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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-23

The candidates for the legisla-
ture should have definite plan
in mind for obtaining the enac:-
ment of law for the protection
and upkeep of the good roads that
are now being built in this coun
" at cost Of approximately three
million dollars. If log carts and
big overweight trucks are permitted
to be used on the roads quick de-
struction will result and the money
spent will be total loss. Nisnin
a few years the roads Will b. in
worse condition than ever and all
that Sumter county will have to
show for the great expenditure Will
be the big bond issue.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-23
REMOVING ALCOHOL PhaNr.
DuPonts Find Process Used .
Georgetown Improbable.
(Georgetown -Tinles).

The E. B. Leaf company of Phil
adelphia, which purchased the al
cohol plant of e. I. Dupont COM
pany, located at the A. c. L. COR
poration, has a crew Of men here
dismantling the plant. John Boyt,
who managed the plant for the
Dupont company. was relieved as
manager July 81. when it was sold.
The main cause for the removal of
the alcohol plant was the lack Of
demand for alcohol at the present
time, which causes the market to
be way below the cost of produc-
ton, also the market is flooded
with molasses from which alcohol
can be produced at less expense
than from saw dust, the raw pro-
duet from Nkich this plant made
alcohol.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-23
NOTES OF CITY
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Schools VIII Reopen on Fifth
of September. Tuition Fees
For Non Residents

The public schools of the city
viii reopen on the fifth of Sep
tember. Last year they reopened
On the sixth.
-: A meeting of all the teachers OF
the city schools will be held on
Monday the fourth of September
This IS a very important meeting
because arrangements are definite
made on that day SO that work
may proceed from the very first
without any confusion. The list OF
books VIII be issued before the
opening Of school: all schedules
will be arranged, and just as was
the case last year the schools will
he down at work on the second
day of, the opening of school. The
parents viii bear this in mind and
wiz see to it that their children are
present on the opening day. Those
who come in late are always en-
barrassed by the delay.
Pupils who have never been to
schoei before Will report at the Of
hce of the superintendent on We'd
nesday. Thursday, Friday, and Sat
urday before the opening OF school.
Those pupils who have any ex-
amfnations to stand for any reason
will report at II O'Clock on Mon
day the fourth Of September at the
sGsrls' High school building.
All pupils below the high school
who do not live in the city VIE
pay q tuition fee Of So a month
FOR ten months OF school. The fee
for the first month Of school must
be paid on the opening day of
school. The Board Of Education
has directed the superintendent TO
enforce the rule rigidly. All pa
irons Of the school who have prop
erty in the city viii be given credit
for; the educational tax that they
pay in the city. This amount is
sseducfad from the total amount of
tuition that they are expected to
pay during the year. The tuition
tees zof students who attend High
school from the county are paid oy
the state of South Carolina: the
Sumter High school being regular
State High school.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-23
R:embert, Aug. Is.


The schools. of Sumter county,
which will open for the fall term
within few weeks. face a most Sc
rious financial situation. Owing to
the non-payment Of taxes in 1920
and 1921 the school funds have
been at such low ebb in major
ity. Of districts that approximate
ly $35, ,000 was borrowed from the
banks to keep the schools open this
spring. This money must be re-
paid and until the outstanding loans
are paid no more can be negotiat-
ed. School trustees will be forced
to adopt policy of rigid economy,
reduction Of expenses by shorten
ing the terms and cutting salaries
being unavoida BILE.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-23
Sumter. Aug.
Sumter and Cotton Mills.

