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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-24
Revolution is Re-
ported in Bulgaria
King Boris Eees to Varna and
Premier ProcIaifas Republic

Vienna. Ma 21.-Conhicting re-
ports have reached here of a Bull
garian revolution. Dispatches from
Belgrade say King Boris has fed
TO yarna an1 that Premier STAN
5oulisky. who represents the peas
ants and agrarians. has with his
followers proclaimed arepub:ic. "A
state of civil war exists, it is re-
ported, and fifteen of Gen. Wran-
gels officers have been expelled.
Agram adrices, however, declar-
ed that a train fromSofia arrived
at Belgrade yesterday afternoon.
and those aboard reported COM
parative quiet. Gen. Aiexandrox
having issued a counter p%roclan,a-
ton at Sofa calling upon the popu-
lace to remain loyal foatFe king.
Tchitcherin and Stambouisky,
according to an Agram paper,
reached an agreement at Genoa
that IL the Bulgarian premier
would expel Wrangefs troops from
Bulgaria he would have the sup
port Of the entire Bulgarian COM
munist element. A dispatch to the
Freie Priesse from Sofia says that
an attempt to carry out the ex-
.pulsion of these troops preclpitated
trouble.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-24
ARNETEE
MURDERERS
SENTENCED
Jeffords and Harrison
Go To Death, freeze
Imprisoned for Life

Columbia. May 20.-With ex-
pressionless faces F. n. Jeffords,
Ira Harrison and Glenn Treecs,
convicted here this evening at SIS
o'clock of the murder of John c.
Annette on the night of May 6,
heard their sentences pronounced
by Presiding Judge w. H. Town
send. the two former to die at the
state penitentiary by electrocutien
on June il and the latter to serve
the remainder of his life behind
prison walls. Treece was recon-
mended to the mercy Of the court.
There was absolutely no demon
stration in the crow lied court room
as the jury filed in with the verdict
after it had been out three hours
and 10 minutes. The prisoners
we're placed in the dock with a
heavy Gordon OF officers around
them and Judge Townsend eau
toned the audience that none woutd
be allowed to leave until after the
court had completed its business.
All doors were then closed.
The three men were sentenced az
go o'clock. There was no noise
to break the calm judicial pre-
nouncements of the Judge except
the audible sobbing Of some OF the
women relatives of the condemned
men. AS sentence was pronouncea
they We're taken to the state peni-
tertiary, two TO be placed in death
cells and the other Treece, to labor
out the long years Of his life in Gus
tcdy.
Today the trial went into its
fifth day. twas COUPLED with the
arguments of attorneys for Treeee
ard Jeffords and the closing argu--
ment of Solicitor Spigener. q
Jury was then allowed to go t rs
meal. On ts-return the charge OF.
Judge Townsend was delivered and
the indictment was handed Town 70,
the Jury at 2.56 o'clock this after
noon.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-24
WANTS TARIFF
RECORD MADE
PLAIN
Senator Underwood
Starts Clear c. u t
Fight On the Tariff
Issue

Washington, May 1S.-Assert-
ing that senate Republicans. or
most of them. had decided to ac-
cept the pending tariff bill as re-
ported by the finance committee
Senator Underwood Of Alabama.
the Democratic leader. declared to-
day in the senate that he wanted
the record on the measure SO clear
that this would be the issue in the
fall campaign and that the people
could pass Judgment on the bill.
They .(thc Republicans are not
going to consider the various items
as presented Senator Underwood
said. and the only jury to which
we the Democrats) can appeal
is the jury that must pay the
taxes.
The minority leader was discuss
ing a paragraph in the bill deal
ing with duties on pigments for
paints. He said this was n OF
the items that the people could
understand and that it could DO
made clear that it was only to
build UP d tariff wall TO increase
the profits of the producers
ut has been stated repeatedly
here in the debate on this bill that
the taxes on the various items in
this chemical schedule We're 50
small that the people would not
feel them. This tax does come
home to the people. 1t IN to
the home itself"
Senator Underwood said the du-
ties proposed could not be justi-
fed from d standpoint of revenue
or because the industry could not
exist without them as the produc-
ers had prospered under much low
CT rates. He called attention that
in 1920 exports Of finished paints
| amounted to 100000 While i'm
ports totalled only $4,000, 900 and
added:
Il suppose the doubling of fle
tax is to keep that $3.000,o0Q out
entirely"
The pigments under discussion
were crude ore and oxides. The
committee rate Of onc-eighth OF a
cent a pound on the crude and ~
per cent. on oxides vas approved.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-24
OUT,
HARVEY IN
Transfer Of Governors Office
Made at Noon Today

