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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-24
s~tateburg News Notes.

Stateburg, May 11.-After a long
cold and wet spring the sun seems
to have decided to shine on US
again. for which every one is de-
lighted. All rejoiced that May
10th was such a lovely afternoon,
when we had our memorial exer-
cises. were glad when Sumter.
Wedgefield and Hagood Joined with
us. We we're certainly indebted to
Rev. John A. Brunson for a most
delightful, instructive and enter
tanning address. which all enjoyed
and appreciated and do hope to be
able to have him with US again.
Mrs. E. N. Frierson and little
grandson, Edgar Nelson Sullivan,
are back after a visit to relatives in
Decatur, Ga. They stopped in
Barnwell for a day and night,
which they enjoyed very much
with their friends, the Boyds. The
only drawback was the shortness of
the visit. Found them all looking
well and very pleasantly situated.
Mr.. Tom Rogers spent Sunday
with his family.
Some of the schools in and
around stateburg are having clos
ing exercises. The Argyle school
closes this afternoon, with a May
Pole Dance.
The farmers + getting ready to
cut wheat. Hope they will make
better crops than they had last
year.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-24
The woodrow Wilson Foundation.

This Woodrow Wilson EGun0atlou.
On Christmas Eve, 1920, a group
of ONE met to consider what
was then a nebulous wish to pay
some sort of a tribute to the man
who was shortly to leave the
White House. There was no DOUBT
in their minds as to the rerdict CT
history; rather the thought was
to establish a precedent. it pos
sible, and honor a great American
while he lived. Great men had
seldom been so honored. Indeed,
it was the fairly we'll established
custom to sadden their lives with
abuse and make amends later.
The thought of a tribute OF some
sort was discussed among the wo-
men and then presented to a group
of men, friends of Mr.. Wilson ana
former members of his official tam
lily. Finally, within two weeks at
ter Mr.. Wilson had become a prl-
vate citizen. there was a great WIN
ter's day meeting at a New York
hotel where the wish became a
fact, where the nebulous desire to
honor him while he lived became
the very real plan to Great the
Woodrow Wilson foundation.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-24
CANDIDATES FOR
STATE OFFICES

Columbia, May 22.-J. H. Hope,
who for six years was county sd
perintendent Of education Of Tn
ion county, and twenty-one years
before a teacher, and lately con-
nected with the book adoption
work Of the state school system,
today filed his pledge as candi7,
date for state superintendent OF
education, as has, also Paul Moore,
of Columbia, a graduate Of the
University and teacher for a NUM-
Der of years.
j. E. Swearingen, state superin-
tendent of education, has filed his
pledge for the ace for governor,
and his entry in this ace had
opened the doors for many candi-
dates for his job as head Of the
school system of the state. O. D.
Seay, former county superintendent
of Richland county, has recently
filed his pledge for this Office, be-
ing the first.
In the governors race Former
Governor Blease and Former Lieu
tenant Governor A. J. Bethea have
also filed their pledges.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-24
FIVE WHITE
URDERER
IN HOUSE
Kirby, Fox and Gappins to Be
Re-sentenced This Week

Columbia. May 22.-S. j. KIRBY,
Fox and Gappins. the trio OF Il
derers in the death cell at the pea
itentiary. convicted Of the murder
Of William Brazell, the young Co
lunlbia taXi-driver, who was killed.
on a road from here to Augusta last
sumner, are to be re~-sentenceo
this week, probably Tuesday, &C
cording to announcement today by
Solicitor Spigener, Of Lexington.
The solicitor stated that he would
consult with the judge on Mon
day, the opening day Of the court,
and if Tuesday were convenient to
the court, he would appear on that
day to ask that the trio be re-sen-
fenced.
All three of the men gave no
tice of appeal, but only Kirby's
appeal was perfected, and it was
dismissed by the supreme court
recently making the next step in
the famous case the re-sentencing
Of the men.
The trio will probably be SEN
fenced to die at some time during
the summer, all having been con-
victed of first degree murder. This
means, it now appears, that five
white men,, convicted Of sensation
al murders, are to die III the cleo
trio chair at the pen this summer,
the other two being F. NJ. Jeffords
and Ira Harrison, two of the three
men convicted Saturday Of the muir
der on May 9. of j. c. Annette,
proprietor Of the Columbia filing
station. The date for the execu-
ton of these two has been set by
the court as June 10. Glenn
Treece, the other member Of the
trio, got life imprisonment. All
three are young Columbia men.
Jeffords was in business with
Annette, and it was brought out in
the trial that he plotted the muir
der of his partner in order to get
possession of the business and to
get partnership insurance carried
on his life. Harrison and Treece
worked for the other two and they
were partners with Jeffords in the
murder plot.
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score Card for Jal
Girls Club Work.

