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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11

The bids on the first permanent
highway construction contracts
Will be opened tomorrow by the
Permanent Highway Commission.
The bids viii be on 4 four mile sec
ton of the Mavcsville road. about
four miles on the Sumter-Camdcn
read and about three miles on tn"
Manning road There are Il num-
Der Of representatives OF road con-
struction companies ALREADY IN
town To submit bids on the road
and bridge work.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11
High School
Victorious
Hyatt Park School Loses
Basket Ball Game

The Sumter High school basket
ball team met the basketball team
of the Haytt Park school Of Colum-
bia in the local y. NJ. c. a. gymnas-
ium Friday night and won their
seasons first game by the score
Of 2S to IS.
The game was fast III every sense
of the word and it can easily be
said that although the Hyatt Park
school team had the weight over
the Sumter team, Sumter made up
for and overbalanced this handi
cap by their speed and determina-
ton. The outstanding feature of
the game was the phenomenal
goal throwing of Wright. r., who
was largely responsible for sum-
ters goodly number Of point. a
good bit of credit is due the Sum-
ter Hi" for their victory in this
game in that with the exception Of
Wright, this game gave Sumter's
team members their first taste Of a
regulation game.
Hyatt Park Sumter
Sanmon, Walker, r. Wray, Green
Walker, He - Wright
Kuster, Helms Blanding, Fielder
e
Substitution: Sumter, Chan
dler for Fielder.
Officials: Heidi. Referee. Time,
F. Sholar and Reynolds; Scorer,
Pitts.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11

Chicago. Jan. ten thousand
men are pcnniless and walking the
streets Of Chicago during the daN,
and 900 sleep in tho open at night,
a subcommittee reported To tllr city
employment commission today. The
commission voted u Secl; an appro-
riation of $lS.oG0 10 be nscd IN
operating municipal lodging houses
and 10 ask the city council 10 open
Is m1tnicipal bath houses To the
helpless unemployed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11

Washington. Jan. The, state
department has instructed the
American embassy at Mexico City
TO request Mexico to explain the
seizure by the Saltiilo municipal
ity of the property OF the South,
ern Baptist foreign mission board.
The seizure included the. girls
school.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11

Richmond. Jan. 9.-secreeary
Derby has been requested hy the
State Came Commissioned for an
explanation of why he hunted near
Fredericksburg, Va, without a
STATE license.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11

Washington, Jan. Climber in
t;le United States is being con-
sumed four times faster than it is
grown, Chief Greeigy Of the forest
service, told the house committee
while urging federal legislation to
conserve the forests.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11

washington. jan SENATOR
McCumber, OF North Dakota. has
been selected chairman OF the
senate finance committee, succeed-
ing the late Senator Penrose. SEN
ator Frelinghuysen was selected
to serve as chairman OF the foreign
committee.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11

Toxic. Jan. 9.-Marquis okuma,
the elder statesman, who WAS re-
ported dead. was still alive last
night. His death has been official
~ announced and posthumous hon
or, conferred by she regent.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11
The Dollars and cents in Rain
Drops

