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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-05
SALVATION
ARMY PLANS
Ali Committees to Meet We'd
esday Afternoon For Final
Instructions Before Drive
Begins Monday Morning,
April 10th

With the Salvation Army appeal
but week off and interest in the
drive growing steadily over the
county, the General Chairman Mr..
John B. Duffie,. is greatly encour-
aged with the outlook and is con-
fident that Sumter county will
easily so .fover the top. There.
is fine spirit Of cooperation
among ali the various workers and
among citizens generally and with
hearty cooperation its unqualified
success is assured.
Mr.. Duffie. is calling meeting
Of all committees, and individual
workers, for Wednesday afternoon
at four O'Clock at hsi Office 130
North Main street, for the pur-
pose of getting information as to
the method of canvassing, and the
districts to be. canvassed.
I The following figures show re-
lief activities OF the Salvation
Army in the Southern Division last
year; which comprises the states
of South Carolina, North Carolina,
Georgia and Florida.
Persons given Christmas dinners
10,94s; Number of children given
] toys 1924; Number Of persons giv-
en- other meals 9,67S;. Number Civ
en- transportation 519; Number OF
garments given g9.os6; Number of
pairs of shoes given 1,165; Number
of persons given garments and
shoes 3.116; Number Of persons
given lodgings 3,2S2; Number of
applications. for employment AS;
Number supplied with jobs 25S;;
Number sent to Greenville Materni-
ty Home IS; Number interviewed
and advised 2.421; Number given
medical aid 2S6;; Mothers given
summer outings aGS; Children Civ
Ell summer outings 1908: Number
families relieved by any means
2.o51: Total number of persons Civ
en- relief 1899.
Religious Work
! Number converted 2.4S6: Out
door Meetings S,3sS; attendance,
+! !I.f54,4I5; indoor meetings held,
| 9.253: attendance. 247.76S. -
In addition to relief stations in
every corps point. the Salvation
Army maintains three Industrial
homes for men, located in Atlanta,
savannah and Jacksonville; room
ing houses for women and girls,
located in Jacksonville and Saran-
nah; the Greenville Maternity Hos
pital; the Salvatin o4arrny Bruner
Home for Children in Greenville,
and the hotel in Charleston for
men in naval and military service:
hotels for men in Jacksonville and
Savannah.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-05
]: road Ciosed Detour.

It viii be the effort Of this de-
-partnent to keep the public posted
as nearly as possible as to what
roads about the county are closed
on account os construction work
being done. The detours viii also
be pointed out as nearly adequate
as possible.
Mayesviile Road Grade work
being done ON this road Bridges
down in Rocky Bluff swamp. Road
closed to through traffic to Mayes-
dAe, F4orence and other points.
Take read TO Dswego. Mayesviiie
road Is yet open, however, to local
traffic. which means to persons liv-
ing along this read.
* Manning Road Curbing and
gutter work being done on road
Just outside Of city. Detour 20 left
at end oa pavement just az city
I11ifs Go through Shannontowll,
gatfingsback into Main road not far
from the Northwestern railroad
crossing. !,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-05
Negro Gives Officer Long Chase

Lewis Canes negro, was Satur-
day morning arrested by Officer j.
D. Chandler. but not until he had
occasioned the officer much trouble
in running him down. The negro
had been previously arrested on
gambling charges. The charges
that he will now have to answer
for in addition Will be vaSrancy and
the resisting OF arrest. The negro
was found in an automobile rc-
pair shop on the corner of lamp
ton avenue and Sumter street ana
it was at this point that the chase
began. Officer Chandler kept lne
ne;ro we'll in sight, following hi1a
on foot, and after a short lift in IN
automobile driven by Mr.. Zen
Gordon. finally captured the negro
near the Northwestern Ra:ltcttd
tracks beyond Salem Ave.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-05
LIVESTOCK
MEN TO MEET
AT CLEMSON
Annual Gathering of South
Carolina Livestock AssOcia-
tion April 6 and Z

