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On the Screen Again.
columbia State.)

The statement Of the jury that
acquitted Arbuckle OF manslaugh-
ter is too closely linked in time
with the dispatch that the Arbuckle
films in 80 days Will be. exhibited.
Already it has been said that the
sum of S2,000.000 is invested in
these films. One may accept the
verdict of the jury as just without
conceding that Arbuckle is the
manly and straightforward person
that the jury describes him. The
fact remains that however guilt
less of manslaughter he be, he was
mixed in a loathsome and infa-
nous affair in a hotel at San Fran
cisco that openly set at defiance
all decency. Another fact remains
that two juries refused to acquit
him of nanslaughter. Two mis-
trials were had in this case and it
remains to be proved that the
third jury was superior in wisdom
and virtue to the others. Never
theless, Arbuckle has never been
convicted of manslaughter and has
received tardy and clumsy vim
dication.
The vindication had nothing to
do with his general disbehavior. It
clears him of the charge Of man
slaughter and leaves his record
spotted with one Of the dirtiest
stories that has appeared in the
American prints.
Many a wretch has been a great
artist, poet. novelist, sculptor or
painter. What other art comes SO
close to the masses Of the people
as that of the motion picture actor?
One may read "Childe Harold" and
the personality Of its writer may
stay so far in the background as
scarcely to be though Of. May a
little boy Or girl see the face and
antics of Arbuckle on the screen
without associating him with the
orgy that was followed by the
death of a woman?
The Arbuckle pictures Will be
f1aunted again. Would the screen
industry be poorer were they ban
ished from all theatrers to whicn
the self-respecting public is invlt-
ed? Much has been said about the
influence that an eX-poStmaster
general and national chairman OF
the Republican party is to exert on
the form of amusement now most
popular in the United States. Let
us hope that VIII Hays at least will
sneak out
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Burdcnsome and Foolish Laws.
Dillon Herald.)

The Florence Daily Times says
several hundred Florence county
corporations are doing business IL
legally because they nave failed
to make the proper returns to the
cler1, of the coort. The same may
be said Of Dillon county and of the
46 other counties in the state.
The law requires that business as
sociations, such as partnerships and
corporations. shall record their
charters and make annual returns
to the clerk Of the court. Not one
concern out of thousand pays any
attention to the law because it is
a foolish law. 1t is like scores OF
other foolish laws on the statute
books. The demagogue singles out
the corporations as his special tar
get. The federal statutes are full
Of foolish laws designed to regu-
late corporations. Scarcely a
month passes that a corporation
does not have to make some kind
of report to the government.
Usually it must be accompanied by
a fee. There are so many laws
governing or misgoverninS corpor-
ations that it is impossible TO keep
up with them. Many large cor
porations employ q force OF lawyers
whose duty it is TO keep them OUT
Of Jail, but there are times when
even the corporations legal de-
partment overlooks some law and
the corporation gets into trouble.
What then can be expected OF the
smaller corporations that are not
able to employ expert counsel to
always be on the lookout? Yes,
there are corporations and part
nerShip3 IN Dillon county-plenty
of them-that have not made u
return to the clerk of court. They
are everywhere. 1t is not because
they want to violate the alw. 1t Is
because many of them do not know
there is such law. If they tried
TO keep up with all the laws design"
ed to regulate partnerships and
corporations they would be porelng
over law books all the time.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-19
FAST TIME
IN PLANE
From Chicago to Washington
in Few Hours

Washington. April 14.-E. Ham
ilton Lee piloted one of the big all
mail machines the 7l5 miles from
Chicago TO Washington yesterday
in six hours and two minutes. an
average speed of 10 miles an hour.
to have it equipped with radio
sending and receiving telephones. 1t
was made known today. Lee $
plane is The first of the transcon-
tinental airshipS TO be equipped
with the wireless telephone outfit.
which il is planned {" install on
al the mail machines. The APP
raratu> Will have 4 radius of 200
miles 10 give the pilot constant
contact with the station just LETT
and the one just ahead OF hlm,
Range finders also Will be pro-
vided 70 eaahic ,hc pilots i; foGSJ
and stormy weather t" find the sta
tions toward which they are fly
ma 49,. sks.;dskfS
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-19
FAVORS TARIFF
BEFORE BONUS

