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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-31
Want Standardization

Washington, May 2S.-Standard-
ization in the lumber industry Is
expected to result from the fcur
day conference of lumbermen just
completed here. according to a
statement issued tonight by Secfe-
tary Hoover, summarizing the re-
suits Of the meeting.
The conference, he said. decided
to accept the agency OF the Ma
tional Manufacturers Association,
in obtaining appointment CT com
mittee from all groups introduced
in lumber production and is con-
yersing, with a view to the deli
mite adoption of standardized
nomenclature, grades. quality,
marking and practices. Necessary
technical Investigations in the va
rious branches Of the trade will be
made during the summer. Nh. Hoo
yer said, and it is expected that q
final conference will be held III
the early fall for the creation OF
a definite organization.
Mr.. Hoover proposed at the con-
ference that a national system Of
inspection and certification sh Id
he created by the industry to m
brace all the lumber trade with a
view TO affording all possible pro-
lection to the consuming public
as we'll as to avoid unnecessary
confusion in the trade itself.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-31
A GOOD RECOVERY

The business recovery is slow
discouragingly SO, at times. But is
ii really so slow at it seems?
What nearly all who discuss
the matter fail to realize" says the
bulletin of a big trus company, us
that the recoveries after previous
periods of business stagnations UNI
d%oubtedly seemed at the time ever
slower. more spottv and more
gravely threatened with a relapse
than this one does now
In other words, business is re-
covering with unprecedented speed.
Very likely it is recovering quite as
rapidly as is good for it. # the
convalescence We're any more rapid,
there would be reasonable fear OF
q dangerous relapse.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-31
coan1EncE WITH CONSCIENCE

When President Harding said the
other day that one Of the great
needs was for conscience in bust
ness. he touched a chord which re-
spends in the hearts OF most Amer
leans. When the phrase business
Is business, is used to cover fraud.
to excuse greed or dishonesty or the
exploitation of the weak, the Amer
lean who hears it so used is always
conscious Of any uneasy feeling, Of
a belief, though it be unformulated
even 10 himself, that there is some
thing unsound about the business
which requires that phrase for its
apologia.
Il do not think any business can
permanently succeed that is not
honest. And do not think any
enterprise ought to succeed that is
not honorable" said the President.
And if you will combine honesty
ard homo, that enterprise which
makes such a slogan will stand un-
challenged before the world"
There is one fundamental that
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-31
SAFER RADIO

Radio enthusiasts will be inter-
ested-and their parents comforted
by the announcement of a new
receiving device without aerials.
The apparatus is said to solve the
receiving problem by means of sew
eral yards of wire tackled on the
back Of the cabinet. If the thing
is as simple as that. the idea will
soon be adopted generally, by man
ufacturers and amateurs. and wires
strung in the back yard, on the
roof and between houses will soon
disappear.
The danger from these elevated
serials is only beginning to be APP
preciated. In cities they m found
frequently strung up in such prox-
unity to electric light, telephone
and high tension wires that con-
tact might easily be established at
any time. giving somebody a fatal
shock. Several deaths from this
cause have been recorded already.
In many cities the authorities are
kept busy removing amateur aerials
from dangerous locations. Why
use them at all, if they're not
needed?
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-31

we ought never forget. No law can
ever be enacted or any substitute
ever found for the reward OF merit.
I, is the ssence of our social life;
il is fundamental in u religious
life. And I am quite sure there a
be no abiding reward without mer-
it, and I am equally sure that there
can be but little of merit without
prospect of reward" 49,
Regardless of ones possible
agreement or disagreement with
President Harding in political mat
ers. when it comes down TO this
matter of business morals, every
American who is worth the name
heartily subscribes to this doctrine,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-31
Opposes Free Range