Columbia. May pa high trjb-
ute was paid to Governor Cooper.
as one in whose administration the
people felt safe. by Governor VIZ
son G.. Harvey. Of Charleston. IN a
brief inaugural address, delivered
by him al noon today on assuming
the c!,air vacated By Governor
Cooper. Both governors issued
statements to the press. Govern
OF Cooper thanking the people OF
tho state for their support. and
Governor Harvey calling for 60
operation from every citizen and
urging q cool and unsel!ish handi-
;"y OF the Problems OF the tfou-
blous day=. The oath VAS adj
miniStcred b.: Chief Justice Cary
~ three niDutns past twelve. y
lar@" audience-w;is gathered in the
supreme court ro0u-to witness the
ceremony. Governor cooper leaves
this afternoon for Washington.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-24
COLUMBUS
AROUSED BY
LAWLESSNESg

Columbus. May Getty and
county commissioners met this
morning to consider measures to be
taken as the result of the attempt
Oh the life OF Mayor j. Homer
Dimon by bombing the front porch
of his home Yesterday. y mass
meeting vas proposed by citizens
TO aid the city in the ~apprehen-
sion OF the perpetrators who I
believed TO be oppose. to the COM
mission form Of government here.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-24
THE GENOA
AVERTED WAR

Genoa, May 10 (By the Associat-
ed Press).-The dominant thought
in Genoa tonight as the delega-
tons to the economic conference
We're, leaving or preparing to de-
pa, seemingly was that. although
past as far as Genoa is concerned,
its achievements would live and
contribute much to the p~acihcation
and reconstruction of Europe.
The officials Of some of the
smaller states undoubtedly will go
home disappointed, perhaps angr.y.
because their troubles have no.
| been settled at Genoa. Lithuania.
for example. is chagrined that Ge-
noa has not chased the Polish
troops from Lithuanian territory
and the small Russian republics
bordering the Caspian and Black
seas r. aggrieved because Genoa
failed to free them from Bolshe-
I! vik rule.
But as a whole the belief pre-
walls that the Genoa conference.
despite disputes which almost push
ed Europe to the edge Of a preci-
/! pice, has resulted in the beginning
| of the better understanding be-
tween the nations Of Europe, in
Guiding Russia. Even official
France admitted that tonight.
France, which came here reluc-
family, almost suspiciously, goes
away with more confidence. Louis
Barthou. vice premier in the
French cabinet and Frances chief
delegate to the conference. in his
final words to the press tonight de-
c1ared it was his conviction that the
Genoa conference which he called
the child of Cannes" was today
in good health. and that he saw
no reason why the infant could not
journey safely to The Hague and
there thrive and prosper.
The question whether the Rus
sian problem Will SO develop as to
make possible later participation
by the United States in it's solu-
! ton was the great subject of dis
sion tonight.
David Lloyd George. who has
hurried back to England, has not
accomplished everything he hoped
for, but today found him in rare
good hu,nor as the conference held
its closing session.
The conference adjourned after
adopting a provisional n~on-aSgreS-
sion pact. approving ARRANGEMENTS
for The Hague meeting and adopt
inS the report Of the economic
commission with its recommended
tons for the rebuilding Of disor-
gained Europe.
Admittedly. everything now dc
ponds on the Russian Communists.
If they continue as intranSiGcnt in
Holland as in Italy. there seems lit
tie prospect of an agreement with
Russia. Meanwhile the desperate
straits Of the Russian people are
in the minds Of All the delegates.
As one Of them said tonight. "ev-
cry possible effort Will be made to
save tn" valiant Russian people
from suffering and death. Even
the Communists are Russians. and
| perhaps they will understand
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v. ". BUTTON
COMMITS
SUICIDE
I'll Health Given as
Reason For Premed-
!. isatedS Suicide