Washington April 4.-President
Harding was declared today at the
White House to be of the opinion
that tariff legislation should be Civ
en- precedence in the senate over
the soldier bonus.
Although it was made clear that
the president had received no re-
quest from Republican leaders in
the senate for advice as to which
measure should be taken up first. it
is understood that the views of both
the chief executive and the sena-
torial leaders coincide in this re-
spect.
Under present plans the tariff
will be taken ZIP in the senate
next Thursday while the finance
committee takes up the bonus bill
with the possibility that it may
make radical changes in 1t as it was
passed by the house. When the
bonus measure has been reported
to the senate it will be taken up
for consideration during lulls in the
tariff debate. The bonus bill is eX-
pected to be ready for senate con-
sideration in about a fortnight.
Benjamin c. Marsh, managing
director of the Farmers National
council, declared in statement
tonight that the tariff bill report
ed by the senate finance commit
tee was the worst of the many
gold bricks handed farmers by the
present administration
The whole scheme Of the tariff
bill as reported to the senate" he
added. ''is evidently to permit high
ly protected manufacturers to con-
tinue the same profiteering which
they carried on during the war.
Whatever the text Of the tariff bill
it is clear that the duties levied on
manufactured products are on the
American basis cost of production
while those levied on agricultural
products are on the basis of for
cign cost of production.
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COTTON
IINTER PULP
Valuable in Manufacture of
Paper, Says Speaker

New York. April 13.-The value
of cotton Inter pulp in the manu-
facture Of paper was emphasized
today by S. e. Seaman, of Hope
we'll, Va, in an address before
the technical association Of the
pulp and paper industry which IS
in convention here with various
other papermaking organizations.
He explained that the Inter
from. which the pulp is made is the
residue of lint that clings to cot
ton seed after the usual ginning
process, and that 250,000 tons of
it are now available from the H.
600 cottonseed oil mills in the
country. Tests made with this
pulp. he said. have been found to
compare. favorably with the pulp
made from rags and that when
used in the proportion of % per
cent with new rags would save
the manufacturer from to 10
cents a pound on fine paper.
George f. Williamson, of Nit
tineague. Mass, president Of the
association, and other officers were
reelected.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-19
DOLLAR
FIRE AT NORFOLK
More Than Hundred Houses
Destroyed Wednesday

Norfolk, April 13.-Berkley, a
suburb of Norfolk, was swept by
fire this afternoon which destroyed
more than 100 houses covering an
area one mile in length and aver
aged from two to four blocks in
width. Five hundred families are
estimated to have been made home
less and the damage Will run to
nearly s1,000,000..
The blaze originated in the Tunl:'
lumber mills, on the southern
branch of the Elizabeth river, late
this, afternoon. A. woman, whose
husband is a watchman at the Tu-
mis- docks, discovered the fire from
a house boat in which they live.
Within 40 yards of the docks where
the fire started are the st. Helena
Oil company docks. Three steam
ers in the river We're burned,
catching fire from sparks.
The fire quickly spread to the
north, the sparks being carried 100
yards or more. Most Of the houses
in the path were negro homes and
were dry as tinder and a few
sparks only were required to set
them afre. At one time there
were nine fires blazing in different
places simultaneously.
Although the fire departments,
both civilian and navy, from all
the cities and towns in the vicinity
of Berkeley were called into SER
vice they were helpless against the
reading flames w h h
soon reached Liberty street, one
of the oldest business streets in the
town. One block on Liberty street
was. completely wiped out. A ne
gro church was destroyed. For 2
time it appeared that d large gas
tank owned by the municipal gas
plant was doomed but the gas was
turned off by means of safety
valves. After four hours the fire
appeared to have reached its cli-
max, although it was still blazing
stubbornly in parts of the town.
Included among the buildings de-
stroyed were several stores, two
negro churches. two river steamers
Of the Buxton line, a schooner, a
houseboat and a small factory.
Hundreds of negroes, men, wo-
men and children, are sleeping to-
night in the open air upon beds,
mattresses and pieces Of bed
clothing salvaged from their burr
ing. homes. Many Of them, how
ever, have been housed by the city
in a negro school building. Prep
arations have been made to register
all refugees Throughout the night so
that the city may provide housing
and food for them until they can
find homes.
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POWDER
EXPLOSION AT
CHARLESTON
Foreman of Salvage Company
Blown to Atoms When
Eight Hundred Kegs
Exploded

