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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-25
] IBAMBERG
PHYSICIAN
IS KILLED
Dead When Automobile Was
Lifted From Body, Not Far
From Home

Bamberg, March 21.-Dr. T.. p
Rcntz, highly respected physician oC
this county. was killed this after
noon when his car skidded and
overturned in a deep, ditch about
eight and one-half miles below
Bamberg, on the Hunters Chapel
highway. DR.. Rentz lived in the
neighborhood where the accident
occurred and was returning home
from Bamberg at the time. No
one was in the car with him. He
was pinned beneath the car in wa
ter in a deep ditch. His neck was
broken and he was dead when the
car was lifted up IN very short
time after the tragedy. a small
dog which was in the car with Dr..
Rcntz escaped without injury.
There was only one witness to
the accident. D. W. Smoak, coun-
ty supervisor. happened to be
nearby, as a road gang was work
ing in that section. Mr.. Smoak
and others rushed to the wrecked
car, but Dr. Rentz was dead, either
from drowning or from having his
neck broken, before the car was
removed.
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Freight is High liz Russia.

Moscow. Feb. ga large Pro
portion Of the money which Soviet
Prussia itself has available for IA
mine relief has to be paid to trans
port the food which the American
Relief Administration is furnishing
to 100000 children and 3.oo0.-
900 adults in the Eolga region.
This WAS revealed in Il recent
speech by NJ Kalinin, the peasant
president" of Soviet Russia. The
sums expended by the Russian GOV
ernment for transport of the AM
erican food from the Baltic ports
to the actual famine areas. sad
NJ. kalinin. almost equal the "ost
of the food.
Up to date. he declared. Russia
has spent 13.000 900 gold rubles,
or about 900 900 for transport
ing food to the Noiga. and. in w.
will have 70 spend not less than
10000 0n0 gold rubles. which he
added. is not less than the Amer
lean Relief administration itself
spends.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-25
Plenty CT Work and No Poverty IN
Australia.

London. March 3-No man is
uncnploycd in Victoria. Austrai-
ia and no man reed be poor there,
declared John McWhac. the new
Aernt-Ceneral for Victoria. who
has arrived here TO start an enllSra-
ton campaign.
He says that Victoria is opening
~, its i,.ricable land and has about
600. 900 acres OF crown lanus
suitable for wheat growing.
In IS months or so. he announc-
cd the government will be ready
with :, big scheme 10 provide WORK
for many men on one OF the largest
electrical undertakings IN the Worio'
\ deposi, Of brown coal oil enor-
nous extent is being developed ana
i 400 400 pounds sterling are be-
Ing spent ION q plan TO produce
cheap electric power for the Wh"te
.-t.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-25
State Endeav0rs
To Hold Meet

Columbia. March 22.-Sumter
will be largely represented at the
State Christian Endeayor conven-
tion, to be hello in Greenville April
Z, s, 9 and leaders in the En-
deavor movement in the state in
dicate that this Will be possibly
the biggest religious gathering Of
young people ever held in the
state A strong program has been
prepared.
DR.. Daniel A. Polling, Of New
York city, associate president of
the United Society Of Christian En-
deavor, the national organization
Of young people Of the Endeavor
societies. is to be the chief speaker
for the Greenv1iic convention.
Other speakers are Dr.. j. 2. Nc
Cailie, OF Chattanooga. noted
educator: DR.. r. f. Kirkpatrick, Of
Anderson; Rev. r. a. Lapsley, of
Tarboro. y. c.; Rev Donald W.
Richardson, Of China: Mrs. Darby
Fulton. Of Japan, now on fur
lough in Spartanburg: Rev. Stan
ley r. Grubbs. of Columbia; Chas.
+. Evans, Of Chattanooga, general
secretary and S. Wilkes DcEdy,
field secretary Of the Endeavor
movement in the south. Marshall
Woodson, of Columbia, will be song
leader for the convention.
The Greenville Endeavorers have
planned number Of social affairs
for the convention, including a
! banquet for senior Endeavorers
and one for intermediate young
people, several luncheons, a re-
ception, an auto ride over the city
and possibly to Paris Mountain.
A strong committee Of business
men and church leaders in Green
vile is in charge of plans for the
convention. w. P. Conyers is
chairman of the committee
The Endeavorers Of Columbia
are planning to have a special car
to take their delegates to the
convention city. 1t is expected that
there will be between three and
four hundred delegates at the con-
yention, and with the Greenvilla
delegates, the convention registra-
ton is expected to reach about sew
en- hundred. There are over two
hundred Endeavor societies in the
city. and besides an official dele
gate from each. many other En-
deavorers arc expected to attend.
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GERMANY is
TOLD TOCUT
EXPENSES
Must Raise Sixty Billion
Marks Additional-Bomb-
shell in Berlin

