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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-28
KILLED ON TRACK
Rich Thompson Gees TO Sleep
on Railroad Near PineWO0d

Richard Thompson. coIored wss
killed on the railroad track near
Pinewood Saturday night besween
10 and II O'clock He was in
store in Pinewood. about 10 O'Clock
where he made purchase and
left soon after that hour to; gps
home. Sunday morning his dead
body was found beside the track
about one-half nile nortnaof Pine
wood. The top OF his head wss
,cut off and part Of one hand: The
indications were thai he had gore
to sleep beside the track with his
head on or against the rail Witi.
his hand under his head IS
supposed that he was killed bs 81
train that passed Pinewood about
a half hour after Thompson left
the town. on his way home. s
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The special term of the Court
of Common Pleas is making pro-
gres-slowly. If there was some
way of putting a little more pep
into court procedure business could
be disposed of with greater
.promptness and the docket would
not be congested. The present ses-
sion of the court is no exception
to the rule-it is doing just as
much business as usual, but there
seems to be a lot of lost time and
lost motion in the way our courts
are run. Monday morning there
was much delay in getting started
on account of arrangements not
having been made for a steno-
grapher and when the docket was
sounded there were the accustom-
ed requests for continuances or
postponements of the cases near the
top of the list. And there were
thirty-six jurors, the usual number
of bailiffs and all the court officers
sitting around on the payroll.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-28
Ku Klux Klan Active
Effort Made to Have Juror
Disqualified

Corsicana. Texas, Oct 81 (By
the Associated Press The over
ruling of the defendants motion 10
discharge the jury on account Of
R. J. Banks alleged disqualifica-
tion as juror and the admission by
Earle 3. Mayfield, the Democratic
nominee for senator. that he had
once belonged to the Ku Klu0
Klan, featured today''s session OF the
court in the Mayfeid ballot injunc-
ton suit.
The motion to discharge the
jury and stop the trial was over
ruled late today by Judge scarbor-
ough, after he had heard Banks,
whose qualification as juror was
attacked, and w. H. Brewster,
who swore to the charges from
which Banks disqualification was
sought, testify. The other eleven
members Of the jury were out of
the court room during the evidence
and argument of opposing counsel:
The Ku .Klux Klan took. promi-
nent part in the proceedings.
1t was brought out by Brew
ster's testimony that there was a
meeting of the Corsicana Ku Klux
Klan near kerons last night, and
the .Mayfeld Injunction suit was
discussed; that there was Dem
coratic meeting in this same vi
cinity last night was also testified
70 by Alfred R. Young, of Corsi-
cana, who admitted he is. a member
of the Klan. Young further -testi-
fed that Brewster told him at this
meeting Of his Brewsters) a1,eg-
ed conversations with Juror Banks
and Banks is said to have made
the statement ,ha .tMayfeld is a
Ku Kluxer, ought to be in the pen
itentiary and his name should
not be on the general election bal
lott
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-28
TOWN And COUNTY news
Pisgah News and Views.