Clemson College, March "a
The South Carolina Livestock Asso-
citation will hold, its annual meet
ings at Clemson College on Thurs
day and Friday. April and {, ac-
cording to announcement Of w. j..
Sheely. Extension Animal Hus-
bandman. who is secretary-treasur-
er of the association. The detailed
program has not yet been announc-
ed. but il will cover various phases
Of livestock work in South Caro-
lima under present conditions.
There will be discussions concern
ing the profitable feeding and mar
kcting of beef cattle and of hogs,
as wGll as such special subjects as
the problem of soft pork and other
feeding questions. Several noted
livestock specialists will be on the
program for addresses.
One of the special features of the
meeting will be a study and discus
sion of the results Of the winter
feeding experiments with beef cat
tie which have been conducted at
Clemson College during the Win
ter. Methods and rations used in
this experiment will be discussed
and buyers from eastern stockyards
will place values upon the finished
steers. thus furnishing a practical
demonstration Of grading cattle for
market.
Clemson College is glad to en-
tertain the livestock men at the
annual meeting this year. and i.
is hoped that a specially large num-
ber will take advantage of the op-
portunity to pay the states agri-
cultural college a visit. Beside:
the work which fhe college i.
doing in animal husbandry. dairy.
ing, and other lines Of agriculture
there are various things of inter.
est here which the members, many
of whom have never been to Glen.
son. would find instructive.
Secretary Sheely announces that
the program will be ready within
few days.
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TRUCK GROW sRS' Frs
ASSO OCIATION
,pineWood and Lyslcnburg to
Affiliate With Sumter
Association

aIessrs. r. S. DesCha,nps and \
e.. Broughton Of the Plnewood
Truck Growers Association. and
Messrs T. G: Griffin, o. F. Hogan
& D.Clarls, ". D. Mcintosh. Of the
LyncnbuTg Truck Association, con.
1arred at Sumter Chamber Of Com.
1nerce yesterday With Messrs. R
Bsadham, J. f Glasscock and
j Reardon, a comri.tee OF ths
Sumter Truck Growers Association
regarding the affiifation Of Pine:
wood and Lynch hbnrs associations
With the Sumter association, an6
the cooperation OF these associa.
TONS to- sell al truck under the
selling agencies Of the American
Fruit Growers, Inc.
ssr. DesGhamps and NJ. Brough.
ton reporad ethat the PineWood
Assoesation would affiliate with
Sumter. Tie Lynchbtrg represen:
tatives said they would make IA
-vorabae report to their members te
joiin with Sumter. 80
N =. H. k.Sp11Qlidii1s pi CSlSO0S VI
the sumter Truck Growers Asso-
Cation is In Charleston today at:
tending aSneeting called by Mr.. T
) b. Young, of Florence, Distric,
gsounty Agent, representing Clena-
son College regarding the forma-
stlon ofsa State Truck Growers As
sociatzon. When he returns a joint
meeting of the Pinewood, Sumter
and Lrnehburg associations vii
be held to hear mr. Bradham's re-
port and Recommendations as tc
joining the proposed Clemson Col
Iege extension division association.
The secretary OF the Sumter as
socsfation was directed to invite the
gEeeleyTiIle Truck Growers Asso-
cia3ion to affiliate with the Sumte,
association. 1t looks as though
truck greWine is going to be- ., bic
feature OF ae ricu1tural endeavor in
Sumter. Clarend on. Williamsburg
and other Eastern Carolina and Pee
Dee counties. Sumter hopes to be
the central headquarters in gener-
al cooperation and has invited the
truckers OF Eastern Carolina to ge,
pn the Sumter jituey OF progress
step on the gas and say lets go,
& TO beat the boil weegI fol.it.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-05
Meeting of B-sharp Music Club.
pearance

The B-Sharp Music club held its
usual monthly meeting on Thurs
day afternoon, March goth. at the
studio of Miss Louise Siddall. The
following program was rendered.:
Vocal SOLO by Miss Esther Os-
teen.
Piano solos by Misses Nell Ard,
Mary Daniel, harriet Hirsch.
Frances Kraker, Mary Beck. Iris
Courtney, Virginia DuRant, Susie
Gregg, Nell Commander and Odes-
sa Hunter.
Duets by Misses Sarah Baiv'in
and Frances Bradford. Lizzie EroS-
don and Rita Heriot, Mary Walker
and Pauline Lee.
Trio, Misses Bertha Lee Beck,
Roberta johnson and Mary Boyle.
During The afternoon punch and
sweet cakes were scrve'l by Ms
Siddall
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-05

