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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1922-04-07
HoW's This /?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case Of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Medicine.
Halrs Catarrh Medicine has been taken
by catarrh sufferers for the past thirty
dye years, and has become known as the
most reliable remedy for Catarrh. Halrt
Catarrh Medicine acts thru the Blood on
the Mucous surfaces. expelling the Pol
SON from the Blood and healing the dis
eased portions.
After you have taken Halls Catarrh
Medicine for a short time you will see
great Improvement in your general
health. Start taking Halls Catarrh Medi.
cine at once and get rid OF catarrh. Seno
j. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. Ohio.
Sold BY all Druggists, TIC.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1922-04-07
Nor1cp TO CREp1roRs

THIS is TO give notice, that the I'M
i dersigned has obtained from the
Orphans Court of Prince Georges
County, letters of administration upon
the personal estate of
CHESLEY COLLECT SWAMI
late of Prince Georges county, deceas-
ed. All persons having claims against
said deceased are hereby warned to ex
hibit the same, with the vouchers
thereon les ALLY authenticated on or be-
fore the Gath day '.fSeptember. 1929, o!
they may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefits of said estate. All
persons indebted to said estate are re-
quested to make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this 21st day
| of March, 1922.
ANNIE AMELIA SWAMI
Adm nistratrix Of Chesley Collect
| Swami, deceased March "a
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1922-04-07

AT the recent term of Court in ST.
Mary's County the petit Jury was not
once empaneled.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1922-04-07
Nor1oE TO CRED1roRs

Nor1cE TO CRED1roRs
THIS is to give notice, that the un-
l. dersigned has obtained from the
Orphans Court of Prince Georges
County, letters Of administration upon
the personal estate of
ANNIE M. STUBENER,
late of Prince Georges county deceas
ed. ALI persons having claims again st
said dec eased are hereby warned to ex-
hibit the same, with the vouchers there
on legally authenticated on or before
The oath day of September. 1922, or they
may otherwise by law he excluded
from all benefits of said estate. All
persons indebted to said estate are re-
quested to make immediate payment
Given under my hand this 21st day of
March 1921.
PHILIP J. STUBENER
Administrator of Annie Stubener, de-
ceased March "a.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-04
Eeebreakers Sent to Petrosrad.

RevaI.n Esthonia, Jan. 1.-Two
huge cruisers the
Alexander, Nevsky and the Sviata-
soi, have JUS. been sent TO Petro-
grad by British naval authorities to
keep that Russian port open this
winter if possible.
They We're built for Russia in the
world war and were used by the al
lies ct Archarsel and in the White
Sea during the occ 4pancy Of the
.&rchangel district by American
and other allied troops
1t is said that their names Will
be changed TO Lenine and Trotzky
They are among the largest ice
breakers III :fe world and are SO
constructed as to- break the ice
around them by rolling as we'll as
by Epushing through the ice ahead
OF 3kenr
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-04
Stamp Slot Machines
Postoffice Department
Making Use of These

Face value for Your money and
wait on yourself: is the principle
upon which the new coin controlled
stamp vending machines now be-
ing installed by the Postofficc De-
pGrtmcnt are operated and the
ncw machines bid fair To rct'nlu-
iioniZc the stamp selling business
OF the country. The machine de-
li.ers. aut omatical!y face value in
stamps for the amount Of money
placed in tie Slot and the six al
ready installed in Washington by
the department have proven an un-
qualified SUCCESS They are .a;so in
successful use in New York. Brook
lyn. Chicago. Detroit Philadelphia
and minneapolis.
The silent twentv-four hour
salesman sells stamps in four DIFF
fercnt quantities The first slGt
delivers five one-ccnt stamps fo;,
a nickel: the second returns q one
cent stamp for a penny: the third
delivers five two-cent stamps Tor
p dime and the fourth hands out
Il two-cent stamp for two pennies.
The coin is dropped into the slot.
q small lever pushed and the stamp
is found in a receptacle below.
The machines are practically
..crook-proff' isasmuch IS the ccin
remains in sight for some time at-
ter the purchase and the PostCffice
Department puts sign over each
machine. warning against the us@
Of any but good United States
coins. This gives it the same pro
lection that surrounds the mails
and as inspectors are constantly
on the job. there is little chance
that the most hardened will take
a chance Of saving Il few pennies
by the use Of bad coirs.
The department through the
Postmaster General has installed
the T:1acllines in the postoffices and
in several public buildings in
Washington. the idea being TO &C
commo1atc persons desiring stamps
after regular hours or without
walking to the postoffice. They
are handsomely constructed. the
case being Of mahogany and the
trimmings ef the finest nickel
silver.
The machine is expected to
greatly facilitate the sale Of stamps.
nights Sunday. holidays and dor-
ing rush hours. Washington has
taken ver% kindly to the cafe
teria" style OF stamp purchasing.
They will be installed in Charles
ton in due course.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-04
Jewish Relief Work
Statewide Drive For 100000,
To Be Held February
5th to 9Th