pisgah. Get. 23-The heavy
rains of last week damaged the
hay stacks so many Of them had to
torn down and dried.
don't hear of many going to
tie Fair, the fact is many have
not the money to go on. What
little cotton was made had to go
to the debts contracted in making
It and when paid there was moth
ing left
The box supper here last Friday
! evening was a very enjoyable af-
fair. The boxes of the girls were
Beautifully dressed and they read
ly sold. Old and young entered
into the spirit Of the occasion.
Quite nice sum was realized,
which viii so towards paying for
the new piano OF Pisgah church:
Prof. Burns and wife who are the
school teachers. here are very
pleasant people and have made
many friends since they have
come here
have read the letters on what
Sumter needs and agree with
pa-ss OF many of them. did not
compete for the prize. but here
are some, things that Sumter
needs: a cotton mill. Other
towns and cities have them and
they are success. Why can't 1t
Be so at Sumter A cold storage
plant, where hogs can be cured
to supply the cityts needs; and
Country too Such plant would
stimulate the raising of many hogs
and who is it that don't like the
home raised meat better than the
imported This plant would be SO
convenient, for farmers could sell
their hogs and the good houses
wives could get what they need
without trouble and farmers would
not have to peddle their by-pro-
ducts all over the city to find bay-
ers.
"a green vegetable market where
all vegetables and other things
could be sold and farmers could
and ready sale for what they
raise and bring to town. This
would be convenient for all the
people.
IA market for chickens an6 eggs,
where both could be readily sod.
This would stimulate the raising OF
chickens enough to supply she
home and city.s needs.
This would keep the money at
home for such things. Plants and
other industries viii come and be
established when they are needed.
You don't need more money or.
goods, you have a plenty for the
present needs. You have a wheat
MN, gins. guano plants, and otner
industries. Fine schools and
churches. BY supplying what you
have not sumter viii soon develop
into a great city.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-28
JOHNSON TO RULE
ON SOLITARY HIT
Ty Cobb Kept Out of 400
Class by Opinion Of
Scorer

,r...,--..(,- "a - :. .; ;fFs.,. ..ss.
New YORK. oct. 80 ,,ill' ulllsIslss .'sl'
in the Juagn!en. OF onlclai ana =. M e..
oficlai scorers IllVoasl.is a. a. solllsals
bit, will keep ~ goeo eut OF a1he,
.4o9 batting class thls year. u!lisss
President Johnson, preslaentsof tse
American League everruses sne o.
fetal scorer, 1t was sa'o, n ieasue:
circles today. g
At the ciose OF .fle sessaen ~
ofncIaI FecoFaS eIeditSus eIeditus sS-oDV ,sisit' WIKI
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-28
winthrop Daughters Score success.

TO an audience that filed the
auditorium of the Girls High
school, the Winthrop Daughters
presented the second OF their Sc,
raes OF matinees for children last
Friday afternoon. The program
was opened with a delightful reei-
fation by Miss Dorita Noise. Next
came recitation by dainty little
Maude Minter Turner. This was
followed by the Pumpkin Head
Drill, Sin which eight little boys
took part, and which furnished
much amusement to the spectators.
"a most interesting story by Mrs.
Clarence Haynsworth followed.
Last Of all came the well loved
story Of the Sleeping Beauty
presented as a three act play un-
der the direction OF Misses Anna
Bryan and Margaret Shaw, assist
ed at the piano by Mrs. NJ. c.
Zemp. Charming indeed it prov
ed, with its quaint and lovely cos
tunes, artistic stage setting and ex--
sesptionally well carried out parts.
The appearance OF a bevy of grace
.fui little girls. beautifully dressed
as. fairies. and led by Miss Edna
Wood as their queen, brought
much applause. Later Miss Wood.
in her Interpretation Of a fairy
dance. scored a wonderful sue
cess. The chapter wishes to ex-
tend sincere thanks to every per-
son who assisted with this enter
tainment. and to assure the pub
JIG that the next in the series win
be equally as worthy of attend
ance.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-28
MARRIED.

=
Mr.. Jehn A. Hughes and Miss
Dora F. Smith were married at Z
o'clock wednesday evening at the
Catholic Chapel. Columbia, Rev.
Father T. J. Hegarty, officiating.
The only attendants were Mr.. Jo-
seph Hughes Of Nashville, Tenn,
and Miss Kate Reardon of Sumter
and Mr.. and Mrs. John Sibert OF
Sumter. Mr.. and Mrs. Hughes left
Immediately after the ceremony
for Nashville. Tenn, the former
home of the groom, where they
viii speEdyten days before returning
to this city, They VIII make their
home with Mrs. Walter Hardy on
Chestnut street. -
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-28
Death
= : - = L.

