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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11
FIRE DEPARTMENT
HOLD ANNUAL BANQUET

Daniel Geddings was on Friday
tom for sever:,: years the mem
bers of the Sumter Fire department
met for their anual banquet. Ihe
long table was prepared on the
first floor of the fire station ana
filled high with turkey and many
ether good things to eat and Judg-
ing from the remains that was lelt
after the party had finished every
one must have enjoyed the sup
per to the fullest extent. Tue
feast began at 7:3O with practically
all members present and lasted un-
til everyone had said enough.
Capt. a. w. Suder, the grand dac-
DIV of the local fire department
presided at the head Of the table
as a guest Of honor. When the
supper had been finished and the
cigars passed. Capt. Suder on be-
ing called, gave. an interesting
talk in which he told Of the for
nation of the Sumter Fire Depart
ment over forty years ago when
the apparatus consisted Of the old
hand type tub which had to be
propelled by man power, and touch
ed on the various Improvements
and progress Up to the efficient
equipment Of today. He was fol-
lowed by Mr.. Z. ]. Reardon, sec
retary Of the Chamber Of Commerce
who also belonged to the company
in the year, gone by, and told OF
many humorous instances Of the
way they used to fight fire in those
days One point brought out by
Mr.. Reardon we feel is worthy of
repetition and emphasis. He call
ed attention to the loyalty and
service rendered by the men be-
longing to the company which was
one of patriotism rather than mon
etary IS the risk and hardships
which firen1en take are far from
being covered by the pay they re-
l,ceiye
There is no doubt that Sumter
now has as good a fire department
as any city of its size, both in equip
ment and the personnel Of the
company, and we believe that the
citizens of Sumter as a whole real
ly appreciate this fact and proud
OF the department.
a list Of those present included:
CAPT. A. w. Suder, r. Z. Wilder,
O. H. McKaSen, 0. II. McKasen,
Jr., J. II. Forbes. W. II. Castor, d.
w. Cuttino, j. c. McCulloch, +. 3.
Hill, p. ]. Gallagher, II. p. Cal
lagher, f. f. Chandler, J. =.
Creighton, II. NJ Bradford, Henry
MCCOY, e. II. Lyman, NJ. L Brown,
w. c. Chandler. j. l.. Nunnamaker,
r. c. Jones, E. l. Eeardon, G.. r.
Moon.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11
The Knitted Suit Ideal for Travelling

That garments Of Knitted fabric
are growing IN favor cannot be de-
snied. One need not be a dye9-in-
the-wool enthusiast Of knitted
outerwear to feel confident that
when the resort season gets under
way, the woman whose wardrobe
trunk contains a variety Of knitted
outer garments will carry off the
palm. as'
The girl who goes in for win
ter sports, as we'll as the girl who
winters south, will hardly feel "in
the picture" unless she has a col
lection OF brightly colored :;carfs,
which may or may not match her
hats. AS matter OF. fact clever
milliner discovered that these
scarfs make attractive hats, the
stripirgs or other decorative border
providing the trimming for crown
or brim.
The scarf sketched combines
stripes with a blocked border, and
does it without distributing ones
Sense Of design. 1t is worn with
a two piece knitted silk suit, the
skirt black, excepting for its bor-
der, which is black and white, this
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11
Mystery cf The Big Gun.
lr.om tha .Roston Heraldl

