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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-09-30
Seekers of El Dorado Drussed.
Robbed and abandoned

Havana, Cuba, Aug. 2s.-Nine
enligrants from Central Europe
and one from China recently paid
$50 each for 10-hour motor boat
ride, a cup of drugged coffee and
and the privilege OF footing it 50
miles back TO Havana after being
robbed Of $500.
According TO the story they told
the police. three men agreed to
land them on the Florida coast
without borhering the American
immigration authorities. Boarding
q motor boat at dusk near Maria
mao they put to sea. At dawn the
next day. after several hours deep
slumber brought on by what they
believe was drugged coffee, they
were landed in a desolate cove.
told they were on American soil.
left to shift for thneselves after
all their, cash and valuables had
been taken at the piont of pistol.
A little scouting located the Cuban
village of Jibacoa and a rural
guard who pointed out the road
to Havana.
The police are holding a man
who says he is an American, and
a Cuban. charged as principals;
the third man has not yet been
found.
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Adverse Foreign Trade Increases
Difficulties,

Toxic, Aug. 15.-The continued
adverse condition of the; country's
foreign trade justifies. anticipation
Of further difficulty that will be at
tendant on the recovery of capital
invested, said Mr.. Hikikata. pres
ident of the Japan Industrial Bank
at the annual meeting of the
shareholders. He added:
.'In order to counteract the un-
easiness thus instilled, the bank
made a proper choice Of an >oppor-
tunity for. the fotation of public
loans. The ,debentures SO far is
sued by the bank for such pur.
poses amount to 595,000,000 yen
for the first half Of the current
year. which means an increase OF
100000 yen over the figures for
the preceding term. g
The absorption of capital in
the public money market thus real
lied naturally tended to tighten the
market tone until interest on fixed
deposits was raised by 2 to s rim
all around. This however failed
to go any long way in lowering the
price of commodities. The famine
prices that az, still maintained,
coupled with the unfavorabie bal
ance of foreign trade, has proved
a serious impediment to the early
recovery OF normal economic fane-
tiopsn
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-09-30
English Women Campaigning For
More Seats in Parliament.

London, Aug. 23,The. women
of England are preparing an in
tensiye campaign with view to
securing more woman members OF
parliament. They are quite salts
fed with Lady Astor and Mrs.
Wintringham, but they want more
women in the House of Commons TO
keep these two from feeling lone
some. They have now formed a
committee to embrace all parties
except the Communist They call
it the Women's Election Commit
tee. Any one who sends along
more than pound can have it
earmarked for the support Of a
candidate for any particular party.
The Duchess of .Atholl has her
eye on seat and although her.
aristocratic friends are trying to
dissuaded her from engaging in-an
electoral contest, it is understood
she is preparing to stand for the
parliamentary vacancy that will
occur if the expected promotion OF
the Lord Advocate to the Scottish
Bench takes place.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-09-30
Two Sailors Sacrificed to Saye Sub
marine Crew

Stockholm. August 21-Two men
were drowned from a submarine
under singular circumstances dur
ing the recent Swedish coastal
feet manouvres. They We're really
sacrificed to ensure the safety of
the whole crew.
The submarine Illern, it appears.
fred a torpedo alta movable target
and then came to the surface in
order to see the effect produced.
Four OF the crew came on deck,
but trouble suddenly appeared in
the ballast tank, and the comman-
der Immediately closed the hatch
and submerged. leaving the four
to their own resources.
Three of the men were washed off
the deck, but the fourth clung to
the submarines periscope. The
submarine rose again quickly and
this man was rescued. Two OF the
men in the water, including the son
of Admiral Anearerona. were
caught in the wash OF the bat.
tleship Sverige and drowned. The
other man was picked up by naval
cutter.
It is reported that the entire
crew Of the submarine would prob
ably have been lost il the COM
mander had failed to snbmerse
Immediately the trouble was dis
covered.
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Canning Figs q Coming Important
Commodity