Col. John J. Darsan has not
abandoned his agitation for the ref
! ornation of court practice by the
Enactment OF law providing for
a states attorney for the defense.
The reform may be a long time
scoming - probably win as the
lawyers who make a business of
criminal practices will fgh: it and
a great many iaymen who fear that
they may sonaeday play the role
of prisoner at the bar" viii, not
favor the elimination of the. per-
sonal attorney for the defense If
absolute, evenhanded justice was
the sole end sought in the crimi-
nal eourts-the prompt acquittal OF
innocent and the speedy and ade-
auate punishment of the guilty
Col. Dargan's proposition would be
received with greater favor. II
there were no systers and mer-
cenaries in the legal profession to
Sell their time and talents to the
guilty and aid them to escape the
penalties they richly merit, there
would be no reason for the sug-
aested reform.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-05
Officer Lawrence Expresses Thanks
To Public

Officer J. NJ Lawrence. who was
recently shot while in The discharge
Of his duty. is now again out and
is getting along rs Sp!cndidly as
possible. He hcgs that his eNpres-
sion of thanks TO the entire public
be made Tor the countless courte-
sizes shown and the numerous al
tentionS paid him on All hands by
everyone during the period that he
was confined 20 The hospital and tc
his home.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-05

The case of Sue Ella Browder
w. the Northwestern Railroad
Company of South Carolina was
completed during the court ses-
sion of Friday a verdict of $3.50
was found for the plaintiff. This
was a suit for personal damage.
The jurors dawn for the first
week were excused Friday after
noon for this term. Judge S. W.
c.. Shipp was engaged Friday after
noon and during Saturday with
equity matters and with the hear
ing OF various motions.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-05

There arc still a few scattered
numbers of last years license plates
TO be seen on motor vehicles III
Sumter. 4 final warning has been
sent out and the owners Of the au-
tomobileS bearing these plates are
apparently left without an excuse
for pit having the required new Ii
cenSe tag.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-05
Confederate Veterans Name Dele
gates.

\ meeting of the Sumter camp Of
the United Confederate Veterans
was held Saturday morning for the
purpose OF nominating delegates
who are to attend the thirty-sec-
ond reunion Of the United Con-
federatc Veterans which is to be
held in Richmond. Va. June 10th
to 22nd The following veterans
were nominated: NeSSrs W. O..
Cain. T. f. Richardson G. w. MAJ
honey and sumter Watts.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-05
Police Officer johnson Resigns

w. H. Johnson. who has been u
member Of the city police depart
ncnt for number Of years. has
handed in his resignation TO City
Manager S. Quinn. whicn rc:iSna-
ton is 10 take effect AZ once.
j. T. Watts. formerly of the fo-
lice department is at present act
ing Us a substitute officer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-05

one statement made by MI
Ncils Christensen in his address to
,he livestock meeting Saturday
should be taken 10 heart by every
farmer. He said that the truck
growers of the Beaufort district nad
learned from experience that i've
stock are essential To successful ana
profitable truck srowin&-nothins
takes the place Of COW manure
compost for fertilizinS truck.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-05
News of The Court OF Common
Pleas.

a verdict in favor Of the de-
fendant was returned Thursday Of
tarnoon in the case Of Walter J..
Jennings VS.. Walker D. Hines, di-
rector general Of the a. c. L. rail-
road
The next case entered into and
taken up for trial was 1T of Sue
Ella Browder, ct al; VS.. The North
western Railroad Company OF S. c..
-Epps and Levy; Tatum and
Wood. This is a suit brought
about for personal damages The
amount Of the suit is $500.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-05

The baseball team OF the CO.
lumlia High school arrived in
Sumter this morning prepared for
their game Of baseball with the To-
cal High school baseball club. The
game is scheduled for four o'clock
this afternoon at the fair grounds.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-05

The indications are that the cot
ton acreage in Sumter county will
be materially reduced, but not to
as great an extent as anticipated.
There will be 3. greater area of un-
planted land in the county than tor
years. and less Fertilizer used.
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y Very Pleasing announcement.

