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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-18
NEW r. r. COM
MISSION MEETS
First Meeting For Purpose of
Organization to Be Held
Wednesday

Columbia, March l4.-Thc new
railroad commission. OF seven
members. will hold its first official
meeting in Columbia Wednesday
Numerous matters viii come before
the commission. bur possibly the
most important is the Columbia
Street car strike situation. which q
gathering Of citizens requested the
commission TO consider. The at
t0rney general has ruled that under
an act OF 1920 the railroad commits
sion is authorized 10 regulate SER
vice OF electric lines, suburban as
we'll as jnterurban, whether the
commission viii take up this mat
ter "Wednesday is not known. but
Chairman Shealy stated that the
matter will be considered by the
commission at IN early date.
The first meeting Of the commis-
sion will have 10 do largely with
the organization Of its work. The
recent legislature not only gave the
railroad commission the work oil
the former public service COM
mission, which was abolished, but
it authorized q rate department OF
the commission. to handle freight
rate matters. The setting up OF this
department Will probably come be-
fore the commission Wednesday.
Under the new railroad commits
sion act The four additional mem
bers are 10 receive 4 per diem, OF
$40 a day each. The legislature
appropriated $5.S40 for the pay OF
the four new c o m m s 5 j o n + :
which meall they will get paid
for l4l days during the year. al
the meeting Wednesday the com
mission will decide when If vii
! have regular meetings.
The new members Of the com
mission are. r. j. Wade. Of Mont
morcnci. in Aiken county; John G
! Coney, OF Reevesville; r. r. Eller-
be. OF Latta; and JAS. y. pearman
OF Anderson. The three hold-ove,
members are Frank w Shealy. Lex.
inston, chairman; II. II. Arnold, OF
Woodrum. and James Cansler, OF
Tirzah. The three hold-c:er mem.
bcrs serve on their former salaries
$500 each. until the expiration OF
their terms.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-18
TO INVESTI-
GATE PRICES
Combine to Boost Fertilizer
Costs, is Charged

Washington. March l3.-The de-
partment OF justice will investigate
complaints that there is Il combi-
ration 10 raise fertilizer prices. In
response 10 statements from Black
vile and other POINTS in his district
that the companies within the past
ten days had simultaneously put
UP the already high price OF fer
tilizer 50 4 ton and that if the at
torney general would send an inyes-
tigator 10 the spot the evidence
would be furnished, Congressman
James +. Byrnes wrote TO Mr..
Daugherty exposing the hope that
the request to send an investigator
would be granted.
Today the congressman received
an answer informing him that this
would be done, and that the de-
partnlent would let him know
whether or not the investigation
revealed a situation warran1ing the
government in proceedings against
the fertilizer companies.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-18
SHUTS IN
CHARGE IN
AFRICA

London, March IS By the AS
Sociated Press s)---L;,test adviccs
from Johannesburg tend to show
that the situation. which last week
was extremely grave, with many
hundreds of casualties on All sides
in the lighting, is now Well con-
trolled by formidable forces OF the
government which were devoted TO
the task OF suppression after the
proclamation of martial law. The
prompt quellinS OF the disorders
WAS largely due 10 the free en-
ployment OF bombing airplanes TO
disperse the rebels and drop food
and ammunition to bcsie&ed loyal
lists.
Johannesburg. which on Satur-
day was invested on three sides. is
IT the present time quite safe.
krugerSdorp. the western limit OF
the lighting, has been captured by
the troops. With The capture OF
Benon ana .Dunswart announced
tonight it is believed most OF the
resistance has been oercOmc.
General SHUTS. the South Afri-
can premier. after . perilous auto
mobile tour in the battle area. be-
ing shot 1T and having :, narrow
escape. has himself taken personal
charge of the situation 1T Johan-
nesburs.
He expresses the opinion that
peaceful conditions soon Will be
reestablShed.
The fighting has been accom-
panied ly the most exciting Incl
dents. such as airplane engage
ments. av'sttors' escapes after great
risks aud daring and Sallantry on
the part Of besieScd police and
troops. In some cases loyal forces
have been hemmed in tor TWO or
three days before airplane relief
enabled them 10 fight their way
ont.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-18
PLANT NO. 2 is
WORTHLESS
Former Technical Advisor Of
Government Says Nitrate
Plant is Obsolete