Paris, March PA partial
moratorium ha sheen given Ger
many for her Preparations pay
ments in 1922, according to de-
cision of the reparations committee,
made public here today.
The plan carries with it a speci-
fic obligation on the part of Ger
many to raise 10000. 100000 marks,
paper, in. additional taxes: to float
an internal loan to balance her
budget: to stop the exportation of
capital and make the Reichsbank
independent; to radically reduce
expenses; to submit to system of
supervision through obligatory
consultations with a commission on
guarantees, and either to float an
international loan or make a levy
on capital to raise substantial
sum for reparations.
The moratorium is conditional
upon the fulflment of the condi-
tions OF the commission by May
81, which may be revoked later
if Germany does not continue to
comply with them. The commits
sion calls for the eXecuticn OF the
Cannes agreement. prosE.inS for
the payment Of 2o,oO0,ooo gold
marks and of 1,450, 100000 marks
in goods during 1922. AS Germany
has paid about 2S0,0O0,000 gold
marks in ten payments, there re-
mains balance of 43S,000,0O0
marks due.
The balance is payable $4,000
900 marks on April IS, 10000
900 marks monthly from May to
October Is, inclusive, and 60,0o0,-
90 0marks each November and De-
cember IS.
The goods reparations are pay
able $50, 100000 marks to France
and 5O0,O00,000 to the other allies
as far as they may place orders.
The British will receive IS per cent
OF the import tax on German goods
and other similar funds credited
against the merchandise account,
but if Germany fails to deliver the
goods ordered she must pay the
balance in cash.
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TO INVESTIGATE
COTTON MARKET
Evidence to Be Placed Before
Grand Jury Today

New York. March 2o.-Evidence
in recent John Doe" investlsa-
ton of the American Cotton En-
change, accused Of operating q
bucket shop will be presented to q
grand jury tomorrow, District At
torney Banton announced today.
Assistant District Attorney Sim
mons who will present the case
against the exchange. announced
the hearing would require several
days. 1t is understood that all wit
nesses who testified at the John
Doe" hearing or who may DE called
during the grand jury invcstlga-
ton, will receive immunity from
prosecution. Several Of these wit
nesses. by their own admissions,
were involved in the alleged un-
lawful practices Of the exchange.
Involuntary petitions in bankruptcy
were filed today against Randolph
Rose, Jr., who traded under the
name of. Rose & Son against Rose
6 Company, a firm consisting, ac-
ccrding to the petition. of Randolph
Rose, Sr., and Celia Manassee. Rose
&. Son were among firms whose ac-
tivities Chief City Magistrate Nc
Adoo said will be laid before the
grand jury after they had been in
volved in testimony at the John
Doe" hearing.
The. petition against Rose & Son
estimate the firms liabilities at
s15e,00o- ara assets at $125, 900.
That against Rose & Company cs-
timated liabilities at 100000 with
assets undetermined.
A. w. Graham, president Of the
American Cotton Exchange. de-
clared the exchange was not af-
fected in any way by the Rose
failure.
Randolph Rose. Jr., had previ-
ously- resigned from the vice pres
idency and directorate Of the ex-
change, he said.
The failure automatically sus-
pends the firms. he added.
Counsel for Rose issued state
naent attributing the failures to
pressure following the John Doe
hearings. Rose and Son paid out
more than 100000 in an effort to
stem the bankruptcy menace he
said.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-25
HUNTING
ELEPHANTS
IN INDIA
For the Entertainment Of the
Prince of. Wales