Charleston. Jan. 30.-While in
the midst Of final preparations for
the statewide drive TO raise South
Caro!ina's s quota OF 100000 for the
.elief OF Jewish war sufferers,
which is TO be conducted February
) to officers of the state cam
Daign orsa sanization are receiving
from national headquarters infor-.
nation showing that the needs of
the destitute and fanine-stricken
unfortunates OF Central and East
ern Europe are becoming daily
more desperate as winter llardens
its grip on the cold lands where
they live
South Carolina's s1o0.0eo quota
would l;e subscribed over and over
again. says Louis u. Shinei, State
chairman OF the campaign, in q
statement today. If all the people
OF the State. non-Jews as we'll as
Jews. had an opportunity to hear
the terrible stories that investiga-
tors and relief workers are cabling
and bringing back 10 this country
from the ravaged lands. Each
Gays mail adds 10 the awful mass {
CT tales Of famine, destitution. dis,
ease and every conceivable variety
of physical suffering: tales of sey-
cuty people crowded into a single
room sleeping or bare planks.
shelves and flooring. people living
in trenches and dugouts left over
from the war days people going
through the titterest winter wealth
cr with no fuel. lit,l-: shelter and
rags fer clothing. and reople suf-
fcring the agonies CT starvation
aggravated by those Of dread dis
eases. Mos; pi,ifui Of all, perhaps .
are the stories that come TO US Of
the s;,fferinSs OF the ;ittle children
MARY OF whom arc-Iaa bic at the
age of six or seven 20 walk because
,il"v haze never had Sufficient food
since they. were bor:? and very few
If whom can expect even with the
aid that america viii send to
them. TO get more than one meal
a day. consisting Of 4 howl OF soups
ard Il piece Of blaci. Tread. Amer
lean f:,tl,c. and mothers especially
cannot fail to be moved by these
accounts of the awful sufferings OF
innocent little ones"
Throughout the Si;.." work OF
preparing for the campaign IS
gcimg, forward rapidly amd encour-
aging re,,arts come TO state head
quarters from many OF the coun-
ties. DeSn.te adverse tjn,ncial con-
ditions in many parts Of the state.
the campaign organizers state that
they find much cause f5l optimism
and reports already made Of early
promises o. subscrirt: indicate
,hat Souu Caroline. VIII add It's
fun quota TO the S1+.00l,000 fund
sought throughout America to keep
hundreds OF thousands Of people
alive tell the coming Of the spring. !
We save them or they die is the
slogan Of the campaign.
Mr.. George ID. Levy. Of Sumter,
is chairman for Sumter county.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-04
Divorce Case
Re-opened
Mary Pickford-Owen Moore
Controversy Aired

Carson. Ncv.. Jan. 3o.-Thc Ne
vada Supreme Court after hear
ing or;tl arguments today on 4 mo-
;ion OF Attorney lo"lcr. to haze
th" divorce obtained l:y Miss Mary
pickford az Mindcn. March ..
1920. :nnullcd. ;oo!Ithc case under
adviSemcnt The court has thre"
months in Which 30 make de-
cision unlcsS the case is rcsubmit-
ted before shat time.
I'owlcr eoatcndeti thai the di-
vorcc Of Miss Pickiord from owen
d. Moore another. motion picture
actor WAS obtained by fraud.
since. lie said. she deliberately
swor" she had no other residence
That Genoa. Nev.. althoaeh both
she and her husband We're bona
tidc resident. OF Los Angeles.
Gavin McNab. attorney for Miss
Pickfort. asserted that the At
torn"y Generals act was '.2:atu;-
tious and sncddlcson2c action and
Interference hy Il stranger. without
warrant III law and against public
poiIcy. He declared the divorce
decree was irrevocablJ- final, since
neither party had appealed.
=. y McCarran. former chief
justice OF the Nevada Supreme
Court. followed McNab. saying
chat there was no aggravated
party in thc case and therefore no
Foundation tor the suit.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-04
PROPOSE FEDERAL
LICENSE TO HUNT
MIGRATORY BIRDS

