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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-26
CONTRACT AWARDED FOR THE
VlITEREE BRIDGE APPROACHES
The Highway to Columbia Will Be Opened
Fer Traffic Before January 1st

section of the road between the
swamp and the Southern railway.
The contract provides that the
work shall be completed within
one hundred working days Al
lowance being made for delays
that may be caused by weather
conditions and other causes beyond
the control of the contractors, it is
reasonable to expect that the work
VIII be completed and the road
opened for traffic before January
1st. In the construction Of the
new read only a small section OF
THE old Gamers Ferry road
through the swamp will be used. a
NEW and more direct route having
been selected By the engineers.
This road that is now to be built
lis described as a temporary road,
as. it viii not be built above high
water and VIII not be usable when
the river is in flood stage. 1t is
contemplated that eventually a
permanent road will be built that
Will be above the highest flood
stages and usable at all times.
When this is done a part, but not
all, of the read now to be built
will be utilized The temporary
road follows the high ridge through
the swamp and is therefore not eX-
actly straight. The permanent
.read. as tentatively planned, would
follow an air line through the
swamp from the bridge. to the high
land No plans have been made
for the proposed permanent road,
bat rough estimate has been made
of the probable cost OF a road OF
the approved permanent type, and
the figures are between s250.606
and .$39e. 600. 1t will a long time.
probably, before the permanent
road through the swamp is built,
unless it is made a state project
and funds furnished by or through
the State Highway Department.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-26

1 The contract for the eonstrGe-
ton Of the approaches to the
! Wateree river bridge. at Gamers
Ferry pa the highway connecting
!: SuHater and Columbia Goute No.
lssss of the State Highway Depart
. sneatl was today awarded to Sim
! mons q atayrans OF Charleston by
the Sulnter County Board OF Com
/ naissiorers The bid OF Simmons
/ q Mayrant. which was the lowest
submitted to the State Highway
Department, was approved by the
department and referred to the
Sumter county commissioners to
be awarded. The formal award
land signature OF the: contract has
been held up for severa, weeks
lowsng to delay Of RsehlaEd county
ianthorities in furnishing acceptable
guarantees that the ten Thousand
Fdellars to he provided bS that
tcounty toward the cost 0f con-
Istrncting the approaches on the
Sumter side Of the river Would be
Forthcoming as needed, but that
diffcIity having been adjusted
through efforts OF state depart
raenr. the award Of the contract by
fSunltersBeard was mere fornlality.
IThe bid OF Simmons & Mayrant is
TO construct the eauseway through
the swamp, put downs q gravel sur
face Of the road way, build the
necessary bridges across the several
creeks and construct road from
I the edge of the swamp TO the
Southern railway track, where il
crosses the road between the
swamp and Stateburg. The total
i length Of the causeway and road
rom the bridge TO the Southern
railway Is four and six-tenths of
mile and total cost viii be ap-
proximately So. .oo0-s30, 900 for
| the causeway and bridges in the
swamp proper and $1,000 for the
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-26
es.L N TIE WOODS

A very limited amount OF srapei '
na inspeesson would convince the
onssry sIg that IN time OF eoas
saersage CT any other time there acre
one aTailable supply Of fuel se tos'
sensrgs es;seled, not IN the re-
sacss foresrs bur right IN ne ogdiT
;:.sS groves and woods of the
IS, It is the fallen branches
sls.osr and the standing stuff
dssa soc beginning to die, which
shouid be- cut and gathered before
aeea has proceeded SO far as 10
render the wood unfit even for
There are regions where there Is
no ssasa utpIaly Of burnao wood
sasaseEE to built t-sip districts.
:ss.sssss !. s iarger part Of the eosln- r.
where by systematic pieking
anG choppIng down, enough
Msaa could pe accumulated in a
time to last many COM
a long Isa1e.; and this with
eas regard 70 any Elaborate forestry
OF Brecedure. The aaes-
Of haulags once prohisitire,
asss yexing with motor trucks
ana good roads Running il every
dasegoE
sistmens os the present coal
STRIKE pEobably VIII prse.ade any
vsg desperate fuel shortage any
slseae but just IN the, latsress.o OF
asse pyevenIion i miglaf be good
sssa to make a survegsof the sstua-
ton IN almost any neig orhcod
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-26
SKY FLOWERS y: /.