Editor Daily Item:
In a recent issue Of your excel
lent paper appeared articles in
reference to establishing cotton
mill in your live, wide-awake,
thriving. enterprising city. Just
why it has not been done hereto
/; fore one fails to understand, be-
cause there are plenty of towns in
the state, some even near US, that
have one, two and three plants Well
capitalized, and successful. and the
wonder Of the whole country has
been that such a place as Sun.er
with ample capital of brawn, mon
ey, brain, had none. On every
hand, everywhere the question has
been persisteEtly propounded:
What's the matter with Sumter
What indeed but that her cirizenry
had, in their headlong1 rush after
other. sometimes poor, investments,
never stopped to consider serious
" such a matter. l suspect We
would even now be in the sane old
rut were it not that our northern
neighbors, seeing we were asleep to
our best interests, blind to the
many advantages we are heir to by
reason of location, climate, ETC., is
creeping around and in many cases
becomes permanent tenant before
we are aware of his presece.x
His argument, that if with high
cost of living. labor. transportation
of material he succeeds in the dis
tant, inhospitable north, down here,
with everything in his favor, he
has bonanza, and it is true.
But aside from the dividends
arising from such investments is
the consideration Of the easing it
affords in all lines of other trade.
becauce Of the market at home Of
our country products, the in
crease of trade in all manner Of
merchandise. etc.
1t is surely an opportune move
ment that should, doubtless will,
have the encouragement. support
of the rank and file Of the staunch
yeomanry Of our, in all other re-
spects. thoroughly progressive
county.
Have just returned from the
Piedmont where mills abound, and
found the country people in fine
spirits because of the constant in
fiux Of money from the sale of any
and all ,aanner of truck. Yes, the
boil weevil is there in force. but
they are in good heart because the
condition OF things does not make
them dependent on cotton. Long
many o: us have deplored the alb
sence of cotton mills in and
around Sumter. Here's hoping Il
brighter day is just ahead of US.
"Hagood."
Doo, boc+ t,,n
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-23
Welfare Workers
! Give Up Places
H. C. Brearley and Miss
Louise Bishop Resign at
Board Meeting

Columbia. Aug. IS. - II. G.
! Brearley and Miss Louise E. Bish-
op. assistant secretary and field
agent. respectively, Of the state
board of public welfare, resigned
their positions at a meeting OF the
board of that organization held
Yesterday morning in the Office of
! the governor These designations
become effective September Is and
were accepted by the board with
regret and also with appreciative
remarks concerning the services OF
Mr.. Brearley and Miss Bishop.
/! Ellison Capers, Jr.. county agent
for the board, was elected by the
board to succeed Mr.. Brearley. but
| the election of a psychologist to
take Miss Bishops place was de-
ferred.
Mr.. Brearley resigns his position
ito go into school work again. He
has accepted a position in the
! English department of the high
school in Durham, n. c.. and will
also study psychology at the uni
versity of North Carolina He has
been connected with the state
board of public welfare for the
last two and a half years, having
gone there from the Columbia high
school where he was an instructor
! in. the department of English. He
is an a. 3. and N. a. graduate
of the University of South Carolina
and an ex-service man. He has
done distinctive work in formulat-
ing methods Of inspection and in
carrying these methods into effect.
Miss Bishop came to the board
four years ago. She is gradu-
ate OF Vassar and took special work
at Columbia university. She has
also done psychological work at
several large northern institutions.
While her official title with the
state board of public welfare is
that of field agent she has done
/ the psychological testing of the
cases handled by the welfare board.
She has made many friends in Co
lumbia and throughout the state
who will regret that she has re-
signed her position to return to her
home in New Haven. Conn.
John II. Martin superintendent
of the state industrial school for
bows. was present at this board
meeting and reported the condition
Of his institution S. a. Lindsay,
superintendent of the state re-
formatory for negro boys, and Dr..
B. o. Whitten. superintendent OF
the state school for feeble-minded,
were also present and made re-
ports OF their institutions. All of
these superintendents reported
their schools as being in flourish
ing condition.
A number of persons were pa
rolled from the industrial schools
Iand reformatory with the provision
that the Office of the state board OF
public welfare after making q
study OF the home conditions of the
persons paroled, made favorable
recommendation
The following members Of the
board were present at the meeting
yesterday: Governor Harvey, DR..
&c. C. Geer Of Greenville. 3. IT.
Boyd of Clinton. Walter B. Wilbur
of Charleston. Robert Moorman Of
Columbia. DR.. l.. Rosa Fl. Can't Of
Sparta anburg. Secretary G. Croft
Williams, and Assistant Secretary
II. c. Brearley.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-23
RAIL STRIKE
CAUSING
BLOODSHED
Railroad Workers Beaten;
Heavy Shooting at Way.
cross