Washington. DC, Jan 9-"Rain
might be looked upon as the oil
! which lubricates the worlds eco
| nomic machinery" says a bulletin
issued from the Washington, d. c.,
headquarters OF the National Geo
graphic Society in connection with
recent reports of world wide
drought damage to crops.
With the smallest estimated cot
ton crop since 1893" continues the
bulletin. with spring wheat in
poor condition at home as we'll as
in many of the other wheat coun-
tries Of the world, with other i'm
portant crops below their average,
and with the drought cast as the
william. or at least as an accomplice.
in each case, the difference that a
few showers make in humanity's
scheme Of things is strongly en-
phasied
while everybody realizes in a
general way that the world de-
pends on rainfall and fertility for
food. there are Very few. perhaps.
who even approximately appreciate
how comparatively little the farm
er actually does in the great pro-
cess Of crop-growing. To pillow
to spend millions Of dollars on fer
tilizers, and to reap and gather and
thresh, is no mean task. And yet
compared With the part that nature
plays in the process, mans work
seems q very slight labor, For in
stance, it takes about 90 inches of
rainfall to grow a food croi. under
our general farming methods.
which means about 2,260 tons OF
water to the acre That means e
preposterous figure. but the doubt
er can easily demonstrate its cor
rectness. Suppose the American
farmer had to haul the water his
ground mus; have to give him good
crop, and that distance and freight
rate were the same as the average
railroad haul and rate in the
United States. On that basis, it
would cost him more than $4,000
an acre TO water his place.
'But not only would his water
bin be nearly half a million dollars
on a 100-acre farm. but his fertiiiZ-
er bill. also, would amount to u
neat little sum. 1t is estimated
tnar in the process of normal cvap-
Grafton, soil water presents the
rootlets of its reishborhood with
about fourteen .3ounds of ammonia
4 year to the acre. Also. it gives
them some 81 pounds of potash.
With sulphate Of ammonia cost
ing only > cents pound Gt cost
) ID during the war) and hum
dred pounds Of the sulphate relrir-
ed to contribute II pounds Of am
monia. it will be seen that the pro-
cess OF evaporation gives the root
lets $1.65 worth ammonia to- the
acre.
when the World War cat off
German supplies OF potash and 1t
SCARED to $400 ton, biologists
secured the United States for the
priceless fertilizer with little sue
cess. Yet the process Of evapora-
ton generously hands out more
than half a hundredweisht to the
acre, in war and peave. This auto
matte fertilization is worth an adj
dition $50 an acre to the farm
cr at pHes"rt prices. and would
have cost n;u SO an acre at war
prices.
From this it will he seen that
the So to S25 an acre that 1t costs
the AVERAGE :"rH?cr to grow wheat
is a small figure indeed. compar-
cd to w at he saves by having Ma
,1,re as his water wagon and fer
tilizer source"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11

Washington. Jan. &C. c.
Tinker. president Of the San
Francisco Construction Company,
conferred with Secretarr Weeks
on The offer OF his concern for the
completion and operation Of the
Muscle Shoals. Ala. nitrate and
water power projects on u semi
governmental basis
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11
Not Serious Hurt.

Washington. ism. ?.-AmhaSsa-
dor Harvey c.lhlcd The state depart
mcnt that he WAS only Slightly in
iured. but said he had requested
Ambassador ilcrrick. at Paris, TO
temporarily act rs American OBJ
server NJ the Cannes; conference.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11

Hamilton. Ala, Jan. 9.-Robcrt
j. Lancaster. National Guards
man. is on trial for the third time,
charged with murder in connection
with the lynching of William
Baird. a miner. LAST January.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11

Philadelphia. Jan. 9.-Luther
Boldly, a negro. the alleged slay-
er Of two New York detectives
has been captured. He was heavi-
~ armed, but surrendered without
fight.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11

Indianapolis. Jan. Dan F.
Stecke, OF Iowa. has been appointed
chairman OF the American Lesion's
national legislative committee.
Commander MacNcider announced
today
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11

WaycroSs. Cat. Jan. S.-l,nion
labor leaders have been summoned
10 Wilmington. y G.. for confer
.ncc "Wednesday with officials OF
the Atlantic Coast Line railway
rel:itiyc.to Wa@r reduction. il was
~ ii llerc
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11

Pittsburgh, Jan. 9.-The principal
purchasing agencies have am
nounced twenty-five cents a bar
rel reduction in the price of crude
oil
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11

Dublin, Jan. 9.-The Dali Fire
ann defeated the motion to reelect
De Valera president Of the Irish
republic 60 TO So.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11

VIII Irwin says future vars viii
be fcush1 With germs If we keep
on jl'.ials eff our best men. future
wars will be fought with cripples
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Cannes, Jan. C-The allied SUI
preme council has approved unanF
imously the calling of an interna-
tional economic conference to be
participated in both by Germany
and Russia.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11

San Francisco. Ian Second
trial Of Roscoe trhucIllc has been
set for Wednesday,
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.Dawes Goes for Tramp in
Washington headline. Poor
tramp.
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To break d cold take 66S.-A
vertisement.
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Ireland is free. but Kentucky i:
still fighting.
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666 cures Chi,ls and Fever
-
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Officials: Heidi. Referee. Time,
F. Sholar and Reynolds; Scorer,
Pitts.
, 1922-05-30
SHORT COURSE IN bonds
NO VI

