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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-07-12
FEDERAL CONTROL Of y. .
COAL MINES PLANNED

5sr Washington July 21-Govern-
inept control of the coal industry
to protect the innocent bystander-
The public-during clashes betweeS
miners and operators was planned
today. Another attempt is to be made
in congress to establish government
control Of coal mining no mattsr
what results are accomplished by
Harding's efforts to end the present
strike.
One plan under discussion would
throw control Of the coal mines in
to the hands of senate labor COM
mittee or joint committee of the
house and the senate.
Another would embody, the reg
shlation feature of the bill endorsed
several months ago. The bill was
withdrawn at the time because Of
y storm Of opposition ~ ~~ :
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-07-12
CLAIMS ckEDlT FOR Y 4 v
::5s5 hi Y s-5 THREE ,MUSkETEERS,'
Rx tWilfrid Fleisher

Omitted Press staft Corresponding
Paris, July 12.-French literary
circles are stirred over the court pro-
ceedings in which the heirs of q COM
paratively unknown author, Auguste
Maquet, are claiming recognition for
his allied share in the writing Of the
"Three Musketeers," generally cred
tied to Alexandra Dumas.
" Maquet,s family demand that the
name Of Auguste Maquet henceforth
figure on the cover, with that Of Alex
sandre Dumas a,lIaea that the family
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-07-12

1yhall beneAt spsrts % the revenue
from the sales ,of the book. Y. ..s.s
Il The fact that Dunn II, was n 81 alone
responsible for the world famous
book was brought to public notice
some time ago in 4 book published
by Gustave Simon, 81 entitled the
"storys Of a Cola oration, " in which
he described the. individual work Of
both men in the writing Of the Three
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-07-12

/ Musketeers,,,,, ea and a3froEn which it
would appear that Maquet not only
wrote, The sfeatsst part .it,. but the
finest. ,,ss t,..s.l Vi .....-.v'.. ',..,.. -
If the court recognizes the claim
put forward by Maquet's relatives,
it will have to assess the amount Of
the revenue to which the family is
entitled for the past "a. years. %..
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-07-12
1.-THE CHARTER WAS LOST

The people Of Bemidji. by their vote of Tues
day, d5 not want a new charter. The law re-
quires foirssavsnths votes to adopt new char
ter If but d majority were needed it would have
lost just the sans the vote stood 274 in favor:
of and 800 against ne new charter.
Less than SIX hdndtsd Aout of possible twenty
six hundred votes. wefs accorded. It seems the
people are not interested enough to care, when
less than one-fifth Of tA<eeople voted. :.
1t seems necessary also toyafouse the voters to
fighting heat in orderstoo esEAut vote at any
time other than a general eH}eeaA Some day per-
haps the citizens Of Bemidji win ecome less self
satisfied and less contentet aSd s'in be ready to
do business in a business-like 4nspner.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-07-12
ADVICE FROM WORLDS 1As$E3k MANU.
FAcTURER OF Shoes

"Permanent business growth safs syaekson
johnson, chairman and founder of the lntery4tion-
al Shoe Company, the largest shoe manufectQMng
concern in the world, in Forbes Magazine; Sissrot
the result of secrets or tricks. It be ac9heea
only by giving full value in your particular f1el@
"As retail merchant, learned across the ,co1a-
ter in way could never forget, that MAORI
of people are pretty close buyers they expect val
ue; they recognize it when they get it; and they
return for more of the goods that give good value
IF business men would paste that in their hats,
or write it on their cuffs print it ona card and
stand it in front 81 them their DESKS there might
be less nonsense about some far-to:seek secret OF
business success. There is secret Business IS
exchange of value. @tf4s4
"You give products or service and you get money
its equivalent. In the long run. there is nP way
to get more by giving less'%< -
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-07-12

PROHIBITION AND SOLDIER BONUS
The Literary Digest will announce the first re.
turns of their straw vote on tks Two big issues Of
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-09-23
IoNG LIFE N KANSAS

