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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-20
Florida Charge
Not Sustained
Cats Cleared in State Court.
Decision by Judge

Lake Butler, Fla. May ID
Charges OF accepting Of q bride
during his term of office against
former Gov. Sidney J.. Cats Of
Florida. contained in a grand jury
Indictment returned mor than Il
year ago, We're dismissed here to-
day when Circuit Judge Long sus-
tanned q defense motion. that the
Indictment he quashed. Today'S
action cleared the former executive
OF any nalfcasance in office grow
ing out of his alleged acceptance of
money TO influence his vote for the
PARDON Of a life term convict. J.
J.. Coleman. While governor he
Was cX-oiticio chairman Of the par
don board. Still pending against
him is a federal indictment cliarS-
ing peonaSc in that he is alleged
to have held two negroes on MS
farm in west Florida TO work out
4 debt.
The former governor appeared
here today for the second time to
stand trial on the acceptance Of Il
bribe charge. Once before when
The case Wa called up a continu-
ance was granted on motion Of the
prosecution.
The Indictment was returned at
Starke. county seat Of Bradford
county. wherein is located the peni-
tertiary. In the spring Of 1921. II
charged specifically. the CORNER
governor had accepted 500 i'll the
matter of Co!cm"n's pardon. Vt
this time the governors official ac-
tons were the subject Of i icGlsia"
tive investigation. subsequently the
legislative committee making pubic
its report which. however. contain
ed ONLY q resume Of testimony Oh
witnesses heard.
1t the time the Indictment was
returned the governor was out OF
the state aud Bradford county OIL
Gals charged With serving the war
rant for his arrest D~rofesSed MOI
10 know of his whereabouts. WITH
in y few DAYS the federal lndlct-
ment charging peonaEe was re-
turned at Pensacola and on thls
Indictment Ny. Cats was arrested
Mt Albany. Ga. I!c came back 10
thc state under bond on that charge
and then went to Starke to give
80. -, tho state charge. He q
rot heard of his indictment there.
be said.
subsequently, a division OF bfao-
ford county was created which ne
c~rssitatcG the transferring OF the
case to this place.
Tho former governor was highly
.a1ated at toda,'s result and assert
cd that the federal charge wouid
result in his acuuittal. He termed
the entire affair as political pefSs-
I
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Future Trading
Before Court
Parts of Act Held Unenforce-
able. May Be "Kn0ck-

Washington. May 15.-Section 4
of the future trading act and those
parts of the act which are regu-
Iations affected by the so-called
tax imposed by that section we're
| today held uncomfortable by the
supreme court in an opinion dellv-
cred by Chief Justice Taft to which
Justice Brandeis d~issented.
The section was held unenforce-
able because it was not a valid ex-
: ercise of the taxing power of the
federal government in that it at
tempted to regulate transactions
over which the federal government
had no constitutional control and
was an invasion of the police pow
ers of the state.
Section 4 imposed a tax Of 20
cents a bushe1 upon future traders
in grain when made upon eN-
changes lot designated as con
tract markets, subject to federal
control or when not made by ac-
tual owners Of the grain, or by the
owners or the renters OF land upon
which the grain is to be grown.
While the decision stated that a
number Of the sections of the act
were valid. Senator Capper (Repub-
lican) of Kansas, one of its authors,
declared the decision "a Knockout
which practically destroyed the CT
fectiveness of the act.
The court found, however. that
there were sections of the act
which must be held valid. such Us
Section Q authorizing Investigations
by the secretary Of agriculture and
his publication OF results.
Section 8 also was declared valid.
That section imposed a tax of 30
cents a bushel on transactions
known to the trade as privileges
Ibid" "offer," puts and calls in
IDENTITIES" or ups and downs"
Such a tax was held to be fclearly
within the congressional power"
as it was not Regulatory
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First Car of Georgia Peaches.