Marine BondstThese are very sim
liar in their form to Railroad Equip
ment covering specific tonnage, which
tonnage is protect-d by Insurance and
such n bond L. Guaranteed oy the
steamship company as to principle
and interest, with = rate OF retirement
of such bonds NJ intervals sufficient
ly rapid to maintain the equipment
represented An example Of this is
international Merchant Marine First
Mortgage SIS OF 1sli.
Public Utility Bonds-By public
utilities. we mean gae, light, traction,
'inter.urtan. telephone. telegraph and
other companies catering to the needs
OF the public, bat not manufacturing
In the strict sense OF the word They
are service bonds. their value being
represented by the size OF the com
munity to which they cater and the
type Of service given Two exceed
.ingly strong public utility companies
are the Western Union Telegraph.
whose 81 bonds arc very highly re-
gmded and the American Telephone
and Telegraph with the various sub
divisions OF the Bell Telephone sys-
tenn. There are too many bonds out
standing either by the mother com
.pany or subsidiary to list them in
here.
Traction Bonds are not as n rule
highly regarded ut the present time
due to the difficulties which they have
been encountering with the advent OF
the automobile and also the consider
able rise In labor costs. A good many
Of the traction companies are IN DIFF
hculty at the present time: among
them the Inter Borough Rapid Transit
and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit com
pany OF New York. It might be well
to mention here another transit sys-
tenn which encountered difficulties In
1919, when 1t was thrown into N
hands of n receiver b- the War FL
nance Corporation unoer short term
loans made by that corporation { o the
Traction company. that is tho United
Railway OF st. Louis. Occidental to
the reorganization. there were issued
four millions worth of Receivers Ger
t~ificates. which certificates take prec-
edence over any outstanding bond un-
less there is special provision exempt
ing some particular issue. As a rule,
consequently. a receivers certificate
may be considered a very desirable
form OF investment. They are not
prevalent. as very few r outstanding
in the country today but nre satisfac-
tory in the majority when they may
be procured. There are. however, n
number OF public utility companies.
combine traction. light and gas.
Many OF these are excellent Us an in
vestment. We may consider North
Ohio Traction Light and Power 6's
1927 and Toledo Traction light and
power 6's OF 1e47 us good Illustrations.
, 1922-05-30
C. H. WITT ONE OF Texas
BUSIEST OIL Men, MEXIA
ACREAGE IS PROMISING

FORT WORTH, Texas. May 80
G. II. witt. trustee for tho Witt Lease
Syndicate, is very enthusiastic over
the Syndicate's forty acres N the
Mexia field Tho offset we'll to the
forty ere has set ten.inch casing at
$50 feet n making at the rate of
$50 feet pcr day. The well at this
time is near two thousand feet. This
well has every indication of making
n Of Mexia's greatest gushers. and
being only 1900 feet from The Syndi-
Gates forty acres, would mean n for
tune for Witt and his associates, II
this well comes in as Is expected.
In IN interview with Mr.. witt. he
states he is negotiating with patries
to drill tho 256o acres in Pecos county,
h Fort Stockton field. Mr.. Witt has
great faith in h Fort Stockton held
being one OF Texas greatest oil 1elcs
in h near future.
, 1922-05-30
FOOLISH WIVES IS
FEATURED At THE HUB

Foolish Wives" the super.pirture
to be shown at the Hub thcater
beginning Thursday. June s, is the
first real milliondollar picture It's
actual cost up to h time of its first
showing was 81 HOB. 736. This stipend
Gus sum "a expended in the con-
struction of gigantic and costly acts
and in the hiring of thousands of
extra actors and actresses to make
up the crowd scenes Erich Won
Stroheinl, the author, director and
principal actor in the picture, prided
himself upon reproducing at Universal
City. Cal. the exact cenes and ac-
~tivities to be found ut Monte Carlo.
, 1922-05-30

pleted installation or the gfant
rotary rig that will be used in drilling
Roeser Pctroleum's first test on 1000
acres on MontaIba Salt Dome
Many residents OF Anderson county
recoiloct the completion of Tho Lucas
well on ~Spindletop Salt Dome, some
twenty years ago. and since that time
they have seen the West Columbia
and the Orange Salt Dome fields give
up their treasure. and they know what
a productive salt dome would mean to
Anderson county in general. and
Palestine In particular.
W. H CBiD Roeser, trustee Of Roe
ser Petroleum, is authority for the
statement that $40 producing acres
over 46, 900 900 barrels of oil: SO with
this as a basis for calculation the Salt
Dome uplift in Andersen county
should. If proven productive. mean
millions to the residents and landowp-
ers of Anderson county.
Roeser Petroleum's No. I test on
fdontaIba Salt Dome VIII start drilling
Monday, and with anything like or
binary luck the test of MontaIha Salt
Dome should not require more than
sixty days
Excellent reports reached Palestine
yesterday from Elkhart. Anderson
county. where n. A. Hermon is drill
ing a test for the j. f winans Pc
troleum company. Several promising
showings of both oil and gas have
encountered in this test, and h
contest for the honors of discovering
tho big pool in Anderson county seems
to narrow down to Roeser and
Winans.
, 1922-05-30