Eesi - -
Statistics sshew that The life ex.
psetancy in New England, New
ozk New Jersey, Indiana. Aiehi-
Gan and the District '.of: Columbia
hes increased in 10 years from
sgsz5 years TO 5s.ss- years for men,
and from ss. 90 years to $3.50 years
kesHemen That rate OF increase
sseaia bring tie average life ex-
Ssctsney up to full 20 years BY
1866.
In the meantime. sheweyer. one
state appears to be; considerably
ahead Of the game Kansas has
Brought .its life expectancy up to
se-z3 years for men and sossa
sears for women. This is nearly
sfx years more than the average
for men in. the other regions men
toned. and four years more for
women.
Is kansas a more healthful place
To- I've in than the eastern states
mentioned 2 Or do its inhabitants
uss more Judgment in their living?
OR do these figures offer the pro-
hibitionist an argument hitherto
not emphasized?
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pounds to the acre would be ob-
tained at the next picking. with a.
good many bo11s still to oper The
total yield of this five, acre plot.
is estimated to exceed 5000 pounds
of seed cotton The exact figures
will be available when picking has.
been completed. From the. unpais-
oned five acres 2,50e pounds Rad
been picked up to the leta, and
the estimate of the unpicked open
cotton was % pounds to the acre,
with no bolls to open latar The
cost of applying calcium arse.ate
to the five acres including cost OF
the poison and labor in applying
less than ten dollars per
acre, or $50 for the five acre test
plet.s The excess yield of the five
acres on which poison was used
over the adjacent ave acres on
which poison was not usei will be
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-09-23
COTTON. CAN
BE PRODUCED
PROFITABLY

The time to begin fighting the
boil weevils to save next years
crop is right now. AS quickly as
possible the cotton should be pick
ed out and the stalks cut down and
turned under, using two-horse
plew wherever possible. By cut
ting and turning under the stalks
millions of weevils will be starved
to death before frost, and the num-
Der of weevils left to go into hib-
ernation will be tremendously re-
duced. Cotton can be grown prof.
tabIy in boil weeyil territory, but
it can be done only by general and
rigid compliance with the methods
worked out and tested by ex-
perts who have made a twenty
year study Of the problem. The
first thing in the program of fight
ing the pests is to pick the cotton
crop early and then destroy the
stalks. The next is early planting
and liberal fertilization to obtain
quick growth and early fruiiing.
Then comes Destroying the laying
weevils by hand picking and poison
ing. Finally. systematic poisoning
by busting with calcium arsenate.
That the use of calcium arsenate
pays has been demonstrated Lc-
yond the shadow Of a doubt on
numerous Sumter county farms.
If any one doubts this statement.
proof can be furnished by Mr.. A.
G. Fishburn. manager of the Surl-
ter plant of the Southern Cotton
Oil Co., who spent the summer
conducting tests of the use of cal
cium arSenate on number OF
farms in the vicinity of this city.
Those who wish to see for them
selves what results are obtained
by the use of calcium arsenate
should visit the farm of Mr.. Will
lie Shaw on the Mayesville road.
Here test was made by using cat
cium arsenate on five acres while
no poison was applied on the ad-
joining five acres of the same field.
The difference in production of cot
ton can be seen at glance. Up
to Saturday, September 10th. 4,a10
pounds of cotton had been picked
from the five acres on which cal
cium arsenate was used, and it was
then estimated that at least zoo
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-09-23
BILL.
IS KILLED
IN SENATE
Veto. Upheld by Mar
row Margin, But. the
Lower Body Over
rides President by
Vote of 258 to 81

!: Washington. Sept. 20.-The SOL
dier bonus bill failed of enactment
late today, the senate sustaining
President Harding's veto. Pre-
vIously the house had overridden
the veto by a large margin.
The senate roll cali showed a
votes to % or two less than two
thirds majority necessary to enact
tine measure without the presi-
dents approval. The veto in the
house was 25S to "a or 20 more
than the required number.
Although it was reported that a
new bonus bill might be intreduc-
ed tomorrow it was certain the
bonus fight would not be renewed
at least until the next session OF
congress which will begin Deeem-
Der A.
Senator Smith, of South Caro-
lima, voted to override the. presi-
dent while Senator Dial voted to
sustain the veto.
In the house vote, the South
Carolina delegation was recorded
as follows:
To override veto: Byrnes, Nc
swain. paired in favor Of overrid-
ing veto; Logan, Stevenson, Stoll.
Fulmer. paired to sustain veto;
DoninieK.
The house; vote on the first
passage OF the bonus March 2S, was
333333 333333 TO 20, or AS to L; as COM
pared with At to today. The
senate vote today compared with
Al to % by which the measure
was first passed August 81:
Most of the house vote to sus-
tain the veto was from eastern
and southern states with western
delegations almost solidly for the
bin.
There were two changes. in the
Senate, Senator Cameron, Repub-
lican, arizona. who voted, for the
bonus originally, voting to sustain
the veto while Senator Mckinley,
Republican, Illinois, who it was an
nounced, was favorable to the bill
on the first vote was paired against
It.
There was only brief considera.
ton of the measure today, and
after cries of vote, vote from
the Republican side the roll call
was ordered.
Announcement. Of the result of
the voting in the house and senate
was received in silence by well
filed galleries.. "a
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-09-23
GREEoEss LAST CHANCE

