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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-02-17
PAINTED BY GREAT ARTISTS
In olden Days Men Of Genius Turned
Out Swinging Signs That Were
Really Attractive.

The staring signs that have SO long
offended the eye on the tops Of build
ings ultimately will be removed sim
ply for the reason Of public safety.
Boards of fire underwriters object that
the structures not only serve to spread
the flames, but greatly hinder the fre-
mans work. One might wish that the
mandate included all the encroach-
mentS of the signboard, remarks the
Kansas City Star.
Ma diligently advertised his wares
even before the day of the frescoed
goat V the Pompeiian dairy. But
In those old days the desire for GUS
tom was tempered by a zest for art
The floating cupid, pictured In front Of
an ancient sandal makers shop, bal
ancing n sandal on the curly head
and waving the mate In his chubby
hand, is a thing Of beauty as well as
q symbol of trade. The picturesque
swinging boards of some generations
past were outgrowths OF the display
of armorial bearings and heraldic
%crests, sumptuous and pleasing to the
eye.
In days gone by artists Of note did
not scorn to try a prentice hand on
such signs. The Mule and Muleteer,"
an early work of Correggio. was orig
inally painted for an inn. Many q
royal academician has given the pub
lie a lion or a unicorn. The age Of
artistic sign painting received Its
death blow in the reign Of George ii
when such erections fell under the
head Of street nuisances."
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-02-17
ADVANTAGE IN "AUBURN" HAIR
According to This, II Gives Ito Pos
SCISSOR a Distinct start In
Matrimonial Race.

II you are a girl and have red hair.
pay no attention TO those who nick
name you Carrots" 1t will not DO
a sign of their dlsrespect bur Of
their jealousy, asserts London An
Swers.
An eminent doctor has just ex.
pressed the opinion that the ~red-hsired
woman has a distinct advantage over
all others In the matrimonial race.
Man is attracted by the subtle shades
Of copper and red In q girls hair,
and this explains why "henna" dye
is so popular. The girl who calls you
Carrots" the loudest will be the 6rst
to try the effect of "henna" herself.
To complete the conquest, . butter
milk complexion must BE- added. II
you do not possess n naturally, there
may be hope for you IL you give
up flesh food and become a vegetarian,
living on fruits, cream, salads. raisins.
and honey.
But, remember this-a woman's
graces must be natural. Of they will
not outlive the glamor Of courtship.
No se~lf-respecting man will like to
feel that his love has been captured
by dyes and diet. And no self-re-
specting girl will try thus to capture
him.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-02-17

management the quantity produced
and its most desirable utilization Sc
cured.
The wild life OF the forests has
various kinds OF values-material,
esthetic, scientific. educational. All
should be recognized. U~nregulated
use means It's impairment; intensive
use, often It's eventual destruction as
a resource, Expert knowledge OF all
the factors that determine Its amount
and character on a given area, com
bined with a just appraisal OF all the
human services and values realizable
from 1t, are fundamental requisites for
its proper administration"
Supervisory Problems.
In many cities west Of the Great
Plains you will find national forest
headquarters In the business sections
Of these places. There are such Offices
In Seattle, Portland and Los Angeles !;
In Denver and Salt Lake City In Mis-.
sOula, Mont, and In Phoenix. Ariz.
You will also find these headquarters
In dozens OF little places that you
never heard Of. Fifteen years ago al.
most all the forest headquarters were
In little settlements or out-of-the-way
towns close to the forests themselves.
But for the better service of the pub
lie ii has been necessary TO move
them, where possible, to more access
ible points.
The forest supervisor" says Her
bert A. Smith, assistant forester In
charge Of public relations, forest serv-
ice, in q bulletin, lis first and fore
most n business man, the local man
ager of an important enterprise, of
some million acres Of land permanent
ly devoted to the advancement of the
general welfare. His duties as q
manager are partly those Of dn execu-
tive in charge Of a property which
must be protected, developed and i'm
proved. RNt they are also very large
~ those Of q sales manager. What
he is engaged In selling, however, is
something more than the things that
bring in money TO the government. 1t
Is service to the individual, the com
munity and the nation.
All Technical Men.
"The supervisor may or may not be
a college graduate who has prepared
for his profession as would an engi-
neer or a student of agriculture at a
tate university; but he Is always a
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-02-17

ter protection, range on dennded foot
hills and mountain slopes, In dense
brush, IN open parks, In timber that
grows wide-spaced and hlgh-crowned
SO that one may see through II for q
mile, and In timber so dense that sheep
can scarcely penetrate IT,"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-02-17