Mr.. William W. Dutton, age go
years, took his own life at his res
idence No. ,62 Bradfoard street,
at about 5 o'clock Friday morn
ing by a self-inf1icted wound from
q shot gun causing instant death.
Everything pointed so clearly to a
preneditated suicide that no in
guest was deemed necessary.
SIR. Dutton had been in an ex-
fremey poor state of health for
some time and had been confined
for a number Of months to his
bed. having been deprived of the
use of This legs It is stated that on
two previous occasions he has
been known to haze attempted
suicide bur had been prevented
from carr5ing out hisEdesfEns. On
one occasion he attempted to cut
hissthreat but wasshindered by the
Intervention OF ~neighbors. On the
other occasion he took poison but
immediate medical aid saved him
again. 1t was stated thai on last
night Mr.. Dutton kept his wife and
others IN the house up until very
late hour by talking to them. 1t is
believed that his purpose in this
was to the effect that they would
be sleeping more seundIy while he
perpetrated his deed. Both the
pistol in the Isorse and the gun
had been hidden from him but he
managed to locate the whereabouts
OF tie gun and at the early hour
OF S O'Clock this morning crawled
from his bed into the dining room.
Cleaning from the evidences of the
suicide, If seems that he then piac-
ed the gun, a single barrel shot
gun, with its butt against the wall
and then putting the nuzzle of the
gun almost directly against the
left side, he ~pushedsthe uigged by
means Of a stick. The wife of MI.
Dutton was awakened by the re-
port of the gun and rushed in the
room. Fearing what had taken
place he then rushed outland call
ed over a near neighbor, Mr.. H.
). Windham. a doctor was sent
for who after examination OF the
body stated that death had been
instantaneous. The entire load
from the gun bad taken effect in
the body OF Mr.. button and por-
ton of his heart was found to
have been Blown away.
Mr.. Dutton is survived by his
wife, two daugfrfeFs, Nfrg: Mae
e
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-24

WILL WE'D
Announces Engagement
Miss Edith Rockwell

New York. May ". Jack
Dempsey tonight authorized the
announ emcnt OF his impending
marriage to Miss Edith Rock
we'll OF Boulder. Col. The cham
pion appeared rather naughty With
:; monocle screwed into his right
exc and i checked chap pulled
cockiiv To one side of his head when
he returned from Europe today
and he didn't have much to say.
Then. tonight. 5aahtuily. he told
his friends that his secretary.
Teddy Hughes. had something 20
tell them.
Hes tn DO married." announc-
ed Hayes.
Jack =rinned and confirmed the
statement.
The# wedding date has not been
set.
some time bcfoce Christmas"
jack said.
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appoin; Go!dStcjp. This recalls the
fact t:a: another Of tn" Lowdtn
moncr-iioldcIs is in hi=h pubic
Office ratll;ng about freely in the
lnrc" siloc&. Of the late Champ
C1ark@Thc0dorc w. HukricJc.
who has these W r%laillS to faln".
that II" handled 900 Of the
L.owdcn hnod!c and succeeded tho
great Misscurian#in 70 Srrss :.
running about eight th"uS.tud
votes behind lli:s= ticket. i%.nlc$S
tn" NJ iSsuuri Democrats PLAY Into
the "ncmN'S hands ly losing their
heads ov"r.th" I~;ccd-LonG contest.
Hukrirdr and about Il dozen other
Republican congressman from the
state are due for an eclipse.
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KILLED NEAR
BELTON, S. c.
Section Foreman Dies and
Three Others Have Mar
row EScaneS

Grecnvill". May 2t.-Art1ur Nc
Donald. railway section foreman.
was killed at 30 O'Clock this af-
trrnpon between Eclton and An
dcrSon when th" motor car ."
which he WIS riding left III" rail
Way tracks. His skull WIS frac-
.ured when the car overturned.
death resulting Instantly. Thrc"
others on the q with Mcdonald
suffered Only painful bruises.
jumping when the ctr began to
leave til. track.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-24
SIGNS ARE
AGAINST GRAFT
IN POLITICS
Defeat Of Some Of the
Ring Leaders Of Re-
publican Machine is
Regarded as Signifi-
cant of Better Days
BY Wallace Bassford
Especial Correspondent J.