Editor The Daily Item:
1t will be remembered that a
| large number of the graduates Of
our high school of last year are
now attending college-a large
percentage Of the girls and one
! hundred per cent of the boys. In
addition to this. we have number
! of boys and girls attending colleges
| throughout the south. It is a gen.
unine pleasure to hear reports Of
F; these boys and girls and I am con-
/ stantly receiving them. In two of
the denominationa1 colleges Of this
/ state where we have large num-
Der Of students, the boys are max
! ing enviable records for them
selves and our schools. The presi-
dents of these two institutions told
me recently in person Of the splen-
did impression that our boys are
! making From one college in this
state the reports are now coming
in. | saw one Of them and on all
subjects where was not single
mark below Superior
| At the meeting of the State
Teachers Association one Of the
professors Of Winthrop College in
a group of men to whom he was
/, talking. made this statement to me,
which was exceedingly gratifying.
He said that just few days before
| leaving Winthrop he saw two young
/ ladies from Sumter on the cam
pus, and calling them to him he
asked them this question, will you
I girls please tell me what it is that
/, enables us up here at Winthrop
to pick out the girls from Sumter?
They make good records with us,
and, in addition to that, they have
a distinctive power Of adjustment TO
college conditions \ few days ago
| received a report from one OF
! our boys in another state. The
dean of the institution said that he
was a top -notcher' in every de-
partlnent of college life, and was
making for himself a distinguished
!! record" on Saturday the follow
ing letter reached me from the
same institutions:
Il wish to call your especial at
tcntion TO another of your pupils
who n::S made good With a rush
| with us. lie makes 4 good aver
age in his studies, but above all
things else stands out prominent
AS Il leader on tire campus. we
, think he has developed wondcrful-
lv in his stay here. He is prob
ably the mos: popular man on the
campus
Il was very much pleased to note
that while the presidency OF the
student body and Of the Y. NJ. c.
A. were both open to him. lie
could have had either and most
men would have taken the presl-
dcpcv Of the student body as the
highest position in the gift of the
student body; but he preferred. al
ter conference Of the nominating
committee with him. to be noml-
mated as president Of the y. NJ. {.
\. and was elected todhis place by
an overwhelming majority
| believe that when the parents
Of our boys and girls are doing SO
much to give their girls and boys
a college education it is due them
that they should have all the en-
couragement possible. Of course.
the only encouragement that they
really wish is the knowledge that
their boys and girls are doing good
work ar the several institutions that
they are attending. 1t gives me
great pleasure. personally and ofii-
ciallV. TO congratulate these boys
and girls and commend them IN
he highest terms.
Cordially submitted.
S. H. EDMUNDS.
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Marriage License Record.

q marriage license has been is
; sued in the Office OF the Clerk OF
Court to Mr.. hastings Scott and
! Miss jamie Logan, both Of Bros-
don S c.
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Death

+
Mr.. Thomas 3. Brunson died
at as home near Concord at s
o'clock Thursday afternoon after
having been in declining health for
about two years. Mr.. Brunson
was IN his sixty-ttird year. The
funeral services were held at
O'Clock Friday afternoon at the
Concord church, the services be-
ing conducted by Rev. E.H. Work
man and the Woodmen of the
World having charge OF the inter-
ment.
Mr. Brunson is survived BY his
wife, one brother, Mr.. W. Z. Brun-
son of Concord. one sister, Mrs. L.
W. Gordon OF Sumter, three sons,
Messrs. T. Is. Brunson, Jr., j. J.
,Brunso1 and z. D. Brunson and
three daughters, Mrs. l.. w. War
ren and Misses Ann Elize and
Mary Brunson; al of the Concord
section
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-05