The State Short Course for Home
Demonstration club members of
South Carolina Will be held at
Winthrop College June 9 to. Is in
elusive. About 400 women and
girls from every part Of the state
are expected to attend. Five wo-
men and five girls are sent from
each county, these delegates he
ing selected for excellence in
home demonstration work and
their ability as leaders. In addi-
ton to the regular delegates, the
county farm women.s councils will
send special representatives.
An interesting and instructive
program has been arranged by the
state home demonstration agent
and her assistants. Prominent
demonstrators and lecturers from
all parts of the country will be on
the program. Among the speakers
are, DR.. C. B. Smith, Mr.. O.. 3.
Martin and Miss Florence Ward
from the United States department
Of agriculture. Washington, D. c.
DR.. Ruby Green Smith, Associate
Home Demonstration Leader, New
York state, DR.. Leon C. Palmer,
General Superintendent, South Car
Dina Sunday School Association;
Chauncey B. Mcdonald. Sec
rotary, South Carolina Tubercu-
losis Association, and DR.. L. A.
Riser, Of the State Board of Health.
Demonstrations along many lines
of home making Will be given b.
the specialists and the county
home demonstration agents.
Recreation will be an important
feature of the program. A train
ed director will have charge of the
work in the gymnasium, including
drills, games. folk dancing and
swimming. Mr.. r. E. Nell of the
Rock Hill Y. NJ. C.. A. will conduct
the community singing each even
ing. In addition to the entertain
ments mentioned above, there will
be moving pictures, parties and
stunts"
A feature Of especial interest to
1.-THE girls viii be the course in
health. education, conducted by
Miss Harriet Wedgweod Of the
United States Burea uof Education.
Here the girls will be taught the
"Rules of the Health Came and
Right Living"
Indications are that this Short
Course will be the best ever held.
President D. B. Johnson has gen
erously given us the use OF the
Winthrop College buildings and
equipment. and is cooperating in
every possible way to make the
Short Course a success.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-24
EXT
ADOPTED
State Board of Education
Signs Contracts With Num-
Der of Publishing Houses

Columbia, May 26.-Adoption Of
textbooks for the public schools Of
South Carolina was completed by
the state board Of education yes
terday after several days of con-
ference on various texts which had
been submitted. The board Of edu-
cation has been in session several
days and yesterday announced that
its work has been practically COM
pleted.
APPROXIMATELY 80 contracts with
book publishing houses remain to
be signed up, but this work will be
completed within a day or two.
Representatives Of various pub
fishing houses have been in Colum-
bia in numbers recently and many
texts have been brought to the at
tention Of the board. The books
for the next five years will be some
what higher in price, it was .un-
derstood yesterday, than they yese
under the old contracts as the cost
of practically everything that goes
into their making has advanced In
recent years.
J.. E. Swearingen, state super
intendent of education, when1asked
Yesterday for a list of the books
adopted by the board, said that a
list had not been prepared yet fer
publication. He said, however
that the list would be available in
a few days.
The law of the state, as is gener-
ally known, provides for a readop-
ton Of textbooks fer the public
schools every five years. The
books adopted by the board at its
meeting will be used over the state
in the schools during the next FIVE
years. Provision is made with the
book companies whereby old books
may be exchanged in part payment
for new books, this arrangement
saving muo. money to the people
Of the state.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-24

When you buy Il pair of shoes
YOU do not expect the merchant
to throw in d dozen pair OF SILK
hose. nor do you expect Il dozen
shirts. collars and ties donated
with a suit of clothes. but many
advertisers not only expect, but de-
mand. that when they spend $40
with a newspaper for display ad-
vertising that they be given free
of charge twenty dollars worth of
reading matter boosting their bust
ness. The public either does not
realize, or prefers to ignore the
fa& that space is the stock IN trade
of a newspaper. and if it is given
away the newspaper would soon
go broke and out Of business.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-24