30 you ever really observe the
ssScsssrs oS ,r.esssSass ~. the sl seas
sass naareh threugh he t,ne
aps TO read casually n the al
nsnsc or weather report that
so-and-se is going to be evening
star dlsiHg June. or morning sta1
- septemberand promptly for
get It Yet most of us have some
sdea Of the progress of at least the
osFous ehanges ON the earth about
Us Even the dalfest Of observers
knows that the month of hlacs
comes before the month of roses,
ana that wberaies and chest
nuss are not running mates.
the heavens are as difTerens IN
thsirEay as are the aspects OF
the earth, as spring runs into snm-
rnes and summer into fail. Now
saat the Horld is: Iearnipg. through
Eso1or-eamplng, to i've eutdoaFs
again the stars may come In
sor: a sisssss observation Carl 7.
Robsrssen; one Of the most sympa-
shesic snd keenly sensieise OF pres
err nature writers. has this to say
about them:
The srlliants OF the spring
biessem ia the meadows of the sky
assas flowers blossom on our
tn1n.tsstihaal earth. But the Sky
Blossoms come by unvarying law.
hims OF weather do not alter the
course Of the vernaf stars. They
are aabove worldly influences.
5sznsn spring is most wilfuI the
heavens gre not wilfui at all They
DC not follow the calendar; they
make Tfee calendar.
Give US ali the dear euirks and
frettings of our tiny earth for va
FissS and inanisc diversion, but let
as not forget the eternal orde-h-
ness ara chaageiessness of the
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-26
A Letter to Parents.

Some years ago % gentleman liv-
ing in India caught and raised a
tiger cub. 1t was as tame. COM
panionable, as safe as cat, a
great pet in the family. The rea-
son was. he, his entire household,
had been at great. pains to allow
it no contact in any way, shape,
or form with carnality, feeding it
on bread and the like. My reason
for using that term will appear to
the ebservant reader later on.
One day, while reading on the
porch Of his bungalow he fell
asleep, and was awakened by an
unpleasant, somewhat painful SEN
sation. His left hand. free, had
dropped by his side. and the tiger,
lying by, had. licked till the blood
began to flow. Only a glance SUI
feed to show him his peril. for. he
knew by the fierce glare of its eyes
that the beast in It had been
awakened, and that any attempt to
withdraw the hand would arouse
all the cruel ferocity of. its nature.
Very quietly he laid the book
down, grasped his ), pistol lying
near. and killed the tiger.
Every parent Of necessitation be-
queaths to their offspring in their
generation a tiger. and they know
it. but how many consider It. No,
it is not desperate. a hopeless
case, else God had not said Train
up child in the way he should
go and when he is old he Will not
depart from it. Talk about sins
of inheritance, we all have our
dispositions to them, only some are
under better tuition than Others.
The writer used to wonder Why IN
his childhood he was debarred as
far as possible on the pain OF Sc
we're chastisement from witnessing
the intimacies of fowl and animal.
from participating in. the sensuous
dance, but now all is as plain as
day. 1t was an effort to keep him
removed from carnality, that car
nality which is the curse of our
day.
Take this from Mrs. Eva NJ.
Blue. dean of women at Gooding
College, Iowa: sThe greatest prob
lem we are facing is immortality
in our whole social structure. This
is not the fault Of youth. Can we
expect young men and women to
rise above the conditions which
society has surrounded them in the
way of jazz music. modern dance
halls, public swimming pools, auto
JOY riding. luxury and freedom.
the sensual and suggestive movies? :?
All of these things. have q ten
dency to instill ideas of free love,
free thought, and the spirit of 1t
is all right if you can get away
with it, !" I might quote pages
from other writer's, but this ind1ct-
ment sufficies to turn our thoughts
to the responsibility Of parents. for
the crux of the whole matter IS
With tneN1.
Some years ago the writer, in
discussing crop prospects in very
hopeful vein was told: you have
left God out" He realized this in
harvest time. And that is the case.
might I not safely say. with most
parents and much of the news
paper discussion OF the day? With
out Him we get nowhere. Those
who study the matter closley un-
derstand that to succeed they must
take God into partnership and that
in no film fam way.
To train child we can not de-
pend on talk. Really is there not
TOO much talk. Long ago We
heard example is better than
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-26

Philadelphia. Aug. 24.-With
both sides said to he in receptive
mood today. there was no sign of a
move either from the operators or
miners toward suggesting solu-
ton of the deadlock over the sit
uation in the hard coal fields. which
resulted in the breaking up Of the
peace parieys here Tuesday.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-26
Tourist Travel Lighter IN Japan.