Greece change thy lords! Thy
state Is stsll the same
Is So Hrets sLera Byren, over a
hundred years ago. The advice is
as htting now az it was then;
though with q slighay :dinerent ap-
iIpiieation
The great enemy is tile Turk, as
Iof: old. But the enemy that has
made ali this present trouble for
EGreeee is one. that she took foaher
bosom as aHiend King Constan=
tine, whe betrayed his country DUR
fing the World War, was driven out
by the Allies and was recalled by
the Greeks afteathe armisdce.
It is well known that there is no
accounting for- tastes No one.
Therefore need try to account for
the fact that Greece, the birthplace
of democracy and freedom, should
have turned her back on the AL
lies, upho!ders OF world democracy.
.Ana welcomed back Prussian
slaler after they had once been rid
OF him. Constantine, though pos
siblys sincere, in his belief that what
he sought was the best Interest of
Greece, has znnddled things worse
than ever. The betrayed Allies
never could tolerate him or CO.
operate with him. BY the rash wsr
he has made upon the Turks, he.
has brought his country near ts
destruction.
Nenizeios. the alI-Greek patriot;
one of the foremost statesmen OF
Europe, whose efforts had raised
Greece to the highest position she
has gained in more than 2,eo0
years, and who suffered exile as his
reward. is wiling to let bysones
be bygenes. Witt, him at the helm,
81 might be possible for Greece yet
TO. save herself, eand possible. fer
Europe to avoid being embroiled
in a new and inexcusable war.
II Greece, the mother Of civili-
cation. . wants to serve civilization
now, not to mention saving her
own skin, Greece will turn repub-
Ilican and exchange Constantine for
ivenizeios.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-09-23
lSDJsTRYsIN EGYPT

msrican business men mana.
zscturers and sapitaliatswho are
iooking for new Fields OF produe-
ton might do worse than to CON
sader Egypt
The Egyptian government i is
anxious TO attract capital and ad-
sninistratiive- ability to: develop her
Industries and IS; said tosbe in a
position to make very liberal seen-
sessions To American OF English
slndustri alists
zzsept for her cigafet factories,
Egspt has not manufaetoHy of
any importance Yet there are
xzss materials OF abunaanee and
yarasty within her territory or
easily and eheaply accessible. There
saId TO he plentiful supply Of
Intelligent and low priced labor.
opertE rents are low because
taxes are aetieally nil. Markets
for All sorts Of nufaeturea goods
ars near by
thing that is needed most to
yuTsher the Development es indus
.gses in the land Of the Sphinx ana
ne Pyramids: is organizing and
sxscalfiFs ability Il is realized
thai these traits must be sought
aIneng the western nations rather
then among the Egyptians. hence
TIE gesturea toward England and
is strange TO think Of sshe
drsaming Nile valley inHmmins
modern Industry and It's anci-.
en- landmarks confronted with
saetories running fuH blast Fer
tss ase q tradition i i almost
regretfabls.
s Otherwise the situation is prom-
tsiis5sg It is an indication from an
saiasnspeeted quarter sof how far
ssseEt man has fallen of deseaoping
disabilities Of the long known
ard inha6ited world as well a.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-09-23
Official Ret.lrnrls.of d
Primary Election,