Miss Minnie r. Barnett died this
morning at the Tuomey hospital.
after several weeks illness. She is
survived By three sisters. Misses
Jennie and Lena Barnett, and Mrs.
II. c. DesChamps, and two broth
ers,, MesNs. Henry D. of Sumter
and Isaac OF Bishepville.
The funeral services viii be con-
dncted at the family residence,
cerner of Warren and Washington
streets, wednesday afternoon at
5 o'clock and interment at the Jew
ish cemetery.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-28
Jos. w. Tolbert
Is Now Marshal
Gets Recess Appointment For
Western District of State

Greenviile. Oct. 25.-Joseph w.
Tolbert, recently given a recess ap-
pointment by President Harding as
United States marshal for the west
ern District of South Carolina, took
the oath Of Office before Judge II.
II. Watkins at $3.50, o'clock this af-
ternoon and Immediately after
ward assumed charge of the Office.
No effort was made by counsel for
former Marshal Lyon to prevent
Mr.. Tolbert from taking the Of
flee. Charles J. Lyon, Jr., son of
the former marshal who was a
deputy under his father rendered
his resignation Immediately upon
assumption of the Office by Mr..
Tolbert.
Eventually al of the present
office force will co." asserted Toll
bert this afternoon. Zone has al
ready said he intended resigning
and I believe two more expect to
leave shortly. / have not def
nitely decided just who 7 will ap-
point to fill the vacancies made by
those who are leaving now
Mrs. Maggie Allen, who for
some time past has been connect
ed with the marshafs Office. said
today she would remain in the Of
fee about sixty days more. until
Mr.. Lyons business could be wound
up.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-28
State Conyention or Disciples Of
Christ Meets id Sumter.

The state convention of the
Disciples Of Christ is to be held in
Sumter Christian church October
331st, November 1st and End. It
begins with Tuesday evening session
8 o'clock. Pastors and various
members of the churches will be
present; also representatives of the
world -wides missionary and bene-
VIOLENT interests. Mr.. G. P. Burcn
of China, Miss Daisy June Trout
of st. Louis. Mr.. II. S. Hilley,
president of Atlantic Christian Col
;lege: Mr.. E. NJ. Quick, Regional
Bible School secretary from Allan
ia, viii be among the speakers.
Rev. Stanley r. Grubb. pastor of
First Christian church &C Columbia
will give the convention sermon
address af Tuesday evening ses-
sion. One interesting feature ef
the convention win be the rel!g-
ious education conferences in the
church basement at s p: m. We'd
snesday evening around the table at
which supper viii be served by Ia.
dies OF the Grace Baptist church.
This conference will be conducted
by Mr.. T.. 3. Quick. It is expected
that Mr.. Leon Palmer. superin-
tendent of the State Sunday School
Association win be present as one
of the guests and speakers. Tick
cts for this supper and conference
can be secured of Mr. Quick. Re-
ligions educational workers of any
church are given special invitation.
The Wednesday afternoon session
of the convention will be given
over entirely to the women's mis-
sionary work and will be in charge
of the Women's Missionary Society
Of the State.
AT the closing session of the
convention DR.. E. M. Lightfoot of
Columbia will give the chief adj
dress, He is state; superinte tendent
Of the Anti-Saloorl League. His
address will have to do with law
enforcement.
The presiding officer of the con-
vention will be Afr. w. 3. Turner,
of Aiken, president of the Bank
of Western South Carolina.
The public in general is invited to
attend any or all Of the sessions of
this state meeting.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-28
Bonar Law Advocates
Negative Policy
Premier Tells Glasgow That
Country Needs Rest and
Tranquility

Glasgow. Oct. 26-Premier Bo-
mar Law arrived here today to open
his campaign in the general cleo
,tion. A resolution unanimously
adopted indorses Law for parlia
ment from the Glasgow central di-
vision Law told the West Scotland
Unionist Association that my
strong belief is the nation needs
rest and tranquility above every
thing else and my policy will be
negative in this sense
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-28

is Mr.. Alfred Bryan had a narrow
escape from gas asphyxiation
Wednesday morning. He went into
has bath room to shave and a few
minutes later became faint and
'giddy. At first he did not real
size what was causing the giddi-
ness, but it finally occurred to him
that there was an odor Of gas. He
got out of the room as quickly
as possible, but he was quite i'll
for an hour or two.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-28
EXCHANGE
RATES DROP
French, Belgium and Italian
Hit Years Low Mark

