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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-18
STICK. WORK. SAVE

1t is easier to get q job than it
was. In one city the average num-
her OF .nen now being placed by
one Of the big, employment agen-
cies weekly is 400. In January It
was 12o. While the increase is
not SO large everywhere; the gem
aral condition shows marked im-
pfovement and in some regions the
cry az labor shortage already
arises It looks as though the long.
waited period of prosperity were
close at hand
There is tbs to be remembered
by every individual who is looking
for personal STARE in the gen
eras Improvement. Nothing has
ever taken the place Of industry,
faithful service aid thrift as the
foundations fer permanent pros
perity. Those WHO are shiftless in
earning and ssending may get by
when times are soots but they are
the first to feel tie blew when the
tide turns towarI depression again.
Prosperity is not coming to any
body in the next few years without
effort. Competition IS going to be
keen. But the man who sticks and
works and saves win move up
ward with the rising tide; and
when II begins to eDb. as it in
evitasly viii, hard times viii have.
few terrors for him.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-18
STRAIGHT WIDE. CLEAR
ROADS

Highway safety is not merely
naster Of careful driving. as Chief
Macdonald Of the Federal Bureau
of Public Roads reminds the public,
III connection with Safety Week.
Safe and sane driving VIII elini-
snate large share OF the accidents.
but with it must be combined ''the
elimination OF dangerous grades
and curves. marrow roadways and
bridges and the deadly grade cross
ing.
The highway traffic problem has
arisen from the speed of modern
traffic along with it's increased vol
urae. The old standards suffice no
ionger. Grades must be easier,
turns must be more gradual. warn
.inxs must be ct greater distance.
Kew precautions must be taken
against traffic being jammed in
tight places. because Of the greater
danger that comes from the meet
ing of heavy vehicles at high speed.
one thing that has not yet had
the attention it deserves is the re-
moTai of obstacles to clear vision
at corners and dangerous turns in
the road. often there is a tree or
billboard OF unnecessary building
standing on corner which en-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-18
DEBTS AND PROSPERITY
Experts seem to disagree abou

Experts seem to disagree about
the imminence OF prosperity.
At the bankers convention in
New York, as financial writer OBJ
serves, everybody from Secretary
Mellon down, was telling the bank
ers that good times had arrived and
sAef would find things booming by
time they got back home. And the
bankers seemed disposed to believe
It.
About the same time the Nation
al Association of Credit Men at
Atlantic City was adopting a reso-
tuition declaring "There is no
ground for believing that busi-
ness boom is in sight and advising
merchants not to be too enthusi-
astfe about buying.
Professional psychology doubtless
has something to do With this. a
credit mans work tends to make
him pessinaistic. Hearing So many
hard luck stories from people Who
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-18
THE MARvELs OF AGRICUL-
TURE

According to an article in a farm
magazine, peanuts are about the
most valuable food that can be put
into the human organism. The
author is all full of enthusiasm for
increasing the demand for COOLERS
and putting the goober habit into
every American heart and home
According to the prune grow
ers, all the ills. physical, social.
moral and economic from which
the universe suffers could be cured
at once if only ali Americans would
take at once. to eating on all ,oc-
casions the small and medium sized
prune.
Then there are apples. New
York's last crop brought its grow
ers s25,o0e.oeo. But that is only
a drop in the apple barrel. X the
growers will only do thus and so
with tractors and arsenate Of lead
and tissue paper and one thing and
another, they can get the great
American public to double its
apple consumption per capita, and
its health and happiness. not to
speak Of those of the growers. will
be saved.
Now ali of this is comforting and
inspiring as we'll as entertaining
reading, and much of it is doubt
less true. But what bothers us is
how, if we take to eating all these
apples and peanuts and prunes and
things that we don't eat now in
sufficient quantities, we are going
to have room in our insides for all
the other things whose doubled
consumption is recommended in the
magazine?
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dangers every. car turning that
corner, and also congests traffic
sehe slowing down which it me-
cessitates.
It may be assumed that such OBJ
stacles VIII be removed in the
future from main traffic thorough
fares in both city and country. It
may be assumed also that corners
viii be mere and more rounded. to
make every turn as easy and safe
as possible.
1 AS for trolley cars, il they sur
siee they may be taken from the
middle OF the street, where they
are not a continual obstruction, and
either placed along the side to give
motor cars free passage. or be
removed from the highways alto
gether.
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TO MAKE -
NEW DEMANDS