Columbia, Sept. 1S::-According
tie the Official figures received from
all the counties of the state by n.
NJ Edmunls, secretary of the: state
democratic executive committee,
Thomas 6. McLeod. of BishopvilIe,
was nominated for governor of
South Carolina in last Tuesdays
primary election by d majority of
l4,20S over Cole L. Bfease of Co.
fun1bia, and James II. Hope eff
Florence, received a majority Of
28,1i3 over John e. Swearingen. of
Columbia. for state superintendent
of education. :
These figures will be reported to
the state democratic executive
committee, meeting here to1nor-
row to declare the results of the
primary, for the mittee,s veri-
fcation.
In the sixth congressional dis
trict-.a. II. Gasque, of Florence. re-
ceived majority of 1888 votes
over Representative P. H. Stoll, Of
Kingstree, for congress.
The totals reported to Secretary
Edmunds were:
For Governor: . Blease, s5,ss4;
Mcleod, 100.114.
For state superintendent Of ed
ucation: Hope, 184.s7S; swearin-
gen. 1856.
For congress: Gasque, 1862:
stoll, 1898.
The following is the tabulation
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ARMS REDUCTIONS

| The nations really are reducing
their armament. According to
reports filed at Genoa, Japan has
reduced her, naval tonnage 50 per
cent from its war figure. Great
| aBrHain 90 per cent, Italy 4s per
cent and France Sc per cent. Thus
The cuts agreed upon at the Wash
ington conference are being made,
in some cases with good measure.
In land armament, too, there is
revision downward. France re-
ports s0o.oeo fewer men under
arms, with her military service cut
in half. italy has reduced her
period of service and made a con-
siderable reduction in numbers.
sPofana's army. lafelysYegarded as a
menace te European peace, is
down from 100000 to 2se.8e9.
The British army. is greatly
Japan announces de-
ecrease, without particulars.
Here is real progress in disarm-
Iament, with diminished tax bur-
|dens and less menace to peace. But
there is no Stopping Neither by
=iAnd nor sea does the movement go
SO faa, as the peace promoters and
5the public would like. And it is
observable that reductions in arm
'ament by land and sea are accom-,
plished, especially among the big
powers. by conspicuous expansion
of aeEial armament.
aIest o9 the war experts are
agreed thatswaIs hereafter VIII be
settled IN the air: And plans for
regulating air fleets by internation-
al action are stiH ssaup in the air..
Something will have to he done
about that, and more viii have to,
be done about land forces, before
there can be any Insurance against
another general conflict
!. ~
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-09-23
FUEL ECONOMY

y.A ldfSe SScliOn 81 the ndtiondt
txposisien OF chemical industries
row open In New York is desDted
10 fuel economy devices. There is
always much in the chemical show
whach is Of interest only TO spe-
csaAsts, but among the matters of
ssneral public interest this one Of
fuel efficiency leads.
sIt is difficult to imagine any
good resulting from the coal strike
or the muddle in which that in
d.,stry stands most Of the time, exc
cept q complete reorganization OF
coal mining and distributing
methods. Yet there is one other
possible benefit. That is the turn
ing of expert attention to conser-
vatlon Of such fuels as are already
known. through more efficient use
of them, and the discovery of new
tuel sources.
Exhibits at the exposition are
said TO demonstrate efficient burn
irg OF ccai. coke, gas and oil. the
cheaper generation Of steam, new
types Of power house equipment
and naay improvements on sss-
TENS now in use. Campaigns
against the smoke nuisance in cities
have helped along the movement
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-09-23

for modern and economical corr
sumption methods in industrial
plants.
The domestic heating plant still
needs great deal of improving,
and if the chemical exposition
demonstrations are made known
and taken to heart by householders
and house builders. some Of these
desirable changes should come
about seon
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-09-23

not less thar two bales ofcettou:
This is certainly a handsome pio-
fit on an investnaent OF less thar
$50 for poison and labor Farmers
who plan to plant cotton next
year should familiarize th.nsesves
with the methods of using calcium
arsenate, for it is only by aehtiag.
the weevil thatscotton can be pre-
duced at psefitss
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-09-23
NEW POWER
PROJECT FOR
iAF An4 M

Washington, Sept. THE liz
cense for a power project on the
choctowhatchee River was grant
ed to the city OF Dothan. Ala. By
the federal power commission An
earth dam about one mile longswisI
.3o-f,.iH
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vANTED-Ladies to come and
see my line of hats. Hours
$3.50 a. m. to p. m. I have new
stock. Mrs. c. W. McGrew, cor
ner Magnolia and Myrtle SITS.
Phone S79L.
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- Terms:
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Etsrs sunsealent lnsertion =. Sc SO
Contracts for three months or
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speet viii be charged for.
The Sumter Watchman was
yoanaed in 1859 and the True;
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bsnsdseirculation and influence .of
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ifssfly the best advertising medium
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CHARGED
WITH FORGERY