Count cs, municipalities and lndivid-
u2ls Doing Much by Donations and
Constructive Planning to Solve
Problems Of Sanitation, Public
Health and Protection of Properly
Problems Forest Supervisor Faces
headquarters Now in Cities.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-12-16
Grange Crush Plant

The Sumter Chamber of COM
nlerce has positive assurances that
the Orange Crush Bottling Com:
pany. OF Baltimore, Nd, will soon
establish a plant in Sumter. This
concern has written that they are
about to place an order for their
electric motors for the Sumter
plant and ask if Sumter's electric
power plant supplies an "a. c."
current, which means alternating
current.
Secretary Reardon is happily
able to write. that Sumter has one
of the largest, most up-to-date.
and best equipped electric power
plants in this country, owned, ruled
and enjoyed by Sumter citizens and
suburbanites.
In contrast to what the, Cham
Der of Commerce had to write for
months prior to the erection Of our
new plant, when the old power
house for a long time was an "A.
c.. proposition all around-that is
it alternated in starting and stop
ping whenever it felt like it-unth
the new plant started up then the
old plant stopped alternating alto
gether. Sumter can now invite all
the factories in the country TO
come to Sumter so far. rs electro
power is concerned. and otherwise
also.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-12-16
J. Home Coming Week.

The Sumter County Chamber
OF Commerce Will start the move
ment for the Home Coming Week.
during the Greater Gameeoek
Gounty Fair of 1923 just as soon
as the directors Of the Sumter
County Fair Association meet and
set the dates for this big fair. Tt
is very probable that Sumter
county's 1928 fair will be held two
or three weeks earlier than here
tofore..
1t is proposed that every Sum-
ter county citizen who has rela-
t5res who were formerly from
Sunterlsor Sumter county will
start writing to- these former
Sumterites and urging that the old
or young men and women who
are now living in, other places will
get started getting ready to come
home during the 1928 Sumter
County Fair It will be suggested
that it might be a good idea for
these former boys and girls of
4 = =.
Sumter to start a savings account
for railroad fare back to- Sumter
if they are short Of cash now. Bet
ter still it would be- a fine idea for
them to send their savings de-
posits to Sumter banks if they want
their savings to be saved and safe.
Then just before Home Coming
Week the banks can send them all
railroad tickets to Sumter, and
when the aforesaid relatives come
back to Sumter for Home Com
ing Week" if they decide to stay
here they will have a stake to start
business within their old home
city, the little city of big doings,
Sumter, and in Sumter, the Came
cock cOunty"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-12-16
PLAN FOR;
WEEVII
CONTROL.

recommendations for boil
weevil control adopted .unan5-
mosly at the conference of agri-
cultural scientists and scientific
farmers, held in Columbia No
yember 18 on call of Governor:
Wilson G. Harvey. are as fol-.
lows:
Destroy the weeyil's winter
quarters, by plowing under cot;
ton and corn stalks and by clean
ing terraces, ditch banks and
other trash ON the farm.
Prepare land early and thor!
oughiy. Plant best seed Of ap-
proved varieties. Among the
best varieties are Lightning E1-
press, Cleveland Big Boil, Delta
Type and Con wilt-infested land)
Dixie Triumph.
Use fertilizer sufficient, such as
would make bale of cotton per
acre in an average. season with
out the presence Of the weevil.
This will vary on individual
farms. Make side applications
of soda early, before the first
blooms appear.
Plant as soon as ground is
warm. All cotton in q given
community should be planted at
about the same time tfrom the
first to the middle Of ApriD.
Practice frequent shallow
cultivation to Keep up fruiting.
Practice thick spacing.
Practice early square picking
if cheap labor is available. This
must be done very thoroughly
every five days if possible in or
der to be effective.
Definite recommendations on
poisoning are deferred for fu-
ture consideration by this con-
ference until after the propos-
ed conference at Washington
has been held to determine upon
the general policy to be recon-
mended for 1923.
= Develop fertile soil as the
best asset to farming under boil
weevil conditions.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-12-16
CONGREsSME
SHADOW ED By
US. DETECTIVES
Attorney For Keller Charges
at Impeachment Hearing