{
Early in 1918 news came that
the Germans were holnbarding
Paris with new gun" That
seemed incredible. for the nearest
enemy lines were close on eighty
miles distant from the French cap
ital,. and artillery with that power
of throw. fruitful as was the war
In new inventions. had never been
heard Of. And though cablegram
after cablegram reiterated the
original dispatch, sometimes adding
details, the mystery Of the episode
was never satisfactorily dispelled.
1t has now been left for Com
mander Kinzel, who took part in
the designing, construction, ana
final working of the gun, to con-,
tribute its inside story" TO the
German newspapers, and he does
this with a revelation Of the cred
u1ity of his fellow conspirators
which is suggestive TO say the
least.
The scheme for big Bertha"
, which should transcend all other
modern ordnance for carrying
power seems TO have had its origin
with Gen. Ludendorff. He it was
F.; who gave his consent to eXoerl-
metal work on a GIN that would
land shells in Paris. and it was
under his directions thta the range
TO be attaired was gradually in
creased from lifty-Seven TO seven
ty-five miles. Nine months of re-
search work were needed before
! even the specifications could be
drawn, and many more months
went into the construction. The
charge, usually about one-thlrd
the weight Of the projectile, was
in this case twice as heavy. the
length of the gun is described as
enormous" AT an angle Of 45 de-
srees the barrel lowered over the
! trees, houses and roofs; rs Com
mander Kinzel phrases it, we
needed some courage TO shoot with
thing like gigantic stick of
asparag gus But the tests went
on. ranges of fifty to sixty miles
were made with ease, and after the
gun had been duplicated the two
weapons were finally stationed in
wood behind Laon, care beng
| taken TO conceal the location by ali
the articles known to military CAM
! outage.
What did the Germans expect to
| do with their tenfoot cartridges,
/ their mighty shells and their coios-
sal gun barrels? To lay Paris in
ruins so far as it could be done?
That did not for q moment enter
into their plan The Germans had
imagined what would happen If
i.suddenly a shell of this kind de-
touated in the Potsdammerpl2tZ.
theu one IN the AlevandcrplatZ,
another at the Zoo. and fourth
at the Schesische station in Ber-
lin. The purpose was that OF rum
ing not the French capital. but
the morale CT the enemy. Yet the
Parisians did not stampede. and the
moral gun" rs the commander
calls it. furnished history with one
more example of the mi>caleula-
tionS on which Germany founded
its hopes in the war.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11
Uc,rino ON Pinewood Case.

Messrs. r. \. Lawrence, j. w.
Weeks O. D. Harvin. z. R. Lide.
H. p. Richardson, r. c. Richard
son. J. NJ. Richardson and +. 5.
richardson Of Pinewood: ID. ID.
Noise. Hugh c. Haynsworth, Ar
thur HARDY and Z. l. Reardon OF
Sumter. forming the delegation
from Sumter and Pinewood TO
represent the citizens who wish
all or the territory annexed TO
Sumter county last year to remain
in Sumter county. and MeSsrS.
Ralph DeSChamps. j.. r. Griffin
and f.. 4. Fielder, forming dele
cation in favor OF the return OF
about 80 square milse of territory
back into Clarendon county are to
be heard in Columbia at ll:30
o'clock this morning in The office
OF Governor Cooper.
This hearing was called today IN
order that both sides might be CIV
en- an opportunity to present their
views before the decision OF Gov.
Cooper was reached whether or
not the election would he ordered
following the fling OF the petition
10 this effect.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11
Woodmen. Elect
Officers
Public installation to Be Held
January Eighteenth

At a meeting of Hollywood
Camp No. 19, w o. w. held De-
cember 21st, the following officers
were elected to serve in this body
during the ensuing year:
Consul Commander, C. C. Beck:
Advisor Lieutenant, w II. Yates;
Banker, George c. Warren: Clerk,
r.. S. Hood; Escort, w. F. Carr;
Watchman, ]. S. Kennedy; Sentry,
E. w. Lewis; Auditors, C. c. Beck,
j. NJ. Bregdon, and j. a. Rafield
The public installation Of the
above elected officers Will be held
in eae w. O. w. hall on January
18th, to which ceremonies the pub
lie is cordially invited and espec-
tally the ladies: A light refresh
ment course Will be served during
the evening
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11
The I.ost Cherokees