Atlanta. May 15.-The first a
of Georgia peaches Of the W.
season destined for New 1ork ana
moving in the Southern Railway
Systems special peach train NUM-
Der one reached Monroe, Va, at )
o'clock this morning. 9 hours ahead
of schedule. According to reports
received in Atlanta this car was
shipped from Byron. Ca. over the
Central of Georgia Railway and
was delivered to the Southern IN
Atlanta at 1:1I a. III. Sunday: 1t
wa: moved from the Interchange
track to the Southern terminal at
Inman q distance of four miles re-
duced and placed in a waiting
train which departed ut 1:3o a. IN.
the entire operation being complet-
ed in thirty-three minutes. The
car will be delivered 10 the Penn
sylvania Railway at Potomac yards
some time during the day and the
peaches Will be on the New York
market Wednesday morning.
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which will take them through the
valley of Virginia and other
places of interest.
Upon their return Mr.. and Mrs.
Williams Will make their home IN
Camden, where Mr.. Williams is q
prominent young business man.
Mrs. Williams is the very attract
i've Youngest daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. J.. w. McCown Of this city.
Except for a few years at the Col
lcsc for Women in Columbia, she
has spent her life in Florence, the
family for several generations hay
ing been residents of this county
and identified with its social. relig-
ious and economic life. Mrs. vii
liams numbers her friends by the
score and they regret to see her
leave Florence to make her home
in another town.
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BISHOPS NAMED
BY METHODISTS
Four Elected on Five Ballots
Tuesday-One More to
Be Selected

Hot Springs. Ark. May 1G.-Af-
ter taking five ballots which re-
suited in the election of four Of the
i've bishops to be named at this
time. the 18th quadriennial con-
ference Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. South. recessed this even
ing until tomorrow when the next
These men were elected bishops
at today's session: DR.. j. l..
Dickcy. Griffin. Ga: DIR. w. i.
Ecauchamp. Nashville, Tenn; DIR.
Sam II. HAY. Admission. Ala.
prs. Dickey and Bcauchamp went
over on the second ballot. receiv-
ing 1?i and 209 votes. respectively.
Dr.. Hay Il elected on the third
ballot with 1871 votes. while DR..
Dohbs won on the fourth with 2JG
votes.
The first and fifth ballots were
declared mo elections" IS none OF
The fifth ballot was not complet-
ed until this evening. DR.. II. y.
the candidates received the required
majority of 1S9 votes.
Boaz. president OF Southern Meth
odist university. Dallas. Tex. was
high with 143 votes and G. l.. God
dard of Nashville was second with
$40. DR.. Goddard is home mis-
sion secretary. The election Of DR.
JN.l,I, e,,,.1,yr.-n ~ tho 10 fO1
number of workers who had been
actiye in the support OF others. Ills
| friends said they had made no act
IKE campaign in his behalf and the
tiShop-clcct tonight declared that
his election was entirely "a surprise
to him. He is pastor of the FITS
Methodist church of Admission. DIR
Dickey has been in church educa'
tional work many years and for
merly was president Of Emory uni
| v~ersit.y at Atlanta.
DIR. Beauchamp acted as director
| OF the missionary centenary ant
has long been a figure in The
church. DR.. Hay also has beer
prominent in the work Of the
church many years and is pastor
Of the First church Of Houston.
Hot Springs, May 17.-Dr. H. a
Boaz. president of the Southern
! Methodist university. of Dallas. wa
elected as the fifth new bishop o
the Methodist Southern Conference
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STATUS OF FORCE
PRESENTS ISSUE

Ch%arlestown, w. Va, May Is (By
the Associated Press).-Whether it
was the military forces Of West
Virginia or merely a force of peace
officers augmented by volunteers
without official standing who de-
Tended Blair mountain and Crooked
creek to keep 5000 miners out Of
Logan was the issue today in the
trial of William Blizzard on q trea-
son charge.
Col. William E. Eubanks, COM
missioned by the governor to COM
mand these forces. testified he
swore his men into the enrolled mil
tia. He said that from the time
he arrived in Logan until he was
relieved by a colonel of the federal
army. nobody but himself had the
direction of movements Of the
forces on the Logan side. about
$500 men.
The colonel said he divided :hem
into three companies and placed
them along the line Of the ridge
that divided the Coal river and
Guyandot valleys. No attempt was
made to advance. he said. because
the first two days his men could
not. and that he was under orders
from Governor Morgan not to make
any advance but merely hold the
line. In addition to rifles they were
equipped with machine guns. air
planes, improvised bombs and gas
bombs.
The bombs were dropped at his
orders. he said. in order to save his
men. With reports OF n force of
500 to 600 men coming up the road
and in view of the orders not to adj
vance. he said. he ordered the drop
ping of bombs on the road to dis
perse the attackers. adding that 1t
succeeded. The a bombs. he said,
were filled with u gas that cause;
extreme nausea.
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READY FOR
DRIVE ON WAR
GRAFTERS
Cangress Votes Fund For At
torney General