Passage Of the New-Anthony bill
TO provide fog Federal licenses to
hunt migratory birds and for the
establishment of game refugees and
public shooting ground& for such
birds would aff2c: about 3.ooo.0oo
American ssortsn1en. the Bureau OF
Biological Survey. United Stats De-
partmcnt OF Agriculture estimates.
The bill has been favorahly report
cd bv the sciiate committee on
public lands and surveys. In the
house the bill is in the committee
on agriculture.
The bill provides that each hunt
or Of migratory birds shall obtain a
Federal license. at q cost OF )! lo:
the season, the licenses 20 be ISSUED
ut any post office in the tnltec
States. Out OF the proceeds Dot
less than - per cent Is TO be spent
BY the government. through a pro-
posed Migratory Bird Refuge Com
mission, in buying or renting iaAo
Suitable for the establishments OIL
migratory game bird re:2$es wh!ca
would serve as breeding and ieed-
ing places for birds during the pc
riod of their flight north. or IN"
close season. and as pablo shoot
ing grounds during the open sea
son. I'm additional IL per cent
Will be used for the enforcement
OF tho Migratory Bird treaty Act
and the Lacey Act and the remain
ing 10 per cent for expenses IN
issuing licenses ard other adnllE-
istratiy" expenses.
The bill provides that the secre-
tarv Of agriculture shall be char
man of the commission. and that
other :ncmbers shall be the attor-
nye general. the postmaster general
and two members Of each house OF
congress. Rules and regulations
governing the administration Of the
proposed refugees would he placed
in the hands of the secretary OF
agriculture. The proposed measure
Goes not in any va! ohv;aic the
necessity Of procuring y state hunt
iHS license.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-04
Summer School
At Clemson
General Plans Announced For
1922 Indicate Best Summer
! School Ever Held

Clemson College. Jan. 3o.-Wil-
ham &: Curtis. the famous Traveller
and twritera was once asked by a
lady TO. recammend to her the best
all sthe yeas round climate in the
world sShe wrote: Il have plenty
of MONEY. no home ties. and wish
to nsese just once more / wish
my new home TO be located in Il
region ewnere the climate Is not
extreme and at the same time not
monotoaous. You have Travelled
extensively. and where would you
recommend me to go?" Curtis re-
pied: 70 the Piedmont sec
ton of the Carolinas. You will
never regret it,
We are inviting YOU to spend q
summer in one OF the. most delight
fui spots OF a most delightful re-
gion. The days are sunny and the
nights are cool. The air is like
vine. We ask YOU to come to Glenn
son to combine all the pleasures of
vacation With an opportunity for
study under the direction OF COM
petent faculty. You viii meet men
and women interested in the same
Kind OF work IN Which you are en-
gagged. You ,will learn to teach
better, farm better, and live bet
,er:
Clemson College viii offer in her
summer school for 1922 more
varied program than ever before.
according to DIR. F. H. II. Cal
houn. director OF resident teaching
in the agricultural department,
who VIII direct the summer school.
The following courses will be given:
E. Course for teachers: Cd
primary teachers, (o) elementary
teachers. t3) high school teachers.
Il teachers for special subjects.
a. Courses n cotton grading.
HI Courses for club boys.
". Courses in science: %
phssscstd2) chemistry, CD biology,
l4} earth science.
Courses for making up back
college work ard removing en-
tcaEee conditions.
VI Courses for Federal Board
ktadents.
Plans are beng made for rccre-
elton The baseball diamonds, the
tennis courts, ana the swimming
pool will be ready for use. EXcur-
sions and field trips viii be arrang-
cd. The library will be open. Spe-
cial lecturers. famous in the educa-
tional world. haze been secured.
The cost for board, room and
tuition viii be. most reasonable. If
interested. write the Registrar.
Clemson College, S. c., for detailed
information
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-04
Draws Dark Picture
Too Late to Save People of
Russia is Claim

