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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-30

Washington. Aug. 26.-The Mi
ami-Barbados cable Of the Western
Union was opened for business to-
day after its use, as a direct line
of communication between north
and south America had been
blocked for over eight months by
a controversy between the COM
pany and United States govern
ment. President Harding signed
the license yesterday permitting
the company to land the cable at
Miami Beach. Fla.
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Waco, Aug. 2s.-Bishop J. E..
Dickey Of Georgia, one Of the new
bishops elected at the Hot Springs
conference of the Southern Meth
odist church., has been given the
presidency of the Southern Meth
odist church, and reside here. He
succeeds Bishop w. N. Ainsmith,
who goes to Macon, Ga.
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Chicago, Aug. 2s-Congress
may be asked to amend the Esch-
Cummins transportation act to in-
clude definition or basis for
the computation Of the minimum
cost of living for railroad employees,
it is reported today in labor board
circles
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-30

Chicago, Aug. 25.-The protes-
ta'nt churches of Chicago were
urged today to join the Catholics.
Jews, negroes in a definite stand
against the Ku Klux Klan, follow
ing the anti-klan demonstration at
meeting of commercial and re-
.ligious leaders last night. DR..
Howard A. Johnston, president Of
the Chicago church federation said
he would call upon the trustees
Of the federation to deal the klan a
death blow.
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Winston-Saiem. Aug. 26.-The
entire Nissen building in North
Main street was destroyed and
surrounding structures damaged by
fire this morning. The loss is es-
timated at half million dollars.
The Nissen building was occupied
By the SmoaE Harness company
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Detroit, Aug. 26-The Ford
motor plants ct Highland Park.
River Rouge. Suburb,
will close down September 18th be-
cause Of lack of fuel, it was an
nounced today by Henry Ford.
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A four pound boy was born to
Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. Suber on Aug
uss. the 25th. The boy has been
named Allie McNinch Suber.
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Notes of City Public Schools

The City Schools will reopen on
Tuesday the fifth of September al:
S:45. A meeting of the teachers;
will be held at 10sg0A O'Clock on
Monday. the fourth in the auditor
iun1eof The Girls High School Build
ing. Students who have examina-
tions to stand from last year will
report at 1 11:00zo'clocll on Monday.
They are asked to come promptly
at 1900 O'Clock. but not before
as the meeting :of the teachers WIZ
last until that hour.
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To those pupils who have never
attended school certificates Will be
issued on "wednesday, Thursday and
Friday of this week. Many of the
parents seem to i think that it is
not necessary to get certificates for
their boys and 4 girls who are six
years of age. and who are going to
school for the first time this year.
It viii be a great convenience, how
ever, to- these boys and girls to
have their certificates ready for
next week. All pupils who have
never attended the SumterEschools
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Paris AUG. a6.-Rritish repara.

Paris. Aug. 2G.-British repara-
tons officials will urge that Ger
many be given another hearing
by the full membership Of the
commission before the
final determination of the repara-
tons question is made, it was learn
ed IN authoritative quarters here
today.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-30

Every time they arrest drunk
in Reading Pa, we think Reading
maketh full man"
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1t would hardly be fair to de-
scribe the eighteenth amendment as
o used model.
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Stockholm, Aug. 25.-The Swed-
ish people on next Sunday will give
a decision at the polls for or
against prohibition. The belief
prevails that the cabinet will make
no move in the direction df prohi-
bition unless there is a sixty-hv
per cent vote Of men in favor of
it.
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His criticisms suggest that he
should be called the noncensor.
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Belfast, Aug. 25.-National army
troops today captured the towns
OF Kinslae and Dunaway, the last
two positions held by Irish irregu-
lars in county Cork, according to
advices received here.
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Chicago, Aug. 2s.-seniority and
the new organization Of railroad
employees was thrust forward by
eastern roads today before the
Railroad Labor Board when the
maintenance of way brotherhood
began hearings for an increase of
wages. Seniority came to the
front when John G.l Wa1ber, rep-
resenting ten eastern roads, ques-
toned the eight brotherhoods' right
to represent employees on those
roads. The union was given until
tomorrow to reply.
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Denver, Aug. 25.-The district
attorneys deputies and state rangers
early today completed a roundup
and arrests OF thirty-three persons
alleged to have conducted conf
dence operations. in Colorado, Flor
ida, Cuba and other tourist centers.
Lou Bionger. aged 73 Of Denver is
said by District Attorney Vancise
to have been president of the AL
legged bogus stock exchange opera
tors.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-30

All women may be the same, but
don't get the wrong one.
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Princeton, Ind, Aug. 2s.-J. w.
Burriss. of Henderson, KY, and
four other members Of his family
were killed today when an auto
mobile in which they were riding
was struck by a Chicago & Eastern
Illinois train at Hausbstadt, Ind,
near here.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-30
NEW YORK coTTos
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
GunS Club Shoot.