Augusta Ga, Aug. ls.-Frank
Hall oe vidalia. Ga, II. B. cawley
of Harlem. Ca. and j. T. Clase, en-
ployed at the Georgia Railroad
shops here were tonight attacked
on Broad street by a crowd Of men
and severely beaten. Hall received
wounds about the head. The in
jured men were carried to the Uni
versity Hospital. The wounded
men were unable to Identify any
Oh their assailants.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-23
CHARIE ESTON
BANK FAILURE
Citizens Bank Closes Doors;
and Bank Of Charlesf0n
Buys Building

Charleston, Aug. Fellow-.
ing closely on the anHouncemen5
of the Citizens bank directors
that the doors of this institution
would not be opened for business
today, this decision having been
reached because Of heavy with
drawals of deposits, and that the
affairs of the bank had been turn
ed oyer-to the state hank examin-
er. came a statement that the
banks building on King street.,
with its vault and fixtures, had been
sold to the Bank of Charleston. tt.
is understood that about $50, e60s
will be paid for the property,
which is considerably more than
the book value. While no state
ment from the Bank Of GharIex-s
ton could be obtained today as to.
what would be done with the prop
erty. when it vac finally acquired =
it is probable that branch oHcsg
viii be opened at the King street
location blythe purchaser This adS
vantageeus sale. Of its property Wlls
enable the Citizens bank to realne
promptly. on aiuable asset TO thEs
greater benefit of depositors and
Others interested. The Citazens
bank has been a King street inst
tuition for several years and ha8
been very active Its direetofs are
confident that its other assets viii be-
disposed of at good fignres. makings
possible the quick liquidation desir
ed
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-23
Cut and Bruised.

Raleigh. n. c., Aug. 1s-Cut
and bruised about the face and
head c. A. Burnett. Seaboard guard,
reported to the police tonight that
he and a companion by the name
of Crawford, who is timekeeper for
the Seaboard guards, We're assault
ed by eight men with black Jacks
and iron pipes tonight as they left
the Seaboard Office building.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-23
IKRASSNOFF
TO REARDON
|! Further Comment ON the Bond
Issue
Editor Daily Item:

Editor DAILY Item.
/ was in hopes that some one
would take my part in answering or
adding q few words, on the $780,
600 bond issue. for additional paw
ing in Sumter, which Mr.. E. I.
Reardon so strongly favors in his
communication of the 18th. T
would not mention his name, had
he not transgressed the convention
al usage of not mentioning names
in connection with personal atti-
tudes on public problems.
Not wishing to disappoint Mr..
Reardon to hear from me on this
subject I have a good mind to op-
pose any Improvement in our city
or county highways for several
reasons. First, because he is in
favor OF it by eXhausting Webster
hat and heel, leaving no material
for my arguments. Then too, OBJ
ject to paying out twentieth Of
mills. I do not know how much
it amounts to in money, but if it
compares to Second Mill or the
-four mill / would hate to be de-
prived of either one of them, nor
Of any meals OF the day that I en-
joy so much. with apologies to
the secretary of the Chamber OF
Commerce).
Another reason against i'm
proyements, is that it will deprive
some of our automobile dealers OF
their business. as this will elm
mate a great deal of wear and tear
Of our vehicles, and diminish their
business, so that it will be an un-
just taxation without renumera-
ton and against the spirit and in
tent of our constitution. The elm
ination OF dirt and dust Will de-
prive our pleasures of having our
cars washed and polished as often
as we would like. and the washing
stations Will be the sufferers.
We are also q God-fearing peo-
pie, and you know that the earth
was not created hardsurfaced, SO
why should We interfere and de-
face the earth by artificial means
blasphemous proceeding.
I could have enumerated many
other reasons against the issue OF
additional bonds for improvement,
but I do not feel like furnishing
Mr.. Reardon with new material for
using up the columns Of the Sumter
Item with free advertisement and
the waste of paper and ink that be-
longs to the Sumter County Cham
Der of Commerce, in order that he
may get another chance for a free
dinner at Pinewood, Dalzell or
Sunmerton. No wonder he is so
enthusiastic about these booster
trips. 1 remember one time OF
paying for him for a kosher din
ner, and since then he approached
me twice to lend him 25c, and I
had to plead poverty, because I
knew that the surplus funds Of the
Chamber of Commerce were not
sufficient to guarantee the amount.
AIorfa. when you touch q hor-
nets nest, you should expect to
be stung. BY the time the ballot
boxes open to cast my vote, I am
liable to change my mind. This
depends upon the issues involved,
compatible with the needs Of our
community.
Respectfully,
S. L. Krasnoff.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-23