Washington, May 1.-THE house
cleared the road today for what
some members described as an "un-
reienting prosecution of war graft
ers when it put through and sent
60 the senate a bill appropriating
S5eG.000 for Investigation and
prosecution of war fraud cases by
the department of justice and pass
ed a senate bill for an additional
grand jury in the District of Column
bia before which the attorney gen.
erai may present evidence IN his
fghtfoTindictments.
Attorney General Daugherty had
requested speedy action on both
measures.
Some men who think they have
poWerin the nation today will find
themselves behind the bars" as a
result of the activity Of Attorney
General Daugherty. declared Chair
man Madden of the appropriations
committee in urging everybody to
stand up and give him what he
had asked. Supporting the chair
uidlt III Ills PFC 4eCPASSSaie
Genaally Democrat) of Texas said
Eewanted the government to "get
the grafsers In the flesh and not
In the imagination" whether they
were Democrats or Republicans.
But before the next campaign
Eid.M sConnally, 4 hope the de-
partment Of justice viii get one
man,@put him in a cage4and exhibit
hinlsthrougheut the country. And
ever his cage as it is hauled from
state TO state they ought to put a
Big sign with the words, Here
thatgrafter We caught out OF 1885,
900 cases.
Representative Byrns of Tennes-
e said the money should be voted
forthwith adding. however, that the
bureau of Investigation had been
gwen s2,e00, eco and that there
was no excuse for the situation in
which the department finds itself
today
~1nSview of the attorney gener-
ais statement that the United
safes stood to recover s192, 100000
Mr. Byrns insisted that Director
Dawes of the budget bureau should
haye come to congress long ago and
demanded funds with which to get
is since the attorney general had
NOT made the request until the 9TH
ersday."
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Trial of Woman
Waits For Time
State Asks Continuance in
Florida

De Land. Fla. May 1.-THE alb
sence of the states two principal
witnesses suddenly halted today the
trial of Mrs. Alice l.. Shields,
charged with murder in connection
with the death OF her husband.
William \. Shields. who died from
gunshot wounds on Il lonely high
way near here the night OF Feb
ruarv 8, last, rs he accompanied
his wife home.
The trial was started this morn
ing but the states attorney prompt
" requested q continuance untli
the fall term Of court, setting forth
that the sheriff's office had failed
to serve the Subpoenas issued for
Mrs. Lillian Ferrcll Of Eau Claire,
Wis. and Fl. l.. Berry OF Waycross'
Ga. Both witnesses returned to
their homes after having spent the
winter here.
Circuit Judge Perkins took the
matter of a continuance under adj
visemcnt and announced that he
would announce his dcclSlou tcmor-
row. State Attorney Dccottcs pre-
scented afidavits to the effect that
he wanted Berry'S testimony to eS-
tablisll a motive for the killing.
Berry's wife. the ahidavitS set forth,
is an invalid and Berry employed
Mrs. Shields 60 nurse her. Later he
discovered the loss Of his pistol and
went to the Shields home where ne
found it concealed on the pian"
Berry is quoted as having asked
Mrs. Shields why she took the pls-
tol and she replied that She want
cd it to Kill her husband as she
, was tired OF him. She did not want
; to divorce him. the affidavit quoted
Berry as having satd Mrs. Shields
told him. because she could no!
obtain the insurance money. II
then proposed that Berry Kill hcl
! husband and they would divide the
insurance money.
The state attorneys affidavit said
that Mrs. F'crrcll was 4 house
keeper at the home here Of X. j:
KEEPER. .Jr.. of Eau Claire. Wis.
The HON" was situated about a mile
from the scene Of the killing. on
that night. the aflidavit> set forth,
she heard IN automobile pass Tho
house and ten minutes later heard
the report OF u gun shot and i
minutes later Mrs. Shield: arrived
at her home in Mysteries.
Mrs. Terrell. tn. atiidav:: add
ed, unIrc>s"d the "ma and put
her 10 bed and found concealed in
her clothes II gold watch belong
ing TO Shields. When the sheriff
searched Shields body the watcl,
chain WAS still on his person but
the watch INDEPENDENTLY been tori,
HWay.
Til. defense vigorously contested
the motion for Il continuance.
arguing that Mrs. Shields had been
in Jail since March G.and that she
MAS i'll.
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TARIFF TALK. is
ILLUSTRATED
Fordney Uses Flat Iron to I'M
press Tariff Foes

