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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-25
FIGHT MADE ON
CHRISTENSEN

Columbia. Feb. Elf Senator
Christensen doesn't insist on M"
rcsignatiou. ihc scnat" Shnuid m
sist on il. said Senator B"nham.
Of Grcenville. in a speech IN TN"
senate Tuesday. On the rcSlgna' Ion
as chairman Of the finance commit
tcc of the Beaufort senator. the
senate spent all of the morning scS-
sion debating the motion TO accept
the resignation and ii WIS Clear
that the vote would result in ac-
.crrtancc. Senator McColl also ui';t;-
cd acceptance OF til" resignation
and charged that the Beaufort
senator had voted for higher ar-
preparations. Senator Johnston"
of Eevberry. spoke in favor OF the
finance committee cha rInan ana
endorsed his work as leader OF the
senate in government financing
Senator Eonliam's speech dealt
with the charge made by Senator
Christensen in offering his reSiSna-
tion that the senate has been won
lv the business interests rather
than by the agricultural Interests.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-25
UNFURLING
OF THE FLAG
The Anniversary Of Washing
tons Birthday Appropriate
ly Observed

Washington s birthday WAS ap-
propri;ttely observed Yesterday at
the public schools. Very interest :
ing exercises were held in the
rooms of the primary and elemen-
tary schools. .lt noon the pupils OF
all the schools assembled on the
campus in front vi the Girls High
school building TO take part IL the
ceremonies of the raising of the
tlag on the very tall pole IN front
OF this building.
The history of the procuring OF
this flag pole is interesting. Last
spring. Dr.. J. a. Mood. chairman
Of the City Board OF Education.
intimated his desire to sec two
aag-poles, worthy vi the name take
the place OF those that were at
that time in front of the BOYS
High school building and the Girls
High school buiiuing. respectively
One afternoon. quite Il number OF
the high school boys responded TO
his invitation. and, under his lead
crship. took trip Of about twenty
miles. bringing back with them the
flag-pole that is IN front OF the
Boys High school guiding. Just as
soon as Mayor jennings heard that
DIR. Mood was looking for flag
pole for he Girls High school
building. he procured one for him.
This is the very tail and graceful
pole which now stands in front Of
the. Girls High school building.
Both of these ilag-polcS were plac-
cd through the courtesy ana ell
cheney of the Sumter Lighting Co.
Manor Jennings was invited to take
part in the brief exercises OF
Yesterday. but had to be absent on
account of professional business.
While the whole school stood at
attention. Or. Mood raised the
very beautiful nas, that. FOR the
rest OF the school day, vas to
spread it's bright beauty to the
balnly brecZes. Every girl aud boy
received lasting impression IRON
.his ceremony. and they will always
have greater appreciation OF the
significance of WashlnStons birth
t!ay and a greater reverence for the
flag Of their country.
When this ceremony was com
pleted, all the pupils were dismiss
cd except the members Of the sec
ond. third. and fourth years OF the
High school. These boys and girls
then entered the auditorium o. the
Girls High Schopf building. where
were held very interesting and very
significant exercises, under the aus
pieces of the Wade hampton Lit
erary Society. in recognition OF the
anniversary Of the birthday of the
Father OF Our Country.
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sews of General Sessions Court.

aIn the case of the State vs.. Rob
rts Lane, colored. tried on the
Rarge of larceny of live stock. a
astral was ordered by adge
.fiipp after the jury had reiHained
4 deliberation for several :shesfrs
nth no evident possibility ean
greemeHt. Lane was charged
sitf. stealing d hog from Mr.. Hex
nan Myers. One distinctive fea-
use of this trial was that the entire
usy was permitted by the coprtkfo
hit the house OF the negro in er-
er that they might see for them
ewes and be better judges of ccr-
am points that had co,ue ap dur
az tsae trial of the case. The jury
aade this trip short time hefote
he adjournment of the court on
,uesday afternoon. -
The case taken UP for trial
Wednesday afternoon and whicl14is
til being tried is the case of The
fste VS.. Robert Ross. white. and
Tack Vaughan and Elijah Rich
rdsen. colored. charged with
euse breaking ard larceny. These
eSsons are alleged TO have be.n
he perpetrators OF the robbery of
ha store Of Mr.. Charlie Gaiilard
Z Dalzeu, the robbery having oc-
urred ON the night oi Octooer III !,
~,l
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WORK ON THE -. :.
BONUS MEASURE