London. Jan. 30.-Dr E'ridtjof
Nansen. who is closely identified
with russian relief. expressed
h:msc!' IN a pcsSimistic manner in
Il statement 10 press representa-
iiv~S ;!l:s afternoon regarding the
famine IN Russia.
III is 100 late to save the peo-
Pile OF Russia. he declared: what
cvcr is done ;hey viii die by the
millions. livestock is dying ev-
rrywhcrc. and If nothing is dono
there viii pre*ently be none re-
naming twenty American dollars
~ill keep a horse alive hui :; hu-
man life can be saved for fifteen
$nllingS: taal >uln would keep I
!!:3n alive ;ntil he new harvest.
on la:., talk about th. hor-
rolS oi var bat these people suf-
-: :pr weeks and months before
thy di" Their bodies arr nothin:;
,ui sllin and bones. but lhe famine.
stricken do not come I" that state
unlil AMY days have passed.
Asked il 'hcr. was ANY truth
in tie reports oh rannibaliSm, Or.
N:tn<cu replied that there was. but
sad il WaS not widespread rs Yet.
la ut;lnS places lh" people are
,.!liit>; dead i,ndl.s<. he added. '.bu!
in Jh,. :;:,nara regions 'hcN are be
to Kill "n.. another
Dr Nan>.-n viii appeal !" Il,r
!:IIti il people i'tlt."i-r"., ni:;!' I''t
...s,.;:iI !t.ii,i
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-04
Representatives Want Biennial
Session.

Columbia. Jan. 31.-Reprcsensa-
tivgs Bryson of Greenville:: Z. G..
Harris, of Spartanburg. and Nc
Ini5es, OF Darlington. today intro
dused in the house of representa-
tives a resolution TO provide for
biennial sessions of the general
assembly.
The resolution would S1bn?it the
question Of changing the present
ANNUAL provision of the conSti,u-
tioR 10 the people of the state in
the 1922. election. The resolution
would provide for a sixty-day scs-
sion instead of forty days 4 sec
ond-Feseiution by .athc same au-
thors would provide for the ievving
Of taxes every other year instead Of
every year. as at present.
Senator Miller introduced a res
oiution which was passed by the
senate and sent TO the house. call
ingt on law officers to enforce
more strictly the prohibition laws
Of the state and thus more eTec-
lively combat the lawleSSness now
prevailing
The senate today began heat
ed debate on the gasoline tax bill
The point of greatest interest was
an ..amendmen; OF the senate fin
anee comrIttee TO change the tax
from one cent 20 txo cents Il GAL
1onton yaSoIin,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-04
Prepares For
Genoa Party
Italian Government Laying
Plans For Economic Meet

Rome. Jan. 30-The Italian
government is continuing its prep
arations for the organization of the
Genoa economic conference as ii
all the countries that have been
invited. including the United States
and France. had unqualitiedly an
rounced their intentions TO be rep
resented.
prefect Ricci of Genoa. came
to Rome today and conferred with
Marquis Della Torrctta. the min
lister of foreign affairs: Angelo
Nauri. minister Of agriculture, and
EuSenio BerSamaSco. minister Of
the navy, who have been commits
stoned TO arrange the preliminary
discussion in connection with the
conference. The prefect has
rcQuisitioned the Royal Palace OF
the Ancient Doses for the sittings
of the conference.
1t is reported that the Russian
delegation. headed by Nikolai Le-
nine, will be accompanied by thirty
servants and five cooks. The AS
sociated Press correspondent was
informed today by the minister OF
foreign affairs that there probably
would be no hotel availab bic for the
Journalists. and that an obsolete
transatlantic liner moored at one
Of the piers. would be the home OF
the writer's during the conference.
Slgnor Ricci has instructed the
telephone and telegraph admins
tration virtually to rewirc the city
completely III order 20 give the Wis
ting delegations private telephones
in their quarters at the hotels so
that they may be in direct COM
murication with their respective
governments.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-04
Women Disagree
On Equal Rights
Proposed by Nation
al Woman's Party Opposed
by Carolina League Of
Women Voters

