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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-11-23
CURLING CLUB
WLLPLANFOR
WINTER SEASON
-. N.- - - -...i
Matter Of Winter Carnival
Here Probably Will Be
-
Considered.

81 b. .A
The first steps toward the winters
curling activities vii, he "a ka, q q
m..,inn a..
s Inc Iateooh1an Curlihs
cup when mas been called for FriA
day evening. Among the matters OF.
importance which ora axnao+sd ~
800 - - s.s- s
take relative to the proposed winter
sports carnival and the setting Of a
: date for the annual bonspiel Of the
North Dakota Curling association,
which is loosely connected with the
carnival.
Await Dccision.
Tha ,h-oor,,,,t.o +n.c-
c,aI ci,h u,$anh S,aa an,o:ntna :,
fro,ne - n,ogrn :, +or ~ 49, :
carnival n submit an estimated COST
e carry II out mas not met as IT was
&1eat euat-1I the curriers' We're not IA
soasas ~ sucn q move II "ou1u "
oSe.ess u at'enpt 70 stage. carhaVai
ny " NE Dig alnlcuitles Wnlch !
esA :. ~ oe encouhiere1 rs me cafes
~, ane Ss'aee oo1splel. ISis ~ usually
yi NEG me latter part OF feoruary. M
~ nl, - .nousns, may tne iota! eur4als
49, 1871 ny w 1aVofao1e W Au-
'aie1as tIe oate'
Can't Change Date,
Tho dates Err +ba - on ~ Tho
Northwostsrn r,o,.,lIne , saor'ation h,vs
haan set ror i.n,'orv - ~ On ond ~
advartis;ng 49, hoan ont for so,ne
nm ,rhs howl ers haye s+otad that
> ~ uo,,,d h~s%;n,nos.3hIa fns thara 70
oh,nre tbair datee y iorras,,ond ,,,,tb
the ns,a, tin,a re hon.niap is hold
for tho raasnn that thaw wa,iS non..
fir+ with tSo +onrn ~ ~ ~ y w
ieruationa, R,wi;ng .nciotion
az s. pau1< 1ha iaarta,. nart ~ Eohf.'"
arv $500
I;,r,era s+o+a +b.t-+,e, ho,d +ba;r
honsniei ,ota e. ~ raoson IVA ~
tarass Iva We fails ar 1ooaiIu w. o,ri-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-11-23
Army-Navy Pa.teboards
Selling For Over SIS

Philadelphia, Nov. 2a.-2-Tickets for
the Army-Navy football classic on
Franklin field next Saturday may be
purchased tor a price--it was learned
here after d survey Of certain cigar
stores. hotel Hobbies and other haunts
OF the ticket scalper. The price asked
was $26 apiece and up-mostly up
ward. The face value is So
University OF Pennsylvania authori-
ties reported that they are doing what
they can to prevent scalping and they
believe that they have reduced such
sales to q minimum. .'l .a-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-11-23
Gene funny And Greb
To Meet December 20

New York. Nov. 2s.-Gene Tunney
Of New York, will have a chance to
regain the light-heavyweight title he
lost last May to Harry Greb of Pitts
burgh. in n %15-round bout in Madi-
son Square Garden, Dec. 20. Terms
Tor the match were accepted here by
both men,.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-11-23
Seeking New Owners
For Denver Franchise

Chicago. Nov. 23,-President Tier
ney Of the Western league, announced
last night that he obtained an option
onsthe Denver. Colo. franchise for
$4,000, with q view OF interesting
x~perienceds baseball mon in the pur-
chase of. the club, The franchise is
regarded by President Tierney as one
Of the most valuable in the minor
leagues. The Cub was operated last
s by Denver men who had no
previous experience in baseball man
agement. 5sESt ~
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-11-23
TODAY SPORTS

Racing: Meeting of Southern Mary
land Agricultural Assn, at Bowie.
Meeting of Jacksonville Fair Asso-
citation. at Jacksonville. s
Bench Show: Annual show of
Florida Kennel Club. at Jacksonville.
Boxing: K. o. Loughlin VS.. Phil
Bloom, 10 rounds. at Ha2e!ton, Pa.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-11-23
Throlvers Cali Meeting For Friday Might

for several reasons: Frat, self-pre-
servation: second, saving someone
e4se's life. and third. the exercise de-
rived from swimming 10 the best form
OF .ail-round development"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-11-23
And Montreal
Refuse Ii Enter Ring

Detroit. Nov. 23.--Joe Lynch, BAN
tamwelght champion, and Youn9
AMontreal refused to enter the ripG
night for g.. scheduled ten
Mound bout when the club staging the
nsht announced their guarantee could
hot be met, owing to the small attend
sSa7e. y
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-11-23

u Believed to be 500 years old,,ra sal
six feet long has been dtscov-
Eered in. temple pond in, Toxic.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-11-23

sH.rald Want Az psahss recruits.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-01
Picture Film of Sumter.