Mysorc. India. Feb. 10.-The-wnd
elephant hini witnessed here by
the Prince Of Wales was one Of tie
most picturesque and exciting of
the numerous events arranged Cor
his entertainment while on his teur
Of India. He saw only the dniti
stage Of it but that was the most
exciting part of the hunt.
Mounted on an elephant and
accompanied by the Maharajah the
Princew as an interested specta-
tor when % wild inhabitants of
the jungle were rounded up and
driven into an enclosure to be. fet-
tered.
The herd was captured by the
kheddah system, the usual method
followed in this part OF the coun-
try. 1t involves relays of thou
sands Of beaters who force the
herd selected for capture to follow
a particular course, generally
lying on the usual line OF march,
until the elephants are driven into
an enclosure about 400 yards in
diameter. There, surrounded by a.
ten-foot trench, the animals can !,es
kept indefinitely. Fires are Esat-
ed on the outside to prevent them
from crossing the trench. Finally,
the herd is driven into a small en-
closure, only 20 feet wide where
thav are fettered ~ 49,
The whole operation, from the
time the herd is first sighted and
tracked until it is finally si.fpould-
ed in the kheddah, takes several
weeks.
Tie wild herd of 2s. included:
bulls and cows and four calves. The
leader was a heavy tusker who
gave fierce resistance 10 capture
Two OF the animals had been in
captivity before and were still
wearing parts Of the shackles they
bore when they escaped. These
also gave considerable trouble.
When the captives had been se-s
curely bound they We're led out
and picketed in the forests.
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Hits Like BonlbsIlell.

Berlin. March 90 {By the Asso-
ciated Press) s).-The decision OF the
reparations commission on Ger
many's request for a moratorium,
with the details Of the payments to
be made and the guarantees to be
given, Were printed in the after
noon papers here today. The de-
cision fell like a bombshell in the
official quarters in Wilhelmstrasse
and in the ReichstaS created anger
and dismay.
The news arrived during a sit
ting Of. the foreign affairs commit
tee, which was attended by the
chancellor and other ministers.
The sitting was Immediately sus-
pended and q cabinet WAS sum
nloned to CONSIDER the situation.
1t was asserted in certain we'll
informed circles today that il the
decision Of the commission is per-
sisted in the Wirtia cabinet VIII fall
! before a storm OF protest.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-25
HARVEY JORDAN
TO VISIT WEST
In Effort to Have Cotton Acre
age Restricted

st. Matthews. March 20.-CoL
Harvey Jordan. secretary to the
American. Cotton Association will
leave tomorrow for an extended
trip through Texas and Oklahoma
in the interest of a restricted cot
ton acreage for the present year.
The trip is inspired by information
obtained during his recent trip to
New York from which he has just
returned. Col Jordan states that
he interviewed an aggregation Of
cotton brokers with the view OF
getting their sympathies enlisted
in the movement to keep the acre
age within manageable bounds and
was met with, the cold-blooded ana
very frank reply that they were
interested only in. making what
they could out Of the cotton crop
and that the more bales there were
ON the market ON which they could
speculate. the better the field Of op-
erations on the exchange. He
states that he asked them if they
were not concerned with the re-
habuitation Of the south and if
they were not willing to lend a hand
to restore the country to a basis
Of normal living and their reply
was that the present depressed
condition in the south did not ap-
peal to them at, all; that they. were
only interested in returns from
speculation Col Jordon states
that these speculators are en-
ceuraging an increase OF twenty
per cent in production west Of the
Mississippi and his trip to this sec
tien is. n the effort ito offset this
influence.
While on his way home, Col.
Jordon stopped in Washington, and
after a conference with a number
Of senators succeeded in getting
the promise Of the Introduction OF
a bill in congress to limit the
amount of brokers' commission to
ten per cent. The commission now
charged, he states Sis twenty-five
per cent. He looks for the intro
duction Of the bill at an early date.
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Wider Highway Tendency shown ia
Road Building.