The Increased acreage which has
been planted to figs in California
during the pastafew years. in which
the new acreage is SO very large
proportionately. to the previous
acreage, makes it inevitable that
there will ina few years be a tre-
snendouslyz larger output of figs in
this statesthan we have ever had.
AS against "a probable bearing ac-
reage. OF a little over 1900 in figs
now, there are between $4,000 and
1000 acres Of. nonbearing trees
in the state, of this variety. We
should consequently have, if the old
acreage is s5kept, UP, production
within few years OF four times as
many. figs as. we. have been having.
One answersto the question, What
are we going to do with them is
canned figs The canning Of figs
has been under very. active consid-
Grafton reeently. and many Gamers
here have been preparing to put out
in the near future material pack
of canned fgs, There may be some
good sized business in this this
year.
This will be in addition to the
preserved figs of the kadota and
other such varieties. The Cali
myrnas will he used largely for
canning. 1t is predicted that Cal
ifornia canned figs. put up in syrup,
will in a few years be as common
commodity as canned apricots,
peaches or. cherries. Preserved figs
in heavy syrup will also be in ample
evidence at the grocery stores. Cal
ifornia has a practical monopoly
on this situation. and whereas. be-
cause of the difficulty of shipping
fresh any distance and the restrict
ed area in which fgs are produced.
many people have never seen a fig
other than the dried, they will
shortly be able TO enjoy the can
ned whole fig.
The Kings County Packing Co.,
Of Armona, Cal, along with other
Gamers here, has been giving con-
siderable attention to the preserv-
ing of figs through canning, also
fg jam and line of syrup from
hgs not available for canning
whole. This company advises Of
making good progress with these
lines. Other Gamers. as Well as
the California Peach and Fig
Growers. are developing the fig
canning and preserving possibili-
ties. The trade may expect TO find
products on the market in quantity
in the near future-California
Exchange.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-09-30
George Returns to Belgrade and
Worries Alexander

Belgrade. Jugoslavia, August 15.
Prince George has come back to
Belgrade from Paris and there are
some people here who wish that his
indolent, care-free life in the
French capital of recent years had
proved sufficiently attractive to
keep him there.
George is the eldest son OF the
late King Peter. AS for the throne.
he has renounced ii, and his broth
er, Alexander, is sitting there with
his new queen. Marie Of Rcunlania,
at this side. Together thsy are busy
with the formalities of court life.
George has said II substance
Here am L; George, son Of Peter.
| would like to have the status of
my relationship to this government
definitely fixed. have not the
means to live properly, either here
or abroad. My brother the King
has denied me my legitimate allow
ance. In the meantime, l would
like a commission in the army. How
about it,"
And of course George has friends,
some of whom have interpelIated
parliament as to why George is
not granted the position to which
his birth entities him.
George presents a knotty prob
lem. King Alexander is credited
with wishing that he would go to
United States. or some other dis
tant land, and refrain from enl-
barrassing the government.
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archbishop of sweden Ascribes
War 10 Fear

Stockholm, August. 2I-Nathan
Soederblom. Archbishop of Swed-
en-. who is going to the United
States next year. in an address be-
fore the assembly at the World
Congress of Churches which has
just been held in Copenhagen, made
an appeal to all creeds and congre-
cations to unite in restoring peace
throughout the world. Represents
tives of nearly every Christian
church and creed We're present.
The world is infested with the
two microbes OF hate and fear,
the Bishop said. "but we are gross
ly ignorant OF how to turn our in
herited curse into blessing. He
denounced those servants OF Chris
tianity who pause to ask about
party or creed when there is a
question of saving perishins hn-
manity. The churches must stop
theorizing and arguing about trifles
and must unite in definite action
in the cause OF peace"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-09-30
Rife Shooting Contests Stimulate
Actual Warfare

Aldershot, August 23-The COM
plant is made Of rife shooting
competition; not without reason,
that they afford little practice in
craftsmanship under conditions
that approximate those OF actual
warfare. and that proficiency in
the kind Of shooting that wins
prizes is not the Sort of shooting
that is most needed to win battles.
To meet this criticism the Company
Cup competition was devised.
~ The idea underlying this COM
petition is that an eutnost OF nine
men, under aslon n-conmissioned Of
heer. IS suddenly attacked by an
equal numb bes OF hostile force, rep
resented by nine u inch khaki
discs, which appear over the top OF
q trench 200 yards away.
The outpost opess FIRE and when
disc is hit It disappears. But
more OF the enemy is, constantly ar.
riving three more discs appearing
every ten seconds during the minute
the contest is being waged. When
the number Of discs in view exceeds
that OF the outpost, the whole team
Is. put out of action. The, team
with the fewer number OF discs eS--
posed at the end os the minute
wins. It is a most interesting neth-
cd of competition, and it has at
tracted a large number of entries.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-09-30
England Slow in Organizing Radio
BrOadcaStins

