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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29
A CALL TO DUTY

To the People of Sumter County:
The Committee Of Progress de-
sires to cali the attention Of the
people Of Sumter county to several
things which must be done now il
we are to prepare this county to
farm successfully under boll weevil
conditions.
New money crops and products
must be planned and prepared for.
Hogs, dairy products, and beef cat
tie are staple and readily marketed
products. These have figured
largely in restoring Mississippi and
Alabama to prosperity, and can be
counted upon TO serve US the same
good turn. Truck, tobacco, poul-
try, melons and minor crops will
help, but hogs, dairy products, and
beef cattle must be our main de-
pendence.
Velvet beans are an invaluable
aid in raising feed for hogs and
dairy and beaf cattle. Now is the
time to plant them. To get best
results velvet beans should be
planted between now and$May
18th, the sooner after May 1st the
better. Velvet beans enrich your
land and properly planted and cul-
tivated will yield twenty to thirty
bushels per acre of dry beans,
which within the year always sell
at upwards Of 81 per bushel. In
addition, they provide a great deal
of grazing after frost falls. No
other crops which can be made at
SO little extra expense compares
with velvet beans in value. Even
if your land is not fenced, you can
pick your beans, enrich your soil,
and save some Of the vines for for
age.
AS early grazing, and for cut
green feed. plant sorghum, early
amber or orange, and also pearl
millet. Make the land on which
it is to be planted very rich.
Broadcast heavily with black ma
nure in addition to commercial
fetilizer where possible. An as
tonishing amount of feed can be
raised from a small plot. Sor-
ghum and corn should also be
planted for silage where siloS are
available or can be provided.
The landlords are earnestly
urged to assist their tenants in get
ting the seed, and wherever pos
sible in getting some OF their lands
fenced, so as to enable them to
carry out this program. 1t Is worth
some effort to save Your land VAL
.ues and land rents from being cut
in half. Failure to cooperate and
to assist those who must depend
on YOU for help can only result in
lower land values, lower rents, and
in many cases entire loss of rent.
Will you do your part? Now is
the time TO prepare TO put this
county on hog-raising, milk,
beef, and poultry producing basis.
We can save this county from the
disaster which has overtaken most
sections on the advent of the boil
weevil. Are we going to be rank
ed with the winners or with the
down-and outs? The answer rests
with you. Which shall it be?
y. c. Phelps and X. r. Belser,
Subcommittee for Sumter County
Committee of Progress.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29
EXPERTS TAKE
UP RUSSIAN
PROBLEM

Genoa. April 25.-All The experts
except the Russians have planned to
meet to consider the situation re-
Sulting from the new Russian de-
mands, including the complete an
nullment Of all war debts, and the
declination to restore private
property because everything has
been nationalized in their coun-
try, but the expression of willing
neS to idcmnify owners. provided
the country's war debts TO all the
allies are scaled down and financial
help is forthcoming.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29
STRIKE ENDS
IN DUBLIN
Mild Sensation Created by
PIacards Posted Proclaim
ing Irish Workers
Republic

Dublin, April "a (By the Associa-
ted Press).-The 24-hour strike
terminated at 9 o'clock tonight
with three gigantic demonstrations,
held to make approval of labor's
protest agains; miltarism. There
We're no disorders in connection
with the strike. but u mild sensa-
tion was created by placards posted
throughout the city proclaimins
an Irish workers republic. An in
vestiSation proved that the procla-
nation was bogus.
The object of the proclamation
apparently was to detract from the
success Of labor's protest and alien
ate the sympathy Of the employers
by suggesting that the Labor party
had engineered the strike with the
purpose Of establishing a soviet.
Throughout the day holiday
spirit prevailed, the people accept
ing the situation with the utmost
good humor. There was no tram or
railway traffic in the streets and
no communication by telephone or
telegraph.
At the hotels, where the staffs
ceased work at II o'clock. some Of
the guests became cooks and others
walters and mattresses. The hour
picked for the termination OF the
strike this evening conceded with
the sixth anniversary of the Easter
uprising Of 1916.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29
PEAS SHIPPED
TO MARKET

