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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-11

Ar next weeks meeting Of City
Council committee OF the Sumter
Chamber of Commerce viii request
exemption from ordinary city taxes
for. five years for "A new ena.a:-
prise for Sumter that Will mean the
investment OF about thirty five
thousand, dollars. according to
statements made and the employ
ment of quite number Of men
and women, and if prices Of whole
milk areoright and in con1petit on
with other points viii mean me
purchase of many thousands of
gallons OF milk annually in the
Manufacture Of ice cream The
Sumter Chamber. OF Commerce has
been negotiating with this neH ems
terprise for about thirty days, and
the only question inyolsal after I'll
other requirements We're mer @:ls
the. securing of a suitab.e Suilli.tg
conveniently located. win u st;:.t-
antee Of exemption of ordinary city
taxes which the commercial or
ganization made. Riley & Com
pany, well known real estate deal
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Supreme Court
Convenes Tuesday
Appeal of Columbia Taxi MUIR
derers to BE Heard

Columbia, Oct. 9.-The South
Carolina supreme court will con-
yene in Columbia Tuesday. All of
the justices are expected to be pres
enr at the opening day.
A number OF important appeals
are 10 be heard. but possibly the
two that have attracted the largest
amount OF attention are those of
F. N. Jeifords and Ira Harrison,
two young Columbians, now in the
death house, pending the outcome
of their appeals from the Richland
jnry's decision, which sent them 10
the death house under sentence OF
eleetrocu1son for the murder of j.
C. .arnetr. filing station proprie-
tor. The case is set for argument
before the high tribunal on October
23rd
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-11
Guard Kills Negro
Orangeburg Man Shoots Con
vict Trying to Effect
Escape

Orangeb1rg. Oct. S.-LoriS Blrch.
n negro convict about 22 years old.
was shot and killed Thursday after
noon by l.. s. Brown. changing
guard. when the negro attempted
to make his escape and refused
to stop when ordered To halt. About
TWO weeks ago Birch was convicted
OF highway robbery. having held
np on August % a young boy in
the Providence section OF Orange
burg county. and upon conviction
by & Jury. was sentenced to serve
1wo years. 1t is stated that Birch
declared that he did not expect TO
serve the term il he could get
away. The shooting took place ON
the road that is being constructed
from Orangeburg TO Norway, about
nine miles southwest of Orange
f,-ro
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School Children
Injured by Auto

Marion. Oct. 3.-Lillie Davis, Ed
ma and Leo Harrelsen of Rains
community were all painfully in
jured Friday afternoon. when run
down in front OF Rains school by a
roadster driven by Alice Smith.
School had ::ust nrned out and the
children. had started. nome. AZ
cording to reports the driver t.ff s!..s-.
car in an effort to dodge one group
of children ran into the HARRISON
children.
Davis sustained fractured left
leg. while Edna suffered three
breaks in her. left leg. Both chill
dren were badly bruised and lace
rated. Leo had no broken bones
tut was considerably bruised and
scratched. Teachers at Rains sehoe!
brought the children to AIarien
as quickly as possible. They we're
given first aid attention at the or
fee Of DR.. r.. NJ. sDibble and !a.e.
removed to the Howell hospital.
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The. Circus.

Hold your horses, the elephants
are, coming" can no longer he the
cry 20 penetrate the air. on circus
day and no. doubt will have to be
changed TO park your: car. the
elephants. are coming.
No. longer. are the horses tied
about the circus lot while their
owners enjoy the spasms of mir.h
afforded by a visit inside the big
tent, but in their places can; be
found lines of automobile
Time certainly has changed Old
Man Custom and with the change
outside the. big top. there are the
many changes inside. When the ma
jestie Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus
pitches its tents here Saturday,
October l4th. there is promised to
be proven that the time-worn
phrase. Every circus is alike"
cannot he implied 10 this show, for
much money and efforts have been
used in creating new features and
novelties Tor this season.
Expenses are declared not TO
have been spared in the preparing
of the trained animal acts. The
best OF trainers We're obtained
and their Skill is denoted through
the feats being performed by the
beasts. And many wild animals
have been added to the big me-
aagerie that. now ranks among the
largest in the world.
Careful choosing OF equestrian
acts is said to be repaid by the
success they are meeting in every
city and among these features are
10 be found famous performers of
Europe and this continent.
a downtown ticket Office will be
opened during the shows stay here
for the convenience of the public
at Sibert's Drug Store, where the
same price will be charged as o..
the show grounds.
-heo
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ICE CREAM FACTORY PROJECTED
The First Big Result of the Movement TO
Make Sumter County Dairying Center &