Charleston, April 80. L. HILL
white. foreman for the Columbia
Salvage corporation. was blown
into bits about 1880 o'clock this
m morning when an explosion Of 90
900 pounds Of black powder oc-
CURED in an ammunition salvage
magazine near the ordnance depot,
north Charleston: More than 50
box cars We're damaged and track
age wrecked. 1t will never be
known what caused the terrific
blast.
Fragments Of Hills body were
collected over q considerable area
and placed in a coffin for inter
ment. His cap was found about
two hundred yards from the mag
azine, the walls Of which were
made with boxes filed with sand
with a canvas roof. Hill and three
negro laborers were seen about the
magazine just before the explosion.
1t is said that the negroes were
practically unhurt. For many
miles around the explosion was
felt. Glass was shattered in plants
in the suburbs Of Charleston.
For sometime the salvage COM
pany has been taking black powder
out Of defective or out of date
shells, this powder being placed in
metal kegs. The magazine was not
connected with the magazines Of
the ordnance department. but was
considerable distance from the
nearest. Where the salvage mag
aZine stood is crater 20 feet
deep and more than 60 feet across.
Nothing remains Of the metal kegs
except fragments.
It is believed that one or two
kegs of pow der were first detonat-
ed and that almost Immediately all
the rest Of the 500 kegs went OFF
with terrible force. A burning brand
fell a short distance away among
pile Of INT shells and among
those who appreciated the peri!
there was CONSERVATION. At the
imminent risk Of their lives, Chief
Thompson of the government port
terminals fire department and
Lieut. A. L. Viloancey Of the
quartermaster corps extinguished
the fire with chemicals.
While it is not known how the
explosion occurred, it is reported
that Foreman Hill had borrowed 4
steel cold chisel and it is believed
that he was working with this OF,
the steel powder kegs, sparks caus-
ing the explosion. The regulations
require that a brass implement be
used, thus preventing sparks.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-19
REDUCTION
IN RATES
Richmond Orders Change For
RediScOunt

Washington, April 14.-Reduc-
ton of the rediscount rate by the
federal reserve bank at Richmond
makes the II per cent. rate ef-
fective in nine of the federal re-
serve districts. The 5 per cent.
rate remains in effect in the Dallas
Minneapolis and Kansas City dis
trictS. Whether further rediscount
rate adjustments in these three
districts was to be expected was
not indicated by officials here but
the impression was sained that
there probably Will be no further
red!scount rate readjustments ua-
less conditions in some of the east
era districts should warrant a
per cent rate.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-19
SUMTER WINS
FROM FLORENCE,
Sumter Now Has Record of
Six Victories and Only One
Defeat

a record crowd was well pleased
with fast exhibition OF baseball
in Florence Friday afternoon.
Sumter scored ir the first inning
by walk. a bunt and a hit Flor
ence scored twice in this inning
due 10 loose pitching and playing
From the second inning through
the ninth, Sumter played air tight
baseball. keeping Florence score
less and at the same time tallyinG
seven runs. Edwards pitching and
Whccler's three base and TWO base
hits were the outstanding features
of the game
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-19
HIGH WATER AT
NEW ORLEANS
Leyees Threatened by Record
Breaking Flood in
Mississippi