Washington. Feb. 2I.-Tlle seven
Republicans of the House ways and
mems committee who are charged
with solving the problem Of finance
ing the soldiers bonus eypectnnts
get down 10 brass tacks tomoJ.rosr: ;
Chairman Fordncy. said late to1aZ'
after the committeeman bad had"
another generals discussion of Il.S
whole question with Secretary
Mellon. -
The Treasury Secretary was
heard behind closed door but ,he>
Was understood to 'irave. taken sIIt-
siautially the same position that be-
did 1T the open hearings twn'.
weeks ago when he reiterated his :
opposition to . bonus st this time.
but declared that if such }egisla-,
ton was to be passed il should be:
financed by n sales tax or some
other form Of taxation.
FavorS Sales Tax. -. .
Asked what the treasury would >
90 if Congress passed a bonus bill
rs q general charge against the
treasury. Mr.. Melton was said, to,
have replied that, the amount would ;
he paid by issuing short-tern1 .cer1''
'ificates He opposed this form OF
financing. however, on the groupf''
it might affect the interest rate Oh
the refun,ling Of certificates due in,
1928. Some members of the COM
mittce quoted the Secretary as say-,
ing in substance that as between
a sales tax or band-.iSsUe or tire,
bonus he would recommend the for
mrr. 80, =;
Members o: the committee could
.iot anticipate committee action
| b,,t the general belief at the capi-
tol continued to be that some form
Of sales or manufactures tax would,
; be recommended. It was pointed
ont in some quarters that With;
. President Harding. opposed to both
The original tax program suggested
and to the issue of bonds. the field
had been narrowed to a sa]9S tax
or tho dra ftirS OF measure that
would be q general charge or the
treasury. ,.sl.,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-25
Sacred Concert

The sacred concert which Was to
have been given on Monday. Feb
l'uary 81. under the auspices OF the
Junior Guild Of the Episcopal
church has been postponed until
The cvc,.in;; OF Tuesday. February
3S. This vas done for the con-
vcnicuce OF those wishing to at
tend :hc perf"rmanc" :i:cr by
%avlpwa in Columbia or the
tw"nty-@cvcnth.
Among those who will take part
in the Sacred Concert are: Miss
.Auritc Lchby. Mrs. John Ice. Miss
Eva Keller. Miss Pauline HavnS-
worth. Miss Louise Siddall. Mrs. W.
r. Moore. Miss Beatrice Sumter.
Mrs. X J. Alexander, Mrs. ". E.
Lyman. MI Frank Butler. Mr.. l..
G. Noise and Mr. w. r. Moore.
There will ALSO be chorus given
by members of the Woman's After
noon Music Cl@h The concert
will bo given at 81 Tuesday even
! it.g. Feb. IS. in the Church Of the
Holy Comforter
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JEWISH RE
!1yEF FUND
Local Committee Working to
Raise Sumtcr's Quota

The ,.utnlniltr":4 IN charge OF can
vasSirS Sumter county for he .I"w-
isl, Relief Fund llavc rIct WITH
success ~ every hand. 'tb" pepl le
. of sumter county have realized tJi,
iln npriling necessity of contributing
as largely as Their means would
pcl-tnit to th' Sultcrin;; peoples in
Russia. and whilc tho f.rlld heina
! raised is designated aS :ht JsE-i$h
Relief fund. the money viii be
spent indiScI'iuii1atc!y - relieve
! starvation and suffering in The fam
inc stricken portions OF Russia re-
GardIcss Of race, or religion. and
wherever necessity is the greatest.
The committees SO fan report Sat
nearly 5000 havc hecn sui s..
cd and paid in. and ti4a; $3.poo.
! rhr marx SGT AS SunIt.:t.: quota.
will certainty be reached VI b.n il
is taken into consideration that
10000 children a,ouc have starved
20 death. there is little reason TO
wonder that the people OF Sumter.
, even in thcSe distressing times,
have deprived Themselves of some
! of the ltxuiics OF life in order 20
provide sustcnance for thcs" p"o-
pie IN such a pitiab)c condition in
Russia.
Nj George -. Levy. ch:lirnian n
for Sumter county. announces that
the list OF In" subscribers to thi:
fund viii hc published IN tho sum
tor Daily Iter in the iSS;Ie IF T,l.%-
day. he 2St!l OF February.
it has been impossible 20 sec
everybody who would like 10 sub
scribe. and any who have not been
approached by n member Of one
ono OF tho committees. may make
contributions to any of the follow
! ing: y. c. Phelps, S. II. Edmunds,
Barlow Walsh. =. r. Chandler. s.
l.. Roddcy. $. O'Quinn. H. L. With
crspoon. ". Goldberg. H. G. Ostecn.
II. y. Moses. Louis Lyon. Dr. +.
Is. Iirsch. G.. j.. Hurst. j. A. Nc
!! Knight. W. N. Levi, i. y. jennings
/. {. Strauss or George d. Levy.
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Death