Grove. Okla, Jan. 4.-The re-
rnoval of number Of Cherokee
Indians from Delaware county to
the community enterprise that the
Keetoowail society OF that tribe is
founding III Cherokee county has
served to recall here the story Of
the lost Cherokees," story that
is included in all of the later day
Indian histories but in varying ac-
counts. Old time Cherokees OF
this section have lately brought
forth what they declare IS the
"only true account" Of the Lost
Cherokees' ever. given to the pub
lie. These authorities say they OBJ
tanned their information from
their grand parents and insist that
the version is absolutely correct.
1t happened back, in 1888, their
account runs. when the Cherokees
living in What is now called the
"old South" sold. a portion Of their
lands. This created an extreme
bitterness among a faction that was
opposed to disposing OF the tribal
pror arty. Members of this fa:-
ton forecast the sale as the be-
ginning of the white mans en-
croachment upon the Indians and
argued that if the. sale was con-
sumnated it would only be a
question of time when the Indians
would be dispossessed Of all Of
their holdings to the benefit Of the
pale faces
: The Indians who are now re-
sert their grandparents described
TO them the bitterness with which
the dispute ragged between those
who favored selling part of the
/ tribes property and those who
opposed. Finally, the faction OPP
posed 10 the sale delivered an ulti-
lnatunl t. their opponents to the
effect that if the sale was consul
mated chose poposips would mi
ieffec; that if the sale was consum-
mated those opposing would mi
CRATE west. The = went through
and the dissl led Cherokees
started oat for !. new home
Bitterness in the fight was lost
aad the faction that favored the
sale accompanied the immigrants
as far west as Mississippi river with
| entreaties that they reconsider
and stay. But no amount of per
suasion would influence them to
change their minds. When tho
river was reached the advocates
of the sale turned back to their
homes and the other faction crossed
the streams and turned their faces
/ to the west.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11
Junior Order
Holds Election
Officers Named to Serve Dur
ing Ensuing Year

AT a meeting held on Decem-
Der 9th. OF the Sumter council
No. Junior Order Of United
American Mechanics the following
men were elected by this body, to
serve as. officers during the year
1922:
0puncilor. f. T. McTnvail; Vice
Councillor, W. N. Wolf; Recording
Secretary, r. S. Hood. Assistant
Recording Secretary, ". S. Josey;
Financial Secretary, 3. c. Wal
lace; Treasurer, c. B. Yeadon; IN
side Sentry, F. c. Jones; Outside
Sentry, j. s.. Kennedy; Trustees, c.
L. Rhanle, J. L. Haynsworth and
II. L. Mccoy.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11

design being repeated on the
patch pockets. Pockets are an al
most unfailing note in knitted
things, so many interesting bind
ings and decorative features being
possible in their construction.
This suit shows q nice. restraint,
by the way, ip the matter Of deco
ration. 1t would have Feen so
easy to carry the border design on
20 the Tuxedo c:llar, Or to have
made the belt q more conspicuous
detail. But the best makers OF
knitted outerwear realize that
there is a perfection OF detail and
of fit, which counts quite as much
for merit as for decoration.
One senses, of course, that. the
belt is adjustable and the coat may
be bloused Or rot, as one wishes.
There is preference for the
slightly bloused effects for many
women. particularly those who
have left slenderness behind with
their youth: they find that by this
simple adjustment they obviate the
possibility of the coat fitting too
closely.
1t becomes more and more ap-
parent that knitted outer garments
are not going to be allowed to re-
main the property OF youth. Why
should they be? 1t is not difficult
for the older woman to wear
them: besides, they are ideal for
travelling. no matter what the con-
veyance The non-crusllable quail
tiles OF the knitted suit, whether it
be silk or wool, or a fashionable
blend Of the TWO, should ende&r
il TO the traveller
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11
Black-Jacked q
and Robbed
Pinewood Man Received Bad
Treatment From High
Waymen

Haston Broadway, a man living
at Pinewood had bad story to re-
port to the Sumter police depart
alent when he called to the police
for help during the early part OF
Thur4day night The story that
Mr.. Broadway tells was that he
was driving his automobile. an
overland roadster, and picked up
strange negro man on the
streets with whom he went in
Guest OF whiskey which was soon
purchased. Mr. Broadway said
that the negro suggested that he
drive the car under the ruse
that ne would go for more whiskey-
Mr.. Broadway let the negro drive
the automobile and got in the seat
beside the negro. The negro then
Immediately drove the automo-
bile into the woods just beyond the
city limits on Liberty street. An
other uaan came out of the woods
and then the negro who was driE-
ing the automobile told Mr.
broadway to give him his money.
The negro also attacked Mr.. Broad
way, hitting him over the head
with an automobile jack Or crank.
Mr.. Broadway said that he told
the negro TO take the money and
begged the negro not TO Kill him.
The other negro was also telling
the assaultipg negro that he ought
net5do that. The negro finally left
Mr.. Broadway alone after he had
taken the sum of about $40 from
him.
When Mr.. Broadway appealed to
the police he was considerably
bruised about the head and hands
end had a nasty cash OH t;3e left
cheek from which the blood was
flowing.
Mr.. Broadway was unable to
identify either Of the negroes and
no clues seemed obtainable that
will throw light on the crime
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11
Why They Dance.