Ellorcc. April 25.-The Elioree
truckers association has shipped
around $500 crates OF peas TO
northern markets. but the trans
.portation charges and the expenses
of The commission houses II then
destination made the returns Very
unsatisfactory and unremun'fa-
tiye. Until The truckers decide TO
adopt better business methods IN
the marketing OF their goods and
,.,akc up ;heir minds to have some
one in WHOM they can coniide TO
take charge Of their products nj ;he
selling end ana put chem in the
markets 1T a minimum OF expense.
they can not hope Tor Improvements
IN their sales returns. Experience Is
Il costly teacher hut some pupils
Will not learn utder any other klna.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29

Columbia, April 26.-Tuesday's
primary, the hottest election in
many years for Columbia, put
Councilman W. a. Coleman and
Former Chief of Police J. w.
Richardson in a second race, to be
run off next Tuesday Coleman's s
lead over Richardson in the first
primary yesterday was IS votes.
His vote totaled 2.135 and his
leading opponents 1880, the three
other candidates. Thos. +. Hair. y.
w. Holman and Thornwell McMas-
tcr. received in all 320 votes.
The total vote polled was 4,407
out Of a total registration of A.
993. the heaviest vote and the
heaviest registration ever record
ed in Columbia.
In the race for city council four
candidates will run over, TWO places
TO be fille,i. and no election result
ing from the first primary. The
four are: Moffatt p. DuPre, l.. NJ
Drake, Richard J. Person and Sam
l.. Sweeney.
With the outcome Of the mayors
race in doubt. due to the closeneSS
Of the candidates, the city is on
edge, with the keenest political IN
tcrest in years Councilman Cole
man has been the most active
member Of the past administration,
its virtual leader. Many OF the
Richardson votes are protests
against the administration and
expressions OF Il desire for q
change. Al the same time Cole
man supporters contend that Co
lumI,i:l has progressed more undcl
the past administration lh:n In any
period Of its history
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29
APPEALS TO
"CONSCIENCE's
OF COURT

Washington, April 26-An ap--
peal 10 the conscience" OF the sup
rene court has been made IN a
brief filed by Robert A. WideEs
mann. an unsuccessful hugant, who
sought t ollave set aside as uneon.
s1itutional the prohibition amend
nlcnt. His case was dismissed
without an opinion on the author.
i,y OF cases previously decided On
which his case was cited.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29
EARTHQUAKE
AT TOXIC

Toxic, April 2G.-A heavy earth
shock centering at Toxic occurred
this morning. Considerable dam
age was done the city's buildings.
The earthquake was preceded by
an eruption of Mount Asama "a
ma. ninety miles distant. which
poured forth volumes OF ashes.
stones and smoke. but caused no
damage. The quake caused the
death of few persons. none now
ever being Americans or Euro
peans. There were many marrow
escapes from collapsinG chimney :
and walls The American embassy
was slightly damaged. and exhibits
Of The peace exhibition broken.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29
W. +. Sease Has Returned tC
State.

Columbia, April "a. - ". X.
Sease, Columbia insurance agent,
who left the city several weeks ago,
writing back from a train out of
Chicago that he would not return,
and whose office had been taken
over by officers Of the insurance
companies he represented. on the
ground that all matters pertaining
to the business had not been prop
erly handled. has returned to the
state and is now in Orangeburg, his
former home. Mr.. Sease has been
in Columbia within recent days In
q statement issued today he says
he was taken sick While in the
west. where he went TO confer with
the head Offices of the insurance
companies for which he was agent,
one at st. Louis, one at Grand
Rapids and one at Salt Lake City.
He declares that ne has not i'm
properly handled funds of the in
surance company, as his bank books
will show, and that he desires an
accounting with the companies. He
denies any criminality in his atti-
tude toward his companies.
Mr.. Sease represented tl.e Pen
insular, the Liberty and the Guar
dian Fire Insurance Companies.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29