London, August 23-England has
been struggling hard to initiate
something like a system of wireless
broadcasting, based on American
lines. The Postmaster-Gen has
announced in Parliament that no
licenses vet had been issued to
broadcasting stations, but it was the
plan OF. the manufacturers of Wire
less apparatus in Great Britain to
form companies to provide broad
casting service. Any bona fide man
ufacturer, he said, would be ad-
mitted to the organization.
4 have been informed" said the
Postmaster-General, that the
broadcasting companies, when
formed. Will probably desire to i'm
pose on their members the, condi-
ton that Britih-made apparatus
only. shall be sold by them. and
have minated that 1 Will assent
to this condition for a period of
two years. 1t will rest with mem
bership of the companies to deter
mine 10 what extent this condition
shall apply to the component parts
of the apparatus.
1.-The functions Of the Postofiee
will be limited to approving types
submitted by members Of the COM
pany, and inspection Of individual
sets will not be necessary. Provi-
sion will be made under which anna
teurs who construct their own re-
ceiving sets, and licensees Who
have already imported receiving
sets, will be allowed to use them"
The Postmaster-Gener said the
revenue required for breadcasting
would be derived partly from a
contribution by the manufacturers
to the company on each set sold
by them, and partly by proportion
of the annual license fee which
would be paid the companies fur
nishing the service. The cost Of
erecting the stations and providing
the service, he added, would run In
to, millions, and he had received no
intimation from any firm that they
were willing TO undertake it without
guarantee OF payment from the
government:
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POTATOES FROM
THE NORTH
One Example of Profit LossAy.
Southern Farmers

Mayesyilie. S. c.. Sept. INve.
cannot but notice that the farmers;
in the. south are making potatoes
and shipping them to- northern
markets for FOUR and five dollars
per barrel when the crops afe;
gathered, and within four on five
months the northern markets are
shipping the same potatoes back,
10 our southern markets with "a
great profit added to the potatoes
shipped back in sacks, for which
we have had to pay wholesale nine
dollars per sack. 1t will take two
sacks TO equal ore barrel, making
total cost of our barrel back 40
us of eighteen dollars.
Wake up, farmers. get your stor
age house and do not let so n1uef1
money be taken from ssour pOek
The railroads get haul from the
south TO the northern market and
then the return haul. The freight
rate is mighty high. SO why shonEss
you allow this extra expense HIS
looks like ne just love to see the
locomotive wheels turn and fnrn
ish the commodity to turn them for
the fun OF it. / have today seen
a train of about seventy-dIye ears
pass with carloads and carloads cf
potatoes in sacks going south
Please do not kick this fall: when
you go to your grocery store and
the merchant asks you. fen or
twelve dollars per sack. You could
have held these potatoes and saved
this extra money That's Why sa.e
south cannot get rich any faster.
D. A. Berrs
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Prizc6ghters Becoming Popular In
Mexico

Mexico City, August 26-As re-
Gently as three. years ago form
er heavyweight boxing champion
attempted to make boxing popular
in Mexico City and failed. Today
the sport is intensely popular and
the bouts which are held regularly
every Friday night in Mexico City
attract crowds, that fill the From
ton, huge structure in which the
Spanish gamesof pelota is played.
The promoters are SO enthused
over the prospects of the fight game
here. that they are planning a
combination gymnasium and arena.
and they have already set up a
school for boxers in which Mexi-
can youths are given free instruc-
ton in fisticuffs. These students,
in return for this instrue-
ton. furnish all the preHminaries
to the main bouts and that they do
well is atested by the fact that the
popular verdict SO far has always
been that the youngsters, are better
than the older principals.
Invitations have been sent to sew
erai well-konwn boxers In the
United States inauiring as to terms
for fight here. and the. word has
evidently been passed around that
the game is locking up in Mexico,
because during the past few weeks
there has been a great invasion of
ham and egg fighters. who are
perfectly willing to be. -mauled
around for a few roundsS in return
for a few regular meals.
Persons who have watched box;
ing rise and fab in popular fancy
here say there is more interest now
thar ever before. For the first. time
Mexican boys' are being taught to-
box and their cleverness Is undis-
puted. The Mexican spectators are
also commencing to learn the
game, and the Job of referee is not
the hazardous task it was q few
years ago when an unpopufar de-
cision usually meant gunplay.
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Glalnor of Londons Chinatown Has
Gone