Washington. May 22.-Probably
no president Of the United States
has ever had occasion to view with
dismay a greater revolt within hls
own party than that which con-
fronts Mr.. Harding. The result III
Indiana was sufficient to give
alarm. but the bloody defeat OF
the most powerful republican ma
chine il. the United States. that
in Pennsylvania, is almost tragic
in its forecasts and portents. The
machine has gone down to defeat
before one of the most pronounced
leaders of the progressive move
ment of 1e10-12, Clifford Pinchot'
the friend of Roosevelt. Probably
in all the history Of machine poll
tics there has eve been an Or
ganization more unScrupulous IN IT'S
methods or more saturated With
graft. Only a few years ago 1t vas
shown that one ward organization
in Philadelphia, in the insolence
Of it's power. had registered and
voted a saloonkeeper's bulldog,
thinking, doubtless. that it was "a
fine jest at representative govern
ment. But the dog probably cast
as patriotic a vote as the ward boss
himself was capable Of. 1t also
came out in the same investigation
that the ward leaders, in order to
return certain majorities which
they were expected to maintain.
copied names from the tombstoneS
in the city cemeteries in order to
get lists of fictitious voters. Boss
Penrose. whose last act was to
force Harding's nomination, Is
dead. 1t looks like his Pennsyi-
vania machine is also ready to be
coffined.
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Without Information.

Vienna, May 21.-The Bulgar-
ian legation and the Austrian for
eign Office are wholly without al
vices on the reported revolution.
information received here is limit
ed TO conflicting Jugo-Slas reports.
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Jacksonville. May 22.-The en-
forcemtnt Of the law is the main
task OF Tn" prohibitionists * de-
clared in The report OF the social
service commission of tn" Southern
Baptist convention. made public
today. 1t denounced the modern
dance. race track gambling. and
urged Il strict censorship OF motion
pictures.
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Report IS Denied.

!. Paris. May 81 (By the Associat-
ed Press1.-The Bulgarian lega-
ton here has issued a categorical
denial OF the published report that
a communist revolution has brok-
zen out at Sofia and that King
Boris has fed TO Varna.
News from Sofia last night"
gays the statement. shows that
complete calm regins throughout
the whole country"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-24

The defeat of Senator New. the
presidents buddy, in the Indiana
primaries. has left some sore spots.
The Vincennes Sun, a Democratic
paper. takes some pleasure in
quoting what the Vincennes Com
mercial had to say about Bevcr-
idge before he was nominated.
The Commercial is a leading Re-
publican organ of Will. Hays
neighborhood and under his in
fuence. It's, editor charged Bevnr-
idse with being a "demagogue,
traitor. atheist, Stacker. and mis-
chief-making %agitator." He de-
clared that Beverage was the only
man he knew who had not au-
swered the country's call during
the and that President Wilson
did not have his support. Inciden-
tally it. appears that Chairman
Hays would not. in 1918, allow a
Republican campaign speaker to
mention President Wilson's name
III his speeches. The Commercial
had Il rich field to explore, going
SO far as to tell how B~everidge'S
book on the Kaiser was used as
German propaganda" until the
government threw it out Of the
mails. The editor did not tell,
however, of the time when Bever-
idge nagged Senator Joe Bailey to
such u point of irritation that the
Texan slapped his face and pulled
his collar off. WashinStonianS
were much amused at the indig-
nation of Beveridge's friends at
what they called a brutal attack
while Beveridge excused his non
resistance by claiming that Bailey
never touched me-" Those ia
miliar with the case thought Bev-
eridge produced "a very weak alibi
and would have thought better of
him had he used his knuckles as
freely as he had always used his
vocal cords.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-24

Under the recent ruling by AZ
torney General Daugherty candi-
dates for the United States senate
may spend, to secure seats in the
senate, any amount of money which
they or their friends, personal or
corporate. a dig up. Daughcrty
held that the decision of the su
prcme court in the Newberry scan
DIAL had invalidated the corrupt
practices act in so far us senator
ial elections are concerned. Now
it Will be necessary for congress
to enact new legislation if it dc
SireS to interfere, or pretend to in
terfere. with the wholesale pur-
chase Of seats in the senate this
fall. Just how the present senate
can have the face to pass such a
bill after voting to seat Newberly.
who was shown by court evidence
to have bought his seat. would be
hard to understand. Yet it has
done other things az shameful
without batting an eye. For in
stance. Nat Goldstcin's appoint
ment as collector Of International
revenue had already been o. kd
10y the committee before Harding
withdrew his anne And it is
worth noting that the name Was
not withdrawn because tie pres
idcnt was impressed by the fact
shat Goldstein had handled tre
money seAt to Missouri to buy del
c@atcs for Lowden. The president
seems impervious to public senti-
mcnt on such delicate points of
personal and political honor. Ills
letter endorsing tho badlv-spotted
Ncwberry is fresh in memory.
Goldstcins name was Withdrawn Ill
the latter,S own request.
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Richmond. May