The regular shoot was held on
Thursday with the following re-
suits:
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Muskogee. Okla, Aug. "a
Three persons are reported dead. a
score injured and more than half
the business district of Haskell,
Okla, is in flames this morning.
The fire is believed to have been
caused by the. ignition of gas fumes
by a cigarette.
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Lansing, Mich, Aug. 25.-Re-
plying to telegram received from
Herbert Hoover, W. w. Porter,
state fuel administrator today de-
clared that people Of the State of
Michigan "6o not owe the federal
fuel administration any debt of
gratitude for being without fuel
supplies and being forced to pay
profiteering prices for such coal as
they can obtain in the open mar
ket..''
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Louisville, Aug. 25.-one dead,
three injured and conside .able.
property loss was the toll Of a ter
rife wind storm which swept over
a part of Louisville and Jefferson
vile, Ind, early today, following
a heavy rain and electrical disturb
ance. .l!5
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Columbia, Aug. 25.-The boil
weevil is running or has already
ruined large part of the cotton
on the two state farms. Col. A. K.
Sanders, superintendent Of the PEN
itentiary, said yesterday Much
less acreage was planted to cot
ton this year, Colonel Sanders said,
but what was planted has been
ruined by the weevi1.
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WORLD news IN BRIEF

and was blown up with gasoline,
it is alleged, by William E. Chat
ham, an eighteen-year-old boy,
who is said to have confessed that
he saturated the upper part of the
building with gasoline because of
an alleged grievance against w.
w. Smoak.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-30

Sounds funny but some mems
idea of a good time is a bad time.
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Washington, Aug. 26.-The fed
cal administration is preparing to
bring the anthracite coal and rail
strikes situations to an early cuI-
mination today with federal opera
tion of anthracite mines and some
roads are under consideration
should that become necessary to
protect public welfare. Another
White House conference 20 consid-
er this course is in prospect. to-
day.
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Chicago. Aug. 2s.-Manager
Miller Higgins and four members
Of the New York Americans and
three players Of the Chicago
Americans have been fined by
President Ban johnson in connec-
ton with the protested game here
on August 1st for what Johnson
termed "disgracefu1 exhibition
of stalling." The game will be
played over.
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Grand Rapids. Mich, Aug. 25.-
Judge Dunham Of the superior
court today awarded a decree OF ab-
solute divorce to Melvin E. Trot-
ter. superintendent Of the Grand
Rapids Rescue Mission and nat
ionalIy known evangelist. He dis
missed the suit for separate MAIN
tenance brought by Mrs. Trotter.
He held that her charges that
her husband had been unfaithfui
and had treated her cruelty had
not been substantiated by evidence.
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Chicago, Aug. 2S.-Five men,
alleged to be members of the in
dustrial Workers of the World.
were held today at Gary, Ind, in
connection with an alleged plot,
supposedly inspired by emmissa-
ries of the Russian Soviet regime,
which accomplished the wreck of
the express train in which two
men were killed at Gary, August
Goth
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camaks Ca, Aug. 2s.-Dan and
Baxley Latimore, brothers were
shot and killed early today by W.
r. Hall, a guard in the Georgia
railroad yards. Hall claimed self
defense, and surrendered to the
county officials.
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Chicago. Aug. 2S-Hearings by
the railroad labor board We're be-
gun on petition of the mainte-
nance of way employees, and shop
laborers on over hundred rail-
roads, asking for an increase OF
the minimum wage from % cents
an hour to 4S cents, and a virtual
demand for the recognition Of a
basic eight hour day with time
and half for over time.
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Roodhouse, Ill.,. Aug. 25.-Feder-
al deputy marshals are patrolling
the railroad yards here this morn
ing, following an explosion which
is believed, to have been intended
to wreck the Illinois Hotel, head
quarters of the non-union Chicago
and Alton shop workers.
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hicago, Aug. 2S.-Nine men are
ii custody, and four have been inn.
plicated in alleged plots declared
TO have been inspired by radicals
in connection with the wreck Of
the Michigan Central Express train
at Gary, Indiana, week ago.
Further arrests are expected.
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Paris, Aug. 25.-Negotiations in
Berlin between the reparations
mission and German government
officials came to an end at noon to-
day without having produced any
compromise on the German rep
arations question acceptable to
both British and French represen-
tatives. according to advices reach
ing French officials this afternoon.
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Nashville, Tenn, Aug. 2s.-The
acid house and two million pounds
of sulphuric acid Of the Federal
Chemical company were burned
here today. The loss is estimated
at million and q half.
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Four states. Oklahoma, Texas,
Arizone and the long staple grow
ers Of Mississippi have already
functioned. having marketed their
cotton last year very successfully
through the cooperative plan.
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= ~ e. III IsiS Git v SSSteIOdy-
Mr. John /. Blanding returned
frefa Bishopville Monday morning.
MA. 3. Holland went to Man
ming Monday morning on business
Mr.. and AIRS. R. ". geaty have
gone TO Charlotte to be with her
brother, who is i'll.
Miss Virginia Summer, OF south
Hill, who has been visiting Miss
Emma REYNOLDS has returned home
accompanied by Misses Grace and
Emma Reynolds.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. r. Chandler and
two daughters. Belle and Harriet,
have returned home after a delight
fuf vacation.
Miss Dorothy Allen is visiting
Mrs. Raymond Fowler on Hampton
Avenue
afessrs. Marion and Colt Kirvin.
DuBose Rivers, Boliver Bull. George
lick ard Norton Marshall, have
returned home after having attend
ed the G. NJ. T. G. at Camp Nc
Clellan, Ala. All reported that they
had an enjoyable and profitable
month. Mr.. Colt Kirven was
awarded medal for the highest
military proficiency that was OBJ
tainea in the Red department. The
Red department consisted of all
boys who were attending a c. VI. r.
C. for the first time.
Mr.. Carlysle Stuckey, who has
been working in Hendersonville.
has returned to DalZell
Mr.. Thomas Boyle returned to
the city Monday morning from CO.
iunabia
Mrs E c Haynsworth has re-
turned home, after 8 visit Of sew
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Mrs E c Haynsworth has re-
.urned home, after 8 visit Of sew
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08
Perciyal knight AccepteI
His Role Just to Oblie