London, August 22-London's s
Chinatown is fast disappearing.
Four years ago 1900 Chinese sea-
men were living within stones
throw of the West India Dock
gates. Now if is doubtful whether
there are 700, says the Daily Times.
During the war LonGon's China
town had its most prosperous days,
for auitesa number of British ships
were manned by Chinese crews.
But when the war ended the edict
went forth British crews for Brit
ish ships and as the Cinnamon
were paid off they either Went back
TO China or to some other country
where their labor was in demand.
The result was that Chinese
traders in Chinatown began to SUI
fer. and one after another had to
put up their shutters. Then sud
denly there came a boom. a beau
1iful actress died while attending an
opium smoking party. Stories were
printed about the thrills to be eS-
perienced in Chinese opium dens
and public attention was focused on,
the sinister alleys and by ways OF
Chinatown. Restaurants in which
Chinese dishes could be obtained
opened here and there in China
town. Many Americans visited them
to see how they compared with
similar places in their own China
town and curiosity led a number OF
English folk and various European
visitors to do likewise. AT night
they were often filled to overflow
ing.
Commercially minded orientals
invested their money in the exploit
alton of what was a new craze and
for time they prosperedf exceed
ingly. But gradually the novelty
wore off, the 4glamor faded. and
people came to the conclusion that
there was all sorts of cooking that
was much nicer than Chinese cook
ing. Visitors became fewer and
fewer and now there are only one or
two shabby restaurants left in Lon-
don's Chinatown. What remains
of it is. but a shadow Of its former
self.
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Sales OF Honors Frankly 10 b
Nhitewashed

London, august 23-The dassa-'
hutton OF British honors, the wards
of peerages, baronetcies, and lesser
distinctions, is to be investigates
hut in this wise.
A Royal Commission has peea
appointed and will inquire aafol
the matter, which. savers OF scan
dial. for it is known that hoEors
lave been more or less openly sold
But the committee will make no
public record on what it learns.
Neither political party has z
clean record in this regard Theae-
lore. to prevent the wreckage OF
many glass houses. it was decided
no cue should be allowed to throw
stones.
There is to he no delving into
the past. so far as the public IS
concerned. The commission Ysh
simply advise on future proced:Sre
in the awarding of honors in years
to come.
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Russia No Longer Oters Rargains1
in Diamonds -.

= q ne IL
Nars;'W s.s, - s.ssss.s.ss 80
are ah sue..s.'sr,ssa .s.'sss.s -
eighers vls.s,a tsu ss'sl !. I. e
nafsaahsa 1i1aI l1,s ,,,.s1 : ss &
ih. sc1e, S. Z.
slones iof
aeeolqi,'s. ~ ssea -
en.Ills h..seps,s.l s..sss
2 fsaf''ta1t a.aas .sas'. e. ss
ssafsaW aiao even tsst ~
elties. Rl,ylhs iitl.s el.sssa ss
sloaes sy .lIssssllteus asss s.ss,ss
alanloHus'l sos'1ss :. ~
called d.a ds-.,ssa =; - - ',9s.
COW no there aul o. 1tas'
Russian aiamonds make ex-.
tens.veiy aase1tlseas =. .-.l ~:
the URiIed5 states .,sssl - l.s.l,;
fortune may weatlfly .isaIl1alasss: 3 s,i7fss'
reverses came, sod lneIF eWslss sass.
prices tar less than lney were
worth. But times has brougnt aposal
change IN condat.ofss ese nsse
were many diamond snarga ADS "
Russia in the early nays ol .ss ssas
fevotution , 1.lu a.a. = {.
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A. r. a. Says Russian Famine e
Isl Over {