Columbia, May 26.-Stating def
nitely that he is una1terably oppos-
ed to free range but that he
would give their arguments careful
consideration and come TO some
final conclusion in a week or ten
days, was the decision reached
by Governor Harvey today after he
had heard the pleas Of delegation
Of prominent Berkeley County citl-S
,Zens asking that the act, passad at
the last session of the general as
sembly, exempting a certain por-
ton Of the county from the provis-
ions OF the statewide stock Jaw
until 1923, be signed by the gev-
ernor.
The delegation, composed OF oc-
tavus Cohen, J. a. Harvey, G. NJ.
Virgins, j. Russell Williams, M.
NJ. Murray and d. Nick. Winter,
argued that the cattle in the terri
tory affected were very poer and
that the meager price brought by
them would not justify the owners
in fencing in their land. The gov,
ernor was in sympathy with their
condition, but he had to give the
matter careful study before he act
ed. This bin, with two others OF:
similar import, + a heritage from
Governor Cooper's administrators
The statewide stock law which
would be extended in the case OF
Berkeley was passed at the 1921
session Of the general assembly
after a memorable fight, aaAWas
signed by Governor Cooper March
.. 1921.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-31
GoLFfNG IN A GARDEN.

IF some of you golfers could go
oat into the garden before break
fast and pick your. own strawber-
ries, rosya and sweet from the plant,
yoa would realize the pleasure OF
goiing in a garden" says j. Horace
MeFarlafd, editor Of Country Life.
@You ecoufd loaf IN the shady cor
nerssofayour garden just as you do
at the club house. You could have
yonr own. fresh. red tomatoes and
tender roasting corn just from the
stalk. All this for the price of two
golf ballsEtwo OF those that you
lost.
You don't know the JOY of eat
ing until you have tasted such
food. It's not the same that you
get down town. The more you
have to fghtffhe tomato bugs, the
better those tomatoes get. Your
garden makes a little more of heav-
en- on earth. and it has no nine
teenth hole, either"
All very true. Yet it may not
appeal to golfers. Golf, like fish
ing ana yachting, seems somehow
Incompatible with gardening.
Weather that is particularly good
for one is usually good for the 9TH
er, and the sportsman follows his
natural bent. Golfers will be golf
ers to the end. The only way to
make one into a gardener is tc
catch ham before he learns the lure
Of the links. It might help, though,
to establish d standard set of natty
gardening clothes. and arrange that
the amateur gardeners should do
their gardening in small groups.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-31
TREATIES

Americans learn with surprise
that the treaties resulting from the
washington arms conference are
not yet in effect, and are not likely
to be for some time to come. They
do not become operative until all OF
the signatory powers have ratified
them and exchanged notifications.
and the United States is the only
one of the five big powers that has
taken the necessary steps.
Japan has ratified the shantuhg
agreement, and is erected 70 rati-
fy the important five-power naval
reduction treaty and four-pewer
Pacific treaty at any time. But
when Greas Britain. france and
Italy viii ratify is problematical.
There is even a possibility that
France may never do so at all, for
that country seems strangely in
clned Of late to play e lone hand in
international Affairs. and she gave
her preliminary assent at Washing
ton unwillingly.
Why the powers should delay
action is not explained. They have
been busy with the Genoa confer
ence, bl that hardly accounts for
50 long a delay. They have had
time enough to ratify. if they
vented to, in these four months.
There is some ground for suspect
ing that perhaps they want to pun
ish Uncle Sam a little. for his re-
fusal to ratify a certain other treaty
and his disinchnation to participate
more fully in international affairs.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-31
A TRUCE In EUROPE.

Europe, as Represented at Genoa,
agreed to one thing, at any rate,
besides its adjournment to the
Hague. The nations pledged them
selves unanimously to a period Of
non-aggression against each other.
The period is rather absurdly
short-only eight months instead of
the 10 or Is years that Lloyd
George wanted-but that is better
than nothing. and a good start to-
ward something worth while.
It strikes many Americans with
surprise that it should be thought
! necessary to declare such a truce.
The nations have not been fighting
lately. The scattered fires left by
the big war seemed to be dying out.
! But talk OF war has moi died out:
ana Utilities, lAS nSlfUIilettS ana
also the provokers of war, have
, not disbanded. With the failure to
accomplish anything at Genoa in
the way of constructive coopera-
ton. it is we'll to have this short
respite guaranteed. before any
possible iunging of the nations at
each others Threats again.
The eight months are for con-
ference, at the Hague and possibly
elsewhere. There would hardly
have been any war in 1914 if the
nations had taken eight months to
talk over the situation. Now it is
not so much a question Of stopping
q war already prepared but OF
removing causes--largely economic
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PROBABLE
COTTON CROP
FAILURE
.iay & Co., Reverse Estimate,
Saving That Only Prospect
For Moderate Yield Lies
in Perfect Weather
Conditions