ers OF Sumter were given the job
fof getting such a building and On
Thursday the owners and managers
of this new enterprise which has
a main factory in another state,
notified Secretary Reardon that
they had closed with the owners OF
the building they wanted, through
Riley &. Company. and was further
requested TO ask City Council TO
make this exemption, when the.
promoters will then start in1le-
idiately for western points to Dur-
chase and ship the necessary naa-
chinery onsisting of a large re-
frigerating plant, churns, shipping
cans, milk cans, ETC. In yfew Of
the new enterprise shipping mos
all of It's products out OF Sumter:
stating that. Sunter's unexceIIeI
railway distributing facilities give
them remarkable field Tor dis
tribntion, the secretary felt that
he was safe in guaranteeing Cos
! operation. OF City Council IN exemp-i
tian of taxes. as provided by city
ordinance.
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have made up their minds prettz-
definitely In regard 70 what races
make the best Canadians and what
occuparions within the Dominion
need strengthening at this tine
Canada wants farmers. laborers.
female servants: the first class il
they have sufficient funds to be-
gin farming in Canada, and the
Others if they have reasonable as
sarance of employment, Canada
does not want those who will
inevitably drift 10 city slums and
sweatshops. and she has no hesi-
tatisn about saying SO.
The Canadian program will look
good TO most Americans, if only for
the implicitly of it. and the good
sense e-sut what a storm OF protest
the very suggestion OF such policy
y . Xxx
weuld raise in the Congress of the
Tinted States from half-baked
ideaasts who believe this nation is
obligated to throw its doors wide.
open to all who may not be salts
fed elsewhere. and from shrewd
politicians who are quick to raise
the cry OF facial discriminatory.
We can envy Canada. easily
enough, but we can hardly hope 70
follow her example. The business
IKE policy OF admitting only those
whose service and labor are re-
auired is NOT for us.
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RanaEosD cRossINGs

sas suggestion has been made
fks1 the railroads as a part OF their
sssarefni crossing campaign should
saSe part of the burden OF safety
un0n their own shoulders by placing
wArning signals far enough from
r&i1say crossings Sc that motor
its VIII have time to etfeek dewn
before reaching the tracks. II IS
q good suggestion.
IT is pointed CUT thar in spite OF
rhe change II methods OF transpor-
tarion the railway companies still
content themselves with placing
Varning signals s5shu at the track
.5lIss as they did when old Debbin
furnished ths motor power for road
vshieles IN some localities private
interests or rs:ate highway author
mes have improved matters by put
tSiig warning signs feo yards or
fsors from danger points, but the
majority OF crossings in this eoun-
y are srtn marked as they were SO
years ago.
In many instances these signals
are het Sisinse either by night or
Oar antil the notorist is fairly up
On the tracks. Theyneed to.be i'm
proved infriesieaiIy and placed a,
feast 500 feet from the crossing.
The railroads II their safety ean1-
paign lay greas srssess on careful
Griving. as inaster of fact there
afs far more careful drivers than
there are recaie-s ones. II warning
signs were pIseee far enough from
thesracks 20 Iermit control of a
car driven at ,averase speed. the
nunber OF crossing accidents would
Sscg aceotdilsly
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AWARDS NO
DAMAGES

Manning, Oct. s.-The second
week of the Clarendon county
court has closed, with Judge De-.
Wore presiding
The most. important case tried
was that brought against Claren-
don county for. $4,000 on account
of accident while crossing Johnson
bridge, near Salem. It. was shown
that the. accident occurred on. ac-
count of the horse backing the
buggy 10 which the horse was at
raehed over the bridge into the
river, throwing two children. two
and three years old, into the river
and drowning them. The county
was exonerated.
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Sumter Defeats
). .. Manning
High School Football Team
Wins BY Score of SO to 6