Columbia. May f9-Blaming the
entire crime on Ira Harrison, J. NJ.
JefTords, who took the stand in his
own behalf today, brought to q
climax the sensational trial of the
trio charged with the murder of
J.. G.. Annette. JeffordS testified
that he did not strike Mr.. Annette
at all. where Harrison and. also.
Glenn Treecc. the other two de-
PENDANTS. testified yesterday that
he had hit the fatal blow. JET
fords stated that Harrison killed
Mr.. Annette, that it was Harrison
who plotted the crime and that
he did not know that any such
plot had been made.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-24

s-~sa9uda, May Poi. Arthur
Brvan-a highly respected farmer
0f-tf1s Mays Cross Roads section OF
the county, took his own life early
today at his home by blowing. OFF
fac top of his head with a shotgun.
worry over financial troubles must
have been the cause of the deed as
he talked a good deal Of late to
friends about his financial affairs.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-24
Death.

News reached the city yesterday
afternoon of the death of Mr.. w.
Y. Jennings. IL well-known form
Ell citizen of Sumter, but who has
resided in New York TO- the past
twenty odd years. He is survived
by his wife. and one brother. May
or Il. II. Jennings of Orangeburg:
also three sisters, Mrs. j. l.. HaynS-
worth. Mrs. JAS. n. Chandler Of
Sumter and Mrs. Maitland Chase
Of HartSvillc.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-24
Death

Columbia, May 19.-Mr. Thomas
H. Connors, formerly Of Sufamer-
ton, Clarendon County died TINS.
morning at the Confederate Home
here, aged seventy-seven years.
The funeral will DE held at noon
Saturday and the interment will
be at Elmwood Cemetery. He is
survived by one sister, Mrs. 2. A
CTftipo of SI1Ynfer
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-24

FOR LOGS-We pay the
highest market price for strictly
high class ASH, POPLAR and
CYPRESS logs delivered by rail
or truck to our Sumter band-mill.
Write or call for particulars. The
Sumter Hardwood Co., Sumter.
S. G..
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-24

FOR SALE-Face brick and COM
mon brick in any quantity. Spe-
cial price made on car lots. Get
my prices before you buy. j.
?. Commander.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-24

Here's a fable that Aesop over
looked. Once upon a time a play
was produced and the cast in
Guided not n single girl named
.sDarr,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-24

The prospects for a large peach
crop in Sumter county + report
ed to be excellent.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-24

Schedule for Week May 1921.
Monday-Lone Oak H. D. Club.
Tuesday-Graham H. D. club.
Graham Poultry club.
MISUNDERSTANDING H. D.
club.
Thursday-Mayesville H. D. club.
Friday-Omce.
Saturday-ofice.
Garden Suggestions.
According to Mr.. Newman of the
Progressive Farmer. "beans, snap
and lima, bush and pole: beets and
chard, carrots, celery, collards and
cabbage, corn at intervals of two
weeks; cucumber, eggplant. leek,
lettuce, watermelon. c~antaloupes,
oRra. parsley, parsnips. pepper.
satisfy, squash and tomato should
be planted now.
Don'tforget to give gardens fire.
quent shallow cultivation. Watch
for garden pests and apply a rem
edy at once.
Blackberry jam.
CThe recipe being used by the
members of the South Carolina
Home Producers Association.
Use part ripe broken berries to
give favor and color and part
slightly under-ripe berries to sup
ply pectfn that gives the jelly-like
consistency. Wash berries and
drain, use S-4 pounds of sugar to
one pound of fruit. Let sugar and
fruit stand on back of stove until
enough juice forms to start cook
ing. Cook rapidly in porcelain
lined vessel and stir with wooden
spoon or paddle. Frequently move
spoon or paddle around and across
the pan, being careful to move the
mixture from the bottom Of it. Do
not stir too rapidly or beat the
mixture. The jam should be cook
ed to 222 degrees Fahrenheit. It
viii give the same test as for jelly
taking off the side Of the spoon
when slightly cooled.
Score Gard fOo. Jam.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-24

a movement to organize a Iii
wants Cub in Sumter is said to
have been started.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-24

Zoo may be China's prime min
lister. His first name is not Gu.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-24

When q man isn't sure OF HIM
elf. that=makcS il unanimous.
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rhe Watchman and southron

Published Wednesday and Satur-
day by
Dsteen Publishing Company,
Sumter, S. G.
Terms:
SEQ Ger annu1n-in advance.
Advertisements:
One square, first Insertion --s1.0e
Eyary subsequent insertion 80
Contracts for three months or
5oager will be made at reduced
rates.
communications which sub
serve private interests will be
chargedsfor as advertisements.
Obituaries and tributes Of re-
.spect via be charged for.
Ene Sumter Watchman was
fsnndsd in 1850 and the True
sonaaran IA 1866. The Waterman
and Southron now has the COM
;hineE circulation and influence of
Bgfn Of The Old papers, and is man
sisastsythe best advertising medium
III Sumter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-24
HOME DEMONSTRATION
DEPARTMENT
MISS G-ARe-4RgLEeK,
County Agent.