Washington. March l3.-Charles
l.. Parsons, consulting chemist and
former technical adviser 10 the
government on nitrate fixation.
testified today before the house
military committee that Henry
; Ford or any other person or COM
pany would lose their last PEN
ny" before they ever produced
commercial fertilizers at nitrate
plant No. > 1T Mnscle Shoals, Ala.
The plant which has cost the gov
ernrnent about $50 900 900. the wst-
ness said. was designed 70 be oper-
ated only by the cyanamld process
0f nitrate fXation, an obsolete
method, and was worthless as a fer
tilizcr producer.
= The cyanamid process was con-
denncd hv Mr. Parsons as obsolsts
and economically impossible, hav-
ing been superseded, he declared.
by the Haber improved mcthoGs.
1t was his conviction, he added.
that The Muscle Shoals plant could
not be redcsigned TO produce COM
mercial fertilizers. This ju6E-@esz.ss
was based, he explained, on a
! thorough investigation OF the cyan
! amid. plants in Europe. many OF
] which were being closed down by
!: bankrupt operators while others
! had gone out OF business because
! they could not compete with es-
adjustments using the Haber i'm
: provcment.
As 70 the future use Of the plant
at Muscle Shoals Mr.. Parsons rec
! commended that it be kept in n
; standby condition for emergency
use in war time as he declared that
! that was its only present value in
SO far as its worth as a fertilizer
) factory was concerned.
+ Contrary to reports Mr. Parsons
declared nitrate plant No. design
Cd TO operate by the Haber pro-
cess had been 4 successful expert
ncnt and could be altered for ST.,
! 100000 or $500, 900 and used
successfully in the production OF nj
! ,rates and fertilizer compounds.
Mr.. FOrd's whole fortune would be
dissipared, the witness added, IL
he attempted to manufacture fer
tilizer at plant No. , at a profit,
applying the cyanamid process Or
any other TO which the establish
ment might be converted.
The cyanamid and Habcr meth
DDS were so different. Mr.. Parsons
!. explained, that it would be impos-
sible eTer to apply the latter 10
plant No. without removing IL
from the ground.
II was the opinion Of the Wit
ness that no individual OF COM
pany would eyer attempt fertilizer
production on 4 copmercial scale
by leasing plant No. =. He urged
the committee 10 make sure" that
Mr.. Ford would produce cheaper
fertilizers for the farmers before
congress accepted the proposal Tor
; purchase and lease of the Muscle
! Shoals properties, or that OF any
other bidder VIC contemplated
supplying the nations agricultur-
III needs with cheaper soil foods
produced at the 69,000,000 plant.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-18
PROHIBITION
ENFORCEMENT
UNDER NEW PLAN
States To Be Grouped i
Eighteen Districts Under
Divisional Chiefs

Washington, March 3.-Division
Of the country into 1S districts as
the enforcement territories Of the
federal force OF geneal prohibition
agents was announced tonight by
Commissioner HAYNES. +. c. Yel-
lowly, chief Of general prohibition
agents. viii be in direct charge Of
the districts. Each OF the divisions,
Mr.. Haynes said. will be in charge.
Of a divisional chief who will be
under direct control Of the prohlhl-
ton commissioner acting through
Mr.. Yellowly. BY April l he add
cd. it is expected there will have
been q complete relocation Of thu.
general agents forces in accord
ancc with the new plan.
THE force Of general prohibition
agents" he said. under the direc-
ton OF divisional chiefs will not in
any manner, be Il part OF the forces
working under the supervision OF
federal prohibition directors bat
Will be {; separate and distinct or
ganization wholly under the control
of the prohibition commissioner.
Of course. it is understood that the
purpose is that the work Of these
men shall supplement the work Of
the field forces operating under the
direction Of the state directors and
will be a very great aid to the re-
spective directors In their work.
Also one OF the chief objects
OF this newly announced plan is
to secure the largest possible meas
ure OF economy in the operation
OF this force. 1t viii very mater
tally reduce travelling expenses and
other expenses incidental to these
agents operations, inasmnch as the
investigation trips will be circum-
scribed by q definite boundary rath-
er than covering large scopes Of ter
ritory."
The dis1icts include: Fourth dis
trict, West Virginia. Maryland.
Delaware and part OF Virginia.
Fifth. North Carolina and part OF
Virginia
Sixth. South Carolina and Geor-
gia.
Seventh. Florida. Puerto Rico
and Virgin Islands.
Eighth. Alabama. Mississippi and
Louisiana
Ninth. Tennessee and kentucky.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-18
FRIENDS OF
TREATY WIN
FIRST VOTE
Only Twenty-Six Democrats
and Four Republicans Join
in Move to Alter Pact
Vote Stands 55 to 80