The Sumter High football team
defeated Manning Friday afternoon
In. the opening football game of
the season by the decisive score OF
80 TO S. The home team seserted
to open attack throughout the
.sa1ne. completing many passes.
The visitors score was made by an
intercepted forward pass. Wright
and Riyers ran well with the BAH
while Wray, at end. scooped Il,
three passes for touchdowns. Me-
I.eod and Eadon played good ball
for Manning. During the last quar-
ter rain fell, slowing np the play.
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Accidental Shot
9 Kills Young Man
Heyward Nettles Receives
Load When Putting Gun in
ing Desperately Near

Florence, Oct THE body OF
Heyward NettleS, who shot and
killed himself accidentally as he
and his father. R.. NJ. Nettles. and
il. 3. .Goodson were breaking camp
after a hunting and fishing trip on
Black river near Kingstree. arrived
here today and the funeral services
Will be held at Mount Hope; ceme-
terry sunday afternoon. Nettles was
y years, old He. was very popular
here and the news of his tragic
death was a blow to many. There
were no. eyewi1nesses TO the 1rag-
edy. The young man had been de-
tailed to place the guns in the au-
tomobile and ii is. believed that the
trigger of one OF them caught. He
received the fun load of large shot
in his arm and side and died almost
instantly He is. survived by his
father and several brothers and
sisters.
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STATE FORESTRY
CONFERENCE

Columbia. Oct. e.-The forestry
conference, called by Governor
Harvey, will be held in Columbia
Tuesday. Approximately a hum
areds delegates from all parts .of
the state have been invited and a
good attendance is assured. A
large number of those invited to
the conference have advised the
chief executive of. their Intention
to attend. ). Kirven Peters, of
Washington. representing. the de-
partment of the interior, forestry
division. is to be present and ad-
dress the conference. Plans for
conserving South iCarolina's for
ests. and the. need Of legislation to
this end will be discussed.
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PRAGTIe.aI PRICE PROTESTS

business observer wsho has just
made a trip throush the Middle
West speaks Of a notable increase
the popularity of Henry Ford as
result Of Ihat Manufacturers
1ght against the high cost Of coal.
He found that coaf for which 50
asfon vas being asked three Or four
;wseeks ago IS now selling for 50.
ION. He doesn't profess to know
sas1 who is responsible for the drop.
but the public gives Ford the
credit and no douht IS al least part
right
Ford threw scare into the coal
proiirsers and shocked pabaic aa-
tnoTisies into action. by a sasdden.
bold stroke. HIS spectacular clos
ing ors his plant, throwing nearly
1se. .so8 men out Of work directly
ard Ifreatening Indirectly the Jobs
ot hundreds Of thousands mere.
woke sserybody upIo the coal sit
agrlop and gave consumers rally
cry. II was a ane piece Of
pUbMcity work If nothing more.
Aid Ford, while acting p,i-
asxlly, OF possibly Altogether, for
own selfish Interest, si,as act
sd also for millions Of otiiers- It
WAS a practical deed worth more
shan any quantity of mere preach
IFS and protest.
Similar baadness aud practicasity
on the part OF leaders IN business,
ofesssonal life and public life
Mouaa cut shorf extertion in many
o1asr ssr lines. Profaesrs usually
s,gss away with it merely because
aebDdy calls their blpff.
=
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Business Trend
Favorable Outlook in Domes-
tic Situation Helps