The condition of the main public
roads leading into the city is worse
than in many years, and this state
of affairs is not due entirely to the
work that is being done by the
hard surface contractors. It is
true that the Mayesville road. the
Bishopville road. the Stateburg-
Camden road, and the Second Mill
Pinewood road are in bad condi-
ton from travel in consequence of
the construction work that is un-
derwaS: but the Shiloh road and
Oswego road are in equally bad, II
not worse, condition in some places.
The continued heavy rains. during
the past seve.ral weeks. have dam
aged all roads and util the daily
rains cease 1t will he impossible to
make repairs. The bad conditions
Of all the roalS. in conjunction
with the blocking o: some Of the
main thoroushfares whilee the
paving is being done. is serious
" tIIe pVopie w titS
surrounding county who accus-
toned to doing their trading here,
and the merchants are also feeling
it adversely. Every effort should
be made to complete the paving as
quickly as possible. and TO hate
the other roads repaired The bad
roads are interfering With the to-
bacco market and cotton will be
moving within the next two weeks.
The business OF Sumter is depend
ent upon the marketing OF cotton,
tobacco and other farm produce
and its avenues of transportation
should not be blocked any longer
than is absolutely unavoidable.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-23
Death.

Mr. W. A Weldon, aged IS.
passed away at his home near
Providence at p. M. Wednesday.
Mr.. Weldon vas Confederate
veteran. and has been a resident
of Sumter county all Of his life.
The funeral was held at Providence
church Thursday afternoon at
o'clock. He is survived by his
wife. two sons. and four daugh-
ters.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-23
Up In The Blue Ridge.

Some years ago a man, just re-
turned from the Blue Ridge, re-
marked, 'I have just returned from
the Blue Ridge where people never
die. They live to extreme old age,
dry up, are then sacked and LABEL
ed, then hung upon the wall for
future reference. Wishing to learn
the history within their life time
you simply take a bag labeled to in
clude, that time, drop 1t into n
large kettle of tepid water and
when it has swollen to life-like
proportions, time you ask its oc-
cupant for the information, and
this done the bag is again hung
upon the wall"
We do not vouch for the truth
fulness of the above, but we learned
on good authority Of very ancient
people, one a hundred and seven
years old, a number OF others more
than ninety, among them an old
lady who walks all over the coun-
try
Think of only five physicians. in
Avery county. Not Doctors
paradise. eh?
This heard up there; "A
stranger in the country beheld
with astonishment an ancient Of
DAYS eighty-two years old, weep
ing bitterly, touched by the sight,
drew near to learn the cause. II
threw stone at my grandfather
and my father whipped me for it
A place of stalwart manhood.
I'VE made the acquaintance of a
Mr.. Bone. of descent from Daniel
Boone, six feet three. weight one
eighty-fve, the runt Of a family OF
| five boys.
| Robt Wiseman, ST., ninety-two
years old eve passed near to his
home returning from Buck HID,
fifty years ago held !. a two years
old bear by a hind leg, walking
around a tree with him. Jill another
brought rife, a fourth of a
mile and killed it.
In my last spoke Of the splendid
tables they set, and can not begin
! to enumerate the toothsome eat
ables, delicacies. all produced on
the ground if we except the sugar
tand coffee.
/ They live, and seven days in the
week. Upon inquiry we were told:
eve do not have much money. but
"a plenty to meet our needs" It
comes out Of wood, lumber, hay,
corn, honey. poultry, hogs, cows
and sheep. etc. Can't We do these
things? I really think so, but
must buckle down ourselves.
But lot of rough necks."
There you miss it again. The COM
muf4ty of which we have written,
thoroughly rural, would compare
favora bly, with most others in re-
/! finement, culture, education, etc.
They are progressive in many ways.
Theirs is the old time hospitality,
every one keeping open house.
Strange to.say the rainfall with
them this year is little above nor
NAL save in the earlier months of
the year. Their crops of corn are
splendid, their small grain ordinary
and so their fruit.
Much attention. is paid to educa-
ton. They have splendid, we'll
equipped academies under capable
management, good churches, etc.
surpassed.
.Hagood."
Rembert, Aug. Is.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-23
Girl Shot.

