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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-07
Improved Tone in
Cotton Markets
Better News From Mil Cen
ters in America and Eng
land Helps Prices

New Orleans. Jan. While the
colcon market had distinct hoA-
5av Tone during the whole OF last
,yce!, il was very steady. never
thelcss. aHd stood gains the whole
wcei: through, being supported IA
rhe main by greatly Improved ac-
counts from mill cen;ers both II.
this country and in England. AT
its highest it was % TO % points
over the close of the preceding
#:eek with March up &c 1925. On
t:le close prices Were at net gains
of 30 10 G3 points with March at
IS.I5. In The spot department.
,n;t.dling gained % u. ;nts in the.
ncr results. closing at 11.75, which
price. compared with $50 at the
closing price this weci; last year.
American cotton goods markets and
mill points told Of more business
doing and toward the end OF the
week Manchester commenced {"
send over decidedly favorable re-
ports. saying that manufacturers
were beginning To book great
deal OF business win India, some
OF the orders extending for several
months ahead. Al tl.: middle Of tfae
week considerable l',!lhsh excite
nent was created by the cabled ff-
port that a large british concern
had SOLD $4,000 bales Of cloths tc
India. Predictions were heard thai
by the end Of the first quarter o.
1922 Lancashire cotton rliis "ouf
be found running fail time aud
such predictions received al. tfie
mere consideration because OF the
cablegrams from London to TIE
effect that man, worsted and
wooden mills in ErSland were
working overtime.
Toward the. end OF the week some
mill points in Georgia :sired in
telling of good sales Of cloths ard
claiming that in some instances
raiils We're supplied with orcers
enough ro keep them running 70
full capacity for the next six
months. Dallas wired that cotton
houses there were getting instrrc-
tionS to ship Out large QUANTITIES b4
spot and q good deal Of interest
was attached TO a telegram from
Galveston. at the end of the week,
saying that. steamer at that po6
was loading $4,000 bales for Haaa-
burg.
|. Mil takings were considered
disappointing being only 274.009
bales for the week, .he smallest
,allinss in many weeks. but most
traders held that they were wholly
due to the holidays. The failure OF
aa important New York and Chi
cago brokerage house on the clos
ing session of the week caused an
,erra1ic market for a. while. In the
last half of the week consider
able liquidation came from the long
side because Of the triple New Year
holidays
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-07
Six Great Achievements.
News and Courier.

Hamilton Holt, speaking at
luncheon in New York in celebra-
ton OF former President Wilson's
Sixty-fifth birthday, said that Mr..
Wilson had done five great things
and that any one Of them would
assure him a foremost place in
history. The five achievements
listed by Mr.. Holt We're as fol-
lows:
Coalcscencc Of the ileterosen-
eouS ideas in connection with the
war into one idea-democracy.
His statement that in the way
we wanted nothing.
The driving of an effective wedge
between the HolenZollerns and the
German people.
The first outline Of the basis OF
peace.
The expression of the thought
that the nations should substitute
cooperation for competition.
A volume could be written under
each of these heads, for each of
tneSc dtllIcN "s-'o VA ~
mendous Importance. Nor can Mr..
Wilson's bitterest enemy deny him
credit for .ic.v one OF them. Per
haps of then ali the first and the
fifth are the greatest. Without the
first the war could not have been
won. Without the fifth there would
be no hope for civilization.
There is a sixth achievement Of
Mr.. Wilson which, although it is
a corallary- OF the fifth and in Mr..
Hollis summary is implicit in it,
really deserves separate mention.
Mr.. Wilson did more than express
the thought OF international CO.
operation in place of competition.
Against tremendous odds and al
most ngle-h3nGed at Paris. he es-
tabliShed the principle OF inter
national cooperation and wrote it
into the treaty. 1t would be the
accepted rule OF conduct of the ma
tions today ii the American people
had not permitted themselves 10
be buncoed by lot of the smallest
and most unscrupuious politicians
that ever infested any country.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-07
Miss Paker Euterta;ns