OF 6,5o0 miles OF completed fed.
cral-aid road for which statistics
have been collected by the Bureau
OF Public Roads. United States de-
partment of agriculture. .one-haH
has been constructed Of Is and S
foot width, p per cent of .. greater
width. and % per cent Of a less
width. AS would be expected the
wider roads have been constructed
largely in the more populous states
although some OF the less populeuS
states are building wider roads for
the main highways. There is d
general tendency, it is said, to
build wider roads 10 meet the
needs of the constantly increasing
traffic, as shown by the 25 per cent
Of the mileage over IS feet in
Width. per cent being - feet or
wider.
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Topeka. Kan, March 21.-Col-
lision-The act of striking together:
the striking together Of two hard
objects: clashing. Synonyms:
clashing. encounter. opposition
Webster.
Automobile accident insurance
being comparatively new, Kansas
statutes and court reports are far
from replete on enlightenment as
to what is and what is not a col
lision. SO the state insurance de-
partment. according to Frank l..
Travis. state superintendent Of in
surance, finds it necessary to bark
back to fundamentals in determin-
ing disputes over the scope Of the
collision clauses in auto insurance
policies.
I'VE have to get out the old die
tionary and interpret the law as
we see it, said Sam Carol, insur-
ance de>artment attorney.
Two OF the most interesting
cases that have been carried TO the
insurance department for decls-
ion We're one in which an ienraSed
bull attacked a car painted bright
red. and another in which a $1,000
motor car came off second best in
a bout with a game cock. In each
of these cases the opinion Of the
insurance department was in favor
Of the car owner. 1t was a col
lision. Likewise. the car owner
won in case involving "a coll
lision'' with a rifle bullet which
shattered the wind shield.
In still another case. however.
it was different. 4 man drove his
car through a puddle Of water on
a paved street. The icy water
splashed up on the heated engine,
causing the casing to crack.
1T was collision with the wa
ter" contended the owner.
No" decided the insurance de-
partment officials after due delip-
Grafton. that was a case Of the ef-
fect-the chemical effect-of cold
water coming in contact with the
hot engine.
The owner of the i'll fated red
car made the mistake Of going to a
cattle sale on a farm, in MS car.
There were many other automo-
biles there, but only one red one.
Singing it out, bull broke away
from the sales ring and charged
the red hood. Again and again
he rammed the vehicle with his
hornless head until the car re-
sembled a war relic.
The assault by {; game rooster
was provoked by observing his re-
Election in the highly polished eX-
terror Of the brand new car. The
owner had just driven the car home
for the first time and parked 1t in
the dooryard. The battle evidently
had been on for some time before
the farmer discovered what was
going on. Mr.. Rooster clrcled the
vehicle seeking an aperature which
would permit him to get at ms
adversary. Naturally enough. the
adversary followed. Each time
the rooster came IN contact with
the car he left marks of spurs and
beak until the highly polished sur
face was sadly disfiSured.
The insurance company disputed
the owners claim Tor damages, but
following the decision Of the insur-
ance department, stood the eX-
pense OF restoring a perfect eNter-
ior finish ON the car.
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Austria Obtains Loan From 0thcr
Nations

Vienna. March lit is estimat
ed that about s4.700.0G0 sterling
viii be available from the three
credits, Czech, British and French,
now seemingly assured Austria. !:
The. question IS now raised by Aus
trian newspapers whether this
amount will be sufficient to mere
~ pay the invalid's hospital bill
until convalescence can begin or
whether it will finance his reeoF-
cry s.
1t is agreed in all quarters that
the money must be. used tocstabilize
the krone and not ffittered away OF
thrown into the same rat holes
that heretofore have Swallowed
advances. That the British loan az
least and probably the FreEchasg:
is TO be under the meticulous ad-s
ninistration Of British contreller.
Mr. Young, is regarded as assalrs
ing Ats use in only such directions
as the lender. approves.
The press generally expresses
considerable resentment at this fea-
ture Of the loan and indicates 1t Is
shared in governmental circles
Such terms as the .'Ottamonizaflen
and .'Tunisization of Austria "a
foreign colony and similar phfa-
seS are used and the fact that the
famous Gobelins, in part at least.
are in pledge for the British loan
has come in for its share of dennn-
citation as ".pawnbroking deal.
The, immediate effect OF the an.
nouncement of the loans and the
discussion as to wbat level the
krone shall be standardized was
TO harden the. Austrian currency
against foreign exchange.
Financiers, economists and pub.
lie officials fill the newspapers With
advice regarding the figure Of stan.
dardization. These range from
eight Swiss centines lnofnally
about 1-2 cents) for 1e6S krenen
to as high as 20 (r2ornlaliy about
! cents). DR.. Rosenburg, until re-
| Gently financial advisor TO the soy-
ernment. warns against q basis any
| higher than the internal purchasing
power Of the krone Warnings ase
given by many economists that the
country cannot stand a too rigorous
defiation in its present social anG
! economic condition.
1t is understood that all the cred
J ~
ations are eventually to be consol-
idated into that proposed by the
League of Nations.
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MONEY FOR
HIGHWAYS

Columbia. March 22.-The South
Carolina Highway Commission is
just in receipt Of advices from
Washington OF the y ;ssaSe through
the United States senate of the
bill appropriatinG fifty million for
additional federal aid for high
ways. OF this amount the state of
South Carolina will get s701, 3333,
If the bill is passed by the house
of representatives and is enacted
into law. The bill also provides
for the appropriation Of s65. 5.oOo,-
600 next year and for $4,000, 600
the year following. OF the SI',-
00O,0 900 this states share Will be
S1,061, 600. and a proportionate
amount for next Year.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-25
CARLOS CORBETT
LOSES IN Appeal.
Orangeburg Man to Face jury
Again on Murder Charges

