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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15
PENALTY IS
PROVIDED
Law IN Force to Protect Or.
ganized Farmers

Raleigh, n. c., July 12.-May-
nard Mangum, supervisor of graders
for the Tobacco Growers Coopera-
tive Association, with his head
quarters at Durham. N. c.. has sue
ceeded in signing up all of his tens
ants with the association. Sixteen
tenants signed within one hours
time when Mr.. Mangum visited
them recently.
That there will be no chance for
dishonest growers to play both
sides. is evidenced by the suit. OF
the Kentucky Burley Tobacco
Growers Association now, in pro-.
gress against a member who was
induced to sell part of his crop
on. the auction market.
The strict law of South, Caro-
lima, salled an act to promote and
further cooperative marketing, i'm
poses d fine Of from 500 to ST.
0e0 upon any person Or persons.
who induce or attempt to induce
any member Of the association to
break his marketing contract with
the association The laws of North
Carolina and Virginia protect the
organized farmers in a very SIM
liar manner.
Norwood L. Simmons, president
of the Washington Beaufort Land
company. one of the largest con-
Germs in Eastern. Carolina, recent
ly signed the contract of the asso-
ciation and wrote Il am request
ing and suggesting to all of our
farmer friends whose paper we are
carrying and advancing against the
crop to join the association. as
realize that the success of it is de-
pendent upon cooperation and all
pulling together The action of
Mr.. Simmons is in line with that of
many merchants in Easter North
Carolina and South Carolina.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15
Water-Lifti1ag Device
Inventor Makes Water Run
Up Hill

Londo July S.-A water-lifting
apparatus which seems to flout the
natural law that water cannot run
uphill, and by which the tremen-
dous energy of the rising tides, may
be harnessed for use by man, is an
invention of Thomas G. Allen, grad
uate of Washington University. st.
Louis, and now a British subject.
The Hydrautomat," as the appara-
tus is called. is the result OF two
years OF experiments. a working
model has been viewed by scores
of engineers, some OF whom have
been baffled by the simplicity Of
the cycle of operation. It has lifted
water twenty feet above the river
level.
The hydrautomat is designed to
raise water in any quantity from a,
running stream to any desired
height. with the use Of standard
equipment such as pumps, rams or
water-wheels. The apparatus har-
nesses two natural sources of ener-
81, the weight Of column Of water
and atmospheric pressure. By
means Of series of tanks, one
above the other, and a sluice gate.
which alternately brings suction
and pressure forces into play, so
per cent of the energy Of the pres
sure water used is obtained. The
height required is reached by car
rying the series Of tanks, .alternat-
Ing open and closed chambers. to-
gether with air conducting pipes,
to the desired height.
It is believed there is. unlimited
scope. for the hydrautomat on
streams where hydraulic power de-
yelopments are not feasible because
of the small amount OF fall. One
of the first applications is. expected
to be on irrigation projects.
In a broad sense, according to
the inventor, the purpose Of the
hydrautomat is to convert the con-
tained energy of large quantities of
water at a low head into that of
a smaller quantity of water at a
high head. or to compel stream
to hoist part of itself up over the
land for commercial or. agricultu-
raj purposes. The principal is fix
ed; the application is to be determ-
ined by local requirements
World patent rights have been
issued. 1t appears that in the
worlds inventive records. the prin-
ciple of the hydrautoInat has been
remotely approached, but never at
tained:.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15
Grants Jeffords
Time Extension

Camden, July 12.-Frank NJ.
Jeffords. convicted murderer with
Ira Harrison and Glenn Treece of
John C. Annette of Columbia, will
be allowed until Saturday, July %.
to complete his appeal TO the su-
preme court from the verdict and
sentence of the Riehiand circuit
court. The extension Of time was
granted by Judge W. II. Townsend
TO-DAY upon the petition of Barron,
Barron & Barron of Union, attorn-
eys for Jeffords. Harrison's appeal
must also be completed by July
%.
The voluminous transcript of the
testimony taken during the five
days trial was completed by John
K. Aull, court stenographer. last
Friday and was delivered to all per-
sons concerned Saturday morning.
The testimony ran over 500 pages
and totalled approximately 375. 900
words. The additional ten days was
allowed in order that the convicted
men might not suffer because of the
time lost while the transcript Of the
testimony was being made.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15
ROAD PAVING WIDTH.