New Orleans, April 14.-With
the crest of the Mississippi within
few inches Of the top Of the
levees here and a forecast by the
weather bureau indicating an adj
ditonal rise, every food protective
agency in the city was on the al
ert today to cope with any emer-
gency.
However, government engineers
in charge Of the levees, officials OF
the dock board and experienced
river men were unanimous in de-
claring that there is no danger
whatever threatening in the lower
reaches of the river.
Today's forecast that a stage of
22.6 feet, six tenths of a foot high
er than the previous high record
established in 1916, Will be reached
here, caused no apprehension or
alarm among the levee officials who
insisted strain but preparations
were made to meet any en1er-
gency.
Reports today iron! Plaquemlne,
La, where a newly constructed
section Of levee had shown signs
Of weakening. stated that the en-
gineers had Won their fight and no
further trouble was anticipated.
Gov. John NJ. Parker today sent
telegrams to. the police officials in
the river parishes asking them to
give every assistance possible in
helping to strengthen the levees
during the emergency. The govern
or also ordered that all live stock
be kept off the embankments.
The lower sections OF Arkansas
City. Ark, were reported flooded
today to a depth of several feet.
The business section of the city Is
above the backwater, however.
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The Political Pot

Columbia, April 1.-THE state
Democratic convention will be held
in Columbia this year. May Il.
General Wylie Jones. Of Columbia,
acting chairman, since the eleva-
ton of Hon. Thos. ?. Cothran to
the supreme bench. and Harry y.
Edmunds. secretary Of the state
Democratic executive committee,
have sent out calls for the setting
up Of the Democratic organization
machinery of the state.
The local Democratic clubs are
to meet on April %. These are to
elect delegates to the county con-
ventions, which meet on May /.
The county conventions will elect
delegates to th. state convention.
which will be held in the capitol
here on May II.
The matter of uppermoSt i'm
portance for the state convention
will be the election of officers Of
the Democratic party in the state.
Hon. Thomas Cothran's successor
as chairman of the state commit
tee is to be chosen.
1t is likely that women will sit
in the state convention for the first
time this year. Some of the local
clubs and also some of the coun-
ty conventions will likely elect wo-
men delegates.
The state convention next
month Will be called to order BY
General Jones, and Immediately
will go into the election of q tenn
porary president and then per-
manent president.
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Insurance
Agent Absconds

Columbia. April IA. W. X.
Sease, who for a number Of years
has beer prominent in Columbia
insurance circles, as agent for the
Peninsular Fire insurance company,
of Grand Rapids: the Liberty Fire
Insurance Co., Of st. Louis. and the
Guardian Fire Insurance Co., of
Salt Lake City, has disappeared,
according to a statement issued
yesterday Ey State Insurance Com
missioner McMahan. He has gone
west, and q letter to one Of the
clerks in his. office. written ON
Chicago hotel stationery but mailed
on west-bound train, stated that
as he was SO heavily involved, he
would not return to Columbia. Of
ficers Of the insurance companies
and .resentativeS of the bonding
company that had him bonded, are
in Columbia checking up his office.
1t is stated by the insurance com
missioner that numerous policies
have been found in Mr.. SeaSe' $
Office which had not been forward
ed TO the home offices Of the COM
panies be represented. However,
it is stated that the companies VII
protect all losses under policies
which Mr.. Sease had not sent TO
headquarters.
The whereabouts Of Mr.. SeaSe
are unknown What final action
Will be taken by the insurance
companies with regard 10 him VIII
depend on the report Of the olii-
ciais who are at work checking his
office.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-19
MANY MIL
I.I0NS DYING
Russians Starving to Death,
Says Report

Genoa. April. 5s.-From six mill
hon to seven. million Russians viii
have died of famine, before the
next crops are harvested, accord
ing. to a report geceived from Capt.
Quisling, repEeseating the Internal
ional Relief Organization, headed
by DR.. Fidtjofoe Nansen. Capt.
Quisling estimates the number Of
sufferers ON MaS 1, at 00.00o,. in
the region Of. Odessa and at 1,000,-
600 in each of the foreign-affected
regions: Nicho9aieff, Ekaterino-
slav, Donetzy--I4arkof, 1Krement-
choug and Poltava.5
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-19
NORFOLK
CARES FOR
NEGROES
Relief Committees Provide
Shelter For Fifteen Hun
dred Fire Victims