Moscow. Dec 2-This capital
boasts of more dancing academies
than any ether The reason IS that
as everyone mus; have some sort
of a stamped paper showing an oc-
cupation, in case they are stopped
by the police or are travelling,
many thousands have either open
cd or joined dancing academies.
Among these are any number Of
cabinet ministers and former gen
erals.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11
Pest in Duel
With Science
f Weevil Wins Fight the
Whole South Will be
Changed
Rv NEA Service

Memphis, Jan. "a little gray
beetle, not as big as pencil point.
is threatening
To ruin an industry that feeds
one of every six in the United
States.
To make valueless an 'llvest-
ment of $4,000. 100000.
To reduce materially our export
trade.
That tiny gray beetle. is the boil
weevl. The. industry it. is trying
literally to eat up is the cotton
Industry. staple industry Of the
whole S-uth.
Pi-a now the weevil and the
forces Of science are locked in a
struggle~for the life Of the 1922
cotton crop. Government experts
say this winter Will tell whether
science or the beetle Will triumph.
If science wins-the VA nnerican
cotton industry will be in good
condition. 1t. Will go on Offering
strong competition to India. Egypt,
and other great cotton growing
lands that also are fighting a los
ing. fight against insect pests,
II the weevil wins-the, whole
South will be changed, The ro-
mantle cotton fields, with hordes
of negro workers. the old river
boats, the, bales awaiting shipment
abroad at New Orleans-all these
= In 0c$
Memphis. greatest inland cotton
market in the world, ships thous-
ards of bales to New Orleans
monthly.
Nine-tenths of the American
cotton crop finds its way to sea-
ports by way of the old fashioned
river beat.
,Government. scientists. engaged
in the war against the boil weeyil.
are not optimistic on the eve of
the decisive battle.
The boil weevil and the pink
.hoi! worm together have covered
the whole cotton growing coun-
try in the last war," says W. 3.
: Mercier, estates relation service,
United States Department OF Agri-
culture. What the boil weevil
left was taken by its ally, the boil
worm
..The insect now has gained
foothold in Texas and Louisiana.
says Secretary Of Agriculture
wallace. .lThe next year Will
show whether efforts to eliminate
It will be successful"
The boil weevil is an invader
from Mexico. It.was not known
in the United States before 1892.
But once within our borders it
gnawed its way pitilessly forward.
leaving ruined cotton crops in its
wake. It's been pushing its lines
so miles forward every year.
In 1902 it: ruined cotton worth
SO, 100000
BY 1921 its annual board bill
amounted to s400, 1000. 1t ate
one-third of the total cotton crop
%. 500, 900 bales.
This sent the price OF cotton up
and saved many Southern planters
from bankruptcy.
But farmers realize that year
after year of crop. destruction is
bound. te ruin them.
SO they're -hurrying to. the sup
port of the government in the
weevil war.
They'll try to kill -weevils while;
they're ALTERNATING this winter.
Farmers are clearing up all the
old stubble in the fields and burn
ing it. For that's where the
weevil spends the winter.
But tthe outcome of the fight
won't be known before this years
harvest.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11
Committed TO Gang.

Thursday night as has been Gus
committed TO the chain gang
ia serve a sentence OF sixty days.
following his conviction in the city
cout on the two charges of trans
porting ard handling contraband
whisEcy. Hc was given the alter
nate sentence Of 500 or-thirty days
in each of the two charges. Ged-
dings was arrested on Tuesday by
Officer y. c. Carrigan and two and
onc-half gallons Of whiskey
brought along for evidence.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11

I'm de strongest of de bunch. If
YOU don't believe it just hold my
coat. was the statement that Sc
cured one boy job when twenty
to the ad Of Strong
BOY Wanted.y
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11

Nature gave the whale the thick
est hide Of any cr~--.cre in the ami
NAL or reptile world. Some Of the
largest specimens have skin two
feet thick in spots
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11

And nnw. JOHNNY

and nov. Johnnv said tn"
,e;lcher. can YOU ten - what is
raised in Mexico
NV. go on. replied the bright
boy. Il know What you want me TO
say. but ma told me L SHOULDN'T
use bad words.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11

Lots Of movie stars who get
thousands week only wbrk one
week year
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11
Nu,ty Nonscnsc