Serious attention should be giy-
en- averywhsre to the recommen-
daxionsof the Federal Bureau of
PaSlsc Roads that all road paving
hereaster should be at least IS feet
E;veryheas who drives any kind
os vehicle On the highways nova
days knows how difficult and ex-
sasrsTafing It IS to pass a steady
stream OF traffic en- the marrow
paving strips that many communa-
ties have built It is common ex-
pe*ience that 1 feet is not wide
enough Sixteen feet is better. but
not really adequate. The Bureau
ef Pubic Roads. after careful OBJ
seFvation, says that nothing less
an Is feet VIII give sufficient
room FOR an automobile and big
tkS><A %St
ne at any speed. That provides
tsae desisable clearance Of IL
feet and safe margin at the
edge Of the pavement SO that the
cater Vehicle is not forced off into
TIE, mud in bad weather. Where,
two trucks have 20 pass each other
srs1usnt1 zo-foot paving IS adj
vissds
should not he necessary in the the
tures asst has been 50 often late
80 widen q paving sitter It has
been built It is much cheaper
and better to be generous in the
place erafae grows steadily.
asrpuer pavements viii never be
needed and gwider pavements prob
ably ill pc exerywhere.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15
RAILROADS
REJECT BOARDS
PROPOSAL
Officials Will Not Discuss the
Strike With Union Leader

Chicago, July 12 (By the Asso-
ciated Press).-A flat refusal to
meet with B. NJ. Jewell, head of
the striking shopnien, to discuss
peace proposals was the answer
tonight Of railway executives to a
proposal made by Ben W. Hooper,
chairman of the United States rail-
road labor board.
In a letter to- Mr.. Hooper, the
executives declared that the issue
raised is not one for consideration
between the carriers and the rep
resentatives Of the organized
crafts on strike except through the
further orderly processes before
the United States railroad labor
board"
Asserting that the strike was a
refusal to accept the results of the
arbitration of the labor board the
letter declared that no conference
contingent upon the aband donrnent
Of the decision of the board was
permissible nor tolerable, because
it would place the carriers part1c1-
pating therein in apparent coope-
rations with those on strike in
seeking TO find means to subyert
the decision OF the labor board. .
The letter added, however, that
ga prompt recall Of the strike or
der wou1d permit the resumption
for former methods of conference
and permit the consideration OF
any matters which representatives
T of employees might desire to sub
NIT: =,
The letter is. signed by Samuel
M. Felton,, president Of the Chica-
go & Great Western. z. =: Loree
Of the Delaware & Hudson, B. r
Bush Of The Missouri Pacific and
Whitford r. Cole Of: the Nashville.
Ghattanoega & st. lE,ouis..
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15
End Or HAGUE
CONFERENCE
IN SIGHT
Two Stormy Sessions
Held Wednesday on
Russian Affairs

The Hague, July II (By the AS
located Press) Two stormy ses-
sion Of the conference on Russian
problems today disturbed the calm
of the Carnegie peace palace and
apparently ended all chance. of an
agreement between the Russians
and the other powers. Another
session will. be held, tomorrow,
which is generally expected by
Russians and ,non-Russians alike
to condemn The Hague conference
to absolute failure.
The chasm between the Russians
and the other powers apparently is
far wider than at Genoa and the
non Russian group is not divided, as
it was at Genoa. The British and
French are acting now in agree
ment on. the demands concerning
nationalized property, which the
Russians say practically amount
to insistence on absolute festitu-
ton.
This position was developed at
the meeting this morning of the
subcommission on property after
which Maximim Litvinoff, head Of
the Soviets. stated emphaticaily
he believed that the conference had
exhausted its usefulness and would
end without results. This afternoon
the subcommission. on debts had
equally uIfavorable results. The
Russians insisted on having the
present conference fix the total
amount of pre-war debts Russia
would be expected to pay, but the
non Russians stood out for fixing
this sum through. mixed commis-
s7ons at a later date. -
At the conclusion of this meeting
NJ. Lityinoff granted an interview
in which he declared that the nom
Russian delegates had clearly
agreed to make the conference q
failure and were trying to pin the
Russians down to answer questions
| in order to justify breaking UP. the
meeting.
M. Litvinca criticised the organ
ization OF the conference, saying It's
division in committee, which was
arranged before the Russians ar
rived, was destined to complicate
! the negotiations and prevent their
success.
Capitalism and communism were
pifted against each ether in bitter
| battles today, which demonstrated
the difficulties of harmonizing. the
two economic systems. When the
non Russians were insisting that
the amount Of pre-war debts which
| Russia shall pay must be decided
| by a mixed tribunal, NJ. Lityinoff
objected. saying: There are two
worlds; now, capitalistic and com
munistic. One world would name
; conlmunistic and the other a
capitalistic judge; it would require
angels to do justice on such a
tribunal and ]. haven't met any
angels and doubt whether they can
be found. So I want this confer
ence to decide upon the amount of
pre-war debts we shall pay.
In this connection, Litvinof also
declared that the Soviet govern
ment must know the amount Of its
obligations, as it expects to pay
them.
MANY respectable: governments
admit their responsibility for debts
and interest and don't pay them"
! he said, pointedly. I'VE intend to
lpay if we enter into an agree
meeant.'
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15
.RAWI1 TO SER VE
ELEVEN & YEARS
Plea of Guilty Entered in
Edgefield