Constantinople. Oct. 15.-CBy the
Associated Press. )-The Turkish
newspaper Ileri says afustapf1a
Kemal Pasha will make four i'm
portant new demands in the COM
ing peace conference. These Will
be, first, for the suppression of the
Greek navy; second. for the ex-
change Of all persons Of the civil
ian minorities. meaning the re-
turn to Turkey of all Moslems in
Greek territory and the repatri.-
alton of all Greeks in Turkish ter
ritory;; third, the naturalization OF
the Aegean Islands. and, fourth,
that the question of Western Thrace
be decided by plebiscite.
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HIGH SCHOOL.
INVESTMENT
Value of Property Has In.
creased in Five Year
Period

Columbia. Oct. 16-The value
of high schools in South Carolina
increased in the five year period
of 1e17-1s22 by more than three
and a quarter million dollars. The
high school plants in the state in
1917 were valued at s619,995. To-
day they are valued at S3.S9S.000.
according to a statement issued to-
day by the state department Of ed.
ucation. The statement says that
in 1917 there was only one COM
plete high school plant, the Co.
lumbia high school. 1t mentions
as complete plants of the state
now those at Charleston tboyst.
Florence, Greenviile and Spartan
burg. The Charleston boys school
plant is valued at s243,209: the
Florence plant at 100000. the
Spartanburg plant at s3i9.10e.
The Greenville high school recent
y constructed is one section OF
what will be. when completed,
million dollar plant.
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Pee Dee Fair VIII
Start Tomorrow

Florence. Oct. 15.-oficia1s of
the Pee Dee Fair which opens
there Tuesday and c n t n
through Friday are optimistic as
to its success regarding both ex-
hibits and attendance. Prizes for
! the fair total about $4,000. The
poultry show is being stressed as
one of the best exhibits at the fair,
about $500 having! been appro-
priated for prizes in this depart
ment alone. The Florence County
Poultry Association has cooperat-
ed with the fair management IN
this.
One of the large warehouses Of
i the Cooperative Marketing Asso-
: ciation has been secured and ex-
hibits will be placed in it also.
Seventy registered hogs have. been
received from the Can1pbell-Hick-
lin farms at Sheldon. The livestock
and agricultural departments will
! be on a parity with those of
former years and efforts are being
made to have them better than
ever before.
Schools in all parts Of the coua-
ty will be closed Tuesday as this
will be children's day. All schoo'
children will be admitted free on
ithat day and thousands are expect
ed to take advantage of this.
A special train will be operated
from Georgetown and Andrews by
the Seaboard Tuesday, it is an
nounced.
There will be plenty of enter
tainment consisting of the usual
carnival shows. daily horse races
and three football games Of prom
inence.
Tuesday the Columbia and Flor
ence High school elevens will play
and this in itself should be big
drawing card as both teams are
in the race for the state cham
pionship.
Wednesday will be Darlington
Day at the fair and Darlington and
Lake City High schools will play.
Thursday the big game OF the
week will be played when Furinan
University aid the Citadel meet.
The alumni of the two institutions
are working hard for big crowd
and indications point to one Of the
biggest in the history Of football
at the fair. An attempt to get the
Citadel corps to the game is being
made
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COST oF sTocA GAstBIING

An ofhcer Of the Exchange
security Corporation speaking to
"a audience in Washinston D. G.,
saves some useful informatien as
tc the inevitable eess Of marginal
ganabling in stocks
III that the average stock gam
Bier eonsiders ne says, is the
chance Of winning or losing. What
naight be called the overhead ex-
pense Of the sport is ignored Yet
hasd the speaker. the brokerage
charges taxes and commission
make. a tariff of about $50 on every
marginal transaction Of sfeo
st is the gambler. OF investor,
who pays this, Of course. The
brokers are not working for the
ssa Ef 4 merely. and the stock ex-
change is no charitable institution.
= Suppose then that a gambler
Z u argins1 has no bad luck but
e.aaases right half the; time. Does
he break even Far from ii.
He pays for his fun s. out OF every
s1oshs invests and loses so per cent
Of his capital.
little figuring viii show that
- finish with as much money as
ne started with, ever long period
OF playing the market. he must
actually guess right so per cent of
the tine. Mighty few stock gam
lbsers can do that. and that is why
most Of them lose IN the long run.
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Easily Goes Over Top