New ork, OCT. Wv ith the
Turkish crisis apparently yielding
TO negotiations, business sentiment
showed q distinct recovery last
week 4 sharp rally in security
prices was a factor. but & greater
disposition existed TO look at the
favora ble aspects of the domestic
situation.
Car loadings for the week end
ing Septem Der. %. the lates, s.atis-
tics asai.a ble, total $3.50 ears. .
,.ew high record for the year. The
pew figure is almost exactly l00,-
.G0a greater than The corresponding
week q year ago and as only $1,000
smaller than that for the similar
week in 1920. when the greatest
traffic movement in the country 5
history was under way.
Bituminous coal production con-
tsnuedc lose to 100000 tons 4
week. Il would be greater if cars
were more plentiful. Nevertheless
the amount being mined seems to
be reasonably adequate for the
present rate of industrial activity.
since the Steel industry reports
that coal shortage is no longer n
limiting factor and since the price
of soft coal has shown a tendency
to recede slightly.
In the. steel trade the loss in
blast furnace. capacity oecasioned
= n a f,,a c3, 1,o
been recovered. Pig iron prices.
As we'll as those of coal. are easier;
the supply OF iron evidently is
meeting the demand. Where this
industry now feels the pinch is In
the supply of freight cars. The
grain trade, too. is meeting with
some difficulty in moving its prod :
lets both from the farms and the
seaboard. Prices continued TO hold
all the better levels attained dur
ing the recent war scare. although
crop prospects are not materially
changed. Cotton prices also have
advanced we'll, partly in response
TO the recent bullish government
crop report and partly because Of
trade buying, which seems 10 have
been delayed pending a clearing
mp OF the Turkish crisis. The an
ticipated car shortage has arrived.
Industry is going ahead about as
rapidly as the co,intry's transpor-
tation facilities will permit. For
tnnately this permission is fairly
liberal. Financial circles are now
interested to see whether the inn
|provement in the amount OF freight
moved will continue.
Money rates remain Slightly
higher. The increase 50 far amounts
to about one-fourth of 4 per cent
and is considered to reflect fairly
we'll the increased loans and the
volume OF commercial paper and
bankers acceptanees outstanding
which has accompanied the prepa-
irations for fall trade. The reserve
ratio of the combined federal re-
serve sNetem has now fallen 3 per
cent below its high mark, rea ched
! in August. but is still some s per
cent above the level OF a year ago.
! Banking circles now stress the
need for stahilizing of the Eu-
tropean situation as may be seen
from the speeches delivered at las,
weeks convention OF American
! Bankers Association.
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Columbia. Oct "a verdict for
the. defense was returned at 8
o'clock Saturday night by Rich
land jury in the case Of Williams
against the Standard Oil Company,
in which the father of Madeline
Williams, little girl Of Lexington
county. died because Of injuries
received by his, daughter. from the
explosion of a kerosene lamp. The
jury had the ease from 1880 Sat
nrday TO s. o'clock. The suit was
one of several resulting from the
same accident, in which damages
were asked totaling $3.50, ,0o0.
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County Fair Notes
Meeting of Pageant of Pro-
gress Committee

At ten o'clock tomorrow morn
ins. Tuesday. October the 10th the
numerous ladies and gentlemen OF
the several committees OF The bis
Pageant OF Progress Parade are
invited to meet in joint session
with the officers and directors OF
the Sumter County Fair Associa-
Iion at Chamber OF Commerce
quarters.
Letters have been sent ont from
the Chamber of Commerce 10 every
committee member and county fair
officers and directors notifying them
OF tomorrows meeting and il. is
hoped that fun attendance will
he on hand TO complete the organ
ization for the biggest day Sumter
county has ever hid. Any citizens
having any suggestions or who are
Interested are also invited TO be
at. the meeting tomorrow morning
which win be open TO the public. e.
The school district committees in
the rural districts have been re-
squssted to meet and get their
schools and districts. in line.
Up to Saturday not a man or
woman had declined service on any
OF the committees. and many have
said they VIII be delighted TO serve
and do; their little very best. The
several committees are open to and
invited suggestions from any one
that might help 10 make this event
OF county wide importance more
Interesting or more valuable. these
suggestions TO be made either direct
TO the com mittees or through the
Sumter papers or by those who are
sufficiently interested to attend to-
morrow mornings meeting and
make their recommendations.
This Pageant of Progress Parade
and County School Day event viii
be d Sumter and Sumter county
affair, it as TO he. no "one man" or
zone organization proposition,
hut everybody in Sumter county is
heartily welcome to say anything
or to put in any recommendations
for extension OF the. program OF
amusements and cooperation, and
the interest and cooperation Of ey-
cry, one irrespective of whether they
are, members of committees or not
is desired by the several commit
tees 30 far appointed This Pag-
cant of Progress Parade is TO be for
the benefit of Sumter county. aud
is, NOT intended as a money MAX
ing affair Tor the Sumter County
Fair Association, the fair associa-
lion is cooperating and giving thou
sends OF free admissions TO the fair
to. city and rural pupils and teach
ers. and is otherwise doing its
best to help make this approach
ing event what it is intended TO be
IA Sumter and Sumter county bet
Ter acquaintance. and pull alto
geiher between city. town and
country for Sumter county.
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ALITTLEB BIT
OF BROADWAY