Black Mountain Petroleum COM
pany. financed by Salt Lake interests
has announced plans for q test well
on h Black Mountain dome, near
the head of Lace creek in the Big
Horn basin region of Wyoming. ac-
cording TO Thermopoiis reports. A rig
is being moved to the property and
construction Of a road. 70 make h
field more easily accessible is in pro.
sress.
, 1922-05-30
Livestock Mart


OMAHA, Neb,. May so.-{United
States Bureau Of MarketsI-Hogs. re-
ceipts $500: mostly 10 to 15c higher;
bulk $50 to 230 pound butchers 1890
Q1o.45; top 5000. bulk $40 to 325
pound butchers s1o.OO@1o.So; packing
grades $s.O0@9.75.
Cattle. receipts 5000; beef steers
active 10 to 15c higher; top s.65: She
stock about steady. medium cows duh
other calsses OF stock steady.
Sheep receipts 1000; all classes
strong; best California spring lambs
S1A.60; one load sc pound average
clipped lambs S12.65.
, 1922-05-30
PARADERs BEATEN.

LONDON. May 3o.-By The Associ-
ated Pressl.-Mounted police used
their tuncheons in order to control a
group of unemployed paraders in the
heart of London this afternoon. The
marchcrs attempted to enter Queen
street near the Bank OF England in
order TO cross Southwick bridge.
Among the leaders OF the paraae
who were arrested was n councilman
for the Batterseaborough-
, 1922-05-30
Strike scp- Persist.

THERMoPoLIs. Wye. news re-
pcrts persist IN b declaration that
the Ohio otlNcompany has encountered
oil from the Emhar sand " its deep
test wen in the Grass crock ncld.
northern Wyoming. although some
doubt exists as 20 whether the sand
has actually beer penetrated. Ohio
offices at Casoe- ave stated thlt the
Embar sam has not been cached.
, 1922-05-30
Crude Market
Camp Sherman Gets Hospital.

Camp Sherman Gets Hospital.
CHILLIcoTHE. Ohio. May 90
Camp Sherman has been selectcd as
the site for the 81. soc. 600 hospital of
the veterans bureau for neurotic
cises, according to n telegram re
today by the Scioto Gazette
from Director c. r. Forbes. A site
overlooking this entire camp has
been tanatively selected.
, 1922-05-30

LONDON. May a0.-Bar silver
3eHd per nce Money 2 per cent;
discount rates. short bills . Sic to
3% per cent; three months bills 2%
per cent.
, 1922-05-30
NOTICE.

Tho well known Christensen board
ing house; will start business May 2s;
family table and short orders. moder-
at price. 3l2 West First street
697-qts
, 1922-05-30
MARKET GOSSIP AND FIELD NEWS
MONTANA OPERATIONS REVIEWED

HELENA, Mont, May 3O-The resumption on a large
scale of operations in the Deyils Basin field is said to be
indicated by the return W Roundup of C. B. Foncanon of
Aberdeen. S. D., who represents a group of capitalists in
South Dakota who are heavily interested in Devils Basin
acreage. Three wells in SECTIONS 4. 5 and I5 were started by
, 1922-05-30
COUNTY, TEXAS, READY
FOR OIL BOOM, PREDICTED soon
Assochfo

PALESTINE, Texas, May 3o.-Anderson county is agog.
The placid currents of every day business in the county seat
of Anderson county has been ruffled by the entry of the wild
cater, the lease hound and the oil operator.
Word reached Palestine today from the Roeser Petroleum
camp. nine miles northwest of town, that the crew had com
, 1922-05-30

has announced that 1t will soon be
ready to bugin construction OF \ line
TO carry natural gas to that point
from the Golden Eagle dnre. assur-
ing Thermopolis OF a domestic sup.
ply before the summer is over. Fl
nancinE is practically complete. It is
stated.
, 1922-05-30