Following sthe showing in mo
ton picture theatres over this
country "f hr Pageant "i' Progress
( aradr on Sumltcr County School
Daylat the l92 Sumter County
Fair, are coming inquiries from all
over the United States for nlforma-
t!on about Sumter and Sumter
county. Travellers from many
states have reported seeing this
picture in different parts OF tn"
United States. and Winthrop and
Clemson College specialists ana
United States Department of ASri-
culture specialists have reported
seeing this picture at different
places and that il is attracting
much attention notwithstanding
rh. fact that the film WAS reduced
~ the international News com :
pany in its productions. \ N"'ini;
lady ol Sumter recently returned
from Florida reports that this PIC
i,lI.c created much interest In n
WINTER resort and that several "i
her friends seeing his rietnr"
went ont nt the theatre I" hnni
Lcr np 50 shr could see sumter
nl. tbr motion picture screen
The Adventure Film Corporation
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-01
Blind Students ut University.

Ann Arbor, Micll., Jan. 25-Han-
dicapped by either total or partial
blindness, four rarn are obtaining
higher education at the Univer-
sity OF Michigan, and despite their
condition are making records en-
Wed by those with normal eyesight.
according to University professors.
Although no special means are
employed by the faculty to assist
these students, the tour are being
aided by teachers and fellow STU
dents in devious ways. Friends
read to them and take notes for
them in the various lectures.
One Of the most notable of the
quartet is Germ G. Ensing Of Hol-
land. Mich. Mr.. Ensing is totally
blind, YET is obtaining an education
in machine shop work. He has
developed a poipt.system for taking
notes in lecture courses and expects
to become q teacher at some school
for the blind when he completes
his course this year. He is aided
in his reading oy his wife. who
has come here 10 reside.
Ned Smith of Detroit, 4 fresh
man. is preparing for law and is re-
garded as one Of the most am
bilious student 1T the University
He goes about the campus unassist-
ed. feeling his way. Friends read
to him and copy lectures. Smiths
later ambition is to study medi-
cine.
John Bczlock OF Detroit. q soph-
omore. is partially blind. being un-
able 10 read. His friends assist
him in obtaining q literary edu-
cation.
j. NJ. CALDWELL OF Indiana. Pa,
totally blind. entered the Univer-
sity last fall as q means of pass
ing the dark hours as he ex-
pressed it to friends. He employs
two readers in the academic course
he is taking.
Each OF the four entered the
University after being afflicted.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-01
Tho C1surchless Town Now Has 4
Sunday School.

y Walcotf. Ia. Jan. 26.-Waicott
IS looking up in a religious way.
This village whose chief executive.
Mayor 4Strohbsen. no less than
three. months ago .boasted that it
had neyerzhad a church within the
limits OF the community in the last
.s5 years now, has a Sunday school.
According to- DR.. Leroy cofr-
man, pastor OF the First P.esby-
ter.an church ..of Davenport. Ia.
the Sunday school was &:esta blished
as a result of the influence of. q
little girl who had attended vaca-
ton Bible schootat his church. DR..
Coffman states:>
The mayor was opposed to its
existence but the written permis-
sion Of ill other members Of the
school board OF this city of VAL
cott in response to general senti-
ment in its favor. obtained the
school building for the Sunday
school and it is now an established
fact"
DR.. a. Frank Houser. pastor OF
the Calvary Baptist church of Dav-
enport recently made an inspection
of this village and reports that
Some weeks ago q Sunday school
was started in Walcott. perhaps
the first. in all the history of the
town now in it's 65th year. There
was no decided objection TO the
Sunday school being started by the
young people and children OF the
village but in case a church was
,started the mayor threatened to
close it.
I we looked into the educational
conditions and found that the reg
ular school only this year was ad-
vancins TO an intermediate grade
preparatory to Il high school course.
which some Of the students take
in Davenport. twelve miles away.
The town is sixty-five years old and
has never sent a person to college
from is immediate village, pre-
cincts. Several have takenot to aca-
deric and normal courses at Cedar
and Iowa Falls, but no one entered
college. There have been three
from the country or from houses
who attended Ames Agricultural
College, bus l could only learn OF
one that took the full course -
Or. Houser also reported that
almost the entire community thar
located here arc known TO have
irnmisrated to this country from
Hoistein and the Danish Rhenish
borders, about i&4S. This village,
during the world war was known
as Little Berlin.''
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-01
Batueship Wreck IS Used for Ii
Quor Transfer Station.