Washington, Oct. Is. - The
treasury's new offering of $780,
100000 of IA per cent thirty
year bonds has been over-subscrib-
ed approximately s1.0O0,000.000,
announced today by Secretary Mel
lon. Books for cash offerings clos
ed at noon yesterday.
Subscriptions received to date.
according to the reports. were said
to aggregate more than $780,
600 .80e. of which about s1.400,-
600. 600 represented cash subscrip-
tons. Of the cash subscriptions
more than s325, 100000 was in
amounts not exceeding $4,000 for
any one subscriber.
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THE PARCEL PosT REMEDY

he Boston Transcript tells of
sugar being sold recently IN north
ern Vermont at cents a pound
: when on the same day it could be
bought IN Boston at eight pounds
fora5e, cents. OF s IA cents a pound.
Thus the Vermont sugar cost 44 per
cent more than the Boston sugar.
was possible to buy the sugar
a Boston and send itstosA northern
Yermont consumer BY parcel post,
having It delivered to the farmer
- bis door forsa cent q pound less
tAan the farnaer would have TO pay
atstIe store several miles distant.
This i1lustrafes says the Tran
script swhat the combination Of
high freight rates and profiteerins
doing to those who live on the
kaek k-eountry farms Z
- e illustrates something else, too,
.1t may be dsuhted whether any
bsay took advsatage of that parcel
past ertunity e save money on
ssisar N the outlying parts of New,
England Here IS 4 weapon against
hSsh prices provided by the gov.
sramens which might be used az,
ose to far more ad-
ssantage than 4 is
Net only IN remote rural districts
bs:t also rs cities the parcel post
IS often the eodsumers natural
emsay for extortio The farm
sea can use It fof Haausaetured
Foods ana the city man can use It
fps sountt produce wherever
hsy m that the zniddlenen are
moi living them square deal.
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sToo MANY COLLEGE MEN

When, President Hopkins Of
Dartmouth said that too many
men are going to college" he
probably meant not that fewer men
should have a college, education
but that many now going to college
ought not to be there.
8 That is the literal truth, sas any
body who has ever done much OBJ
serving OF college men knows. A
good many of the young fellows
who are sent to college. and some
who go of thei. own velition, ought
TO be in OFFICES Or factories or on
farms. Thet may have brains, but
they have not the Find Of brains
that demand an academic educa-
lion. With such men, college ed
ucatien doesn't take. They might
be admirably fitted for active and
useful work of more practical
nature aud happier in 1t; and if SO,
the sooner they get into it, the bet
ter.
On. the other hand. there are
bright and ambitious lads every
Where VINO are yearning for more
education, and who might utilize
It gIeriously for their own advance
ment and the public benefit, but
who because Of financial difficult
ties or other lack of opportunity
never get to college. They ought to
be there in place of the bored i'd
lers or the well-meaning well edu-
Gated men, ana there is always
plenty OF eligible material. 1t is
all a question of selection.
The way to solve the problem is
not to limit college attendance ar
oitrarily, as we are limiting inmi-
grafton, but to obtain the desired
'earistecracy OF brains by entrace
requirements high enough to ex-
eluae the unfit. and by extending
educational opportunities so that
any boy or girl OF sufficient ability
and ambition can be prepared and
admitted. And fortunately this is
@
s;le present teadency.
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cannot pay what they owe, he is
inevitably impressed with the bad
ness of business conditions. 1t
takes super boom to make a
credit man smile. The banker
hears some of this. but he is more
subject to, optimistic influences.
People wanting to: borrow money
are always telling him how bright
their prospects are.
Yet the credit mems position.
while it may need a little discount
ing, is doubtless based on solid
facts. They judge of the times by
the way people pay their debts,
and they find that people are not
yet paving as they should. and ac-
cordingIy they infer that times are
not improving very fast. And thus
they perform useful service by
calling attention to the chief OBJ
stacle in the way of business i'm
provement.
Business cannot be. really good
until people pay their bills prompt
ly. The best way to hasten pros
perity is to meet all obligations as
promptly as possible. When that
is done, prosperity will roll up like
a SNOWFALL.
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Disturbance at Sea