News has been received in Sum-
ter of the death Of Mr.. Jack II.
Wooten. who died in Nashville.
Tenn. at 7:40 o'clock Tuesday
morning. The numerous friends
which this man made during his
stay here some three years ago
will deeply regret 10 learn, of his
death. Mr.. Wooten was connected
with the firm ot Morris & Company
and worked in Sumter as a repre-
sentative Of this company until his
transfer to Nashville. He WAS a
Mason, member of Seymour
Council r. and S. NJ. of Omar Tenn
pie and Il member of the Sumter
Shrine Club.
The funeral services are to be
held in Smith Grove. Ky, The old
home of Mr.. Wooten.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-25
IMPROVEMENTS
AT POCALLA
New Wells Being Bored and
Several Improvements Arc
Under Way at Sumtcr's
Popular Resort

Mr.. N. IT, Beck. owner OF 70
Gala Springs, in keeping with bis
past policy Of each Year making
this popular pleasure resort litb"
better than the preceding year. has
begun the improvements of this
wear which arc TO consist. according
to hiS present plans. in the boring
OF six new artes!an wells. the
building of additional terraces up
on the hillside in order that grass
might be planted. the building OF a
drinking fountain, and the putting
in of Il number of new swings tor
the pleasure of all visitors 10 Pocal-
Ia.
CONSIDERED, difficulty WAS net
with in he boring Of the first we'll.
although good flow of water WAS
obtained AT tho oepth OF little
over 300 feet. The flow Of this
we'll is estimated ut about 10 gal
Ions Of water per minute. Work
on this we'll WAS begun about TWO
weeks ago and all labor rewarded
hv the water which was struck on
last Friday. Immediate work was
then begun on the second Well
The work of boring these wells is
in charge of Nh r. Lee Jackson.
who is quite experienced In work
Of this nature. having been IN tl'l*
line of work for many years.
The Pocalla of old times has pre-
viously been supplied with water
from six larE" wells from which
the total of ~, 900 gallons Of water
flows each huur 1t is now the hope
OF Mr.. Beck TO increase this flow
just double bj the putting down of
six additional wells.
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Lyceum Members Enjoy Concert