Percival knight. autfsSr of 9Th
ice" and player of its leading role,
the Comedy Theaters modestly ave
that he did not write it for himse,
nor did he cast himself for any ps.
in it.
Three months Rgo Destiny apparent
determined that Mr.. knight was to
snatched from musical comedy and Z
down in comedy drama. So she caus
to come into Mr.. knights mind an ID
for play in which an officer in Il
World War should masquerade as
butler in an American home.
He wrote the play and sent it to L
Shubert. The next morning he was I
formed by Mr.. Shubert that his pl
had been read overnight and that
would be produced as soon as possib.
Author and manager sat down and ca
the play, says Mr.. knight. They e
the buffers role to the last.
II have the very man for that roh
said the manager.
Who Is it =
"You yourself"
And so that is settled.
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a complete departure from the ever.
lasting Banks Of the Oise," so widely
associated with his name. Corot, will,
one of his famous figure subjects; Bas-
tion-Lepage, with rather unusual
water color; Cain, in landscape con-
tanning somewhat unexpectedly, for
him two or three nude figures; rich
flower piece by Vollon and strong de-
sign by Raffaelli give the French con-
tingent weighty character. This
school, indeed, seems to bear off all
the honors until you turn to the Amer
lean paintings.
Inness which make an extraordinary
effect. The first is woodland scene
remarkable for its free but, powerful
definition of forms. Then follows a
landscape, dating from 1886, which
charms through its veracity and its
light, engaging color scheme. And
then. making kind Of grand crescen-
do, appears a heroic Sunset, of 1891.
We call this "heroic" because it is so
majestic, so splendid an affirmation Of
the painters genius. He is the color
ist, giving free rein to his virtuosity,
and by the same token he is the i'm
aginative naturalist, stating the facts
of the visible world with authority and
raising them to higher power by the
alchemy of his style. The Daubigny
which we have cited is lovely pic
ture, but lovely as it is it seems a
little thin and cold beside this impas-
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08

sketches. He designed an antique
theme with the vigor Of the mundane
Fleming that he was. He is the accom-
plished academician, but he is also the
fervid realist. There are few other
compositions on the walls, but mostly
the show is one Of portraits, good If
not important specimens of Van Dyck,
Tintoretto and Moro, with few ex-
amples Of the English school. A cur
ious contribution to this latter cate
CORY is portrait by John Constable,
one of the artists sons. The Moro is
small head and shoulders. of "Fran-
cois d'Alencon," ~ charming bit of
drawing. Cleaning gayly in the gen.
eral atmosphere Of old sobriety there
is capital little "San Giorogio
'Maggiore," by Guardi. His luminous
Venetian impressionism gives the last
touch to an attractive gathering Of
early paintings.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08
Art Exhibitions Opening
The Season i'm New York
4 Memorial Show of Works by the Late W. M. Chase
New Coast Scenes by George Luks; Mrs
Potter Palmer's Pictures