New York. Oct. 25-French, Bel
gian and Italian exchange rates
dropped to their lowest prices OF
the year today. French francs
dropped 16 1-2 points to 6.91
cents; Belgian francs yielded II
points to 6.35 cents and Italian lire
sold off 2 1-2 points to 3.ss 1-2
cents.
The par value of each of the
Allied continental currencies is
1873 cents.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-28
AMERICAN
RELIEF WORKER
is MISSING
Richmond, Va, Man Disap-
pears in the Moscow
Region

Moscow, oct. 25-The bat worn
by Phillip J. Shield, the missing
Richmond. Va, American Relief
Worker. has been found on the
banks of the yolga fEs miles from
the town, according to a telegram
from Joseph Dalten. supervisor of
the relief work ct Sim brisk.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-28

On Monday. October s0th, the
Civic League viii give a very in
formal tea at the Carnegie Lib
rary from six to nine. for the
purpose of raising. funds for new
and interesting books. Everyone
is cordially invited to come and
ring some friends.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-28
Italy on Brink (
OF Revolution
Fascist Preparing To Take
Charge of Country ~

Rome, Oct 26. FascistI prep
aration for the assumption Of poM
er is seen IN the ordering OF All
military sections to keep IN reaai-
ness 100000 workers. MIIitaEy
leaders have been called bY Bsaitos
Musselini, leader OF the Fascist
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-28
u. D. C. Convention
Georgia Daughters IN Session
at DECATUR

Decatur Ca, Oct. 26.-Import-
ant reports. discussions and an adj.
dress by Miss Mildred Rutherford,
Of Athens, Ca, former president,
featured the second days sessions
of the United Daughters OF the.
Confederacy in convention here
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-28

i The asphalt surfacing on the
Bishopville road will be completed
this week and the first section Of
the hard surface highway will be
open to Whites Mill.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-28

FOR sALE-New line of hats in
velvet, felt. duvetyn; novelty
line just received. Also orna-
ments for dresses. Come if you
need anything in my line. Mrs.
C. w. McGrew, n. Magnolia and
Myrtle SITS.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-28

FOR sALE-one registered Jer.
sey bull. Can furnish papers.
Price reasonable B. F. Kolb,
Sumter, Route 2.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-28

When a man with but a single
idea gets where he is going he
hasn't seen much on the trip.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-28

An actress gets rich on the audi
ence's looks.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-28

There are countless tollgates
along the road to success.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-28

When the political pot beiis
someone gets into hot water.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-28

When woman throws herself
at a man she usually misses him.
The American Jewish world., 1922-12-01