Quit. 81. enjoyable party was
given MonGay evening by Miss
Elizabeth Baker at her home on
BROAD street and many II the Young
BOYS and girls Of the city We're most
delight fully entertained. Conver-
sation dates We're made during the
early evening and dancing partici-
nated in by numerous young
couples. \ refreshment course Of
ice cream and cake was served. All
guests present Were load in their
declarations Of most pleasantly
spent evening. Those present were:
Misses IneZ Carr. Mary Thorne.
Ruth Rrigss. Mia Jenkinson.
Nancy Booth. Mary Vogel. Mary
Holman. Marguerite !Iarby. Cath
erine Zimmerman. Doris Moses.
Margaret Dick. Ruth FLOWERS. Nir-
sinia Doar. DaisE China. Armida
Brunson. Emmie ostecn. Manic
Tucker. Lillian Hill, Gene Buck.
Helen Commander Toxic Turner.
IDA EGwins. Estclie IIdwins. Mamie
McCollurn. Edna Boney. Ellen
S;ucktv. May Willis Gsteen. Annie
Louise Davis, Of Columbia. and
.Arlie Mae Barnun. Messrs. Charles
Green. Robert Witherspoon. Des.
E.dmunds. Frank Clark. Wiley
Sholar. Oliver Sholar. Charles
Cronlbc. Louis Lyon. Henry Lison.
Ansley Erunson. George McKiever.
cooro,a 1S-ro,- Jycy,,.v Shrlar Ernest
F'riar. George Dick. a. Boykln, IL.
Rembert. Burgess Bultman. W. Il.
Philips. Robert Bultman. Marion
Noise. Perry Moses. julius Pitts.
Clint Wheeler. Raymond Burgess,
Harry Shaw. James Burns. Ed
ward Buck. .llva Spann. Marion
Iaoxworth. Edward Booth. Charles
Wray. Doug. Moses, Henry Bruner,
and Charles CEttino.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-07
Master Holds
o Public Sale
S4,O55 Total Amount Involved
in Sale of Tracts Of Land

f. c. fiaynsworth. master Tor
Sumter county. sold on Monday.
sales day. at a public auction held
Al the Court House. thirteen tracts
OF land consisting OF city properyt
and tracts in the rural districts. The
following sales We're made, the
highest bidder taking the property:
7. l.. Houston VS.. Serina smith,
@, al. Is acres in Prirateer sec
ton. Sold TO Lee 4 Noise, attorn-
eys for $50.
Mrs. Lula =. Fowler vs.. John
Goodman. ct al. 2S acres, Lee x
Noise. Attorneys. $50.
Elliott Newman. ct al: vs.. +. Nc
Iver, ct al, Il acres. NJ. j. Fred
erick, Attorney. s,155.
j. j. Hardy, ct al. vs. Evelyn
aGritfin. 46 acres. Epps & Levy, At
torneys. $4,000.
c. NJ. ph:ter VS.. Julia Wallace.
ct al. lot on Bee street city, Epps
& Levy. Attorneys, $50.
Lula II. Fowler vs. Peter Davis.
ct al. ; tracts. 200. 90 and Il acres,
Lee IL Noise. Attorneys, $500.
Herict Il. Eberhardt Us. Edgar
DinXins. ct al, lots in Hasood.
Lee d Noise, Attorneys. $50.
<. NJ. Levy VS.. Edgar Dinkins
et al, lots in Hagood, Lee &
Noise. $50.
At. Z. Wilkinson VS.. D. II. Allen.
ct a.. i01 acres Manchester town.
ship. NJ j. Frederick, Attorney,
$500
Flora Mlman KS. Peter Goodman.
ct al. , tracts. so. 20 and "a acres,
Shiloh township, Lee e Noise, At
torneEEs. S10e.
O'Donnell " Co. Inc. VS.. j. p.
Mcclellan. ct al, Is acres, Lee &
Noise. Attorneys, 500.
N. r. Wilkinson vs.. Rebecca
Evans. ct al. ) acres. NJ. J. Fred
erick, $50.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-07
TolAoi's Ideals Hard to Meet