Washington. March 14.-After
another stormy debate in which
pessible political consequences OF
the administration treaty program
were discussed from several angles.
the senate late today rejected by a
DIVISION almost on party lines the
first TWO of the proposed amend
mentss to the four-power Pacific
treaty pact.
st the peak Of their strength
with eleven short Of the full mem
hership present and voting, the
opposition to the treaty marshaied
fwenty-six Democratic and four Re-
publican votes, within two OF a
third Of the full senate member
ship, but three less than enough
foaovercome the two-thirds needed
For final ratification, If all sena-
tors. participate in this vote. Lead
ers on both sides conceded, how
eyer, that the division was but a
poo rindex 10 senate sentiment on
the question OF ratification itself.
The first OF the two amendments,
offered by Senator Robinson, DEM
ocrat, Arkansas, provided that the
four powers should refrain from
aggression against non-signatory
as we'll as signatory nations, and
thar alNinterested nations whether
ssgnatories to the treaty or not,
should be invited TO any conference
over Pacific controversy. The
proposal was lost 80 10 55. Later
a similar amendment in different
form was presented by Senator
Waasa, Democrat, Montana, and
was voted down 81 to so.
On both roll calls four Republi-
cans, Borah, Johnson, Of Califor-
MA. France and Ia Toilette, vot-
ed in rhe1 affirmative while an equal
number. Of Democrats. Pomerene.
RansdeH, Underwood and Will
hams. Of Mississippi, Joined the op-
position.
In the debate preceding the first
vote nearly all the issues OF the
treaty fight were revived and hoth
both Democrats and Republicans
indulged IN prophecies Of what
might happen if the arms confer
cnce treaties become an issue be-
tween the, Republican and Demo
cratic parties
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-18
CARNIVALS
ATTACK NEW
STATE LAW

Greenville. March 4.-lIolding
that the. bill enacted last week by
The general assembly prohibiting
carnivalS showing in South Caro-
lima except during county and state
fairs is in violation OF the pro-
visions OF the United States con-
stitution. in that it impairs obli-
cation of contract" and OF the
state constitution because the ACT
is discriminatory. attorneys for two,
c1rnivalS served notice tonight
chat they will seek an injuncticn
Tuesday before Judge Frank e.
Cary OF Apbeville to prevent Off.
crlS enforcing the law. thereby
making 4 test case and sending il
To the supreme court
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-18
AMENDMENT OFFERED
TO PACIFIC TREATY

Wa shington. March l5.-Sena-
tor Pi,tman, Democrat from Ne
yada. has introduced an amend
n1ent. 10 the four power treaty
providing that in future all con-
troversies outside of nations having
Pacific interests would be called
into conference for consideration Of
the subject.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-18
FORDSBURG
CAPTURED BY
GOVERNMENT
Red Revolution Being Wiped
Out in South Africa

Johannesburg South Africa
March l1---Advices from Ford>-
burg report that goVcrnmen, in
iantrv are clearing tho streets after
the capture of the town from the
rebels Many prisoners We're tax
en-. Leaflets We're dropped by air
planes warning; women and chill
,i"en 10 LEAVE before the town Was
hOmhardti
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-18
Charleston Banker Dies.

Charleston. March - - Nh.
Ernest II! I'ringl". president OF
the Bank of Charleston for more
ti.an thirty Years, died suddenly 1t
his home here "l heart failure l9Sf
ni.hi lie Wls one "' the ;lblH>t
Iinanrirr> Of South C.clina.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-18
$500. 900 tcriic. for Boy.

Allanla. March !'"U UIIT1 " ai-
raven. II Year old boy. WIS
awarded 500, "eo damages by Il
Jury in fudge w. -. Ellis branch
OF l'ulctou county superior cour!
today against the Georgia Railway
and Power COMPANY Cor injuries
sustained in y stlcc; car accident
TIN. puy returned llr. Verde after
20 minutes dclih.-ralinn
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-18
ANOTHER
MURDER
MYSTERY
John T.. Brunen, Circus Pro
prietor Killed, Wife Suspect
ed of Crime

Riverside. y. j., March 10
County authorities are investigating
a letter written by John L.
Brunen. the circus proprietor, who
was slain at Los Angeles Friday TO
a sister in Illinois, that told OF an
attempt on his life by his wife and
his intention Of making q will cut
ting her off with one dollar.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-18
GOOD BYE TO
HELLO GIRLS
Automatic Telephone System
Installed in Columbia

