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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-04-05

mother In response, the squatter
girls tones fell upon his ear: "Some
day you'n be the biggest an most
beautifulest daddy In the world" Then
followed the rush of departing hoofs.
Jealousy tore at the eayesdropper. 1t
did not take him long to get to the top
Of the fence.
Some sound he made brought the
squatter girls head around sharply
from her survey Of the picture.
"what do you wantT' she asked sui
lenly. frowning at him.
Oscar jumped to the ground
Il come down to see you, Poilyop,"
he rejoined, coming forward. who
were you talking tot"
The only safe way to get along with
the farmer, Polly had concluded. was
to have nothing 10 do with him.
leave me be, Oscar Bennettl~ she
shriIIed. Fl don't want nothin' 10 %
with you I'm goin' homA-
TO cut OF her retreat, Oscar nseesd
10 take but couple Of strides, and he
pe1mptIx took them
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-04-05
Please Take Notice
CHAS. S. SLACK & co. have moved
their office TO first floor of Farmers Bank

CHAS. S. SLACK & co. have moved
their office TO first floor of Farmers Bank
Building.
They are wholesale agents for:
Wood Tire Hollow Wall Silos.
Hoosier Si0 Extension Roofs.
Winner, Standard and New Era tanning
mills.
Pla-Safe brakes for Ford cars.
Whitcomb Piston Rings for all cars
Dultmeier Adjustable Wagon Tongues.
Diamond line of feed mills, frames,
shelters, pump jacks, etc.
Speed changing line shafts.
Oliver-Barth Heavy Duty Lifting Jacks.
Leather, canvas and rubber betting
Full line thresher supplies.
Howell Roller Feed Mills.
Tents, Paulines and Kamp-Kook outfits.
Cling-Surf belt dressing.
Come and see us and we have few articles left to
close out at low price
The Viroqua Milling CO. have the agency in Viroqua
for the Winner Tanning Mill.
John Stewart has the agency in Viroqua for the Dut
meier Adjustable Wagon Tongues.
Chas s Slack Co. will continue in the sale of North
lands They will help you dispose of your city
try real estate.
Threshermen invited call and get thresherman's
account book free. Those owning and doing custom
threShing meant.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-04-05
]. HENRY BENNETT
Attarpsy ss Law
Once ever Farmer Bank
Phone soe virsgsa

When we sell o bill Of material
we also include In the deal every bit
Of help we can give the buyer whether
You buy the lumber for q house or
only enough for m end gate for your
wagon. Our best service h part Of the
bargain. C. L. Colman Lmhx. Co.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-04-05

To keep up saving
you should have one
of our Liberty Bell
Banks in your hcme
or Office. 1t will spur
you on to indepen-
dence.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-29
Strawberries For.
MiHionaries

Plant City. Fla, Nov. 25.-
Thanksgiving strawberries will
come high this year, for buyers are
paying s4.25 quart for them de-
livered on the railroad platforms
here. Plant. City. center of the
production area in Florida and one
OF the largest strawberry shipping
points in the country. began. its
shipping yesterday, the earliest
date, in seven years. The bidding
opened at si.25 a quart and the
berries. rapidly went up to s4.25
while bids went as high as $3.50
with no berries in sight.
One farmer received a check for
1925 for a lot OF IL quarts, the
best actual sale price Of the day. II
was at, the rate of s4.25 a quart
and represented the highest price
ever recorded here.
cne quart of berries was. sold at
auction today for s1o3, the bidding
having started at So The seller
sent the money to the children's
home at Tampa as a Thanksgiving
gift
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-29
RUMORS ARE {
DENOUNCED
Seaboard President Sees No
Danger of Receivership

Washington; Nov. 26.-In con-
nection with the weakness in the
rail stocks, rnmors have been per-
sistent that seaboard Air Line was
in danger of a reeeiVership. S.
Davies Warfeld today characteriz-
ed these reports as malicious lies.
He declared the earnings for the
last two weeks to be the highest
in the history Of the road and
that progress made with new and
rebuilt equipment has been great
er than on any other system in the
United. States. He. points out that
loadings for. the first twenty-one
days of November show an aver
age increase Of 29.6 per cent with
traffic on an increasing scale. The
Seaboard is. just entering into the
period of its greatest traffic which
extends through the next four
months. being increased by the
winter traffic passenger and
freight from the northern states to
Florida.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-29
Government Plans
Series Of Suits
Many Cant soanients Involved,
Including Camp jackson

Washington. Nov. 24-The gov
5ernment plans a series of suits to
recover money spent on: construc-
ton Of war environments as the next
step in the alleged war fraud cam
paisn. II was indicated dozen or
more suits involving seventy-fve
million dollars would be fled. First
eases aresexpected TO involve Camps
Jackson, at columbia, Upton at
Zap Hank, n. Y Sherman. Chillo-
scothe, Ohio. and Funston at Fort
Riley, Kansas. The Camp Upton
suit involves six. millions, jackson
six millions five hundred thousand.
Sherman. Eve millions and Funston
four millions.
The complaints in the canton
nent suits a1lege fraud. gross neg
hgence. inefhciency and wasteful-
ness on the part of contractors and
their agents. .s,..s.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-29
COOPERATIVE
MARKETING
Cotton Association Proves To
Be a sStabilizing Influence