!. MOSCOW, Russia. August SQne
Of the surest indications that She
famine has peen stamped out San
Russia. according to the American
Relief Administration. is the rate
at which letters OF gratitude and
expressions Of thanks have been
pouring into the Moscow Office OF
the administration during the last
few weeks. Communications hy
wire and post continue to come
from every district signed by vi
lage committees parents distNet
and loca! government heads. is-
cures just complied at Moscow
headquarters of the A r. A. show
that in. all the districts Ameriean
food is now reaching nearly 4ess
500 zoo neople-the highest pospt
yet reached in the famine opera.
tion.
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Enemies of the Rolsheyiki Ia
Shot 81 &

Semiealatinsk, August Five
out Of 29s ofhcerssaf the Bakh5tch
army, who, were tried byssa reyo-
lurionary tribunal for waging war
against the Bolsheyik in the Far'
East, have been sentenced TO be:
shot. Most OF the others were giv-
en- prison terms OF fYe totem years
General Bakhitch and General IA:
germ, the leaders, we're put to death
ssorne time age. q.
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Russian Court Curbs Harsh Mea-
SureS

sevsk. Province OF Briansk, Aug.
turning a group of old nuns
out of a convent and into the street
the chairman Of a Soviet committee
here has been sentenced by tri-
hunal TO be shot. The ten other
committeeman have been sent to
prison.
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co1umbia theological Seminary


The Columbia Theological Semi
nary, under the joint control Of the
ssnods of South Carolina, Georgia
and Florida of the Southern Pres
byferian church, will open on
Wednesday. September 10th. AT five
O'Clock in the afternoon. The pros
poets for q full junior class is very
promising. It viii be one of the
largest classes matriculated in
many years. The total enrolment
for the coming session will be about
seventy students. Practically every
member Of the student body has
been engaged in some form Of reli-
gieus work during the past sum-
mer. They have filed vacant pull
pits in many Of our groups and the
report comes OF many aecessions to
orr church membership through
their efforts. Their services extend
from Virginia TO Alabama and
Mississippi.
The Faculsy for the coming sea
son will be unchanged. At the
present time, every member is in
splendid healtM and spirit for the,
work of the coming winter Each
has spent busy summer.
DR.. Wells, the president, in ad-
dition to looking after the inter
ests of the Seminary. has filed
many engagements at our Bible
conferences. and preached praeti-
cally every Sunday.
DIR. McPheeters has spent quiet
summer at his residence in Char
sotte, y. c.
DR.. Reed has filed a number of
engagements at our Bible confer
enees and has preached practically
every Sunday during the summer.
DIR. White has spent his raca-
ton at his residence in Richmond.
Va. filing the palpits of the Rich
nnond churches for a number OF
Sundays.
Dr.. Melton Clark has spent
very bnsy summer delivering Sc
ries of lectures at our Bible con-
ferences in Florida, Montreal and
Georgia
Dr.. Green delivered series
Of lectures at the Christian Work
er,s Conference of the South Caro-
Ina synod at Clinton.
Dir. Kerr spent several weeks in
study at the University of Chicago.
Mr.. Mmrchison has been kept
busy for the most part in super
intending the improvements on the
campus and filing preaching en-
gagement in Haddonfield, New Jer-
sey.
Altogether, it has been a sum-
mer filed with fruitful activity for
the church by the entire faculty
The new students as we'll as the
old will be delighted te know of the
improvements which have been
made on the campus during the
mast summer. !a nice new dining
room has been completed and the
kitchen and pantriAs greatly I'M
proved TO add TO the efficiency Of
the dining department.. iHe oio
dining-room. to which the new is
attached, Will be used for a read
ing and recreation room by the
students. The dormitories have
all been freshened up with calso-
mine and paint. and lavatories with
not and cold water placed between
each suite of rooms. The beds and
other comforts will be new and
fresh for the incoming students.
In addition to the old dormitories,
q nice residence has been rented
and is located just across the street
from the refectory to care for the
additional students, in order TO be
able to give each student sep
arate rooms if so desired.
All norisheS men don't shine.
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Virginia farmer l26 years old is
dead. They claim he could remem-
Der when farmers were not having
A hard time.
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New York state has 5000 hiking
clubs. This is another evil result of
the rail strike.
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They had to chloroform a New
York waitress to close her mouth.
This. however, is nothing new.
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People born boys seldom outgrow
it. Harding says he would like TO
ride on roller coaster.
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lagos have failed. apparently be-
cause the absence Of The religious
tie allowed members to depart
too easily