New York. May 26.-Therc are
two major factors operating to
maintain the present price Of cot
ton and to establish higher prices
as the season progresses. The onr
is the u%nsarisfied deferred demand
for the remnant OF past crops. and
the other. weather perilS and boil
weevil menace TO the new crop how
only partially planted. During the
East two months, students OF the
cotton situation have been per-
picked by reason Of the inG!ifar-
ence Of consumers to the constant
~ diminishing serve and their
strange conviction that political
disorders in Western Europe are
potent of the inability Of the peo-
pie Of the world TO procure the es-
sentials of life. National economy
is disorganiZed in more than one
country, but the people OF all ma
tons have 4 considerable meas
ure Of prosperity and the satisfac-
ton Other simple wants is q po-
tential economic force. Reserves
Of raw cotton and it's products have
gradually been reduced, as these
wants have been supplied, until now
we are on the verge Of actual eX-
haustion.
At no time since the Civil War
have the worlds cotton resources
been so uncertain, and the imme-
date future promises little relief
from anxiety. The American cot
ton crop this year is seriously inn
periled. 1t now seems evident that
the area planted is not likely to ex-
coed greatly the area planted last
wear. The weather in the west has
the boil weevil SO numerous
that they are already destroying
part Of the crop by feeding upon
tender leaves of %sprouting plants.
In three states only, Arkansas. Mis-
sissippi and North Carolina are
crop conditions reasonably normal.
The only prospect tor a moderate
yield lies in perfect growing wealth
er hencefcrt,,. II such weather be
not vouchsafed. another crop fail
ure in the United States c%onfronts
the cotton industry. In view OF the
worlds nov steady increasing need
for American cotton. the situation
produced by such a crop failure
would be economically disastrous.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-31
Cooper Declares &
Trade is Better

Columbia, May 26.-Trade AID
industrial conditions throughout
the nation. particularly the south.
show an optimistic tone, IS the
n essage brought home by former
Governor Robert a. Cooper, new
member Of the Federal Farm Loan
Board. when he reached the city
TODAY for a weeks stay before "a
swing through the southeast on
an inspection of farm loan banks.
The former executive IS looking
we'll and said that while he had
assumed his duties, he was far
from halter broke He is ex-
tremely pleased with his new po-
sition, particularly from the view
point Of service to the farmres Of
the south, and is very outspoken as
to the cordially Of his associates
on the board.
Governor Cooper said that he
had not yet secured suitable living
quarters for his family. MRS. Coop
or preceded him to Columbia sew
eral days ago. Mrs. Cooper and
the children will reside with Mrs.
Cooper's relatives at Gaifney until
the fall months after leaving the
Governors mansion June o. The
former executive and his family
are now busiiy packing prepare
tory to departure.
The former governor told his
newspaper friends that he would
give out a statement relative 70
the last eighteen pardons issued by
him just as he was leaving office.
He expects to do this in the next
few days. These have been Sc
verely criticized by the, press OF the
state. He thinks he can brush
away the cobwebs. This he can n
doubtedly do in most Of the cases
but at least in three of them he
will have to remain silent because
of the situation surrounding them,
as his newspaper friends mere
know and his newspaper friends
cannot exploit them.
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THE NET FIGHT