) sYasnaya Polyana, Russia, Dec. Z.
The idealistic community, COM
posed OF 5 Young men and three
women. living on the estate OF the
late Count Tolstoi, is eneoantering
difficulties in its effort to- attain
Tolstoyian perfection OF freedom,
The obstacles include unreQuNed
love of one Of its members, Lack OF
money. food and clothes and the
antagonism Of cunning, land
hungry peasantry The latter oc-
cupy the village commune outside
the gates Of the park enclosing the
TolstoI home and are watching the
new experiment with jealous fear
that the members CT the community
may get away from them the land
promised to the peasants by TolstoI
and subsequently by the Soylet
government. Suspicion has sprout-
ed in their minds that the ideal
community Will eventually take
over many thousands Of acres OF
forest lands composing the now ma
tionalized Tolstoi estate.
The same disappointment when
Tolstoi. himself. encountered when
he characterized his life as a huge
tragedy because family ties pre-
vented his living humbly. alone and
frec. loving every man and woRan
equally we'll. has begun 10 be ex-
perienccd by at least one member
Of the group Of idealists. They
planned 70 take up life where Tot-
stoi left it and to live it as he
dreamed of living it. But hand
some young woman member of the
community. endowed with the
wide nature of the Russians" is
believed ta have become a disturb-
ing element and co have caused
kvassov. a staiwart young man in
the group. 10 declare his intentions
10 walk 10 India and there pass his
remaining days in contemplation,
like the aged Hindus.
Only 4 claim jumper could de-
fine the exact status of the Toistoi
estate. Originally, when inherit
ed by Tolstoi. it included $500
acres. of which the Count be-
aueathed about 1900 acres TO the
peasants Of his commune; but the
Soviet government took this land
away from them to make the whole
domain into a national museum.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-07

lands under reasonable. common
:,enSe. practical everyday cleanli-
ness and sanitary regulations. the
fair officials feel that they have
2 risft 10 ask Tor the approval of
their fellow citizens i'll their ef-
fort TO. accept an offer made in
good fani, by City Council OR by
two or, OF three of the Ci,y, Coun-
Gil.
1t should be borne in mind that
Mayor Jennings and Councilman
.geC eCaIluila.. ana the officials and
stockholders OF the fair associa-
ton are taNpaTing. property own
ins. and successful business and
professional men us we'll as those
who oppose the lease OF these
lands for fair purposes, and tnat
the geatlenaen favering this lease
are Just as public spirited and IN
iell;gein ana just as much interest
ed IN Il pure water supply and IN
tne protection Of public health as
any other citizens.
\ The County Fair Association
does not contemplate G and Posi-
lively Will rot permit any stable or
hos or cattle manure or pathoSenlc
or disease bearing fifth or menac-
ing organic matter TO seep into our
water supply. because all OF this
viii be 9enoved daily during the
rs,,1,r 0avs on the county fair. and
ire cocaiy ta.r will positively keep
the enaire grounds in a, cleanly and
sanitary condition at all times, as
clean Is not cleaner tlla. tae Wa
ter works land is now kept. The
County Fair Association wiN be
compelled TO Keep the grounds IN
satisfactory condition to meet
The requirements CT the state aud
local boards OF health or forfeit
their lease at any tine on demand
of the City Council of Sumter.
therefore the fair association has
a greater incentive, with invest
,aents of .aany thousands OF dol
lars in buildings and fencing TO
iives up to the safest requirements
of the health authorities than those
in charge Of the water works have,
even concedins that the present
management OF the water works
plant IS -deing ali that should be
scne TO safeguard the water sup
ply and the public health.
The statement by Judge Purdy
that there is more Or less danger
OF seepage from toilets used by
county fair visitors or attendants is
something rather unique in our
experience because we can not see
wherein there is or might be any
difference between the system OF
plumbing to be used 10y the coun-
ty fair authorities and the plumbing
used by any other class of citizens.
especially when this plumbing,
like all other plumbing Will be in
stalled by local Plumbers and in
spected by the official city plumbing
inspector during its installation
and periodically inspected, like all
ether plumbing, by the inspector or
city health officer.
E. I. REAEDON,
For Sumter County Fair.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-07
y CHEMICAL. COINCIDENCE.
Dtvciopment Of Fertilizer Rock ON
Pacific Island.