Washington, March 29.-The ssu-
premec our today, for want OF
jurisdiction. dismissed the case OF
Carlos Corbett. plaintiff in error.
against the state OF South Carolina,
defendant in error.
The effect OF the dismissal viii be
that Corbett Will have again to face
"a charge of murder.
Corbett, killed three men near
-Salley in Orangeburg county more
than a year ago by firing separate
and distinct shots at the. different
men. He was tried for the killing
OF one. Of the men and acquitted.
When arraigned for trial on a sep
arate indictment for the killing OF
another of the men, he interpesed
a plea Of former Jeopardy. Counsel
for the state demurred to this plea.
The circuit judge overruied the de-
nnurrer. The state appealed to the
supreme court of the state Of South
Carolina That court rendered its
decision in October. 1921. reversing
the trial judge and remandins the
case to the circuit court for trial.
Application for a writ Of error to
the supreme court Of the United
States was then presented by coun-
Sc! for Cerbett and allowed by Chief
Justice Gary Of the supreme court
of South Carolina. The state OF
South, Carolina moved that the
case be dismissed by the supreme
court of the United States for want
Of jurisdiction for. the following
reasons:
"a Because there had been no
final judgment rendered in the
case.
(2) Because even were judg-
ment final. it would not be review
able by writ Of error.
(3} Because even We're the
judgment final and renewable by
writ Of error. the supreme court
had in numerous cases decided the
question raised contrary TO the con-
tertion to the plaintiff in error
Corbett was represented by Wolfe
& Berry, Cole L. BIease. Mendel l.
Smith. j. Leroy Dukes, E. J. Win
gard and James H. Tanning. This
state of South Carolina was repre-
sented by a. J. Hydrick. Adam H
Moss. T. n. .Rassor. Charles A
Douglas and Hugh H Obear.
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RECEIPTS FROM
FEDERAL TAXES
Income ME Mpney Paid to the
GoSernment

Washsn gten, eHarch 20.-Further
reports of payment Of March Is
zinstaiirsent IS o@fcsncone, and profits
taxes received today by the treas
ury showedSs 3.fa, 100000 on deposit
SO, far withafeaeral reserve banks.
Deposits through last Friday ag-
gregated s2S63oSo, 600.
Reports from outlying districts
will not be. received for several
days, treasury officials say, and un-
til then il wilp DE impossible to de-
terInine whsfher Secretary Mel
ions estimatepfof s460,0G0,009 in
income ana 9pEofits tax receipts for
the quarter Twill be obtained.
CoIlectionsed dating March Of last
year agEregats6 S727 900 200.
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SAYS PRICES
-. .e4s WILL DROP
Cheaper Sugar Predicted by
Refinery President

New York. March 2o.-ciaus A.
Spreckles, president Of the Federal
Sugar Refining company, who has
just returned: sfrom Europe. to-
right predicted an early drop in su-
gar. prices. S-.-
The recent pr:ce advance in raw
sugar, he said; stimulated further
sugar production in Europe, with
the result that prices III America
Will decrease With falling off Of the
Enropes.., demand
.I look at the recent advance
ash flash ii the pan," Mr. Sprecki-
es said. iseactfon is inevitable.
All Eurobean countries will be
self-supporting as regards sugar
within a few months and the de-
nland for export sugar from the
western Hemisphere will de-
crease"
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Florence. March 2222.-Guilty - with
recommendation To mercy was. the
verdict reached NY the jury IN the
case Of W. Y. Quick. VIII" WAS ;i'ie'l
today for tie murder "t j.. Hiram
Num- on the Eaters plantation II
Etfingh:tm January :; al this Year.
Sentence viii nol BE- passed unti!
tomorrow morning. The vel',itl
carries with il It sentence To life
irnprisonment in the pcnitcntiarN.
A l.. King. attorney for Quick. said
tonight he would n;tIlr II" effort 10
set Il new triad lVr his client:
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Monument Erected to Pedigrccd
Hogs. 3

Blue Ball. Ohio. March 2i.-A
monument is to be erected here to.
commemorate the beginning OF the.
practice of writing pedisrses for.
hogs. The first such pedisrees,.
oldest records show, We're written
in 1915 for Poland China hogs on
the farm owned here by W.S
Hankinson. Part OF the necessary
funds for the monument have been
raised by the Ohio State Poland
China Breeders association and
the HankinSon estate which still
owns the farm, has consented to
the erection Of the monument on
the properly. The monument is TO
be dedicated in August.