Pensacola, Fla. Jan 24.--When
Uncle Sans gunners made 4 tar
get OF and sank the old battleship
Massachusetts with shore and mo-
bile batteries Of big guns two miles
from shore in the Gulf OF Mexico
Off here last year they unknowing-
ly provided liquor runners with IN
ideal transfer point for carSofs Of
wet goods from the Bahamas for
Florida
The Massachusetts, is lying in
about fourteen feet Of water at low
tide with part of the hulk pro-
jecting above the surface. Pro
hibition officers recently learned
that the vicinity WAS frcqucnted by
many fishermen, although there
We're few fish in the adjacent
waters and snspccting. something
went aboard
No liquor was found for the
reason that the importers prob
ably had been tipped off TO the i'm
pending visit but the slcuthS dis
covered hundreds Of whislicy bottle
labels, broken bottles and eases.
while the atmosphere rocked with
the odor associated With saloons
and diStilleries.
Liquor runners had been storing
their carSoes in the hulk and speed
boats and fisher craft had been
taking il ashore.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-01
Death of a Famous Horse.

Estevan. Sasl,. Jan. 2i.--Para-
mount Eastwood. Il famous sire of
the Belgian breed OF horses, is dead
nj the farm of George Rapp near
Lampman. Sasl He was only sly
years old ard his death is regard
cd as a blow to horse breeding IN
western Canada.
AS q thrce-ycar-old, this mag
nificent specimen Of horse-flesn
won the grand championship OF
his breed at the international fair
at Waterloo. Ia. in 1919. lmmed-
lately after his victory which rank
cd him rs TIE best Belgian stallion
on this side of the Atlantic.
United States breeder offered Sal
600 for him and Il WAS refused by
his owner.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-01

of New York City has written the
Sumter Chamber OF Commerce to
find out whether this organization
will lead Il movement to advertise
Sumter through u larger and more
detailed motion picture which viii
include not only Sumter at its best,
but important pcrsonagcs and COM
mercial houses. the cost of the pic
ture 10 be split between the busi-
ness establishments. that is these
that are TO be filmed and advcr-
t;sed. Secretary Reardon has re-
oucstcd further information re-
gard;ng this proposition. In the
meantime every individual or fifin
Interested in this proposition is in
vited to say what they think SO that
an expert representative OF the Ad-
venture Film Corporation may
come to Sumter to take this matter
M with business concerns through
the Chamber Of Commerce.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-01
Mcthodist Leaders, Gather at Mem
phiS.

Memphis. ian. 2S.-alethodists
from all over the south VIII gather
here next Tuesday, January 81. for
what is said TO be one Of the largest
conferences ever held by that de-
, nomination. II is expected that
I; 500 or more leaders Will be pres
ent. This number will include aly
OF the bishops. presiding: elders.
and many Of the pastors and prom
?, inent laynen Of the 81 annual
!confcrenccs of the Methodist Epis-
! copal Church, South.
The object Of this meeting is to
bring together leaders Of the church
for the purpose OF consid ring con-
dirions ins the missionary world in
relation TO the Methodist Episco-
pal Church, South, and more par
ticularly. in relation to tfe CenteR-t
airy Of Missions movement as .fos-
; tered by that. denomination.
through which S37.000,000 new
money was subscribed for world
wide missions and relief work.
i This amount, together with the
Z $l3, 100000 coming through regular
channels, set new record, it is
; claimed for missionary enterprises
OF evangelical churches in Amer
ica. On the strength OF this offer
. ing. Southern Methodists opened
up new mission states and enlarged
work already projected in eight for:s
eiSn fields and in America.
In addition TO prominent church.
men Of this country. there viii be
present at the Memphis meeting
missionaries from China. Korea,
Japan, Mexico. Brazil, Cuba, Afri-
ca and Europe, who Will make re-
ports for the foreign mission
fields maintained by the Methodist
Episcopal church. South. Home
mission workers engaged in special
work in cities. rural sections, noun
itain schools. mining and industrial
centerS, will give an account soa
their work.
DR.. ". r. Bcauchanlp. director
general ot the Centenary Of Mis-
sions movement. will preside ovtv
the convention. which will con-
tinue through February >.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-01
Excess Profits
Must Pay Taxes
Railways Ordered to Give Ac-
count For Four Months