The members OF the Sumter
f.vccum were most pleasantly en-
tcr,aincd .'riday evening 10y con-
cert given by The Kaufman Male
Quar,ette in the auditorium of the
Girls t'ig!, school. The luartettc.
which is under the Piednon; Ly-
ccIiiu circuit. WAS composed OF
MesSrs. Walter Steineckcr, tenor:
John Brigham. fenor: Arthur
Era eclInann. baritone. and Cort-
land Barker. haSSo. Mabel Kelly
Stcincckcr. wife Of Mr.. Walter
Stcinccker. furnished the accom-
paniments for the 4uartctte and III
addition gave d number of delight
ful readings and also number Of
song selections.
The repertoire of the quart"ttc
ranged from the heavier selections
of tho operas to their light. hu
,uorouS aud character SONGS which
in al made up Very highly en-
joy:,blc program. and one which app
pcalcd 10 the general public.
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tax He said he dlJ not for 4 mo
nlent think The defeat of the hydro
electric lax Was q triumph Of LII
mess over Agriculture He said he
was q friend Of agriculture and
would ever be and declared that
thing bu, DEATHS l!and could OBJ
litcr;4tr lie friendship h"t&".,n Nr.
Christensen and himself. II" said
C,-istensen's patriotism tor South
Carolina had ever been spotl.:ss and
stainless and that hr would c'sr
rcmembcr tn. friendship and =; at
work Of thc scnnt"r from Ec:G:f"'t.
Wnnld BE Great Loss.
Senator christensen said the
recommendation Of Mr johnston"
was reward enough for any ser-
vice in the state. H.. said his state
mcut was MT mad" in amy :tav in
regard to Senator .Iohn$ton"'s rtic
on the hydro electric tax bitl.
Senator Frank Watkins Of An-
dcrson said to accept tly" rcsicia-
ton ut thjs timn would hc an ::'Ic-
parable loss to the S"n:it" and the
state of South Carolina and n" ni'S-
ed that it not be accepted. =" SAID
Mr.. Christ StenScn had the fl:li con
fidencc Cf the senate and he 1inn t
sec any Obligation upon Mr.. t'',:>-
tcuscn to r"sic,I because oe ar:
tlisH crt~,mCnt.
Senator Duncan said the matter
4. nd 1ta.
thought = vote nf coufid"rrr world
cause Mr.. Christensen TO think o.cr
the matter and reconsider 30 tifEk
over the matter and reconsider. nc
said no comittcc could run the scil-
alto and declared that Il unanimous
vote Of confidence was all the Scn-
atc could do. Ilc declared I" So
cure a chairman in plac" OF Mr.
ChristcnSrn would hc q. very hard
.matscr. The reSi:nati"H WAS not
fat, and not right to both Mr..
christensen and the senate. Mr..
Duncan declared 1t WAS upon mo-
ton nf Senator Duncan that the
unanimous vote was talI"n. only
about half OF the senators wer"
present. and this caused Senator'S
Duncan to remari; that tho S"nat"
seats were well filled. but not by
senators. Visitors occupied the
seats
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Death.

Little Ladson Boyle. The sev"n-
esr-oId son of Mrs. w. L. Boyle.
led Thursday morning at O'Clock
IL the Herman Hospital in Ealti-
aore. Although the little fellow
,ad been taking treatment in Bal
in,ore for almost a year. his sud
on death came as "A distinct and
nexpcctcd shock to even the fam
IL of the little boy. The sympathy
+ many friends is extended to this
an,i,y in their loss Of this little lad.
IL notice OF the funeral Will u"
nade later.
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The French Debt to Is.

NCWS ana courier.
Louis Loucheur. who was q, mem
hcr Of The French cabinet up TO .
few weeks $50 and who is general
~ considered the best authority on
I':cncii finances. says bluntly that
Franco can never pay her debt to
the United States. Il say plainly,
declares NJ. Louclleur. that l bc-
lievc We Will never be able to pay
"a sou 20 America. America
pay in goods ON account Of the Gus :
has all the gold and we never could
toms barriers raised by the United
States itself.
N. .I.ouchcur made this state
mcnt at banquet in Lyons at the
same time expressing the hope that
tn. Americans who were present
would cable his words to this coun-
.rr. \ few days before in an inter
view he bad spoken even more
plainly ON tni:, OCCASION ic said !:
on ask US to pay our var debts.
We cannot pay. We cann;u pay
now and we cannot pay ever : The
Only possible way.in which we ever
could pay is in our goods, and you
will not take our goods. We can
not pay in our currency. You
wont take that. You demand gold
:tn,i You have all the gold in the
world in your vaults. And now YOU
prepare to erect n tariff WA, around
your country that will still more
completely bar our goods.
Probably cnnSidera hle number
of Americans will rcSeEt NJ. Louch-
ours remarks. and. despite the fact
that he is not Il member of the
ministry. and therefore. cannot be
said to speak for the French gov
crnmcnt. his statement will not tend
To improve relations between this
country and Franco. Nevertheless. II
is altogether likely that what he
SAYS is true. Much Of it. Of course.
is obviously tru" France has rot
the necessary gold: she can pay
only III goods. and We will not let
fe.r pay in this way We may have
a vague idea that later on refundins
will be possible Eut what is there
To base this hope upon?
". Louchcur'S logic is irresistible
aud wc may 1s we'll recognize its
force. Nor is nythinS tangible to he
gained by insisting that France
should apply in n more thorough
going fashion same logic TO the d"ht
which Germany owes her in the
Will hc necessary to preserve for
some tim. longer the fiction that
the French debt to America will
be paid. but the chances are that
he most practical and sensible
thing that Americans can do is to
make u study uf the islands in the
West indies which now owe allrSl-
;incc to France With a view to de-
t"rmininc whether we should care
to have them or not. whether they
would be of considerable valu" tn
us. and whctIlcr their transfer to
the American flag is practicable
now or may be practicable at some
time in tho comparatively near fu-
tIrc IL it is possible to square Our
account With France by acquiring
thcSc iSla,id which may he OF much
Importance in relation to the Iana
ma tanal. this Viii probably be the
/, hest arrangement We can make.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-25
Elack and Tans Leaving Ireland