Schedule for Week May 1927.
Monday-Lone Oak Fl. D. Club.
Tuesday-Graham H. d. club.
Graham Poultry club.
MISUNDERSTANDING II. D.
Woman's enterprise., 1922-10-27
A GIRL, TWO MEN,
LONELY CABIN, TROUBLE

The awesome stiffness Of frozen
wastes, snowbanked-
The whispering quiet Of giant
snow weighted sentinel trees
A primitive man
A man sick Of women and tired OF
love-
An innocent girl thrown upon them
by chance
And a cabin in the midst of the
loneliness.
Put these all together, they spell
trouble" And so they do in the
UniversalJewel production, "The
Storm" starring House Peters at
the Columbia Theatre Saturday and
Sunday.
1t is a picture Of top notch cal
ibre, with Matt Moore, Virginia VAL
Ii, Josef Swickard, Gordon McGee and
Frank Lanning in support Of Peters,
directed by Reginald Barker, the pro-
ducer Of "The Old Nest"
Woman's enterprise., 1922-10-27

flowers, but the chrysanthemums were
heaped like snow banks against the
walls and their spicy fragrance was
distilled upon the chilly air. A hush
seemed to have fallen over that
}cloister world. I saw the nuns hur-
riedly fit to and fro, pausing to ex-
change whispers, but she whom my
eyes sought, was not among them,
and gave way to the same old yearn-
ing, the same unreasoning emotion,
and may God forgive me l prayed that
she might be released from her vows.
A wild passionate appeal, that had
for its motive a selfish, but indefinite
hope, that somewhere, in some man.
ner, some day we might meet; that
I might look into her eyes unquestion-
ed, and hold her hand in mine, if only
for a moment. A meteor sped across
the sky, leaving a fiery index that
seemed to point at me. "A souls
passing into Eternity" I muttered,
an old superstition flashing through
my mind A few moments later the
bell of the church began to toll, tell
ing the tale Of some faithful one de-
parted.
Next afternoon, carrying an un-
suspicious looking package, I passed
through the Cemetery gates, that
stood wide open, unnoticed by the SEX
ton' But I could scarcely believe the
evidence Of my own eyes, when on
reaching the Dalcourt's tomb, found
the slab removed for the untenanted
compartment, that had withstood my
efforts only the day before. Thank
ing the Fates for such kindly inter-
vention, deposited the skeleton in
the vault, keeping the written ex-
PLANTATION that was to have accom-
panied it. I pushed it far back out
of sight, and retraced my steps with
a lightness Of heart had not known
since I learned Jean Dalcourt's his
tory. I did not try to find solution
to the open vault, perhaps some re-
pairs were being made, at any rate,
it served my purpose well, and my
work was accomplished more salts
factorily than I had hoped for. The
thought pleased my fancy also, that
when my skeletons fancee was laid
in her allotted place, that their ashes
would mingle, for, who knows what
the companionship Of dead hearts and
unresponsive lips may mean in the
I seemed accompanied by deaths
symbols that day, for as I neared my
home, and was passing the old
church Of Saint Esprit heard the
organ wailing a requiem; it sobbed
and swelled through the vestibule and
out through the doors, and upon the
streets, where a white plumed hearse
was waiting. I had forgotten the
Woman's enterprise., 1922-10-27

tolling Of the bell, the night before.
A moment later and six acolytes
came out Of the Church bearing a
white coffin, heaped with chrysanthe-
NUNS. A long procession of nuns IN
black wells over their faces followed.
II turned and watched the sad cortege
20 down the narrow street. An acho-
lyte brought up the rear, swinging a
silver censer. I asked him: "1s it
one of the nuns of Saint Esprit? ?" mo-
tioning towards the hearse. Eyes,
he answered as he moved on slowly,
1T is Sister 1gnatius."
A tall building, tall enough to
catch the sunshine, with clean sweet
smelling corridors, and we'll ventilat-
ed rooms stands on the spot between
the Church and Convent, where my
old home stood. I called it the Saint
1gnatius Hospital for Children, and
people wondered at the name, when /
had il built. The Saint Esprit NUNS
with soft voices and gentle touch,
administer to the little patients, and
the convalescent children play in the
Convent garden. It is many years
|since I returned from abroad, so long
indeed, that I can now read without
emotion the inscription upon slab
Of the Dalcourt tomb, that is grow
ing grayer every year, in the time
eaten Cemetery. It reads:
IN MEMOR1AM,
Adele Breaux, betrothed Of
Jean Dalcourt.
! Known in Religion
Sister 1gnatius,
! Of the Order Of Saint Esprit.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-05
TELLS OF NEEDS
OF THE ORIENT
Mrs. Peabody Addresses
200 Tulsa Women at
a Breakfast