Washington, Jan. 28.-Railroads
which earned more than per cent
upon the value of their property
used in transportation during the
period from September !, 1899. to
January /, 1927, are required nn-
der an order issued today by the
interstate commerce commission TO
turn half OF the excess so earned
over TO the government.
The order as issued by the. COM
mission makes effective sections OF
the transportation act OF 1920 and
prescribes rules for the application
Of those sections.
Railroad s during the four
months period specified in the or
der are understood to have earn
ed 4 considerable amount in eX-
cess of the 6 per cent limitation
prescribed by congress but the VAL
uatioI.s MT having. been given out
for the individual lines the amounts
can not yet be calculated. The
transportation ac. in addition to
providing that until March l.,
1922, rates should be made by
the interstate commerce commits
sion sufficient to give the roads
at least 1-2 per cent on their
properties provided for the recov-
cry by the government OF 4 half
Of all the amount earned by any
roads over per cent.
The rommission in fixing the
rates found q tentative value for
railroad property by group s
throughout the United States, but
did not segregatc this to individual
roads.
General increases were granted in
rates in 1920 and during the last
four months Of the year while
traffic volumes We're large railroad
earnings were reported IN excess
of the..6 per cent. clause but for all
of the mouths Of 1921 and SO far
in 1922 the returns have no. indi-
Gated that any sums could be col
lected by the government under
the law
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-01
The Lancaster
Mercantile Co.
Charges and Counter Charges
Between Members

Lancaster, Jan. 30.-That Leroy
Springs and John T. Stevens will
fully sold goods below their mar
ket value. and in other ways de-
stroved the assets in order to in
lure the Lancaster Mercantile Co.,
and other. serious charges are made
by Chas. D. Jones, or Lancaster, IN
his answer 10 the suit Of the Ca
tawba Fertilizer Co., against the
mercantile company. in which Mr..
Jones is a party defendant. Mr..
Jones was arrested some weeks
ago and charges made against him.
alleging shortages in the affairs Of
the mercantile company, Of which
he was manager. In his reply Mr..
Jones charges the failure OF Messrs
Springs and Stevens to account for
various moneys of the mercantile
company.
The fuss between Mr. Jones and
Messrs. Springs and Stephens, has
the town Of Lancaster split into
two factions. Mr.. Jones was man
ager Of the big stores from 1917
to last July, at which time, Mr..
Jones alleges in his reply, he was
deposed. Among the charges
made by NJ. Jones in retaliation
Of the charges made against him
are the following:
That the suit against the mer-
,cfi it,at taf n
through spite" and fraud" to
wreck the Lancaster Mercantile Co.
That the books Of the company
were fraudalently audited. its
solv, ncy being concealed.
That the. suit is a "wilful and
deliberate proceeding under the
guise and protection of this court
to obtain the valuable assets Of de-
fendant Lancaster Mercantile Co..
for far less than they are really
worth, and to eliminate Mr.. Jones
',,as q business competitor.
That the two defendants. Messrs
Springs and Stevens. sold goods
below market values. honored iile-
Lsal claims. refused to pay just
obligations against the company
and in other ways wasted the as
sets Of the company.
Failure to pay for cotton sold tG
Chester mill largely controlled by
Mr.. Springs.
That Mr-Springs sold to the mil
in Lancaster in which he has an
interest cotton belonging to the
mercantile company. at - IL
cents 4 pound. eaus;as the. com.
pany to sustain a3heavy loss.
~ That Mr.. Springs did illegally
and wrongfully, keep and conver,
to his own personal use" the sum
Of $50 ,090,s profits ON the sale 0,
1000 bales Of cotton, bought for
the mercantile company in Now
York, and sold at j profit.
That certain. other property OF
the mercantile company. has been
converted to AR. Springs, persona
use. -s.ssi
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-01
The Sea-cut Canal
Great Lakes, St. Lawrence
River to Tidewater