Columbia, April 24.-Consider~
able interest throughout the state
is taken in the announcement made
by the executive committee of the
South Carolina Agricultural and
Mechanical Society Of the selection
of J. W. Fleming. of Savannah, an
expert fair man, Us manager Of the
State Fair. d. Frank Efrd has
been reelected secretary and viii
be associated with Mr.. Fleming in
the management Of the great fall
fair. David G.. Ellison, of Colun-
bia. is again treasurer.
Mr. Fleming is an expert fair
man and it is expected that he will
put the State Fair on a larger and
more attractive basis. He will
make Columbia his headquarters,
coming here May j. r. NJ. Cooper,
of Wisacky, president of the Fair
organization, in announcing Mr..
Fleming's selection, states that he
believes Nh Fleming specially
qualified for managing large Fairs,
and he looks forward TO the big
gest State Fair ever this coming
fall.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29
Two Drowned
at Fort Worth

Fort Worth. April 2a-Two wo-
men refugees, who sought safety
in Il tree were drowned when the
tree was swept away. The muni-
cipal water supply is shut down and
the electric lights are out Of ser
Airn
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29

If all The clothes in all the ward
robes OF all the tlappcrs We're
placed end to end they wouldn't
reach.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29

Dallas, April 23-Thc streets in
both the commercial and rcSiden-
streets are impossible as the re-
suit of standing water and float
ing debris. Residents of the river
lowlands are preparing TO flee.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29

The modern young man may
have music in his soul. but most
OF il seems TO be in his sole.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29

Landlords should remember they
don't have rs hard a time collecting
the rent as the tenants do.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29

Modern fairly tale. Goldilocks
and The Three Rares-Bare Cheek,
Bare Back, Bare Knees.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29

Conan DOYLE says it is a funny
feeling when YOU die, but then
Conan has never tried it.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29

Belfast, April "a (By the Asso-
ciated Press) ).-DusineSS proceeded
as usual in Belfast and throughout
northern Ireland today but the one
day strike in southern Ireland caus-
ed some inconvenience through the
stoppage Of telegraphic and tele-
phonic communications betweeS,
Dublin and Belfast. The great
Northern railway ran no trains IL
Free State territory but service was
maintained throughout the six
county area.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29

our rising generation is going
10 the doSs hu' rising genera
SONS always have done that.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29

We doubt. however, whether a
radioDhone will ever be Il inter
estinG as q party line.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29

An ounce Of warm weather on
the thermometer is worth a pound
Of the weather forecast.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29
May Baskets
BY Martina Gardner Owen.

it ali around the boxes. Then we
Will fasten on some stout strips for
handles and cover the handles with
other strips Of pink paper fringed
on both sides. and the May bas-
llets will be finished"
And may / hang them on May
Day. asked Fred. ''Of course you
may" replied mother. While you
are cutting think about the play
mates 10 whom you wish to give
them. Wen talk it over while
llley are being finished"
Mother returned to her baking
with clear conscience. Son was
learning the JOY Of the job yell
done. He was gaining control OF
the muscles Of his chubby little
hands. And soon there would be
a talk which would stimulate the
habit of taking thought for others.
Certainly that was sufficient in
terest for the investment Of ten
morning minutes.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29

Fifty-two short, practical articles
on child training, collected blythe
National kindergarten Association
may be obtained by sending 15c. in
cash for Bulletin No. 80, 1913, -S
the Superintendent of Documents,
Government Printing Office, Wash
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29

Most of the literary critics praise
Homer, but Babe" Ruth knocks
him nearly every day.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29

Vicksburg, Miss, April "a
Levee engineers reported that a
bad slough had occurred late today
on the land side Of the Mississippi
river levee at Milliken Bend. La,
near the Arkansas state line. Men
rushed to the scene are now en-
gagged in an effort to prevent
break.
The river was practically sta
tionary throughout this district. All
weak places in the lines We're said
to be under control.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29

The rising generation has a hab-
il OF rising about the time Mother
has breakfast ready.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29

Natchez. Miss, April 24.-All le-
wees are holding in the Fifth
Louisiana district and with large
" increased forces Of men at the
various points where trouble has
developed abe situation today
seemed more encouraging.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29

When business is slow it is a good
dea To get after it.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29

April showers bring dry cleaners
business.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29

The Chief interest III life vita
some people is that AT the bank.
-e-<-o----
The day may come w1cn there
are no bootleggers; h:lj docsn t
look like the night ever VIII.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29