Toxic. Aug. The number OF
foreigners coming 70 Japan fors
sight Seeing decfeasing every
year This tendency is chiefly dlss
to the high prices Of comnaodi tiles
in Japan. Another reason Is that
mere are rot enough horels IN ia
pan TO. accommodate foreign visit
sors. According to the Japan Tour
ist Bureau the number of foreign
sers who came to Japan during the
last yeyarswas 5000 persons. q de-
crease Of 1000 compared With the
previous year. Most visitors are.
Americans and Chinese S;
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-26

Money may not go further. but
you do II YOU get any.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-26
Marriage License.

White: Graham Turner and
Alma Kelly Of Tindal.
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-26

Women are now acting as treas
zrers in eight counties ia. Nsbras-
, 1922-09-14

Ito jump the property. and while
Buck was greatly outclassed In
numbers. he held his own until four
fell on the tundra. When his body
was picked up lying behind 4 biz
boulder It vas badly torn In several
places. showing that his last fight
was worthy Of 4 better result.
A restraining order was served or
Luke and when the case was brought
to trial before u prejudiced jur,
they returned a verdict for the
predatory gang who had invaded the
country.
The loss OF the rich claims had
no great disconcerting effect or
Luke; whatever happened. he could
not suffer more he had lost I rea'
friend. n whom he admired and
loved with all the ardency Of his
nature. His thoughts while return
ing from the court room to the
cabin. which he VAS compelled BY
the ruling Of the court to abandon
were crowded with the unfortunate
incidents which had happened dur
ing the two score years OF his life
compared with the loss Of Buck
The loss Of his eye seemed minutes
imal. He was loaded down with
grief: his body sagged and benz un
der 1t; and his greatest wish was
that 1t had been himself instead OF
his partner who had been killed.
When he reached the cabin he
missed the CHEEKY greeting of Buck
and it struck his heart like a shock
of freezing water. The Loneliness
frightened him: everything he
touched bore the stamp Of Bucks
lhandiwork. He sat on the edge OF
the bunk. comfortless. With his
hands claspcd and dropped between
his knees, he thought of the lines
memOrized long g and otter
repeated
Il live alone in a world of moan
And my soul is a Stagnant tide
Luke braced himself against the
, 1922-09-14

walls OF the cabin to adjust his
pack and shuffled down the hill to
pick mn the trail to town In a blind
ing storm, He was oblivfous to rain
or the extra weight Of his pack as it
became soaked. He had been con-
frohted with q multitude of dis
asters which 1t had been his lot TO
bear: and now. n he piodded owe
the soRky tundra, he tried TO i'm
agine the suffering there was at
tached to death.
.Oh, partner!" called a voice be-
hind Luke, hold these dogs while
I straighten my pack. A pack never
did fit my back anyway
Luke turned about bent with the
weight Of his wi pack and,
drenched to the bone. he mechan-
ically stretched his hand for the
leash.
why. hello. Slim! I didn't rec,
oEnize you. Some wet. Ell? Just
the way / like it. though! Going in
for the Jubilee?"
"Yeth, I'm going in," replied
Luke, coming out of his reverie.
81 v did know your name,
Slim, Mines Jack Coleman. from
Lander Wyoming. Where are you
FROM"
Saratoga. Wyoming: Luke Nc,
Rean. born there" laconically answ-
cred Luke.
put her there! Powder River!
Nv Christcphereo, from the same
state" yelled Coleman. extending his
hand.
Coleman grabbed Lukc's limp
hand and shook II heartily. feeling
as il he had found a long lost
brother.
"You never know anyone by hi
right name in this country. | knew
your nick name was Slim Slivers,
and l guess you've heard them call
me the Trombone Kid because !
play the trombone in the band
Good old Wyoming and good ole
, 1922-09-14