II ARON Moses Won Goldschlamm-
II bach was rich, very rich, in fact,
too rich. He had inherited his
wealth from his father, the barren
Ellphas, former broker for contra
band tobacco. A Portuguese vessel
had saved him from the hands of the
Belgian police in the harbor of
Ostende and had landed him in the
feverish Bay of Santos with nothing
in his possession but a portfolio con-
tanning a rather dubious contract with
an equally dubious speculator in
coffee.
In time all South American repub-
lies came to, know, under divers as
poets, that despised Jew Eliphas, who
traded in everything that could be
sold and whom an unheard-of stroke
Of good luck made the right hand
0f the most honorable and most highly
respected r1agnate in Caracas.
1t was mere matter of chance
that scrupulously kept engagement
had secured for him the esteem of
Don Jose Ramon y Lopez, whom a
victorious revolution placed at the
head OF a certain enterprise for the
building Of railroads and the dredg-
ing of a harbor. The scheme was of
colossal proportions, calculated to
satisfy the hostile parties, all of
them equally hungry for spoils. By
common consent the agreement was
sufficiently elastic to suit all occa-
sions. Unfortunately Jose Ramon
Lopez expired suddenly at an intimate
dinner with his partner Eliphas, whom
general confidence had made the
dummy for all those who had no
need or desire to be publicly asso-
ciated with the enterprise. Nothing
was found on Ramon of the package
of letters that were to be distributed
that very evening. All that was dis
covered in the dead mans apartment,
while Eliphas wept and in desperate
grief at the loss of his friend knocked
his head against the wall, was prim-
tive agreement, dating from the very
inception of the scheme, which left
the survivor in possession of every
thing.
At first an outcry of rage went
forth, moderated by involuntary. ad-
niration. A hundred irregularities of
form were suddenly discovered in the
concession. The contract of the en-
terprise was denounced, suit was
entered and there was even talk OF
special legislation. It was then that
Eliphas was found to be the possessor
of a singular gift: that of golden per-
suasion. AS soon as this devil of
man began to talk with one of his
opponents, however powerful that
man might be, this man was won over
to the cause of Eliphas, how and why
he himself did not know. Without
doubt the dazzling millions, of which
the lucky partner of Ramon was the
provisional holder, had something to
do with it; besides the conviction was
gaining ground that nothing would
make Eliphas lose his grip on that
fortune. In time this view was justi-
fed, for within five years Eliphas had
won his suit and serenely established
himself as heir of the vast property.
Notwithstanding his sudden rise
in the business world Eliphas re-
mained good and modest. He went
The American Jewish world., 1922-12-01

he continued in all simplicity the work
of his father, who had accumulated
and boarded in order that he might
accumulate and hoard. There was
neither vice nor virtue in it. What
can one do, if all impulse of good
or evil is lacking in human being?
Eliphas had imagined that he ac-
cumulated and boarded for Moses. But
Moses had no children.
He had married Jewess of per-
feet beauty, a model of the Oriental
harem type, indolent and passive. She
loved him we'll and at set hours full
filled all her duties towards her lord
and provider, not to mention supple
mentary charities towards others,
which the facile custom of our Occi-
dental morals permits.
The baron was not jealous, for the
friends of his wife showed him the
greatest respect in the world, and it
was consideration and homage that
his gentle and harmless vanity craved.
Happy in his home, the millionaire
never thought of seeking love outside
of it. What could he have found that
he did not have at his own hearth?
Besides the feeling that one can buy
everything, even what is ordinarily
beyond price, permits one to enjoy
everything in a dream that embraces
all, while a conscious act would real
ize pleasure only in fragments.
Avarice did not enter into his mo-
tives of action. What could be in
vented, what could be found to ap-
propriate all the happiness of this
world, to live ones life in full? Lux
ury is an amusement that rapidly ex-
hausts itself, when one can desire
nothing without obtaining it, when
the privation of day does not whet
the joy of satisfying a desire that
had become pleasure by anticipation.
to on that side. What he wanted, he
The pleasures of the table required
ostensibly lacked. After futile efforts
to develop the vices of the palate, the
man who enjoyed simple soups, purees
and hashes and remained Indifferent to
the rarest wines, had to renounce the
pleasure of procuring for himself the
delights of the table, which his friends
enjoyed with avidity. But as he was
obstinate, he tried again, contrary to
his innate taste, to compete with them
and finally succeeded in making his
digestive organs revolt. This had at
least the advantage Of forcing him to
take better care of his health. Two
seasons of Carlsbad, however, effected
a cure and he soon found himself in
the old predicament.
The racing stable was odious to
him, since he did not enjoy the sim
gular pleasure of being methodically
robbed in broad daylight. Besides,
he detested all forms of gambling.
Why gamble, if you expect nothing
from winning? He was persuaded
into arranging royal hunting parties
and agreed, because he was asked to
do so. But when at his post under
an oak, like manorial judge in old
royal France, a hare or a deer ap-
peared before him between two game
drivers, like an innocent criminal be-
tween two officers of the law, he