The Europeans may have an
other var som" day, II We can "a
ford IL
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29

There viii still b. enough chron-
ic kick.rS left when they re
all conc.
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April seems to come in like
duel, and go out like fish.
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PARENTS As EDUCATORS

s'The Child's First Scaocl is the Family -Froebel.
New York CITY These weekly
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s ss's, seoit iss9,'iy 81, !. ~ i
soon began Icy ram IN sooo seyie.
the liifis ,sss s'ae ~ 70 iNe"seiiy ~
was a Dig TAN aga from 9iere 70
es.a.on q .steaaSes ooWnpour. fsoao
cut INTO 7rass. ltiae.Were = 1uii Oh wa,
I :Sar ser, sac a1seass. li.eie creeks, anu
: heias sneesss'oi Esaser ABOVE every
tesrase % ~ -
In Lexington, Nemberry and Lau-
rens counties wea saw some fine
oats, nearly sas good as mine. on
Pfneland farm Wheat that is far
better than rnine3and also some
wheat that Is Gsesen worse injured
than mine b1,tf hs rust. ! did not
know until this trip that uFecan-
Try wheat IS aStacaSed by rust. But
we saw seYerai hstds SO badly rust
ec. that, IL may as Weii De cut now.
When we .feasehed Chnton the
rain had stoned nor did it appear
TO have beensso heavy from Chnton
ail the ways5ap ,,5fere as 1t was In
-Sewperry 3AS4a eoAS4aafys
fou.i0 'i, Lia,issls l.sss. as iialo 20 see
through as Snesser ~ 5. was TWO years
ago sfreet psasaFlas; ssa me roaa IRON,
i4auresis tos@ditseslsiiie WAS ialf ana
the country - assDeautllai J idiiiilhs
sectlon VIII Ihs5Hhs Hhaes MONIES ana wen
kept premises sSsEye '1ueh an .esVi-
denee- Besiaanfag back in Newber-
g ana on 20 streehsliie we sa"
man many flne .aelds OF ai1aiia-
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county area
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a series Of low rooms, and in these
courts have been located several un-
derground kivas or temples" The
American School of Research of Santa
Fe has a permit to conduct its re-
search work in the ruins of Chettro
Kettle and Casa Rinconada. We find,
in addition to cliff ruins. many large
villages and the remains of houses
standing in the open. Some are FIVE
stories high, of decorative sandstone
and the black and white ware found
in this canyon is considered as mark
ing the highest point of art reached
in the Southwest.
Steady Head Needed
All sorts of means are used to ex-
plore these ruins and some are reached
by ropes. Perhaps the most daring of
modern climbs was when the famous
Enchanted Mesa of New Mexico was
climbed with nothing but a rope for
assistance. The Enchanted Mesa is
also called Katzimo, a name given II
by the early Indians. It rises precipi-
tously 430 feet above the basin of the
Indian village of Acoma. According
to tradition, the summit of the En-
chanted Mesa was the site of one OF
several prehistoric villages which the
people of Acoma successfully occupied
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-08
Claire Windsor Have and To Hold"- 1.-The
Sign of the Rose" = drifting Women :
1.-The Long Chance" = Percy Marmont