Washington. May 16-Piling the
table in front Of the speakers desk
with enough articles to make 1t re-
senble a department store. Chair-
man Fordney. Of the ways and
means committee. illustrated to the
house today what he characterized
as the .robbinS of the government
by undervaluatin of imported pro-
ducts.
Topping the clairman's list was
q German clock. which runs 400
DAYS on one winding. It's invoice
value as shown by papers trans
mitted to Secretary Mellon was
S1.1o. but demand for revaluatlon
it was raised to S1.66. Before the
wal. Mr.. Forncy said he bought
one exactly like it for SIS. and
found them IN sale in Washington
the other day for $40. Its manufar>
ture cost around s13." said Mr..
Fordney. and so the treasury has
delegated o man to go to Germany.
where it was made, and run down
the value
Like a good salesman. Mr.. Ford
ney exhibited. among other things.
Il knife purchased for him in a Chi
cago department store for $S.o0.
Getting the name of the German
manufacturer from the blade and
locating his agent in New York.
the chairman said he bought a doZ-
on for $7.62. From his pocket the
chairman then showed 4 German
safety razor invoiccd at seventy
two cents IL dozen. and a dozen
other things on which he claimed
the government was dcfraudcd by
under valuation.
\ hatiron-like those kept in
the home where n sometimes
finds it necessary TO say 1t with
flatirons-was invoiccd at nine
teen cents. and sold retail. he said
at 10.
ks .iust clear-cut fraud Mr.
Fordncy shouted, holding the iron
as il he were ready tc fling it.
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NOTAFRAID
OF BOMB

Chicago. May IS (By the Asso-
ciated Press Look out for
bombs in Chicago-that's what
they told me-" laughed Lady Astor
when she addressed the 1lllnols
League Of Women Voters today. i
told them I'm not half as fr1ghten-
cd of bombs as l an of political
apathy
Several times as she grew alb
sorbed n what she was saying the
speaker tucked up a trim, white
shod foot behind her on hcr tap
cstry covered chair, quickly TO re-
place it on the floor Just as the
audience caught her.
Comparing bombs with apath!
Lady Astor said: Bombs blow YOU
up and its all over, but apathy
takes the spirit out Of men n wo-
men who are fighting for a inner
better world.
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The G~oyernorship
Gov. Harvey VIII Not Offer
For Reelection. Some Rea-
sons Why Senator John
stone Does Not Want
TO BE Lieut.. Gov.

Columbia, May 16.-Lieutenant
Governor Wilson CT. Harvey, of
Charleston, who will become gov
ernor within a few days, when
governor Cooper resigns 20 take lis
seat on the federal farm loan board
N washington, to which he was ap-
pointed by the president last week,
VIII not offer for reelection to the
SoYernorshIp this summer, he an
Eocrced to this correspondent while
n Columbia yesterday afternoon.
Lieut. Governor Harvey stated That
he had many friends to urge him
tegofer for reelection, and he said
She ever felt himself that he would
like TO offer for reelection as gov
ern8S this summer, but he had
besnsforced 10 the conclusion that
he could not afford the time nee
essary fora campaign. and he had
made up his minG to stay out of
the race.
Mr.. Harvey will be governor
from the date of Governor Cooper'S
resignation, which will be offered
Fery soon, to the time the newly
asefed governor takes the oath Of
ufhce, early next January.
Mr.. Harvey some weeks ago an
nounced he would offer for %re-elec-
ton as lieutenant governor, in the
elections this year, but yesterday
afternoon while in Columbia he
announced that he had decided not
to enter this race either.
Another announcement made by
lieutenant Governor Harvey yes
terday is to the effect that it is his
Intention to make no changes in
the Office personnel Of the govern
or's Office. Roydan ". Watkins will
be his private secretary, as he is
now Governor Cooper's, and Miss
Clara Marlborough will be record
ing clerk and Mrs. Virginia Cullen
Office secretary.
Speaking of the question raised
by the statement of Senator Alan
Johnstone, Of Newberry, to the eff
Eeetsthat he does not want to re-
Sign as president pro tenn OF the
senate to become lieutenant gov
.ernor in place of Mr.. Harvey be-
cause such a step would deprive
him Of the two years remaining of
his senatorial term, as Newberry
eeunty's member in the upper leg
isIatiye b body. Lieut.. Governor
Harvey stated that he had not
heard from Senator tombstone
about this. but that it was his view
that Senator tombstone need not
qualify as lieutenant governor. be-
cause of the fact that the senate
would have to be called in special
session to eject another president
pro TEN, and Senator tombstone
would be lieutenant governor in
name only until the legislature con
venes in January, and then to be
succeeded early in the session by
the lieutenant goverpor-eiect, sc
that such a step would hardly b.
of any value. This will probably
be the solution of the question
the state going without a lieuten-
ant governor for the half year.
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ACTORS CHANGE
WIVES RAPIDLY
California Authorities Start
Investigation of Valen-
tinO's Marriage