Greenville.. S. c.. Sept. 20-Plans
are being made by federal officers
to bring to trial at the term of
the Federal Court opening here Oc-
tober 9, the case of Capt. Sam
Buckley. formerly Of the United
States Veterans Hospital at Camp
Sewer, who is charged with for
gerry Of government compensation
checks.
The officer is charged In three
indictments with alleged forgeries
in seventeen cases. Of cornpensa-
ton checks belonging TO three pa
tients at the hospital. the total
amount being approximately S1.360.
In smoky Pattsburg, man works
in his bathing SCOT,
A girl who was too skinny says
the shimmy is gone for good.
Oyster soup is hack. says our dry
cleaner.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-09-23

Charter No. 1oseo Reserve District No 8
go :. REPORT OF CONDITION OF
National Bank Of South Carolina of Sumter.
ATsUMTER SOUTH CAROLINA
Business September Is, 1922
1. a Loans including redis-
counts, acceptances of sssSs
with Endorsement of this
those shown in b and
9 l~slzSz'zs aorSaa.
. overdrafs unsecured. 81 $50 5soss=.s s5sosss
4 u S. Government securities owned:
Deposited to secure circulation O. S.
b All other United States Govern
securities Cncludng premiums,
s. bonds securities, assoooo
Banking House 10 ss15511s; Furniture and fix
s. Lawful reserve
..s n from ssss.l $50
H. Amount due from banks, bankers.
companies United States toher than
in eas S2S
- ener reporting bank 1other than Item 12o esss77
a. miscellaneous sGa a'eaa eash items
% Ssoensa3a g. s. Treasurer
Total =---.==..
Capital 500 eetoos
IS Surplus s1nsIssss fund naaf;t.
:
90 Circulating notes outsanding g--.-.-szs lsess5ees
Amour Reserve deferred
= snsss s:sssss 3. J. s.ss.. ssss 1sssss.
bankers, and trust
panies in
eoher than included in Items 21 or 10 541172
outstanding 1s81e4S
25 Cashiers checks outstanding
of ~
Demand deposits
TO witin 80
,85i.31s
pledge of assets of this bank surety
s0 Dividends unpaid 420
Total of demand deposits fother
deposits3 subject to
Items 26 ~ %, 20. SO.
44e. 10
Time deposits subject to epasabae
subject to 80 days notice and
savings
(other than for
5rowed) 49, sIz sSs
county.
pledge 500 0oE
s4 Other time deposits
deposits subject to
Reserve. 50, 6s2, s
Total
State OF south Carolina County OF Sumter. ss:s
EARLE ROWLAND. c4ahkz
18th
" YATES JRs Notary
corTect-Attest:
s~s MITefE14s u s RaIRaa lssv1.
G. .RoWIANp:
lsBAL, szs
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In smoky Pattsburg, man works
in his bathing SCOT,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-09-23

Oyster soup is hack. says our dry
cleaner.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-09-23

A girl who was too skinny says
the shimmy is gone for good.
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us not recall the comparatively ie"
exceptions.
Citizens of every degree of CONS
pctence loaned and sacrificed, pre-
cisely in the same spirit that our
armed forces went out for service.
The war spirit impelled. To a war
necessity there was but one answer,
/ but a. peace bestowa1 on the ex-
service men, as though the SUI
preme offering could be paid for
with cash, is a perversion Of public
funds, reversal of the policy
which exalted patriotic service in
the past, and suggests that future
defense is to be inspired by COM
pensation rather than conscious
ness to. flag and country.
Must Decrease Burden.
! The pressing problem of the
government is that Of diminish
ing our burdens. rather than add
| ing thereto. 1t is the problem OF
| the world. War inflations and war
expenditures have unbalanced bud
gets and added to Indebtedness un-
til the whole world is staggering
under the load. We have been
driving in every direction to curtail
our expenditures and establish
economics without impairing the
essentials Of governmental activi-
ties. 1t has been a difficult and
unpopular task. 1t is vastly more
applauded to expend than to de-
ny. After nearly year and
quarter of insistence and psrsua-
sion, with a concerted drive to re-
duce government expenditure in
every quarter possible, it would
wipe out everything thus far ac-
complished to add now this pro-
posed burden. and it would rend
the commitments to economy ana
saving so essential to our future
welfare.
The financial problems of the
government are too little needed
until we are face to face with a
great emergency. The diminish
ing income Of the government. due
to the receding tides Of business
and attending incomes. has been
overlooked momentarily, but can