A building may be erected by
Oklahoma women on tho campus OF
one of the Womeu's Union Christian
colleges In the orient AZ the result
OF the visit here Thursday OF Mrs.
Henry w. Peabody of Boston. chair
man of the Joint committee of de-
nominntibnnl boards in charge OF
the institutions. over 100 Tulsa
women who heard Mrs, Peabody at
breakfast In Hotel Tulsa signiflod
their interest in tho institutions and
their Willingness to cooperate with
other cities In the state In raising
money for an oklahoma building.
Individual gifts TO the colleges were
made and the newly organized state
association of university women
pledged memorial room and rep
resentatiyes of the Tulsa branch of
this organization stated that they
would take UP at once with the
Tulsa branch the question of furn-
| ished another memorial room, In
addition, many women aresent at
tho breakfast promised to enlist the
! interest and money OF others. Mrs.
| John Aberuathy, who Is president
OF the city federation missionary
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-05
TALK IN STRANGE TONGUE
Words OF Prohibition Epoch Might
niartIe Wcbstcr.

WAsHfNGTON.--old man 00h
Webster would blink and CULVER II
ho stepped out OF his grave and cast
a glimpse over words used by Vol
stead law officers. describing the
danger OF bootleg whisky.
Dyna mic moonshine llquor, by
latest analyses, contains a lot OF
queer things that produce a lot OF
different effects on the human sys-
ten. Prohibition Commissioned
Haynes told about 1t recently. lie
said:
"Moonshlne mash develops wild
yeast and other fungi.
"Fusel oil is found In large
amounts in moonshlne.
MANY samples contain furfural
aldehydes and other polsons.
"a large excess OF acids also arc
found.
"Aldehydes when ingested pro-
duce aldehydes ismus, with a thick
ening OF the adventitia of the vessels
and an increase OF connective tis
sue between the lobes of the liver
Com missioner Haynes maintained
that his chemists were right. They
claim most OF the bootleg whisky
is unfit to drink because most of II
especially the white mule" prod
uct--they contend is made in filthy
cellars or other places where bac-
teria abounds. Moonshine liquor,
thus made, they said. is manufac
tured under conditions that do not
permit of sterilization OF the mash
or the air, with which II should b,
"acrated"--a process necessary IN
manufacture of good grade liquors
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-05
BY B. Link

societies, was made city chairman.
Mrs. Peabody left Thursday night
for Oklahoma city where she hopes
TO arouse similar interest and bring
about a state organization.
Mrs. Peabody made her appeal
principally on the grounds Of the
need Of education by women of the
orient and their still greater need
OF medical attendance. Her picture
Of the pitiful child wives and child
! mothers of India and the women OF
| China who can not be attended by
men physicians stirred profound
| sympathy. She also spoke at the
First Presbyterian church Thursday
| evening
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-05
CHECK UP ON KU-KlUX
Kansas city. Kan, OFFICIALS Attempt
10 Obtain Names of Men At
tending Meetings.

KANSAS CITY, Kan, May i.--Hav-
ing heard a rumor that the Ku-klux
klan was to hold meeting at old
Armory hall here tonight. Mayor
Burton OF this city instructed Chief
of Police thinner to 30 to the hail
and obtain as many names as possl-
BILE of persons attending the gather
ing, The chief of police accordingly
led squad of patrolmen to the
hall, accompanied by George H.
West, police Judge. As a result of
the investigation that followed, one
man Is under arrest. Judge West.
who caused the mans arrest, said
he had made derogatory remarks TO
him.
The police were evasive with re-
gard TO the result of their investlga-
tions. Several hundred men were
soon entering the hall, but the ma.
ture OF the meeting was mystery
last night. Tho police stood Mt the
exits and attempted to recognize all
who went in and came out OF the
building.