Columbia, Jan. 31.-Mrs, Mary
Wright Jo.lnson, of washington
.. c.. executive secretary OF the
Democratic executive committee Of
the District Of Columbia, is IN
Columbia now. interested in the
passage OF a bill in the South Caro-
lima general assembly to give wo-
men equal rights before the law
with men. in every way. The bill
in which Mrs. Johnson is interest
cd is TO be introduced this week,
she says. Mrs. Johnson IS repre-
scntiag the National Wonan's
Party in urging the passage OF the
proposed law.
The bill which Mrs. Johnson is
advocating is opposed by the
South Carolina League OF Women
Voters. Il is likely that warm
fight behind the scenes among the
lobbyists for and against the new
biz. VIII be w2ged.
Mrs Johnson's bill would give
women the same rights, privileges
and in1munities under the law as
rlcr with respect. rot only to the
vote. but to the holding Of Office:
eligibility TO civil service eXamina-
tons: jury duty: choice Of don1i-
Gle, residence and name; acquir-
ing. controlling holding and con-
veyins property; ownership and
control Of labor and service within
and without the home and power
to recover damages for loss Oh
such labor or services; freedom OF
contract: becoming parties liti-
CANT: ACTING rs executors or ad-
miniStrators: custody and control
of children: immunities or penal
ties for sex offensesA quarantine.
examination and treatment Of dis
ease. and IN all other respects.
The proposed bill would also
provide that no disabilities ON ac-
count of marriage, shall exist, un-
less they apply to men as well as
women: and that the common law
disabilities OF women shall be alb
rogated.
The bill would provide that
there would be no changes in the.
laws regulating the employment of
women in industry.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-04
Paris Island
Marine in Case
Charged With Selling Aero
plane to Turner and RunSer

Washington. Jan. 29.-Bchlnd
The arrest at Columbia. S. c.. OF
Ralph Turner. Il former army Off
Ger charged with haEing a stolen
acrop,anc in his possession. is q
line Of charges involving John J..
Mccoy. Il gunner in the marin"
corps recently stationed at Paris
Island, and Il civilian named Harry
R'nScr. Thc charges affecting
Turner and Runser viii be pre-
scnted To the federal grand jury at
savannah. where The civilian phase
of the case will be tried Il an in
dictment is returned. Such action
as may be taken with regard to
Mccoy Will presumably be by
court martial at PARIS Island.
Wil.;anl J. Burns. chief OF the
United States Secret Service. is au
thority Tor the statement that Nc
Coy. the Paris Island marine. says
he was given permission last Sep
t"mber to take an aeropiane for
a flight ard that be landed near
Savannah and sold the plane 70
Turner ard Runser. although on
returning to Paris Island nc re-
ported the plane had been wrecked.
The government authorities were
suspicious OF the wreck story and
turned the matter over TO the Sc
cret service. who traced Mccoy to
the Marine Hospital at New York.
where. according to Chief Burns.
the man made Il full confession.
Turner WIS later arrested at CO.
lun1bia and Runser at Fort Wayne.
Ind
Attorney General DaushcrtE. on
receiving the report Of the secret
service chief. ordered that the two
civilian cases be handled by the
Savannah jurisdiction OF the De
rartmcnt Of Justice.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-04
Negro Workman Hurt
Falls One Story While Aiding
it the Dismantling of Old
Hotel Building

Mathew Johnson. a negro work
Iaanaiwho lives at No. 122 Dobson
.:tTeet. was slightly injured Monday
morning when he lost his footing
on the third hoorso Of the old sum
ter Hotel building. which is being
disn1antled, and fell through to the
second floor of the building where
ne managed TO catch on the floor
5oists.
The negro received bruises on
botho OF his thighs which will alb
scind him from work for several
days. s..ts1sfhe accident happened
shoFtly before the noon hour.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-04
Marriage license Record.

Marriage licenses have been is
sued to the following colored
couples:
Racford Witherspoon Of Tindal
and Alice Louise Osborne Of Sum
ter.
Samuel Baden. Horatio and Sal
line Collins, Hagood.
David Butler. Sumter and Ellen
Mae Deas of DalZell
Jacob Williams and Sally Green
Of Mayesvillc.
Willie Young and Nita Walker
Of Rembert.
James Gr"nt and Ida Ellington
Of Dalzell.
Marion Vaughan and Julia Sum
ter Of Sumter.
Frank Washington and Chistina
Bowman of Sumter.