On behalf of Dick Anderson
Chapter u. D. c.. I desire to thank
all those whose cooperation
brought about the success Of "A
Little Bit of Broadway" There
could not have been more loyal
troupe than those who took part
in this production, for they came
regularly to rehearsals and did so
cheerfally everything that was ask
ed of them it was a pleasure to
work with them. We could have
done nothing at all without our
faithful musicians, those who play
ed for the morning. afternoon and
evening rehearsals as we'll as for
the performances. Our sincere
thanks are also due the press, the
Y. NJ. c. A., the Rex Theatre,
those who generously loaned prop
critics to be used on the stage, all
who assisted in any way including
those. who contributed to the pro-
gramme and the public who at
tended the performances.
AS. it is a. satisfaction to those
who helped to know just what. was
by the two weeks
hard work, the following statement
Is published:
Receipts from selling spaces
on programme = ---z--s83.00
Admission receipts = 80 $3.50
Contribution Oh
Gross receipts = --s629.51
Expenses.
Theatre hill. including rent.
rehearsals and ticket
Board for Miss Burkheimer 2l.15
Printing, including program,
'icl,Nte. posters. dodgers 80
Advertisements ----- ---- 400
Stage properties, makeup.
prizes ---- S.S2
Total expenses : -sl72.67
Net receipts -si56.S4
Therefore the chapter and Miss
Burkheimer each receive S22S.42.
The chapter has still to collect
$50 OF its share.
AS it has been announced this
fund will he used for the scholar
ship work of the chapter. towards
the expenses Of the two girls hold
ing the Dick Anderson Chapter
scholarships.
Left in the dressing rooms md
now in the possession OF the under
signed are white silk scarf and
child's hand bag. y mans collar
pin was found at rehearsal. The
owners will please come claim
these articles.
Boxes Of candy awarded for sell
ing tickets Went to Misses .Arm:da
Brunson, Ann Crowson. and the
third divided between Edna Wood
ana Nell Ard.
Armida Moses,
Chairman U. .. c. TlaJ.
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The oldest doctor in the world
has just celebrated his hundredth
birthday. His case is regarded as
a triumph for Nature over medi-
cal knowledge-Punch (London9.
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The Watchman and soathron

80
Published "Wednesday and Satnr.
day by
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,rha Sumter WaIehnaan was
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and ssuthpen now has the cen1-
bhasd CIRCULATION ard influence OF
10th Of the old papers. andsis man
lEesras the best advertising Medium
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At that, it is better to be hard.
boiled than soft.soaped.
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Rochester Family
Slaughtered
Demented Man browns Chill
~. edren in Bath Tub

Rochester. Get The.
bodies OF William Wheeler and his
three children lay side bylside ID
an undertaking establishment The.
children were drowned in hath,
tub in their home by their father
who fired bullet into his: oyeps
brain. Dependency said 10 have
been caused by his inability TO OBJ
tain employment was the motiFess
the. police said. 80.
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new eR,eAns ceFTsu
LIVERPOOL co1Ios

Receints p Gfiil Sates tt6H NIddling
1858: Good Mitldl;ns. 1888.
You can lool. UP to these girls
Il longer sl.irts.
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WANTED-Lad1es to come and
see my line OF hats. Hours
$3.50 a. m. to z p. M. ] have new
= stock. Mrs. c., W. McGrew. eof
ner Magnolia and Myrtle Stss
Phone s79L.
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Orders for enforcement of pro-
hibition laws. as construed by Mr..
Daugherty. We're issued by Presi-
dent Harding late today. In a let
ter 10 Secretary Mellon the presi-
dent requested that due notice he
given TO the masters of all private
ly owned ships operating under
the American flag and that regu-
lations for the enforcement as to
foreign ships be formulated and
that such notice Be given To the
agents of foreign lines touching
American ports Or docking therein
as becomes the circumstances and
commits ns to the full enforce
ment Of the law
Wiring to Mr. I.asker: the exc
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sl iillSd -uoSTH,
Chairman Z. .. c. TlaJ.