Here is the cold geographical
fa"1: '.t.lmosr coatemporancousl
With The issue OF the n .ntlate- OF
administration for the island OF
Nauru. famous for its rich depos-
It's OF phosphate OF lime. was the
reGiscovery o: The great sulphur
nourtain of Vanua Lava in the
Banks group OF tn" New Hebrides.
But here also is Il fairy tale Of
science. q happy chemical coinci-
lcrc". or problem in RELATIVELY"
suggests :: bulletin from the Wash
ington. d. c.. headquarters OF the
National Geographic Society.
Scene one ,night disclose little
american Polly Smith dropping
pennies in Il b., take 70 Sun
day school 10 give TO teacher to
send 10 missionaries 10 the heath
en. scene TWO misht PORTRAY
s"mc waving grain field cf our fer
tile west. and a closeup show
Farmer Blank Luying fertilizer at
tn" village store And the fcrli-
liZer enriched the soil which grew
lhe grain. which sold ior the mon
g.. w.lich little Polly Smith put
into the box 70 give teacher 10
ScrG missionaries 20 the heathcn.'
''Irrc 4 second geographical
fact n.uS, obtrude: The special
agent needed 10 change Nauru's s
phosphate rock to a soluble state
for <:1ls- 10 farmers Is Nauna Lava $
-slI;Dnlir
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-07

been tn" order. for whore there
is no vegetation there IS no popa-
lation.
The vegetation owed nothins
to the wealth Of phosphate be-
neath it. Phosphate is not soluble
in water 1t needs treatment with
sulphuric acid. which converts il
into superphosphate TO let loose It's
treasure Of stimulation for plants.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-07
Rannparts surround Island

"Gn the margin the rains. the
winds. and the breakers. Spou1inG
high against the coral. washed
away this deposit so that ramparts
of bare pinnacles stood up and
s;ill stand all around the island;
bur ;l.c coral walls back from the
SHORE held safe the treasure. Cam"
another day Il am aware that
am tln@ing days about as casually
AS tn. author ci GcneS!S). The
seq birds are gone: not a keen red
eye or wi't-divinS wing WAS LETT:
gone. i1nmenorially gone. How or
why is a nlyst"ry.
Then in the alembic of Natuf"
a transformation occurred. Guano
i; chiefly pho>phoric acid and nj
tro2cn: coral is chietly lime. some
how. l,v the close contact. the gu
ano became changed into l'hos-
ph::tc CT lime. which is 2ua'io rais-
,.,. 10 ,hr nth power. 1t had now
bccoi,:c 4 hard rock. odorle>S and
:;.ncrallv colorlr>s. although some
specimens show fine. dark siratl:l-
cation and take 4 hi-h polish
Another day perhaps ,he same
day oit is startling to sec how
CLOSELY this follows the Genesis
stury o. atiuiil-regctati"n APP
pc.tred. n:rrowlF limited in species,
but abundant in specimens: and
t.,,aiIs-#r,.:,a. The lror.a leGpln OF
the $cl.th Set. This must have
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-07
Tax Reduction

(From the 4Abbeville Press and
Banner.)
There is to be an effort to re-
duce taxes, certainly an effort to
reduce the rate of taxation as
against property. That is we'll and
good. But if the effort to reduce
The rate Of taxation as against prop
e,ty shall amount TO nothing more
than transferring the burden from
property TO other sources OF revc-
nue.. then the effort will rot be sin
cere. ard the people Will gain little.
We are i'll accord With the view
that other sources Of revenue
should be sought. 1t is not right
that land and visible property
should pay all the expenses of run-
ming the government and at the
same time pay the enormous ap-
preparations for one purpose and
another. Any means of cffecting
q more equitable division OF the
burdens which the few have peen
bearing will meet with our ap-
proval.
But What we would like to i'm
press on the legislators who are
soon to assemble in Columbia is
that. the people want less taxes coll
: lected. from whatever source. The
! Legislature has run Wild in the
, matter o. appropriations in the past
few years. individuals ran Wild too.
bat they have had to "deflate" and
so must the tax levying body. i
will do no good or very little good
TO reduce the property tax four or
five mills if the burden is merely
transferred to the other shoulder
and if the people are still called on
10 carry as big load as ever. Let
the load be hshtened. First reduce
the amount of appropriations. and
then look to the means Of paying
these
And while We are talking about
taxes and taxable property. we
would like to ask why it is that
notes and mortgages in this State
are not taxed as other property?
Can no means be found TO force
the people to pay taxes on securl-
ties OF this kind Why should it
not be a good idea to require that
these securities be listed each year
by the auditor and stamped to the
end that they bear Il part of the
tax burdens? a suitable penalty
would make it Improbable to Try
70 cvade the payment of taxes, PER
haps the penalty could be the sor-
feiture Of all interest to the State.
Il is certain that the amount Of
property subject to taxes. stated in
dollars. will greatly decrease with
the new assessment. Other prop
crtr must be found to take ,he place
Of the disappearing values or the
amount Of taxes coming in will be
greatly reduced. :, tax on mort
cages and notes would not only help
the situation bat would be just.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-07