Waycross, Ga, Aug. I'm an
exchange of more than so shots
between guards at the Atlantic
Coast Line shops here and three
groups Of unknown men, Miss Edna
Schofield. Is. daughter of a strik-
ing shopman, was shot and serious
ly injured. The young lady was
returning home from the city and
passed the shops at the time the.
shooting was in progress, she told
the police today.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-23

There is an abundance of land
in Sumter coanty suitable for
dairying and livestock raising, and
much of the acreage is for sale
or. rent. If Mr.. McKeand mas a
proposition that is on a business
basis he viii find no difficulty in
pntting it over in Sumter county.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-23

An automobile was seen On the
streets of Sumter this week that
displayed license tax tag for the
year 1921. That was perhaps, bet
ter than no tag at all. although
some motor vehicles are still run
ming around taglsss and get by
with it.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-23

Every time we think of the coal
strike we put more moth balls in
our winter underwear.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-23

American tourists spent 5,oo0.-
600 in Canda last year. How many
quarts is that?
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-23

a man sizes things up while a
crouch sizes things down.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-23

Every woman's ambition is to
look as well as she thinks she looks.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-23

These hot days always come at
the wrong time Of the year.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-23
Warrants Issued.

Macon. Aug. 1s-Eight warrants
were issued here today charging
railroad strikers with assault and
battery and interfering with labor
in connection with ans alleged at
tack upon a negro employe OF the.
Southern Railway early this week.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-23

TIL average man never reaches
his goal until he reaches his gold.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-23

An optimist is a man who thinks
the world is as it is.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-23

Wives of great men often remind
them.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-23

We shall all get cnange Of cli-
mate soon. ---a..-.-.4EdE 4EdE
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-23

a rolling stone is often broke.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-23

Don't give advice unless you use
the same brand.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-23

Too many chaperones are out of
work.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-23

A road. hog can't decide which
half of the road he wants to use.
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Rembert. Aug. Il.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-01-27
MINSTREL SHOW
 FEBRUARY 4TH

The local minstrel troupe are hard at work rehearsing for the show will be given, Saturday evening, Feb. 4.
 All new songs and jokes, entirely new acts in the olio and the Oatman Quartette are features of the new show.
 Judging from the enthusiasm with which members of the troupe are working this show will far surpass the first show given. A new depart ure will be the opening of the show at 7:30 in order that the carnival dance which follows will be given more time. The dance will start at 9:3O and close at one, and five-piece orchestra will furnish the music.
 This time reserved seats will be sold all next week at the Kingman Drug store and the other prices are 50 and 75 cents. The show will be
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-01-27

Louis County, State of Minnesota, on the End day of January 1917 and re- questing that they be appointed execu- tors in ancillary proceedings for the probate of said will in Mohave Coun- ty, State of Arizona, which petition was filed in this court this 25th day of January 1922. Now therefore notice IS hereby given that the same will be heard on Monday the 2Oth day of February A. D. 1922, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said day, at the court room of said Court, in Kingman, Coun- ty of Mohave, State of Arizona and all persons interested in said estate are notified then and there to appear and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of said petitioners should not be granted.
 Dated January 25th, 1922.
 (Seal) J. T. MORGAN,
 Clerk.
 By J. H. SMITH,
 Deputy Clerk. First issue Jan. 27.
 Last issue Feb. 10.