Muscle Shoals is the one anwser
in sight. There and in the i'm
mediate neishJorhood are two GOV
ernmcnt nitrate-fixation plants
one partially completed dam across
the Tennessee river, a great steam
power plant. quarry, transmits
sion line eighty eight miles long
and about 1000 acres of land. The
two nitrate plants at cost, plus
wartime prices, represent about
sS5. 900, 900. One Of them. costing
$4,000, 900. is a failure. Both OF
them could now be built at half
! the wartime cost.
About 1000. 600 has been spent
on the dam TO help navigation and
| furnish water power. 1t will de-
velop an average OF 100000 horse
power daily and never less than
100, 600. The steam plant. as an
, auxiliary. is good for 125, eco horse
power.
In the Tennessee watershed are
millions Of tons OF coal and phos-
phate rocks. The air is over
head. there is lime in the hills.
the No. > nitrate plant is ready to
make the nitrates. The river is
ready 10 furnish the navigabie
water when the dam is complete.
ready to furnish the power for the
electric furnaces. for making gases.
pi,osplaatcs, light metals. acios and
| to fling circle Of power around a
+! S00-milc radius.
There stands s10O.0o0.00o in tax
payers money, the plants with no
/ wheel turning. the unfinished dam
blocking navigation. falsework fall
| ing down. metal rustins. the whole
thing idle. waiting for congress to
do something. 1t is a white ele-
phant' eating its head off on the
hay Of maintenance charges.
Three things can be done with
it. 1t may be scrapped and its cost
charged off the books The gov
oCnNlenl can 80 lIlto
power and nitrate business and run
the plant from Washington. Or
some such offer as that OF Henry
Ford may be accepted. He Will
take it over if the government VIII
complete il With money on Whlch
he VIII pay an interest of per
/ cent. For a lons-term lease ne
Will keep the nitrate plant READY
To make explosives and the rest OF
the time he will do as he pleases
with it.
AS scrap the whole business will
bring maybe $S.o00. 600. That will
be about ten cents on the dollar Tor
the plants as junk. Henry Fora
will pay but six cents. with a dit
ference-thc plants will be in ope-
ration and one of them at least al
WAYS in readiness To make nitrates
for defense. NJ tie end Of the con-
tract Ford Will have paid the na-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-05

Still, if it wasn't for the men who
think they are distinguished look
ing, what would photographers do
for q liying2
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-05

If the Asliburn. Ca, creamery
could be so quickly esta bIished on
a fTn foundation teere is no rea-
son why the Sumter creamery can
net DO: equally as we'll or better,
Sumter is larger town than Ash
burn and has advantages of location
and transportation that the Geor-
gia town does mot possess. If the
Iarmers will get into the game in
earnest, the dafrsing industry will
t.witl1in five years, be bigger thing
in Sumter county than cotton
growing ever was. But to make i,
g. success hard work is necessary
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ton about s215. 900, 900 for his ten


ure.
The Mississippi Valley, claiming
55 per cent OF the American popu-
lation,. is solid. for Ford. He has
the farm bloc. back Of him to a
nan. TAe South wants the work
carried on. Dixie believes that on
the watershed of the Tennessee
another New England industrial
district will be created. Every
body who eats food and wears
clothes is concerned directly. 1t
ties up with the one great problem
of the world-with what shall we
be fed and how shall we be cloth
ed? Bigger than four-Power pacts
or leagues Of nations is the prob
lem CT keeping the soils OF a 11a-
ton from being exhausted, for
around it hover the specter shapes
Of famine.
Muscle Shoals can furnish no
more than SIS per cent Of the nitro
gen we are now using, and we are
not using a tenth part Of the nitro
gen fertilizer that ought to be used.
What is sold is put out at a. price
almost prohibitory. Henry Ford
proposes to make i1,Ooa tons a
year. This product viii have about
three times the value OF Chilean
; nitrates. 1t Will ease q situation
that increases in loss ard danger
yearly.
The matter is one for congress.
in it's wisdom to deal with. It Will
disturb certain very powerful in
terests, break some virtual rnonop-
o]ies, hurt a good many people in
one way or another, but it cannot
be ignored If something is not
done today, it must be done tornor-
row. Henry Ford and the Inter-
ests that are attacking his pros
poets are no more than incidents
in the race for nitrogen and the
battle for nitrogen that is starting
in every civilized corner Of the
World.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-05

Mary Garden cried when TWO
governors kissed her. Looking at
their pictures. We don't blame her.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-05

r. w. Westberry,
President.
NJ. j. Frederick,
Vice Presidert..
DR.. c. w. Maxwell,
Vice President.
Rev. j. c. Perry,
Chaplain.
DIR. c. w. Brine,
Treasurer.
Mrs. J. p. Garrick,
Secretary.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-05

Volivt says. There is no peace
on earth. nothing but hell. HIS
ncishbor must have a phonoSraph
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-05

Men like girls who are sweet and
.imp!e. but not sirls WhO are ]uSt
simple
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-05

They called it the income tax
some are returning.