There's only one thing that stops
hair from growing on bald heads.
from making short men tall and
fat men Sylph- like and that is a
perfect cndocrinc system. This IS
according to the statement o. a
New York physician at q meeting
OF the Pennsylvania Medical So
cicty The endocrine system.
which consists of Sccretive glands.
is still Il secret from medical sci
cucc
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-07

y travelling man >ays that in his
opinion mutton corn for early ship
nIent IL northern markets would
be. one OF the most profitable truck
crops that sumter county farmers
could plant II" says there is an
in the early spring before the To-
cal crop comes in and II. the
price is high. according TO state
mcnts made to him by produce
dealers in several mid-wcstcrn
cities. ]; is worth looking into.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-07
Prize 10 Chilcans for Essay in Eng
}iSb

Santiago. Dec IA prize has
been offered by ". N. Collier. the
new American ambassador, to stu
dents ia the English department or
the University of Chile for the best
essay. written in English, on Tire
Relations between the United States
and Chile"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-07

Senator Smoot is having difficult
ICES with the income tax collector.
According 10 story originating in
Washington the claim is made that
the Utaf senator's returns in taxes
TO the government for 1917 was b
300 below what il should have been.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-07

In China the oldest man in each
block OF ten houses is made a
census enumerator. when census
is taken in the Celestial Republic.
On a given day he makes the count
and sends the list for his ten hous-
cS TO the tax Office.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-07
Mrs. soIomons Sails for Europe.

New York, Jan. 1.-Amons the
passengers sailing from New York
on the White Star liner Olympic
December 81 for Cherbours and
Southampton was Mrs. Nina NJ.
Sofonons of 80 Warren St, Sum
ter
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-07

Mushrooms have been found just
below the snow line in the Swiss
Alps and the natives are gathering
them and storing them for their
winter food. just as we Go potatoes.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-07

The Isle Of Man does not mean
that once u3on a day women were
excluded frcm it. In reality it
means the middle island and de-
rives it's name from an old word
''monopia' or "menavia. in Mana
''Vannin' or "mannin which
means middle and was applied to
the island because Of its location.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-07
\ No:4;I.s J,.mpins-oG Place.

Then Tie bulletin continues with
the foilowin" information about
the iSiand ct t-,-e$ that srow on
stills where missionaries have
gone. and where we may get fer
liZcr-iniurmatinn extracted from
communicated 10 The Society by
Eosamond Dodson Rhone:
.,Nauru. or Pleasant Island. is
almost at the jumping-off, place OF
the world: il is not exactly East
OF the sun and West OF the moon.
but il IS almost the farthest east,
beng Only thirteen degrees west
OF the international date line. and
j. i> half degree south OF the
Equator. II is one Of the Line is
lands.
Before it fell TO Germany it
knew no white rulers. but was gov
,.rned by its own imMemorial laws,
enforced BY its own chiefs: but
white influence had impinged upon
il for many years. Whaling ships
from New England ports called
there and traded firearms for
drinking coconutS and island pigs.
II was rather poor island IN
those faroff days. before IT'S great
wealth was discovered. 1t had no
saHdalwood or tortoise shell: no
pearls or beche-de-mer; not even
copra. FOR copra was not made IN
the Pacific before 1872 and CO.
conut oil was not an article OF
commerce.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-07

James D. Noe, seven feet tail
and weighing 325, lost 25 pounds
and his job in a recent campaign.
He was tail but couldn't get into
his stride in gathering in the votes.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-07

Scotland now has population
of i.&\2 rs which i three times
what it was in 1901. There ar.
1S3.+S2 mere Scotch women liian
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-07

Any man who agrees With his
wife can have his way.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-07

Japan says she viii be out Of
eebt by 1913: Japan is more opti-
Mistie than father.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-07

4 Pittsburger had two wives liv-
ing in the. same house This house
shortage is terrible.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-07

Nations don't fear underhand
dealings as much as underwater
deadlings.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-07

Wonder il plumbers sleep under
the sink in their own homes?
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-07

l.'ul, coats are quoted NJ half an
hour more crying than tilo" n:c!c
last year.