Washington, Dec. IA Charglng
that congressman who opposed
Attorney General Daugherty had
been shadeWed by justice depart
ment detectives, Jackson q. Ralston,
attorney for Representatiy Keller
in the impeachment hearing
against Dangherty, asked the COM
naittee to obtain the names and re-
ports Of department operatives
The defense denied the chaIg
Thomas Stephenson counsel for 90
the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemsn and Enginenen has stes-
tilted that he laid the facts about
the failure of the railroads To- re-
'spect safety equipment laws be-
fore Attorney General Daugherw.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-12-16
Siam Has Discarded Worship od
White Elephant.

Bangkok, Siam; Oct. 22:-White
elephants are losing prestige in
Siam. the country which made
them famous. Although several of
these animals are kept ptivity
IN Bangkok, the capital, they are
no longer revered by the people
rs in fermer days. Il:
The possession sof one: OF more
white elephants was considered as
one of the necessities Of. kinsship
by the easiy rHlerseef Siam and the
other countries OF the Malay pen
.ssuia. Disputes over ownership
were the cause of frequent wars.
IN the sixteenth century,, for in
stance, Basin Naung, king of Bur-
ala, demanded a white elephant
rom the King of Sialn. Upon be-
ng refused. he invaded the coun-
,i.y and captured the royal family
md three white elephants Ac-
cording To one of the Siamese Le-
gends, Gautama Buddha was once
a white elephant, and his mother,
N dream. met him in heaven in
that shape.
No elephants are entirely white
The so-cafied white elephants are
only little lighter in color than
ordinary elephants. Sometimes one
has a few white hairs on the head
or tail.
In olden days. the discovery of a
white elephant was source of
great Joy to the people. After the.
animal had been tethered with silk
en- cords, news would be sent to
the king. Then body of nobles
would visit the place and escort Il
elephant. in stately procession. to
the capital where a palace would
be erected for it.
After period Of tanning the
elephant would be given covers of
velvet and silk, embroidered with
gold and precious stones. A gold
plate, bearing his name and titles.
would be fastened on his head.
Slaves. priests. musicians and
oSAiSiHs ShiS "ciS sSe dpd1l"ioF HAS
amusement. The finest vegetables
and fruits. were given him as food.
But nowadays white elephants
have gone out OF style. At the
present time they are brought to
Bangkok by train. without any
guard of honor. They are. housed
in ordinary stables, with no priests
or dancing girls in attendance
Hay. leaves and young bamboos
are given them to eat The white
elephant now lives the same
work-a-day life as his darker
skinned fellows, though. in the le-
sends of the Siamese and in their
national flag he will be honored
for centuries to come.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-12-16
EFFORT TO
DEFEAT JUSTICE
Attorneys For Jeffords and
Harrison Still Working to
Save Confessed Murderers