Dublin. Feb. "a party Of de-
nohiliZtd ''I!lack and TanS' march
ed {" Dublin railways station the
other day singing to a wcll-knpwn
tune Che words: Docs anyone
want 10 &c; 'iillcd before We CO.
Tile crowd rct;:llated with :hc
chorus; popular in childrcn'S games:
See H.. robbers passing by.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-25
Russia RcSains Older Customs

Moscow. Jan. 2S-Th" gallant
manners of old Russia are coming
back rapidly. Men again kiss thr
hands of women acquaintauccs
wuen they meet in the streets. Too.
when men ride With women in
slciShs about the city they put
their right arnl about the :sonI;n :
wais;. os;cnsibly to hold thcn in
be Slt.igh
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-25
TREATY HELD Up
Senator Lodge Pays Visit to
White House

SrcsS of the four power paciiic
treaty in the senate again WAS IN
terruptcd today while admini>ira-
ton leaders conferred among
themselves and prepared to seek
the advice of President Harding
whether to acccrt the blanket res
ervation proposed 10y those who are
opposing upreserved ratification
Contrary 20 the expectation OF SELL
ators who had sponsored the res
ervation. administration acceptance
vas withheld at today's session OF
the foreign relations committee
and Senator Lodge of M;isSachu-
scttS. Republican leader and COM
mittce chairman. arranged 10 con-
fer tomorrow morning with the
president Republican committee
members supporting the rcscrva-
ton still predicted tonight that
both Mr.. Lodge and Mr.. Harding
eventually would decide not 10 in-
tcrposc serious orpo.ition.
Heretofore officials close TO the
president have declared that he
held strongly 10 the opinion that
no reservations were ncccssar" al
though at the same tine ii said
that he did not desire 10 become n
Sticklcr for senate acceptance OF
the treaty without the dotlinS of
an - or the crossing OF 4.
His decision is expected to hinge
on whether the proposed rcscrva-'
ton which provides that every adj
juatmcnt reached under the treaty
shall be subject TO the review Of
con:rcS>. inHairS or cmharraS*cs
the purposes OF the four power ar
ranScmeDtS.
1t is ,."t considered unlikely that
the whole senate situation will
also be taken irto consideration
10y President Harding and Senator
Ledge before they adopt course
Of action. With administrator ac-
ccptance OF the blanket rcScrva
ton assured it is conceded that the
committee Will he in position to
vote promptly and almost unani-
mously q favorable report on the
report on the treaty itself. Fut
with :nat acceptance withheld. il
is fnc apparent purpose of :hr
rcScrva!ioniStS to attempt TO put
through The committee a series Of
more specific qualifications leading
delay.
orc of these supplemental res
ervat.ons attempting 10 define in
detail tho term right" rs used
in :hc treaty. WAS put into the
committee hopper today by senator
johnson {Eepubltca,D of Cali
forn:u Like the blanket res
crvation offered by Senator Hran-
deGcc Republican, of Connecticut
it went over without ACTON pond
in. Mr.. lodges visit to III" White
House.
While the committee continued
It's deliberations on the four pow
~, pact today tho *cnatc began de-
bate on The separate trc:itT bctW""iI
the United States and japan rclat-
ing to Yap aud other German is
lands in the Pacific. Mr.. Lodge
explained the treaty at length.
charactcriZin- it as securing all
the rights tho United States cv"r
desired in th" smaller German is
luuflS and Senator franco (I,cDllip-
licanl OF Maryland attacked il rs
u r"p,diation of republican plat
f"rl'i pledges and :; part of q
league of nations plan" which
woulh lay the foundation for . new
world War