riaytoa paaks, s~speeoeating the
.auako Nivee Caftle Pool. VA u II
eanpneak last Friday. ordering oar1
-end maktMG o<her- aSTaAgenents foe
: IA ship0e1t Of tie poo1's cattle from
here thie fall. There will b morS
fhan $3.50 head OF cattle in the pool.
heeides . number Of Individual ship
.aents, making seven or eight thou-
ma head, all told. TO Be shipped
here, % the Echo man was In
formed. Mr. banks ordered ninety
cars to start WITH.
All cattle viii be held over night
and fed ut the 6iebsrs place., two
miles west OF town. Nj. Dapks hav-
IN bought tie field and made ar
-r~npeesnsnto for holding the cattle
there while here last Friday. Ship
ment Of the cattle will begin. five OF
six hundred At . time, Immediately
after September II, when the new
lower freight rates go into effect on
the q. p. and which will mean . saw
ing of about $50 Per car on the cat
tie. MfI banks stated that the
Reader people. who are not In the
pool. would probably be the first to
ship. Those outside the pool will
also use the Siebers field for holding
their cattle over night.
This IL the beginning of Encamp-
ment being made the permanent
shipping point for Snake river cattle
men, being much nearer than Wam-
suffer, and the trail being we'll va
tered. The pool has shipped over
the Moffat road heretofore, but Mr..
banks states that the stockmen could
not take the risk any more, as the
Meffat was in such bad shape a train
load of cattle was liable to go into
the ditch at any time and no dam
ages could be collected. on account
of the roads financial condition. a
like condition Of the old 8. & e. hav-
ing existed for q number of years.
But since the Union Pacific has
taken charge of the local road, 1t has
been placed In good repair. and II
any damage to stock should occur,
the Union Pacific Is liable and fully
responsible for 1t.
A good many Of the sheepmen
have been shipping from Encamp-
ment for several years, but this will
be the first shipment of cattle to go
from here, except local stuff.-En-
eampment Echo.
, 1922-09-14
LUKE MCLEAN

While Luke sat in the tent court
room awaiting trial, he shyly gased,
with interest and sympathy, at
Major French who was pronouncing
sentence on = young tough for at
tempted murder. The Major had q
deep lisp and when he spoke it
sounded like the blowing off OF
q steam cock. which had . tendency
to alleviate Luke's own affliction.
charge against Luke the Major asked
him = What have you to thay
to thith charger"
In his mild. bashful manner Luke
began to tell about meeting Buck
on the Santa Marie" with a lisp
resembling an incipient geyser, when
the Major screamed:
"Thicks month! Thicks month
for the prisoner! I'll have no one
rn'm:ck me. Mimick me, will you7
Thicks months!"
Luke was explaining his like at
Fiction when the soldiers led him
out OF the court room and pushed
him into a prison tent full Of the
very scum of the earth.
Don't handle me that way. I
can lick = dozen like you." fumed
Buck, as he was thrown in with
mo uSEV. H1cilOs LUAo, Lille dAu =
nothin'. I was tellin' that guy with
the whi.kers that you iisped all the
time, but he gave me three days for
the tent work and two for lying.
Never mind, we'll mush out to the
creeks when we get out O. here"
but I got thicks months and I
amt got no flute"
"Yeppe - me for the thoughtful
kid - here's the flute. Plays a
tune"
Il amt feelin' we'll. what'l they
do with me when winter comths?"
plaintively asked Luke.
"Nothin.. dom ON the winter
stuff" encouraged Buck. "see that
sergeant with the spraddle nose? I
know'd him at Fort Mckinney. I'm
making the big getaway tonight.
Ill get you out too"
Luke suffered with the asthma
during the night and asked n Of
the guards to lot him 30 to his tent
for his medicine. but he was re-
fused. About midnight. when .
slight haze clouded the sky. Luke
saw the bottom OF the tent lifted
and Buck crawled out. and soon
afterwards his medicine was slipped
in.
After three days OF, mulliEan and
shovelling gravel, Luke was called
before Major Franch for q rehear-
ing and proved to the Major his
eefervescing affliction.
The Major discharged him. told
him that he could pitch his tent back
on the lot, and suggested treatment
Tor his clispiag. In fifty Minutes
Lake had t~ranscended from the
aadir OF misery to the zenith of
, 1922-09-14

trombone. Wyoming give me the
pep to fight this game and the
wolves in 1t. and the trombone gave
me a grub stake.
Il play the flute. Thuppothe I
, 1922-09-14

cal get a job" dolefully asked
Luke.
Sure" replied Coleman. the
leaders a chum Of mine"
CONTINUED In Next Issue)
, 1922-09-14

FOR SALE-Just finished. . worry
attractive five-roomed. modern house
In nice location: hot water heat and
full basement. Terms. Inquire this
office. 8-31-tf
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-05
A announcements