Washington, Oct. 15.-The dis
turbance over the eastern Gulf OF
Mexico was apparently central to-
night some distance south of Appa-
lachicola, moving slowly north
ward. the weather bureau an
nounced. Storm warnings We're or
dered continued from Mobile to
Tampa. Another disturbance was
reported developing over the north
western section Of the Caribbean
Sea. 1t was expected to move
nortaward or northeastward.
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Columbia. Oct. 15.-The Sea-
board Air Line Railway today in
augurated motor car service on
its line from Hamlet to Columbia
The first train, consisting Of the
motor car and trailer. arrived
here at noon. a few minutes late,
than the schedule. with number
OF passengers. The company plans.
it is announced to operate this
train regularly for time.
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Rome. Oct. 16.-The situation
arising out of the growing power of
the Fascist or the extreme nation
alists is apparently nearing the
breaking point The result conf
dently predicted is the retirement of
the Facta cabinet and the forma-
ton of new ministry either COM
posed exclusively or containing
preponderating majority OF the
Fascist
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Engrossi1lgs Depart
nlent Clerks
Attorney General Welfe An
nounces Appointments

COLUMBIA, Oct. 16.-Attorney
General Wolfe today announced the
appointment of clerks. for the en-
crossing department Of the general
assembly for the 1923 session.
Charles H. Gerald, Of Columbia, is
to be chief clerk; Mrs. G. Nice. Pat
rick, of Anderson, is to be desk
clerk. The following are to be
typists: Mrs. G. D. Brown. Jr., and
Miss Ethel Perry. Abbevi1le; Miss
Pearl Hamn. Of Newberry: Miss
Jean Smith and Mrs: Elmer Evans
Brown. of Lee county: Miss George
NJ. Johnson, Of CONWAY; Miss Belle.
Kennerly, Of orangeburg. Mrs.
Thomas Peoples, Barnwell: Miss
Virginia Simpkins. Edgeheld;; Miss
Ruth Bagwell, Laurens; Miss
Frances Belle Easiey, Greenville;;
Miss Edna Nee Curry, Florence, and
Miss Tressie Jean Pierce, Miss
Ruth Marshall; Mrs. John S. Rey-
nolds and Mrs. Annie Laurie
Schwinn, of Columbia.
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COTTON
GINNERS'
REPORT

The Department of Commerce.
through the Bureau Of the Census,
announces the preliminary report
on cotton ginned by counties. in
South Carolina, for the crops Of
1922 and 1921. The total for the
state was made public at 10 a. M,
Tuesday; October 8.
(Quantities are in running bales,
counting round as half bales.
Linters are not included): :.
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AlRnAN]lE
RECORDS
BROKEN
Lieutenant. Maughan
Wins Race by Main
tanning Speed o f
Over 200 Miles an
Hour

Mt. Clemens, Mich, Oct. IA (By
the Associated Press).-Uncon-
scious at times due to the terrific
speed at which he rushed through
the heavens, and during his con-
scious moments haunted by fears
for the condition Of his wife, who
momentarily expects to become a
mother, Lieut.. r. L. Maughan, an
army aviator flying an army Cur
.tiss high speed pursuit plane, won
the Pulitzer trophy aerial race
here today. He travelled the 100
mile course at an average speed
of 206 miles an hour.
The race, run in three flights and
replete with. sensational achieve
ments on the part Of the entrants
that promise to become aerial
tradition, resulted in the smash
ing OF world records, both official
and unofficial. for $1,000 and 200
kilometer courses.
l. Lieut.. L. j. Maitland, plotting a
sister ship to that Of Maughan, was
second in the Pulitzer competition,
but his honors in that respect were
overshadowed by the terrific speed
he attained on the lap Of SO Kill
ometers. He covered the distance
at the rate ofs21S moles an hour,
faster than any one ever flew in a
race.
For the 100 kilometer course dur
ing the race he average 2o7.3 miles
an hour, another world record.
Maughan's plane is the one that
made a worlds record of 220 miles
an hour over one kilometer course
at Garden City, Long Island, re-
Gently.
Attack ON Records.
Seven fliers, two Of the United
States navy entries, the remainder
representatives of the army, shat
tered the worlds record for 200
kilometers or more when they ex-
ceeded 1857 miles an hour, the
mark established September "a in
France by Kirsch.
Best Speed For Distance.
Lieutenant Maughan had the
best speed for the distance, a rate
Of: 206 miles an hour. His aver
age speed for the entire 156 miles
course.
Lieut.. H. j. Brow. in Curtiss
navy racer, won third place in the
Pulitzer competition going the $50
miles at an average speed Of 1852
miles an hour. Maitland's speed
for the entire course was at the
rate of .2O3 miles an hour. =.
The rate was unmarried by serl-
,ous accidents. one plane. the navy
Mystery ship" piloted by Lieut..
L. H. Sanderson of the marine
corps, was forced out Of the race
during the fourth lap by engine
trouble. Sanderson plunged with
his plane into lake st. Clair, over
which a part OF the course extend
ed, but escaped unfurt. Capt. st.
Clair Street landed his Verville-
Sperry between two trees a mile
from Selfridge. He was not hurt
but a wing was torn off the plane.
When he brought his plane to
earth, Lieutenant Maughani was SO
exhausted that he leaned against
the ship for several minutes until
he revived. Maj. Gen. Mason NJ.
Patrick. chief OF the army air SER
vice, Rear Admiral W. A. Moffett,
chief Of the naval bureau Of aero
nautics. and Edwin DENLY, secre-
tary of the navy, rushed to. him.
Major General Patrick patted the
lieutenant on the head and secre-
tary DENLY was so overcome he
foorS
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NEW JERSEY
MURDER
MYSTERY
Schneider, the Star Witness
RepHdiates Charges
Against Hayes