Customer: Let me see some
cheap skates.
Salesman: Just a minute. Ill
call the boss
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11

Miami. Jan. Whitney Wes-
ley Wannamaker. South Carolina
planter, died here today.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11

Figuring on your marrying is
asier than marrying on your fisur-
ing
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11

Hobby: Any convenient rat
hole for the reception of surplus
-iOcolOe
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11

Hold a Husband, says briefly is
both arms
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11

"Eoishevisn will
us Americans
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-01-26

got III ana saw how badly Won were
hurt there wasn't anythtng ID
langh It, then. Daddy says youll bee
apt to carry the scar as long as you
i've
honorable scars" / muttered. = B
Strengthened me around-M believe
it II you say so-and then what7's
Then got i and we pulled You
out--Daddy and i. I was glad you
didn't know that you we're past feel.
Ing things. I mean. We must have
hurt Won frightfully. l don't see how
you ever craWled In through that lit
tie hole 2
ITS much easier when you're alive
/ offered.
I'm going to bring you a cup oil
herb ten, and then I'll go and lie down
for a while.np
Since, AS afterward learned, the
dose she gnve me was some sort of
home-breWed sleeping draft, I very
nearly slept the clock round. Daddy
came IN and helped me into my clothes
they eating their noon meal
when I woke up and calIed-and apart
from being still a bit h~eadachey and
lottery, was all right again. But
for two whole days they made me sit
around and be waited on, hand and
foot, and coddled and petted, those
two; for their own flesh and blood
they couldn't have done more.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-01-26
"No, by Jovel l want you to
marry mel"
(TO BE CONTINUED,
USED ANTS TO FIGHT PESTS
Southern Arabs Employed the Method
$50 Years Ago in Culture Of
- the Date Palm.

Control of destructive insects by
the Introduction of their natural
enemies has become an important
technique during the last generation,
writes PaL Popence in Science. But
If competent observers are to be
trusted. the southern Arabs employed
the same method more than $50 years
ago In the culture of the date palm.
In his Relation dun Voyage dams
PYemen" paris, 1880, page 1867, p.
e. Botta says:
Il was able to verify the singular
fact previously observed by ForskaL,
that the date palms In Yemen are at
tackled by q species of ant which would
cause them to perish if each year the
growers did not bring from the noun
ta1ns and fasten in the tops of the
palms branches of a tree that I did
not recognize. which contains the nests
of another species of ant which des.
troys that of the date palm"
P. Forskal was the naturalist of C.
Niebuhr's expedition; his work was
published posthumously In ITS. / have
not e his account to which Botta
refers. 1870
1t would be interesting to know
whether the history of economic en-.
tomology furnishes any earlier record
of the biological method" OF pest con,
troll.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-01-26
FULLERTON AGAIN.

Synopsis. - Under his GRANDPA
theirs will. Stanford Broughton
society idler, finds his share OF the
estate, valued at something ike
$4,000. lies in q ''safe repository
latitude and longitude described,
and that is all. 1t may be identi-
fed by. the presence nearby OF a
broWn-haired, blue-eyea girl, a pie
bald horse, and a dog with a split
face, half black and half white.
Stanford at first regards the be-
quest as a joke, but after consider
alton sets out to find his legacy.
On his way to Denver stanford
hears from a fellow traveller,
Charles Fullerton, a mining engi-
/ neer. a story having to do with a
flooded mine. He has a "hunch
z this mine is the safe repository
/ Of the will. Fullerton refuses him
r. Information. On the station plat
form at Atropia, just as the train
Z pulls out, Stanford sees what ap-
pear to be the Identical horse and
dog described in his grandfather's
will. Impressed, ne leaves the train
at the next stop, Angels. Unable
TO secure a conveyance, Broughton
seizes q track.inspection car and
escapes, leaving the impression on
the town marshal. Beasley. that he
is demented. Pursued, he aban-
dons the car, which Is wrecked,
and escapes on foot. In the dark
ess he is overtaken by the girl,
the horse and the dog. After he
explains his presence. she invites
him to her home. at the Old CHINA
bar mine. Broughton's hosts are
Hiram Twombly, caretaker Of the
mine, and his daughter jeanne.
Stanford does not reveal his iden-
tity. Hiram and Stanford go put
tering about the mine.