Columbia. March l3.--Thc new
autoi:.a;ic telephone SYST. III. with
automatic ccntralS aHd NJ II, llo
girls, viii hc pgli into operati"::
in Columbia III midnight nrNt Sal :
urdav Columbia has The finest
plans Of ;lc I:;nl il liic Southern
Ecll system according Ia rcl'-
phone officials
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-18

y correspondent asks whether
i, iS right 20 say The man was
hung" or The man was hanged =
The modern version is: The jury
disagreed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-18

Lisbon. March l4.-over one
hundred arrests have been made as
the result of bomb explosions in
projected Socialist uprisings.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-18

Perhaps YOU have noticed that
rights usually take care OF them
selves if q man spends his time de-
liveTing the goods
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-18

our idea of fun is a barber trying
70 tell himself a funny story while
shaving himself.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-18

The lrlsn shouldn't ny lo settle
-Ncryth:n= ~ "n'r Think al III"
nin 10 hc had Sighting about Cen
Slitutiuual amendments.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-18

The stars in the heavens are not
the only ones that shine less bril-
Handy when the light is turned on.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-18

Th. man whom Progress drop
ped behind some years ago lindS
some consolation in sroldins about
ignorant ira jn' IL i,,:;.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-18

Iacl. Sp,:tIt could cat no Tat: hie
wife could eat no lean. for sec.
hey spent their money for the
Jit1ey gasoline.
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II is understood OF course. thar
thos. Who don't really need the
bonus viii decline it as matter Of
patriotism.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-18

on The matrional So, t%r hand
thai rocks the cradle Very seldom
rocks the bout.--Alh=1s Ne"s.
The Washington times., 1922-03-30
MARY GARDEN OBLIGED
TO CANCEL OPERA DATES

SAN FRANCISCO. March 30
Mary Garden. prima donna of the
Chicago Grand Opera Company, who
tainted last night through illness.
was so indisposed today that her
physician forbade her to consider
appearing in the "Juggler of Notre
Dame" In all probability Miss
Garden will not be able to appear
until next Monday night. when she
is scheduled to sing In Louise"
At the Fairmont Hotel today
Howard e. Potter, secretary to Miss
Garden. gave out this statement:
Miss Garden is suffering from
sinus infection and will be unable
to appear as scheduled next Fri
day night. Miss Gardens right
cheek and eye are very painful.
She says she Is suffering from an
old-fashioned cold which she con-
tracted in Portland. Ore"
The Washington times., 1922-03-30
CHOIR DANCES
LOOSE, ANGRY
PARENT CLAIMS
Lack Of chaperons at Brook.
Iyn Church Hops Charged
by Father.

NEW YORK. March so.-Condi
tions surrounding choir activities OF
the Hanson Place Methodist Episco
pal Church, one of the oldes,
churches in Brooklyn, have bcen
criticised by the father of one Of the
choir members, who withdrew his
daughter from the church because
he did not approve of certain fea-
lures Of the choir dances, rehear-
sails and festivals.
The accusations were made by
Clifford T. Graham. an attendance
officer of the board of education.
during a court proceeding and elab-
GRATED yesterday at an inquiry as to
the exact nature of the Objectionable
features.
No direct charges of imprcrriety
against choir members were made
by Graham. but he stated that owing
to the location Of the Hanson Place
Church. which is across the street
from the Long Island station in
Brooklyn. undesirable young men
make dates" with young won. en-
leaving the church.
Graham said he had called several
times to take his daughters from
choir dances, and 30 far as he could
see there were no chaperons in the
hall and the affairs impressed him
The Washington times., 1922-03-30
GRANDMA NEvERtET
| HER HAIR GET GRAY
She Kept Her Locks Dark and
Glossy With Sage Tea
and Sulphur.