Los Angeles. May 17.-Jean Ack-
or. the film actress, from whom
Rudolph Valentino, film actor. OBJ
tanned an introductory decree OF
divorce a.\few months ago. is un-
der instructions to report to the
district attorneys office to tell what
she knows of the court action
which gave Valentino the decree,
but left him technically her huS-
band for n year. Investigators
have assigned to learn whether
Valentino committed bigamy, &C
cording to California laws. when
he married Winifred Hudnut, a
dancer and film art director, ID
Mexico last Sunday.
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OF
MURDER

Canton. Miss. May 13.-An m
dictment charging murder was re-
turned late today by the Madison
county grand jury against Mics
G.. buckingham Of Me&phlS III con
ncction viii, the death OF his VIC
Mrs. Lorraine Harris Buckingham.
who WAS shot and fatally wound
ed near Pickens. Miss, last l'ica-
dav while on an a~utonlohll" 'Iip
through Mississippi with g nus
band. head OF an insurance agency
ut Memphis.
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pullct Laws Triple YoIkcd E=s.

Nh. O.. II. MCNaScn % lHt2#'itH
is the owner of a six months ola
full blooded Rhode Island Red put
let that has truly cstahliSheo ai'
e>centionaI record. An egg WAS
laid several days x by thus put
lot which was of extraordinary slZs
being about the size of II turkey :
egg. 1t WAS believed shat TINS cSE
WAS - double yo!kcd Egg but up
on the breaking open OF the csS'
if was found to contain. notthe rN-
prctcd two yu,ks. but three per
fcctlv formed and averaged sizcu
volks- This c.. MAS looked upon
as lust an egg but now it seems az
ii This puilct is going /" turn out
10 b.. one OF the nine %: ten Won
ders of the world for again thus
mornIns anothc~ cGS was al" ny
inns Young hen which MAS at equal
size as WAS the : conlalninS TIE
-rirl,. yuii~>-
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vi
FOR TRUCKERS
Important Meeting of Di-
rcctors of Sumter Truck
Growers Association

Messrs. a. C. Phelps and j. J..
Brennan of Hardy & Co., Inc, at
No. 9 West Liberty street. informed
the Chamber Of Commerce this
morning that those two gentlemen
will gladly order all the necessary
baskets. crates, hampers. boxes, ETC.,
for the truck growers Of this I'M
ty. Messrs. Phelps and Brennan
lave already secured necessary
truck containers for numbers OF
farmers. and have also assisted in
nle shipping of truck
y supply Of containers is on hand
now and Messrs. Phelps and Bren-
mar will gladly accommodate any
truck shippers who are in need OF
advice and assistance. These two
public spirited citizens are not
engaged in profit making for them
selves. but realizing, as they DO,
that many farmers are inexperiepc-
cd in the marketing OF truck. and,
rcalizing further. that whatever
helps the farmers helps Messrs.
Phelps and Brennan and helps also
every other business man and citi-
zen in Sumter. they are out Q
helping their farmer friends and
customers in every possible way
without any charge whatever for
their services. Secretar- Reardon
saws that he knew that Mr.. Phelps
and Mr.. Brennan were giving adj
vice about how and where to buy
containers. and he had sent NUM-
bcrs of truck growers TO these two
gentlemen. and he was asreeabiy
surprised this morning when Mr..
i. J. Brennan came to the Chamber
of Commerce and made the very
! public spirited offer he has mads
to assist the truck growers. Mr..
brennan told the Sumter secretary
that he and Mr.. Phelps r snip
binc the Sumter truck for farmers
TO and through the American Fruit
Growers. Inc. that he has a con-
tract with the Sumter Truck Grow
ers' association members to handle
al their truck. In the meantime
the Chamber Of Commerce II lis
secretary are at the services OF the
farmers. cooperating with Mr.
Brennan and Mr.. Phelps. to dc eT-
crytl1ing possible to help out the
truck growers.