(Theodore Kosloff), favorite of the
King. seeks in marriage. To escape a
match with the dandifed, odious Car
nal, Jocelyn takes the place of her
maid. who is going to Jamestown, one
OF a hundred girls destined as wives
for the settlers in the Virginia colonies
The high-bred Jocelyn finds condi-
lions unbelievably rough in America
but love slowly grows for Captain
Ralph Percy (Bert LytelD, who saves
her from the ruffians of the camp. At
the height of this affection Carnal ar
rives to claim Jocelyn. Percy is thrown
in irons, escapes and by sword play
conquers Carnal and sets sail in the
latter's ship, which is wrecked on a
desert island.
Rescue seems hopeless until one day
pirates land to bury their dead cap
tain. Percy fights the pirates for the
right to lead them and wins. On
board the pirate ship one day a Brit
ish vessel is sighted. The pirates wish
to attack, but Percy blows up the
vessel.
Picked up by the Britisher, Percy
is denounced by Carnal as the pirate
captain and is taken back to England
in irons, where plans are made to cele-
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during a movement from some myth
cal Shipayu III the indefinite north.
The Indians relate that during storm
part of the rock fell and some of the
inhabitants persisted as they were cut
off from the valley beneath. The site
was henceforth abandoned, the sur
vivors moving to nearby mesa. on
which they erected the present village
of Acoma. This tradition, handed
down from one generation to another
and noted by the early Spaniards, is
generally believed.
Climbed In 1897
In 1897 Katzimo Mesa was scaled
by party from the Bureau of Ameri-
can Ethnology, following an ascent by
a professor of one of the Eastern col
leges. Axe heads, bits of pottery and
other things were found that indicated
the mesa had once been inhabited and
gave color to tradition. Long sectional
ladders were used to climb its sides
The most recent ascent was made by a
party Of men and women who followed
leader, who dug toe holds as he
went, in the manner of the Swiss
guides in the Alps. The wonders o.
this mesa, the remarkable effect o.
desert plain. blue sky and clear atmos
phere make the whole effect striking
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in a superlative degree.
The pueblo is reached by means of
a precipitous trail which leads to the
mesa's summit. AS we climb. the In
dian village conveys an impression of
a series of giant castles. but the ad-
vantage of it's position was demon
strated when it repulsed Coronado in
1910 and from that day to this it has
resisted all foes-the whites as we'll as
wandering Indian tribes. On the TOP
of this mesa is a reservoir for water
and it is possible this has been an aid
in resisting attack. The women carry
water from this, make pottery and
over the metate make corn into meal
while the men cultivate the fields
which lie several miles from the
pueblo.
Village OF Acoma
If you have love for unique sights
you will come with me to this strang'
village of Acoma- You will walk will
me down the narrow streets of rock
which lead between the rows o
Acoma's adobe houses. the materia
for which was transported long dis
tances on the backs of Indians. Yoi
will ask permission to enter one of tn,
houses and if you are game" you will
climb the ladder, which leads to tn
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-08
Unearthing the Hidden Cities of the First Amer.
leans : Many Evidences Of Early Art Com
munity Houses Which Held Thousands.
BY KATHERINE LOUISE SMITH

Mother Earth. Automobile roads lead
to the best parts of the Mesa Verde
National Park in Colorado and in time
good roads will be constructed to other
prehistoric ruins of the Southwest.
Already the scenic mountainous region
around the proposed Pajarito National
Park is accessible by automobile. Per-
haps you will not mind the ride from
the railroad station to these unique
examples of cavate lodges and prehis-
toric pueblo ruins and the specimens
of cliff ruins which altogether make a
cliff city. The plateau covers an area
of many hundred square miles and as
we approach the strange formation
looks like towering wall with its face
honeycombed with hundreds of won
derful chambers-relics of community
houses. The whole IS really the site
of what was once a great, though, to
our mind, crude metropolis where In
dian culture reached a high state be-
fore vanishing. Only the buildings
and pottery tell the tale. The build
ings include both the dwellings and
pueblos, the greatest being the large
community houses with thousands of
cell-like rooms. These community
houses were the center Of interest and
around them grew the thousands of
cliff chambers or dwellings-some sur
rounding a central court-and looking
as If consisting of many rooms ar
ranged side by side or in several
stories and cut in the vertical faces OF
the cliffs. Every one who sees these
ruins feels amply repaid for the trip
"Brook OF The Beans"
There is a little stream in New
Mexico called Ell Rito de los FrijoIes
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sumes a protectorship over Kate Cor
beley and her little daughter, Donna,
during the time Corbeley is out pros
pecting. News reaches them of, the
death OF Corbeley and Kate works as
cashier inHennage's restaurant. Twenty
years later she dies and Donna takes
the job. Bob McGraw, young min
ing engineer, comes to investigate the
Corbeley claim for a rich capitalist.
He falls in love with Donna Hennage
feels that the young man Is not sin
cere, but Donna begs him to allow Bob
to search for the claim. While in the
desert Bob Is waylaid by O'Rourke.
one of Carey's henchmen, whom he
has sent to follow up McGraw. Carey
appears and proves to be the muir