+; Columbia, Dec.s 13.-Formal no.
tice Of intention TO appeal from the
refusal sofs Judge T.ssJ. Mauldin to
grant writ of inquiry in the
Ira. Harrison case was served yes
terday morning on Solicitor a. +.
Spigner, Clerk of Court Hinnant
and the supreme court by B. 3.
Evans. counsel for Harrison. An
other important step in the cases
of Harrison and Jeffords during
the day was the fling of a peti-
tian by Frank NJ Jeffords with
Governor Harvey asking that his
sentence he comnlnted.
& Attorney Evans claims the no
tiee of intention to appeal from
the, refusal of Judge Mauldin to
have Harrison examined auto
rnatical1y stays the death sentence.
but solicitor Spigner does not adj
nit this in his acceptance of service
of. the notice. Mr. Evans intends
to complete the appeal he says, and
says 1e%swili argue the case at the
next session of the supreme court.
- considerable discussion was heard
yesterday as to whether or not the
notice Of intention to appeal from
the refusal automatically stays the
death sentence of Harrison. So
ticitor spigner accepted the notice
without prejudice to the states
rights to insist that.service Of said
notice does not act as stay Of
execution OF the sentence.
Plea for Jeffords.
L. G. Southard, attorney for
Frank NJ. Jefords, presented the
petition for elemency in behalf Of
his client. The petition was sign
ed by Jeffords himself. Jefords
asks that the sentence be commute
ed to. another form Of punishment.
He alleges he was rushed to trial,
that the officers We're afraid he
would be lynched and that he was
not accorded a. fair trial.
]. Jefords says he feels. that If he
were permitted to live he would be
an example to "all young men who
are drifting into wrong paths and
ways. =
Jeffords had also written the gov
erner a personal letter pleading
for .elemencE Governor Harvey
feels very keenly the situation and
would like. to help Jeffords. but it
is, known that @it.sis improbable that
he will interfere. He would not
comment fer pub lieation.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-12-16
Problem
Not Sectional
Mississippi Floods Concern the
Whole Country

~ s8f5dSii1SiSLOif, 1ICS. Z = y. ~ "a oASh
er view Of the problems of the
Mississippi river and its tributaries
was urged ON the house flood con-
troll committee today by citizens of
the: lower Mississippi valley, who
declared that they were constant
lys being subjected to the hazards
OF food water withsfaading that
their districts had not contributed
| ga drop OF water to the swollen
streams"
One after another the witnesses
before the committee insisted
that the problem was one for the
nation as whole. James e. Ed
naonGs. OF New orleans said years
ago the. slogan was s.After the
Panama canal. the Mississippi riv-.
ier," but that the dream had new
er been realized. The witness told
the committee of huge acreage of
rich top soil being carried away by
the river, while at the same time
the country was draining marsh
land and irrigating arid lands TO
provide FOR the last growing pop
ulation. At the same time, they
said, an enormous wastage of water
resources and transportation pos
sibilities was going ON. Great sums
We're being. spent for temporary
work which should go into per-
manent program, they said, and
threats of floods were. sitting IN
vestment and reducing the pur-
chasing powers Of many. cemmuni-
ties.
The New Orleans delegation took
the view that New Orleans was the
Keeper of the mouth OF. the Mis-
ississippi'' and Mr. Edmonds said
the problem was how to keep an
immense tool Of commerce from
becoming a destructive force
j. i. Walsh, general manager OF
the board OF port terminal COM
missioners of New Orleans, de-
ssribed how millions had been
spent raising the wharwes there TO
meet the whinas Of the river in seek
ing new levels. and City Engineer
John .Klorer said New Orleans
wanted "a floor lowering device,
preferably spiilway, or a system
OF spillways. capable of permitting
quicker outlet of waters. Mr..
klorer went into d detailed and
technical discussion of water stages
to prove that the Mississippi river
In recent years had not been able
to empty the excessive waters so
quickly as in former years. He
criticised the Mississippi river
commission for its failure to in
dorse the spil1way system. declar-
ing that the commission was all
for the levee."
All witnesses agreed that a com
prehensive and continuous program
should be adopted. embracing the
river and its tributaries both as to
food control and navigation. and
1. iScmmes Walmsley, chairman
OF the veterans land settlement
and welfare committee Of the
American Legion. appearing in be-
half Of National Commander Ows-
ley, said the organization would
stand behind the plan to develop
the river and the territory ada
cent to it as a national asset.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-12-16
NATIONA AI1 SIS: :. ]: !.
. 3. . !.
con On.
First National r armers Mar.
ketiHg Association Council

Mashiagtoay Dec he Ars.
national council ef5 Farmers CO.
operative Marketing Associations
convened here today. repre-
sents assoeiations from every part
of the country Vi III last three
days. 'sSs;-.s -.
President Harding in a letter
read at the opening Of the cooper
atiyes meeting said he knew Of no
single movement promising more
help towardsa bettermenf of agri-
cultural conditions than coopera-
tive marketing Organizations.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-12-16
SAYS SOUTH IS
STRONGlIOI
AMERICA
Former Vice President
Marshall Says the
Native Americans
OF the South. Are. the
Hope of Denlocra