The Thermopolis-WyominE Natural
Gas company al Thermopous, NO,
, 1922-05-30

sembIe dr1lIinB DOCK OF cast
of Palestine meets with little success
for the reason that the landowners in
this area are SO certain of production
that they are placing what the wild
GATORS term exhorbitant figures on
their leases; hence development IN this
section will probably be delayed until
tho completion of the Roeser or Win
ans test
, 1922-05-30
Latest News From the Field

Inc IIset e get ooU rect I lO-nch casing May 18th,
and are making at the rate of $50 feet per day. By the time
you read this letter the well will be 1000 feet or
more. And just n very few more days we Will know the value
Of this 40 acres. And il it should be worth a Million Dollars.
it belongs to this Syndicate. For we have the Lease to il, and
the Title is perfect, and sent in to be filed.
As l told you last week / am negotiating with parties 70
Drill the 2,560 acres, on the $3.50 basis. And as soon as this
deal is over / don't think 1 will have but little il any trouble
the Oil that scores Of the Leading Biologists of the Country
predict underies this part of the Field, our interest can easily
be worth Five Million Dollars to this Syndicate. And every
Unitholder would come out with a lot Of Money. Friends, is It
not worth taking n chance on? Think it over quick. compare
it to any other deal being offered
Friends, I am doing and going to do everything that is in
the power Of Mortal Man to make money for this Syndicate.
Do you want in with me?
/ have given you the plain facts in every letter and every
ad that you have read. I have not tried to midead you, or
deceive you to have you join me.
1 have not told you I was the worlds greatest Money Maker
for others. / have not had my wife or some good friend go
before the Notary and make affidavit that / had made them
a lot Of Money. / have not had maps drawn up pulling several
Oil Fields together that are more than 100 miles apart, and
showing my acreage jam up against them, in order to influ-
ence you to join me: If I had been using all this propaganda
stuff on you ! would have done as many others have done. I
would have capitalized for $3.50, 10000 or more. Instead I
have made the capital just as low as / possibly could to put this
deal over. Compare a $50 bill here to one in a $500, 100000
company. Our 40 acres alone today would be considered a very
low capitalization at $4,000.
Friends. many of you have been chasing rainbows in past
history, and lost your money. Do you want to make it back?
hundreds of dollars in the next few days. Could you ask more
for your Money?
Time is limited. This may be your last chance to join this
wonderful opportunity, where a few Dollars an make you, indie
pendent What are you going to dot
guarantee you an honest and clean deal, and that is all
any honest man can offe- you. If your Check reaches me be-
fore either of these wells prove up this 40 acres 1 will accept
it. and mail you your Certificate. Otherwise, our Money will
be returned to you.
Send all remittances to Witt Lease Syndicate.
Any number of References furnished on request.
, 1922-05-30
Everyone Believes
Witt Will Win

/ have always believed I would win. And I am
more convinced than ever before that I'll win.
With the Denny Mexia, Humphrey Jones, both
showing for wells on the southwest side of our hold
ings, and the Mexia Sims, on the east side, which has
had four good showings of oil at 900 to 2,4O0 feet.
Now comes the Favors well. just north of our 40
acres. and just on the very edge of the structure, and
showing for a big well. The manager of this well
claims he will make a 2,000-barrel well when COM
pleted. And they are just on the edge of the struc-
ture.
II they make a well what win happen when the offset well
to our 40 acres hits the Sand and them on top, and the widest
part of this Structure. In this case the offset wen should make
5000 to 10000 Bbls. per day. And then the 40 acres viii
easily be worth 500, 900. 90 to this Syndicate, more than 10
times the entire Capital, and leave us the $500 acres in Peco.
County. And in this case as I have always told you, 1 am
going to sell this 40 acres and divide the proceeds eo% TO the
Unhholders and I take the other 1O%.
, 1922-05-30
40 Acres in Mexia Field-2,56(
Fort Stockton Oil Fielt

I have always believed from the very day I bought this a
acres and added TO the 1880 acres. in Pecos County, that
was a winner. And III never change my opinion, until / know
different.
My Friend drilling this offset well 10 our 20 acres has beer
Drilling Oil Wells for the past 80 years. And he will spen,
around $4,000 on this well You know he has faith in gettinl
a gusher well or he would never spend that good money ths
close times.