i0eongrueus among his boulders and
=" MS poli'ng surf. There he was con.
cerhed only to register broad. fairy
prlmeval impression. He has acbievaa
~ In structure and mass his pictnres
are admirable. And despite the rather
100 snafp accents in the color the en- :
semble is generally successful. In HE
truth and unity Mr.. Luks triumnhs ove ;
ms own indifference to nuance.
AT the Howard Young gallery there
- an interesting instance Of the man
ner IN which beautiful painting 70.
Dukes the vagaries of fashion. The la+a
Mrs. Potter Palmer collected picture !
which in some quarters to-day would
De regarded as merely conservative ;,
But how good it is to see theml
lwenty-one of her canvases are at the
gallery mentioned. Examples Of Monet
ana Renolr figure in the company. The
rest are of the Barbizon school and
even of the Salon. Diaz is magnificent
~ represented, one Of the three land
scapes by him being of the highest
order, Forest and Women" which
has the massive dignity of a Hobbema
lhe Daubigny is an exquisite early
spring Morning" doubly welcome be-
cause 1T is not only masterly piece of
landscape painting but because it is
one of his unconventional compositions.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08

cepted and everything turns out we'll.
"The Market Of Love-" at the Theatre
de l'Apollo, is clever cperetta
Of three acts by d'Hansewick and de
Wattyne, r..isic by Leo Pouget, built
around the loves Of Horace in days of
old.
Young Horace, who haunted women
Of Corfu end lived at Lutece, went to
Byzantium to an,use himself. Losing
all his fortune in play, he WIS obliged
to sell himself to the tailor Xenophon.
There he is put in the service Of Keno
phon's wife, the Unsuitable Zoe.
But young Horace had a mistress,
Pulcherie, woman Of Corfu, who
wanted her lover for herself. She ar
rives, and after 3 great deal Of intrigue
is taken into Xenophon's house as one
Of the family. After many condolences
Zoe and Pulcherie recognize them
selves as mother and daughter, while
Horace manages to get the upper hand
and rules over Xenophon.
The Vaudeville, in Paris, is planning
to stage variety Of plays during the
coming season. The director, Victor
Silvestrc, does not believe in running
play as far as it can carry, but be-
lievss it more profitable TO stop when
the piece is at the height Of success
and give the public something new. He
is starting with Brieux's Lawyer
{aL'Avocat"1; then new comedy b,
Maurice Magre, "The Two Beauties ol
Cadiz'' ("Les Deux Bellies de Cadix'))
Decourcele's Beloved" l"L'Adoree' y
and piece OF Denys Amiel. Yvonns
| de Bray is returning 10 the Vaudeville
and hiss promised TO start with aTht
Nude Woman" (La Femme Nue)
The Theatre des Nouveautes wat
founded last year by Edmond Roze ans
Benoit Leon-D -Deutsch tc give frequent
| light and gay comedies. They have
started Oh the year with i return q
ABaby Mine Mon Bebe) and ar
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08

much that could be neglected. She
seems continually to strive against the
tendency to be conventional in her
treatment of various flower subjects,
There is bountiful group Of peonies
and a pleasant composition Of violets
and roses. Though her color is good,
Mrs. Kirkland fails to use II with as
surance.
Next Wednesday evening there will
open at the Art Center the second an
nual exhibition of the cooperating
societies associated there. There are
seven of them the Art Directors Club,
the American Institute Of Graphic
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08
rom the painting BY Young pnx

stoned orchestral achievement of our
American old master.
There are two other American paint
ings in the exhibition which evoke
warm admiration. Mr.. Carl Melchers
is represented by Brittany Wed
ding" which comes down from the
years when he frequented the Salon
and used something of its idiom. His
technique has never been at higher
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08

pitch than it enjoyed when he produced
this picturesque composition. The
painting of the woman's figured dress
and of the blank wall beyond it is de-
lcctable. Out of the recent past comes,
too, the "Aztec Sculptor" which George
De Forest Brush painted in 1889. The
tawny seated figure proclaims him the
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08

already rehearsing a play by Jacqus
Bousquet and Alexander Maids, sChos
chou, Featherweight" (Chouenou, pois
Plume), which they expect to run unt
spring. Then they will run a ne
piece by Pierre Wolff which as yet
unnamed.