|H.-EEsS
is Becoming plain that there is
good deal of fight left IN the vets.
Elections IN many places this fan
win hang on the question whether
sdvssabse TO modify the Vol
stead Act.
Behind al the noise rsade by the
patrons OF boosIcggess, behind all
ae talk that nlpre drinking s
gong on aah ever before" stand
she cold, hard facts Of the benefits
eounlry asa whole has already
experienced because of prohibition.
4sanfed that in some would-be
smart circles a grea1 deal Of drink
ms S still going ri and a great
deal of Illicit trade, it IS still true
Fs,af OUTSIDE Of these noisy circles
Iess drinking IS beng done than
ever before, ane that little is de-
1etE.E a.
sreasing as private stocks fade
AMY, ana as knowledge of poison
60 aooze apseads among the people.
The health Of this country was
better last Year than ever before.
ghe period OF depression caused
ess paapesasm and misery because
more peeale Lao savings than ever
bsfere. Crime. though prevalent
enough, is less SO than in drinking
countries.
1t is too soon to know whether
she Voistead Act IS a wholly wise
provision or not. An experiment
on such an enormous scale as the
nrohibition experiment cannot be
Worked out in less than five or ten
years. Enforcement, ene might say.
IS Just beginning. Public opinion.
uncertain as first, is just beginning
tosraily actively to the support of
the law.
II, after the test has been fairly
made. it seems wise to make the
further trial of modifying the Vol
stead Act. that viii be another
mater. For the present, it would
seem better to stand pat on the
Act as it is, and to assist enforce
naent of it as it stands, until the
public has a chance to see what
Il s like when it is enforced as it
was intended to be.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-31
GANG SPIRIT GONE RIGHT

4 group of boys in an average
residence community. had made
themselves a pirates den with
boards and shingles pilfered from
various building operations in the
neishborhood and from the cellars
OF their own homes. To live up TO
their name they carried on pratt
cal exploits involving the disap-
rearance Of a gallon Of ice cream
intended for some ones party, the
entire crop from a neighbor's peach
tree. and a pie set on a window sill
70 cool. None of the boys were
bad individually, but as a gang
they lived in a dream world of
adventure which carried them in
TO serious mischief.
Then came the big fight when
the gang came into conflict with a
bunch from another part Of town.
Stones flew. windows e broken,
eyes were blacHened and general
damage done. Parents all along the
blocks involved suddenly realized
that they had a situation to con-
tend with.
There was one father who didn't
condemn the gang. In fact, he con-
fessed to approving of a gang. only
he felt that this particular gang
lad started off on the wrong foot.
He had a friend at the 7. NJ. C. A.
who knew about boxing. baseball,
basketball and other valuable
sports. First thing the pirates
knew, they were working their
heads off to earn the money need
ed to join the association. There
GIlCl (iICs WSi So loh0i uP N@SAi
swimming contests. basketball
games. hikes and such affairs that
they just didn't have a minute left
for stealing pie or smashing vim
dows.
It is an old story with many well
known variations. It isn't always
the "Y" leader who comes to the
rescue. The supervised public play
ground. the Boy Scout movement,
the well managed public park, the
parent who points the way unob-
trusively to the right o of ac-
tivity. all play important roles in
making the gang spirit and bound
less energy of boyhood forces for
safe and happy growth.
~
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-31
FULMER WILL RUN

Columbia, May 81. H. p.
Fulmer of Orangeburg, congress
man from the Seventh district,
yesterday filed his pledge as a can
didate to succeed himself in the
Democratic primary this summer.
The pledge was filed with Gen.
Willie Jones. treasurer Of the party
in South Carolina. SO far Mr..
Fulmer is the only announced and
qualified candidate for congress.
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Cot Away Again.

A station-master hearing a ter
rife crash rushed out OF his Office
lust in time to see a train dlsap-
nearing round the curve, while
among a number Of overturned
milk-cans at the extreme end OF
the platform there sprawled a hat
less and disheveled young man.
whats the matter? Was he
trying to catch the train?" asked
the bewildered station-master of
a small boy who was standing
near by.
"He did catch it." explained the
boy, but it got away again
EX.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-31

Atlanta, Ga, May ga fore
cast of gradual, but steady I'M
provement in business conditions
throughout the country, and a sug-
sestion that Georgia pass a law
permitting farmers to plant cotton
only in alternate years were heard
by delegates at the concluding SEES
sion of the Georgia Bankers AS
sociation here today. ,
The forecast came from Eugene
Meyer. Jr., managing director OF
the War Finance Corporation, VINO
addressed the convention M the
suggestion was made by II. P.
Hunter, an Elberton, Ga, banker,
who was elected president OF the
association. Mr.. Hunter proposed
that the cotton planting restriction
be imposed by counties. which he
said ould have a tendency TO de-
stroy the weevil as we'll as to pre-
vent too large a surplus OF the
commodity.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-31