Edgefeld, July 12.-At the hour
OF convening of court this morn
ing the court house was crowded
with persons who were eager to
witness the trial of L. K. Rawf on
the charge of house breaking and
larceny, he having been implicated
in the robbery Of two stores in
Trenton Sunday night, March 20.
The other party to the crime, j. G.
Moore Of Columbia, was killed by
the. policeman of Trenton.
The. throng that gathered was
greatly surprised, and in a measure
disappointed when RaWl, upon: be-
ing arraigned, confessed to his
guilt, thus sudd enly terminating a
case that had aroused considerable
interest. In passing sentence upon
Rawl, Judge DeVore said to him:
You are. SO set in your ways and
in your determination to violate the
criminal laws of this state that
do not. know that it would be of any
benefit. TO you to give you a lecture
and. therefore, 4 am gong to dis
pense with that, although this is
a terrible crime you have pleaded
guilty to-. If Mr.. Crouch the po-
liceman, had not killed your partn-
er, Moore, no doubt you and Moore
would have killed him in: order to
effect a robbery Of the. store at
Trenton" He thereupon gave Rawl
a sentence of II years at hard labor
in the state penitentiary or upon
the public works of South Caro-
lima. ~
Soon after sentence was passed
upon Rawl, Sheriff Heise and Ru-
raj Policeman Dunaway Of Colum.
bia, VINO had come to Edgefleld as
witnesses against Rawl carried him
to Columbia to be placed in the
penitentiary.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15
gABo. WINS II COURT

was pointed ont, when the
gnised States Supreme Court rem.
dArsd its fanoust Coronado deci.
SION, that if labor unions were
liable to- be sued for damages done
By them in an industrial eentre-
ysrsy. they were also eligible to
sae Few labor leaders were 50
open-minded or far-sighted as to
rec Of admit this, but proof that
the principle works both ways
I cones with unexpected ceIerity.
IN a decision by a common pleas
Eeurt IN Cuyahoga County. O.. la
bor Itself derives the benefit from
lts corporate responsibility. A 10
cal labor union. consisting of sta
tsenary drsmen employed by
pfe#esies was threatened with a
wage reduction in defiance Of a
Mage agreement the union had
with the employers. The union
Brought suit; with the result that
the brewers were enjoined by the
court against cutting wages DUR
fnk the tegm Of the agreement.
Thets Fas a somewhat similar
case last spring in New York City,
wherestt4 court, on the suit of
garment workers, en5oined the
garment manufacturers from con-
spiring ia violate an agreemen.
with the union. But in the pres
snt case Che court goes farther.
actually farbidding the individual
manufactures to reduce the pay
Of the union workers. The expla-
natiea ofsthe court is worth read
ing bysexsry citizen:
.As long as such a contract Cen
tered intesin the best OF faith by
both parties) continues in force, it
ought to sbe the duty Of court
Of eauityyto enjoin any conspiracy
on fhe part of either side to breach
Il. ana the aid Of the courts ought
to be extended as freely to the en-
pleyees as to the employers.
'If court of equity cannot en-
igm a. breach of such a contract,
then, the system Of collective bar
gaining may as we'll be abandoned. d.
ard such advantages as come to
both employer and employee by
reason of such system will be lost.
TT is elementary, and yet some
times needs emphasis. that the
door of a court of equity is open to
employer and employee alike 1t
Is no respector of persons. 1t is
keen to protect the rights Of ali
Heretofore the employer alone has
prayed the protection of court of
equity against threatened irrepar-
able illegal acts of the employees
But mutually of object compels a
mutuality of remedy.
ut is hopeful sign when labo,
does appeal to the courts :
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15
Sheriff Kills
Liquor Maker

1s-s w citSIU01Q, Cst2Ay-1 y - VII Asx
ton, son of Chief OF Police Brit
ton, of Branehvilfe, was killed. BY
Sheriff Alderman at noon today
while resisting arrest Britton was:
said to be operating still an the
Edisto river swamp w hen SheE-:
if Alderman attempted tes place
him under arrest Britton shot at,
the sheriff and his deputies g. 81.
Benton and j. b. Alderman. For
Itunately, they were near enough to-
take shelter behind trees and ress
turned the fire. -; s;sssss.ss.ssssss
Several. shots had been exz;
changed, when Britten.s IN an sziss
guarded moment, exposed himself
and was shot in the side by Sher-
iff Ackerman;s who intended tes
shoot only to force him to- give ups
but one shot went high enough to-,
strike a vital organ and Death re-
suited in an hour. The body was
brought to WATERFORD and Magis
trate Pellum held an inquest, TIE.
verdict of the jury being ia accord:
ance with the foregoing. -
Britton and TaImadge Edwards,
were together at a forty -gaIlon cop
per still and eight ixty-gallon:
barrels Of mash. Their alleged
violation of the law was reported
to the sheriff and he was armed
with a warrant. Edwards denies
completely, stating that he was:
only visitor. to Britton.
/ Sheriff Ackernaan has reported
the killing to Gov. Harvey.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15