When you darken your hair
with Sage Tea and Sulphur, no
one can tell, because it's done 80
naturally, so evenly. Preparing
this mixture. though, at home 10
mussy and troublesome. At little
cost, you can buy at any drug
store the ready-to-use preparation,
improved by the addition Of other
ingredients, called "Wyeth's Sage
and Sulphur Compound" You
just dampen a sponge or soft
brush with II and draw this
through your hair. taking one
small strand at a time. BY morn
ing all gray hair disappears, and
after another application or two
your hair becomes beautifully
darkened, glossy and luxuriant.
Gray, faded hair, though no dis
grace, is a sign Of old age, and, as
we all desire a youthful and at.
tractive appearance, get busy at
once with Wyeth's Sage and Sui
phur Compound, and look years
younger. arN ~.
The Washington times., 1922-03-30
GIRL AWARDED sac COO
FOR BREACH OF PROMISE

NEWARK, N. j., March 30.-A
jury In the Essex county circuit OF
the supreme court gave Miss Moilie
Weiss. twenty-one years old. a yer,
dict OF $4,000 after celebrating only
twenty-five minutes on her breach
OF promise suit against Irving Fin.
kelstein. twenty-nine years old, man
ager Of Newark chain store. He
refused to wed her, she said, after
her baby was born in April. 1921.
1t was one of few times in court
annals here that a jury had given
the full amount asked in it's verdict
In such a suit or deliberated such q
short time when so large an amount
was asked.
The Washington times., 1922-03-30

an loosely arranged. This ACCUSE
ton was stoutly denied by the Rev,
Harry Knight Miller. the pastor
who declared that every safeguard
was thrown about the dances and
that they were adequately chap
eroned by elder women.
DIR. Miller further said the choir
members were not Of a uniform age.
but ranged from sixteen to sixty"
the only qualification being they
conduct themselves like ladies and
gentlemen" and possess good singing
voices.
Charges of improperly are abso-
lutely without any foundation" de-
clared DIR. Miller. Our church IL
open every night and many young
men come there to take gymnastic
exercises or play basketball. I SIP
pose they meet young women some
times outside before the doors are
opened and act just as boys and girls
do everywhere. We have never had
a complaint about our dances"
The Washington times., 1922-03-30
MCCORMICK RARE lACES
HELD UP IN CUSTOMS

CHICAGO, March 30.-The rarest
collection Of old laces in the world
outside the Vatican-property Of
Edith Rockefeller McCormick-was
held yesterday by Niels JUL, col
lector OF United States customs. for
Chicago. The laces, valued at more
than 100000, were brought from
Zurich, where she spent the last
eight years.
Mrs. Mccormick petitioned that
the laces be admitted duty free
because they are antiques. II duty
Is charged they will cost her about
$500 Hundreds of speciments are
in the collection, but they have
been made into eighteen elaborate
pieces.
The statutes provide that laces
more than 100 years old can be
brought into the country duty free.
All the Mccormick lace is more
than the required age. However.
the statutes further state that In
case the antiques are remade. duty
must be bald.
The Washington times., 1922-03-30
F'|[D|}ly1YQ
Says Marriage Is the Only Thing Which Will
Stop a Couple from Kissing, and Then They
Only Stop Kissing Each Other.
Ru Iohn p Modburu
BY John p. Medbury.

Or all their studies, this IL tho
only home work they Hike.
II they do start to teach kissing.
then there are a lot Of guys who
ought to go back to college.
Pretty soon q girl will be able
70 KISS you once and tell whether
you're . freshman Of q senior.
III kissing was q regular study, Il
good many more people would be
going to night school.
Every guy would be ringing up
his girl and asking her to hcip him
prepare his lessons.
The dictionary says that a kiss
Is salutation. II II 10, then a
guy who goes to military school
ought to come home with a good
report card.
There Is only ono thing which
VIII stop couple from kissing, and
that's marriage; but then they only
stop kissing each other.
The Washington times., 1922-03-30
Mothers Who Are
Rundown and Nervous
Heed This Advice!

Wheeling, w. Va.-"All through
my married life DIR. Pierce's Favor.
lite Prescription has been a great
help to me, has saved me many doc
tor bills and lots of suffering. l
have taken it during expectancy
and found 1t a wonderful help in
keeping me well and strong during
this time. I had practically no
suffering and my children were all
healthy and strong. / also took II
when I was suffering from a nerv-
Gus breakdown brought on by in
ward weakness and 1t fully restored
noe to health. L really do not see
how / could have gotten along
without the 'Favorite Prescription.
1t certainly has been a great help
to me and will also help other
women who are ailing if they will
give 1t q fair trial. No matter how
much l would say in praise of this
medicine could not do justice to 1t
am always advising my friends to
take it."-Mrs. Laura G. Neimer.
220 No. Wabash st.
If you are rundown, nervous, see
how quickly your nerves and
strength are built up when you
take this famous Prescription" in
tablet or, liquid form. All druggists.
Send l0c for trial pkg. to DR..
Pierce's. Buffalo. N. Y, and write
for free advice.