Anderson. May 2S.-J. f. Wool
bright, 80. constable TO his father.
a magistrate, was shot twice and
instantly killed last night at Town
vile. by a neishbor, Press Tucker.
in whose company he had spent
most of the day. A jury Of in
Quest found that Woolbright met
his death at the hands of Tucker,
who early today was lodged in the
county Jail.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-31
Reason for the Revision of Our
CrOD ReDOrt

Mr. Leon NJ. Esterbrook of the
department of Markets and Crop
Estimates Of the Department Of Ag-
.riculture has advised us that the
tentative par for the calculation Of
cotton crop production should be
221.5 pounds per acre for May, in
stead of 237.7 as earlier estimated
by the department. In view of this
change, we r obliged to reduce
our estimate Of the indicated crop
based on a condition of IS, and a
contemplated increase in acreage Of
S.per cent. from 10, $3.50, 900 to TO-
$4,000 bales.
J. w. jay & Co.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-31

Washington, May 27.-Reports
are current here that President
Harding is seriously considering
the appointment Of Senator Ed.
Smith. OF South Carolina, to the
additional Federal Reserve Board
membership, created by the re-
Gently enacted legislation which
was initiated by Senator Smith him
self in order to secure the selection
of a farmer for one Of the places
on the board.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-31
Had tn Have Him,

A candidate for municipal hon
ors. irritated by the groans and un-
friendly remarks with which he
was received at one Of his first
meetings, exclaimed furiously: Il
don't care what YOU say: you have
got 20. have me whether you like
me OF not"
why. guv'nor," inquired a placid
individual at the back Of the hall,
You amt the measles. + your
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-31

The concrete base and curbing
for the hard surface highway on
Mayesville road has been laid up
t the town out to the brick yard.
The concrete will be finished to the
city limits this week, if no unfore-
seen delay occure. AS soon as the
concrete is completed the laying
of the asphalt surface will be start
ar
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-31

Columbia. May 29.-Mrs. Fl. Y.
Ealse. a good looking young wo-
man, who says she Is from Peach
tree street, Atlanta, is in Columbia
under bond, pending her prelim-
mary before the recorder on Il
charge Of grand larceny. She is
charged with having stolen a valu-
able ring from Il jewelry store in
the heart of the business section.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-31

Washington, May 29.-The gov
eminent has won in the supreme
court q suit to have the Southern
Pacific company's ownership Of
Central Pacific railways declared
unlawful.
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which might conceivably lead to

which might conceivably lead to
war.
This summer is going to be a
crucial period Tor Europe. and
Indirectly for America. It will de-
termine whether the Old World is
going to profit from the big war
and go forward with wise recon
str,,ction or is going to slip back
ward toward destruction. May the
truce be used wisely.
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Won't Lay Eggs.

Come" said the mother, to her
little girl, you have beer very
naughty, and I'm going TO lock you
up in the chickencoep.'
"All right" said the naughty
little girl. You can lock me up
i'm the chicken-coop ii you like, but
l amt going to lay no eggs.'-
Nv
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-31

In a statement made today the
Chinaman claims that Two negroes
came into his store Saturday night
and attempted to hold him up and
that he rushed TO the back OF n
store, got his pistol and fired at
them. fatally w%ounding the negro
Paul Thomas, who later died at a
local hospital.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-31

Augusta, Ca, May 2S.-Joe
Jones, Il Chinaman, was to-day
charged with murder following the
hearing of a coroner's jury into the
death OF a negro Saturday night,
the testimony of the witnesses
tending to show that the negro was
shot through the heart by n
Chinaman as the result Of a row
over O penny'S change.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-31

Mobile, Ala. May 29.-An inter
cepted radio message from the 4
val air station at Pensacola, pick"
ed up by the battle house wireless
station stated that the pleasure
boat Swan, missing since late yes
terday, with fifty passengers, is
back in Pensacola harbor. No de-
tails are given.