Norfolk, April 14.-With the
break OF day this city is preparing
20 pat into effect relief measures
for fifteen hundred negroes who
We're rendered homeless by the fire
in Berkeley suburbs. last night,
which wiped out approximately
three hundred homes. Officials es-
ti!nate "tlle damage at three quar-
ters Of million dollars. Tents
from the navy yard have been set
up on the ST. Helena reservation to
shelt3rn | htt' victims. Boys playing
ball are believed to have started
the FIRE smoking cigarettes.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-19
BUREAU TO
RESUME WORK
Government Engraving and
Printing Plant Starts Today

Washington. April 1.-THE bu-
reau Of engraving and printing will
resume operations tomorrow. it was
announced tonight at the treasury.
The plant was closed sunday by
Secretary Mellon tor an inventory
of it's stock valued at millions of
dollars following the removal OF
James l.. Wilmeth AS director and
other high officials by executive
order Of President Harding.
Mechanical work of the inven-
tory. such as counting the stock of
paper and plates. has been COM
pleted by the inventory committee.
officials said. but il will probably
be a week before the checking up
OF the count is finished and a re-
port prepared.
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Controlling College Sports.
(News and Courier.)

N>NtHS etiiN N<OQI 1St j
Eleven of the smaller colleges of
New York and New England have
just held a meeting at Springfield.
Mass, and adopted resolutions
which, it is believed, viii .help
change completely the present sys-
tenn Of football coaching" The
heads OF the colleges represented
at this meeting have organized an
Association Of College Presidents
to consider the best interests. Or
athletics in their respective insti-
tutions, and they have determined
to urge the faculties that, begin
ming with the fall Of 1923. al
coaches be appointed in the same
way as the members Of the fac
ulty and other officers Of the insti-
tuition, that these coaches be paid
by the college and only by the
college that they shall be "in
residence throughout the year,
shall have other duties in the
phsical training department in adj
dition to their coaching" shall be
paid at the same rates as the 9th
er members Of the faculty. shall
have .the same permanence OF ap-
pointment' and be selected in the
same way as other members. Of the
faculty.
The institutions represented at
the Springfield gathering included
the presidents of Amherst, Bow
doin. Colby. Hamilton, Middlebury,
Trinity, Tufts, Union. Vermont,
Wesleyan and Williams colleges
and President Gray, Of Bates Col
lege. who was unable to be present.
sent word that his institution
would join the association. The
Springfield Republican says that it
IS confidently expected that the
faculties and trustees of the col
leges named viii support their
presidents in making the changes
recommended. The Republican
speaks Of the action taken On Mon
day as "a broad and significant
challenge to Harvard, Yale and
Princeton and says that while
the three larger institutions were
dis Gus sing probable football
changes through their daily publi-
cations, but doing little or nothing
otherwise" these smaller colleges
! have taken steps to meet the situa.
ton.
There was need that the situa-
ton should be met and not only IN
New England, but in other parts
Of the country also, including South
Carolina and the south. The Green.
wood Index-Juornal in this state
quoted a citizen OF the PiedmoR.
as saying last fall that what we
needed in this country was a con-
ference for the limitation Of coll
lege athletics, and there can be no
question that this is the way large
part Of the public has come to feel.
TIE trustees and alumni Of the diff
ferent colleges have been even
more to blame than the student
bodies for the absurd lengths to
which football competition has
been carried. Intercollegiate RI
valry in football as in all other
matters ought to be put back on
q genuinely amateur basis and con-
Quoted in that spirit of generosity
and fair dealing which ought to
govern always among amateurs
and college men. The resolutions
adopted by the New England COLI
1eSe presidents strike us as being
eminently sensible and we hops
that the movement that has been
started Will prosper and that its
benefits may be widely extended, SO
widely that we shall share them "a
these parts.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-19
JOHN GARY
EVANS MAY
BE IN RACE
Friends Said to Have Launch
ed Campaign as Guberna-
torial Candidate

Greenwood, April 13.-What is
believed by those in close touch
with the political situation in this
state to be. an authentic report
reached Greenwood today that
former Governor John Gary Evans
of Spartanburg will be a candi-
date for governor in the approach
ing campaign. 1t is reported that
friends of Mr.. Evans definitely
launched his campaign at a private
meeting in Columbia last night and
that Joe Sparks, q veteran newspa-
per man, would have charge of his
campaign.