.,..5s.i, -. -. a -
" III i'ec- = I'd
south is the hope OF the survival OF
she American republic was 6eclar-
"a by former Vice Preside lent Thom-
as r Marshall in an informal ad-
aress to the Mississippi society to-
hight.
Hardly had the applause that
greeted his; first reference to the
south .subsided before he renewed
he demonstration with another
inging sentence:
ssThe destiny of this nation is ia
he hands of the pure American
SIN of the south and not with the
oabeI-of tongues thatyis confound=
ng the cities of the east You
people of the south once tried to
1issevers tiae union. 2 But I say now '4'N''
hat the hope OF. the survlyal OF
sshe republic IS the south. 4.
Mr.. Marshall then explained that
The pnrest English speaking and
English thinking strain which for
centuries has stood for the great
5asst measure off freedom and liberty
s'as preserved IN the south as n no
2taleH section efssthes United states
and that the day; was not5fafs away
when these descendants OF tae
traditional pfeserTefs ana aeteHd-
srs of Democratic ideals ana be
levers of conservatism an govern
ment and social order wos;le stand
rs a stone wall TO turHs back the
side wild eyed radicailsm now
hrsatendfiS IN the faadeous fosm
sI Belshevisfn.
Mr.. Marshall was given fanefher
ovation. when he spoke his heart
Ind mind about MlssissippFs Sc
aior senator, John Sharpe VII
.ianas- d know something OF. the
aen now occupying seats Ia the
United. States '1senate. re- SAD,
and know something ABOUT the ne
men VINO nave Z IN Gays gone oy
served. IN flaat enllnene boay ana ana
xhat.f am going to say rs. not IN IN
aisiaaragemeIh OF salay senator nv
ing or dead. 1t IS nay sQet30eTdfe
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-12-16
res=::.:so a STAFF of Life.

These Indians retain symbols
introduced by early: missionaries
but little of Christianity. When
they worship pagan gods before a
Christian cross they pour cut Ii
bations of tesvino. They feed it
to infants along with their moth
er's milk to ward off sickness. They
use it as a liniment, and take st
internally, for every i'll. They em-
pIoy it at orgies with no thought
of debauchery, for such orgies
are part Of their worship.
Three phenomena make the
state of Durango distinctive. One
is the wild coffee which grows on
the hill slopes, producing a small
berry with a delicious flavor. From
these uncultivated bushes the ma
tives gather their entire coffee: snp-
ply. .,.'' '.>ss s +.
Near Durango City is an iron
mountain mass of metal nearly
SO per cent pure-nearly a mile
long. about as tall as the Times
building in New York, and more
than a thousand feet wide. Min
ing operations here We're checked
by the revolution.
City Be.et by Scorpions.
Durango City, with it's rein
forced concrete buildings, still is
beset by scorpions. This type Of
lizard is Indigenous to the state
and in Durango City alone its
deadly sting causes from thirty to
forty deaths each year.
Zone OF the oddest customs of
Durango is the funeral ceremony
for children. Through the streets
moves a procession that suggests a
fete day. Both men and women
compose the gay crowd, some on
horseback, some on foot. There
is the music of violin and the
beating of drums. You ask the
reason. They are burying an an
gel. a native tells you. You note
at the head Of the marchers a wos
man holding aloft q bundle swatla-
ed in white. That, your informant
explains, is the child.
when a babe dies in these parts
the parents must not weep. To do
so would delay the child's entry into
Paradise until it had gathered all
the tears"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-12-16
South Carolina Delegates /
Marketing Association
Meeting .

Columbia, Dec. i4.-The South
Carolina Gotten Cooperative
Marketing Associations delegates to
the cooperative conference in
Washington hft Columbia yesterday
They are: II. g.. Hammer, presi-
dent; H. G.. Booker I'D. Jennings
and "A. r. Johnston. directors Mr..
Booker issa Columbian Mr.. Jen-
nings lives in Sumter and Mr..
Johnston is "a resident of ST. George.