Mr. and Mrs. j. y. Meisburger OF
1t5 North Yorktown. ANNOUNCE the
marriage of their nieco, Miss Alice
Corinne schryvor. 10 Mr. Earl Fran
cia Fitzpatrick. on Thursday eve
ming February 2. The only guost
outside OF tho family was Mr.
Thomas II. Lydon OF 81. Louis, n life
long friend OF the groom. who was
best man. The brides aunt, Mrs.
George u. H. Thornton, was matron
OF honor. the ceremony being read
by tho Rev. Father Charles STANDARD.
others present were Mr.. and Mrs,
Mcisburger. Mr.. George IL. l.. Thorn
ton. The happy couple left for the
east to be gone until March first.
Mrs Charles Il. Farren will ehter-
tain with n small luncheon In her
home on Tuesday mplimcntary 10
her mother, Mrs. u. q. Rutherford.
The Harlequin club members will
give n valentine dance on Saturday
evening In tho homo OF Miss Bar
barn Osborne.
Mntrons OF tho ". q. A. club will
be hostesses at an evening. valentine
party on Monday, February 10, for
the entertainment OF their husbands
ana friends. The party VIII pc
given In the homo OF Mr.. A. l..
Farmer at 2222 South Madison ave-
nue, with Mrs. Theodosia Farmer
Henry as presiding hostess.
Mra Frank NJ Breen will issue
Invitations the first OF the week for
a luncheon and bridge which aho
will give In her homo on Thursday,
February 0.
Mrs. Philip Dulin will entertain
with Valentine luncheon and
bridge on Thursday. February 0 IN
tho Coffee Cup.
Mrs. Dan Hunt. jr.. Will entertaln
members Of the Thursday Bridge
! club this coming week.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-05

pointed luncheon given In the Coun-
try club last Tuesday. Mrs. +. l..
Brown-ehd Mrs. Il. NJ. Stapp were
honor guests, others present being,
Mesdames r. l.. l.. Rhodes, r. p.
Brewer. A. +. Monday, L. Freeman,
Atwood Harvey. PATTI Adams
Schreiner, J.. B, Jackson. w, n. Sill
Harriet Ely OF New York, 9. e
Dunbar, C. p. Linn. Il. q. william.
son. w. l. Davis, George O. Hollow
j. owen Pearce, George Caithey.
James II. McBirney, Fred s. Clin-
ton, 81. Raymond Burdick, Lottie
Epperson. J. Noble Thompson, John
Day, Miss Ruth Sedwick. The at
tractive table was placed in the sun
room and offered note OF st. Val
entine's day with centerpleces OF
glowing red tulips and other spring
flowers, touches OF mal!ne In
streamers and bows offering an ar
tiNic touch. The Hawaiian orches-
ira rendered native airs and songs
during the hours.
Mrs Harold Stuart Brown Of Buff
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-05

trrplece on the otherwise attrao-
lively appointed table and corHage
clusters OF swectpcas and roses cat
rying out the red color note indica-
tive of Valentine season. Mrs. Alan
L. Burke entertain at luncheon in
tho club on Friday for Mrs. Brown
and Mrs. Harry lIeasloy wns n host
css compllmenting this visitor In tho
early week. which was also a lunch
con IN tho Country club.
A centerpieco of swoctpeas and
roses and red candles In crystal
no .lcrs made the table attractive
whom Mrs. plumer ~. iiill enter
talncd ut coffee Cup Thuwday with
u / o'clock luncheon, the first OF n
series. Twelve guests were seated
at tho table and included Mrs Ice
clinton, Mrs Ira l.. Reeves, Mrs, y.
Il. billiard Mrs. y. &, Clinton, Mrs.
j. NJ. 9. Usher, Mrs. @. A. Wall.
Mrs. j. H. Burdick. Mrs. Edmund
Huglll, Mrs. Gabriel N. Wright and
Mrs u. II. Mason.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-05

The home of Mrs. Robert II.
Wood. 21s East Fifteenth, was trans
formed into q miniature circus on
Wednesday evening when the MEM
bers of the Pi Beta Phi sorority en-
tertained for their husbands and
friends. The guests came attired
as children and amid confetti and
balloons enjoyed the numerous Side
shows" where they received many
prizes and favoTs. The predominate
color scheme was wine and silver
blue, the fraternity colors, and re-
freshments were IN the form OF cir
Gus fare. hamburgers, peanuts. etc.
Later in the evening dancing was
the diversion.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-05
Luncheons

Mrs. Edwin ID. Mouzon was num-
bered among the hostosses of the
week, entertaining very informally
at luncheon in her home on Friday
for a group of friends who were
Mesdames Francis Barlow Dillard,
THEODORE Cox, Don Hagler, Lee Clin-
ton, James Il. Cole. f.. B. Howard,
j, N. Gubser, j. Miller Hammett and
Fred Sewers Clinton,