Duluth. Nina. Jan. 21.-Satls-
faction that the international JOINT
commission could not have found
other than that the lakes-to-the-
ocean project is feasible; belief that
congress, convinced by the vests
unshakable determination to gain
its rights will authorize the i'm
movements, and confidence that
the alleged eastern interests" said
to be fighting the scheme. will be
swept aside in the ensuing wave OF
governmental approval, is contain
ed in a statement made at head
quarters. of the Great Lakes-St.
Lawrence Tidewater Association
here. The statement followed an
:aouncement from Washington that
tho state department would sub
NIT to congress the report Of the
International joint commission.
I'VE have known for months,
the statement continues, that the
favorable report was coming, even
since the hearings, when the engi-
seers submitted their findings. Still
is is good news to these eighteen
states banded together in the as
ISOLATION TO promote the interests
T this project. This news comes
as relief after many unavoidable
delays, and in the face of other de-
lays that have been avoided. It
is a elimination we have been
working for these two years.
Formation Of a legislative pro-
gram by the friends OF this project
In congress will be eagerly expect
ed. In the main. the course is
clearly marked; details have to be
agreed upon.
1T means fight. twenty-five
year ago the interests which Sre
trying 10 hold the country TO a sim
gle gateway. We're fighting this
same noyemen, ON the ground that
the Erie canal. was large enough
for our needs They urged the
west to wait till they deepened the
canal from seven feet to nine-it is
now almost twelye-and they won
for twenty-five years. They viii
try to put rs off for another gen
Grafton.
Opponents OF the seacut say We
are attacking New York. when we
really arg fighting against economic
waste. We believe that it won't
hurt New York to have the coun-
try grow. that it will injure New
York if the west is not allowed to
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-01
D. J. Chandler Clothing Company
Ia n Ma IN STREET

pretty quick. like Sumter had TO
start doing. and like Sumter will
have to greatly enlarge upon and
continue TO do. and like piBewood
is getting ready TO- so if MayeSvlllc
expects to keep its stores and its
banks. horse and mule stable. fer
tilizer dealers, agricultural imple-
! lnent dealers and other business
laces going. all that is needed in
afaresvillc is "thc man of thc
hour" and every emergency since
the Store age has furnished the
. man Of the hour" who Went forth
and huntcd.up and joined together
many other men who put il over
the top" II Mayesville will just
say that She wants n number Of
Sumter's business men to so to
Mayesville and help push: and get
the machine to rolling. all Mayes-
Vile has to do is to tell ii to the
Sumter Chamber OF Commerce and
Il hat body with the Young Mems
Business League Of Sumter. and
the Sumter County Committee Of
Progress will start filling their
gasoline tanks. and it viii simply
be Il ease of "tet's so" 10 Mayes-
cille y first meeting. first
start must be made in Mayesviltc.
Sumter is Just rs much interested
in Mayesvil!e as Mayesville people
are. Sumter sells Mayesville men
and women hundreds, of thousand
of dollars worth OF goods annually.
Sumter is just itching to go to
Mayesvillc and help Mayesvillc get
things goirg. Who viii be the
man Of the hour" or will it be
amiss in these days Of woman's op-
portunity. the lady Of the hour"
in good CID Mayesvillc? The same
arguments can be put up about
necessity for sweet potato curing
houses. truckers associations ana
marketing associations all over
Sumter county. Sumter is organ
lied to render organized assistance
to every part OF Sumter, Lee and
Clarendon counties.
AS 4 matter of curiosity to find
ont whether anybody III Mayesvillc
reads this article, and TO see if any
one there. lady or gentleman. is in
tcrested. T.. l. Rcardon, secretary.
Of the Sumter Chamber Of Conn
n.crce invites all the ladies and
gentlemen of that progressive lit
lie city who are interested 10 just
write on Il postal card. the words:
Il read it-ltt's go, and mail the
card to hm-:lnd then Sumtrr'S
business men will know whether
they are wanted in Mayesvillc To
help start something II sufficient
replies are received To this article.
and better still. il Il committee. Of
ladies and gentlemen Of Mayesvillc
will say that MaycSville is ready t"
so 10 work organizing The sec
retary is betting that thc lady Of
the hour" Will be the first heard
from in this matter But then. as
everybody knows. Sumter's com
mcrcial secretary is Very partial 10
the ladies. and doubtless he is hop
ing and limiting thatEthe Maycsrillc
ladies' will invite him and his fell
lowmen Of Sumter 10 attrnd q
meeting in Mavcsvillc in which
the audience will be composed
largely of Mayesville ladies.