New Brunswick, n. J., Oct. 12-
CBy the Associated Press. .)-The
case against Clifford Hayes, who
was held four days as the slayer of
the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and
Mrs. Eleanor Reinhardt Mills,
blew up with a boom today. and
the authorities turned back in
their Investigation to theories that
provided a more logical motive for
the double crime.
The blow up came when Ray
mond Schneider, Hayes accuser.
summoned Prosecutor Beekman Of
Somerset county to the jail at
+Somervi11e, where Schneider was
held as a material witness, and
repudiated his entire story of the
crime. The authorities immedi-
ately renewed their Investigations
Of leads which had been discarded
when Schneider's statement led
them to declare they had solved
the case.
The new turn took them back to
the home Of Mrs. Fra rcis Stevens
Hall, widow of the slain clergyman.
and to that of James Mills. wid-
over. of the slain choir singer.
Detectives visited the Hall home
and took away fawn co1ored coat
and scarf Waich she had had e ed
in Philadelphia since the murders.
They sent it to an analytical
chemist for an analysis of brown
spots which the Philadelphia
cleaners reported were beneath the
black dye they had applied.
Mrs. Hall is known to have worn
a light colored coat in the early
morning Of September 15-the
morning after the murdersIwhen.
according to hei story. she went to
the Church OF st. John the Evan
gelist, looking for her missing hus-
band. She has told the authorities
her eccentric. brother. Willie Stew
ems, accompanied her to the church
and back. Witnesses who saw her
return home declare she returned
alone at about 1.s0 a. m.
Detective Fitzpatrick, who went
for the garments, reported that
Mrs. Hall acted "peevish" when
he demanded them. Mrs. Halls
lawyer. however, issued a state
ment saying Mrs. Hall was glad to
surrender them, though the action
came, rather late"
James Mills, church sexton and
husband of the. Slain choir singer
was questioned briefly at Prosecu-
tor Strikers Office again this af-
ternoon, but the nature of, the.
questions asked him could not be
learned.
State troopers. who have be-
come increasingly active on the
case, let it be known that one OF
the theories now entertained is
that the slayings were perpetrat-5
ed by a party. of four-three men
and one woman-who travelled in
two automobiles. Witnesses told.
SSOEi sd4tSI lliS hS4C 0iS,.
covered, Of hearing shots and
screams in the vicinity Of the Phil
lips farm and of seeing two automo-
biles dash down the road toward
New Brunswick.
Unconfirmed reports reached
here from Philadelphia today that
the gold watch removed from the
ministers pocket had been found
in a Philadelphia pawnshop.
Authorities made inquiries by
long distance telephone and were
Informed that gold watch
shown up in mysterious manner
in a pawnshop there, but that
there was nothing to connect it
with Mr.. Hail.. Detective Collins
went to Philadelphia to check
up on the watch and also to seek
further information from the
dyeing and cleaning firm, which
did Mrs. Halls work.
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FOR sALE-New. line of hats in
velvet, felt. duvetyn: novelty
line just received. Also orna-
mentS for dresses. Come if you
need anything in my line. Mrs.
C. w. McGrew. n. Magnolia and
Myrtle SITS.
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winthrop D,ausnters :

On October the 2Qths the Win
threp Daughters are. going to give
an entertainment at the Girls High
School. This entertainnaent VIII
consist Of stories, recita atoms q drin
By seven pumplkiin heads and
play, each attract On ven worth
the price OF ticket The pro-
gram win be puhlshed fater. SIS