Democrats who wish to vote in
the primary for state and county
officers must enroll before July
25th. Enrolment must be in the
club of the ward or district in which
the voter resides.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15

washington, July fs-Mayor W.
A. Coleman, of Columbia, s. G.,
has been appointed federal direc-
tor Of employment service for the
state Of South Carolina, and w. Z.
Willinghan, of Columbia, examiner
to represent the employment service
it is announced: - -
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15

Mr.. NJ. j. Moore who served sew
eraI times as Magistrate. prior to
entering the contest two years ago
as a candidate for County Treasurer.
announces his candidacy for
election as Magistrate. Magls-
trate NJ. Archer Wilder is
candidate for reelection.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15

The Farmers Warehouse on e.
Liberty street is open for the sea-
son and has already received one
fine load of tobacco from a farmer
near Manning, which is now on the
floor.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15

Love is the quality that prompts
a sweet-breathed wife to kiss
husband who has been smoking
that kind of pipe.
Slogan for American tourists In
Europe: Zip till it hurts
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15

Lloyd George has played in un-
usual luck for years. but now the
London Times shows signs Of sof-
tening it's attacks.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15

If America has no international
sense, why does she squirm when
the allies talk of an "Internation-
al loan to Germany?
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15

One graduate got through coll
lege by writing short stories. May
be he wrote them to his father.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15

After three years of experiment
tation. any amateur can grow
enough lawn grass to justify clip
ping with the scissors.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15

1T must be awful for this woman
who speaks II languages to keep
secret in all of them.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15

OF course the elections must be
pure. but it wouldn't be fair. to
deny a man a seat in the senate
after he has paid for it.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15

Another good way to keep from
eating. too much is to buy used car
and keep it in running order.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15

Getting sophisticated is simply a
slow and painful process of losing
ones appetite.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15

About the only thing the anna
teur driver can dodge successfully
is a bridge.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15

1t must be fine to be he-fap-
per and have nothing to do but
light another cigarette.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15

So live that when your sum
mons comes you can establish
satisfactory alibi.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15

Lets 60" was an excellent war
slogan, but it is playing thunder
with home life in America.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15

Lots of future convicts are liv.
ing OH Easy Street now.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15

Tt takes a marriage license to get
married on and it usually takes
an auto license also.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15

Our objection to the office boy
losing sleep is that he tries to ma
il at the office.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15

Now that women are to be ad-
mitted to the Hall of Fame. we
nominate that wonderful creature
who invented lemon pie.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15

Say what you please. short
skirt always wins in a walk.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15

There is always room at the top
for a big strawberry.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15

Why should've Cuba go bank
rupt? She nigh. rs we'll make it
unanimous.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15

Still, the chap who said skirts
were coming down hit it about as
vel! as the chap who said prices
were.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15

Columbia, July 13.-The Angus
ta-Aiken Electric Railway must
provide ice water in its cars from
March l to October !, according to
an order issued Wednesday after
noon by the South Carolina Rail-
road commission, This is to pro-
vide drinking water for. passengers
during the summer months.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15
To-day's Best Jokes
) and Stories
Mans inhumanity to man makes
countless umpires dodge.

Even if Ireland were a Pacific
island, it probably wouldn't be.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15

In Illinois gunsmith was held
up and robbed. You can't always
get by on your reputation.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15

All Of the city. people go to the
country and all the country people
come to town.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15

Detectives are an industrious
lot. When they haven't anything
else to do. they rush out and get
baffled again.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15

Fourth OF July pickniclSers al
ways make the country mosquitoes
put in their bills Cor overtime.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15

Speaking Of endurance tests.
there is the stunt of listening until
the amateur gardener has finished
telling about it. =
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15

Open diplomacy has reached ths
point where reporters can get in.
to a conference with a jimmy.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15

It is very pleasant to get up al
s o'clock. 1t gives you time tc
enjoy a delightful nap before
breakfast.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15

After people get married a few
times, where in the world do they
park. the sugar spoons and gravy
ladies received as gifts?
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15

Remember, however, it is the
pursuit of happiness that is an IN
alienable right, not happiness it
self.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15

We judge, by examining the ..ir1-
tellectualsr we have met, that an
intellectual is one who can talk
about nasty things without embar-
rassment.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-15

Some trust in Hoover, and some
are buying their coal now while it
is cheaper.