!. Richmond. May 22.-Virsinia's
historical pageant depicting the
principal epochs in Virginia his
tory was formally opened with the
coronation of Mrs. Hattie Semones.
of Roanoke. as queen Of Virginia.
on the steps of the state capitol hy
Gov. e. Lee Trinkle.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-24
RUSSIA
MUST GET RID
OF SOVIEIISM
American Viewpoint
as to Discussion Of
Economic Situation
in Russia Laid Be-
fore Genoa Confer
ence

Washington. May 1S-An elab-
grated statement Of the American
viewpoint as to the expert discus
sion of Russian economic problems
at The Hague cabled by the state
department yesterday, formed the
basis of Ambassador Chlld's con-
ference with Senator Schanzcr and
Premier Lloyd George today in Ge-
noa. The communication. however.
merely made more positive. if pos
s;ble. the conviction of the Wash
ington government that Russia
must rid herself OF Sovieti2m as the
first essential step toward economic
restoration.
IT was made plain that while
the United States-docs not desire
to impede in any way an inquiry
by international experts as to what
is the matter IL Russia and is pre-
pared to join in any plan purely
for the purpose of making such
an inquiry. Washington officials are
certain that the result would be
only to show that the chief CO.
non;ic barrier to Russian rcstora-
ton is S~ovietism. Until teh doc
trincs of government which are
woven through Russian memoran-
dunn of May II have been overturn-
ed and Russia is governed UNDER
the same economic theories. what
eyer the form OF her government,
that prevail throughout the rest
of the world. she can not. in the
American view, expect to again
set up trade ard commerce rcla-
tionship with tn, world at large.
Obviously. it was pointed out
today. the United States govern
ment will not consider any ques-
ton of a loan to d government bas-
ed on principles that avowedly
would deny and recognized form of
security for the loan. if public funds
are not to he available for such a
loan. American private capital
would be still less willing to VEN
ture into Russia, it was pointed
out.
At the same time the Washing
tcI SONS: IflIlCllI WIS Salh ~ OC-
lieve thu, I economic diagnosis Of
Russia's affairs by an International
group experts, including German
and Russian specialists in CONNER
cial matters. railroads. industry or
other similar questions possibly
might be in order to form a basis
for international conversations az
to Russia on which all We're agreed
as to the facts. The outstanding
fact thus to be developed. will be
that S~ovietism itself is the stone
wall that blocks the road from
Eussias return to the family Of
nations.
The point that blocked American
participation in the Genoa confer
cncc and again stood in the way Of
American acceptance Of the invita-
ton to The Hague. it has now been
eXplaine dfully to the conference
in Genoa was that the whole pro-
ceedinS began with negotiations
Of a political character, involving
an implied, at least, forecast that
the Soviet government might be
recognized by other powers.
Not only has the American view
point been recntanlunicated to Ge-
noa through Ambassador Child in
amplilied form. but it is now
known that diplomatic representa-
tivcs Of the powers here hove taken
n hand in the matte. and forwarded
very full eHjositions of the situa-
ton in Washington after confer
! enccs with Secretary Hughes.
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Tnites Wish Communists.

London, May IA Central
News dispatch from Belgrade gives
a report from the frontier that
the Stamboulsky party in Bulgar-
Ia has united with the communists
and proclaimed a republic. King
Boris is reported TO have fed to
Earna.
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The people OF Missouri would
do we'll TO bear in mind that ii wa$;
= nator Spencer. whose doubt.
liandshnkc and half-Nelson n
brace with Two pats on tn" left
shoulder have become familiar to
them, who asked the president to
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-24

Genoa. May 19.-The economic
conference ended today with a
plcnary meeting in San GiorGio
palace. after thirty-nine days of eff
fort to solve Europe'S manifold
problems. Premier Lloyd George
said the Hague meeting. the non
aggression pact and the reports Of
the finance, transport and eco
nomic commissions alone justified
the holding of t!ic conference.
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GIFT TO HOSPITAL
Ruthcrfordton. North Caro-
lima 10 Have Modcrnly
Equipped Sanitarium

Philadelphia. May 22-A gift of
a hundred thousand dollars to
Rutherford Hospital. Rutherford
ton. Y c., for til" purchas" Of
r"diuum and laboratory equipment
is ANNOUNCED. Tn" gift WIS madc
by j.. {. i'lonll. OF Hickory. Il re-
tired ,uill owner. in memory Of his
,,;f,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-24

In Georgia. even the family trees
produce breaches.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-24

The hardest thing about STAYING
I. society is looking bored.