chicago series in 1919,
when the receipts were S101,7GS.
Some 400 and odd newspaper
men gathered TO report the series.
said to be the largest number ever
assembled for this purpose. The
great majority came from tho
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-06
MAYS TOO MUCH
FOR THE GIANTS
Pitches Great Ball and
ankeeS Take First
Game

NEW YORK, Oct. 6.-The repre-
sentatives OF the American league
took The opening game OF the world
series yesterday fron the New
York Giants. National league con
tenders. through hitting in The
pincheS and steady fielding behind
the excellent pitching of Carl Mays.
Douglas, who pitched eight in.
nings for the Giants and then gave
way 10 pinch hitter, twirled good
bali, but not good enough 10 win
with Mays holding his fellow play
ers helpless before his slants.
Babe Ruth failed TO hit homo
run. He drew base on balls. si"'
gled one and famed twice and &C
copied four CHARGES in the fie!a
during the afternoon.
Tho spectators were disappointed
that the king OF Swat failed to
knock one out OF the blooming lot,
but he did the hest he could and
may get his first one in a world
series this afternoon.
The Yankees three runs came
in the first, fifth and sixth in
niugs. Miller opened the game
with single to center and TOOK
second on PeckinTaugh'a sacrifice.
Douglas to Kelly. Miller scored
when Ruth hit the first ball pitch
ed to him to centersield Il was 4
hot drive and brought grea, cheer
ing from the big crowd.
The Yankees got men as far as
second base IN the second and
fourth innings. In the fifth Nc
Nallv opened with the only double
OF the game, was advanced TO third
on Schang's sacrifice, Douglas TO
Kelly. and stole home
The third ruin came in the sixth.
Peck!npaugh singled 10 short. a
passed ball by Snyder allowed him
10 gain second After Ruth struck
out trying to put the ball out of
the lot, Bob Meusel hit TO left cen
Ter. scoring Peckinpaugh NIeusel
drew up on third for what looked
like j perfect three Dagger, but
was called out for not touching first
base. After this inning only one
Yankee reached third base
The Giants threatened the home
plate twice. The best chance to
score come in the fourth inning
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-06
OVER 900 WILL
GO FROM HERE
To See Pitt Game Satur-
day; That Many
Tickets Sold

MoRGANTOWN, Oct. 6. = The
city Of Fairmont which has alwdy 5
been one OF the biggest boosters OF
West Virginia University athletics
will run MorgaAtOwu with her unl-
versily student body included. a
close race for the number OF spec.
tators ut the big Pitt.West Virginia
football game at Forbes field on
Saturday.
According 10 an official estimate
OF The number or tickets sold in
West Virginia TO date given out by
Director Stansbury today. and
which covers all tickets disposed or
hy the university athletic depart
ment, there have actually been sold
and paid for S14 tickets in Morgan
Town: sal in Fairmont: 1876 in
ClarksburE: 1870 in Wheeling
(Which OF course does not include
the large sale by the Pitt manage
ment in Wheeling: A In Parke:s-
burg; II IN Moundsville; 80 in Man
nington: %Gj to Pittsburgh Alumni;
and smaller numbers at Salem. Elk.
ms, Huntington. Philippi, Terra
Alta, New Cumberland, Wellsburg
and scores of other towns in West
Virginia which have been supplied
by Ipai order.
According to Director Stansbury
total OF 24O tickets have already
been sold with a possibility of this
figure being doubled before time for
closing the sales tomorrow night.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-06

Not all tho little acorns grow to
he oaks. In 1909 Sam Weems, OF
Macon pitched no-hit game
agains; Mercer university, in which
he retired ~ successive batsmen,
tanning IA. But Weems never lea
the majors and wintered in vaude
vile.