Columbia. Nov. 24-Cooperatlye
Marketing, of cotton is the greatest
constructive force now working. for
the development of southern pros
perity, in the. opinion Of Carl Will
liams. president of the American
Cotton Growers Exchange. Mr..
Williams has been in Columbia for
two days in conference with the
Board of Directors and manage
ment of the South Carolina Cotton
Growers Association.
.sThe orderly marketing program
followed by the Cotton Cooperatives
of the South. is generally acknowl-
edged to be q great stabilizing force
on cotton prices" said Mr.. Viii
iiams. This year,it has assured the
southern. farmer Of the good price
for cotton during the, period when
farmers themselves had cotton TO
sell. This same result has been ex-
perienced by other commodity CO.
operative Associations in the Unit
sed States. Those agricultural sec
5tions, which have profited for the
longest speried by this system of
marketing are; today first in the
United States in per capita bank
deposits and among farmers, first
in per capita trade in stores, first
lin good roads. first in quality of
rural schools, first IN salaries for
country teachers. first in numb Der
anu size Of country churches, first
in salaries of rural preachers and
first in rural recreation.
These things have a direct rela-
rtion to city and town business. The
effect of the co-operatives has been
to increase the percentage of the
consumers time, which the farm
er receives, and thereby to increase
his buying power and raise his
standard of diving. The natural re-
suit is that all business is benefited
preportionaiiy.
"I am very much pleased With
the progress of the South Carolina
Cotton Growers Association, and
equally we'll pleased with the sup
port, which has been given the as
ISOLATION by farmers, business men
and bankers Of this state. The As
sociat;on has already passed the
experimental stage and has become
"a permanent part of the life of
South Carolina. There is every in
dica1ion that it viii handle more
than twenty per cent of the, total
cotton crop of South Carolina this
year. and that it has become a
dominant figure in the cotton busi-
ness of this state
Eight other state organizations
of, similar size, character and poli-
Eeies. are working with the South
Carolina Association. Their total
membership is. more than $4,000
cotton farmers e
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-29
Thinking About Roads
lSna rtanburg Herald1 }

l
In practically every county in
South Carolina the newspapers are
discussing the question of high
ways from some point Of view.
There. are still many points of view
as to the. solution of this question.
pressing as it is for solution. in
South Carolina and other southern
states. The Wateree Messenger, Of
Camden. has recently expressed this
! view:
"a state highway system work IN
conjunction with the federal go:-
ernment will be the only way 20
build so-cal1ed permanent roads.
s. We would hail with delight
some legislation at the next ses-
sion Of the legislature looking to
the building of permanent high
ways under a well devised plan. If
each individual county is to build
its own roads. then the sand-clay
roads are their only hope
The .Wateree Messenger is COM
ing very near the truth. 1t is
| thinking along the right line. While
/, South Carolina counties-and es-
/ pecially the. weather. counties
have contributed to the state many
miles Of highways. carrying the
traffic more comfortably and more
eNpeditieusly than ever before IN
! the history Of the state, system
! of state highways will never be
realized until they are built and
maintained by the state and not
by the several counties. Certain
counties have contributed splendid
! highways, other counties can never
do. such a thing because they are
without the resources.
/; Second to the question Of taxa
+. ton ip this state is the question
Of highways The next leGisla-
ture should determine upon a pol
| icy and launch the states road pro-
gram that Will yield results. We
are not going backwards-but for
! ward
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-29

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them were asked in a tone Of de-
fance and the speaker was almost
invariably addressed as Nolan. =
During one of the periods of excite
ment a lady in the front of the
audience tainted and had to be car
ried from the hail. The man re-
moved by the police was carried
from the hal, amid shouts of Put
hinr.out ~ and "Qut with him, and
Throw hin. OUT The audience
applauded. vigorously the removal.
The questions were allowed from
each questioner. as he. first started,
the audience seemingly interested in
the question; but as no answer
came from the stage and the a''e
tions began to fly. from all sides,
the audience shouted them down
and urged that the questioners be
thrown out" therefore little of
the substance of the questions
could be heard they We're drown
ed by the general commotion.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-29
Names Three Judgel
McLain, Epps and Rausag
Appointed by Governor 8
-soIo EQEaYWHEREs

z Columbia, Nov. ~ Allssss
Lain OF Columbia, r. y. Eppse4
Sumter. and G.. j.. Ramage Of 81
lu1a were. appointed special Judges
by the governor yesterday upon the
recommendation OF Chief Jussie:
Gary. s. - Fsss::::s:
{ Mr.. McLain WAS named teshoiq
the court Of common pleas for sAA;
rion county commencing sRecena
bery4. s...s -. 81. 81 S
Mr.. Epps was named tos bold seaas
special term of conmo oG pleas cuaIn
for Allenda1e county beginnius fhf
second Monday in December.
ME Ramage was named hoh
the court Of general sessions fol
Spartanburg county COMMENCING
December - : : - .sss;l
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-29
Tie atslln,an and sout tlsron
Eltnxed at sle Pestoaiee at Sum
sxee. s. as Second Grass Matter
Pi'1ssoN J.

Hrs q. Shupe and children
are visiting at the home of he,
parents, Mrsarld Mrs. Carr.
s q Team anu daughter
are IN the city .at s her parents
hoIne Or fIassspt ten is
Mr. Lean Division Pas
senger gent of the Southern Rail
road spent Erssdaa 81 in stte=ssp.
Helen Mcleod of Augusta
visiting II ebert Sand ders.
IA Bradf ford. r.. who has
been visiting his father aud mother
off 1 his city left Thursday to re.
sturn 10 his home in Baltimore. S
Dr. IS. Esnag the new pastor
OF Salem Baptist ehurcn. and Mrs:
Peag arrivea IN the scity Saturday
lIsorniIsg and I'll take up his
work teusDrTpW. ;7.s
ana Mrs Fred Converse o.
I1iorense spent sunday IN the city
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-29
Killed by Automobile.

Greenville. Nov. 26,-T. G. Bat
SON. l63, we'll known merchant OF
Gantt.ssa suburb, who was, struck
by an automobile on River street
here Saturday afternoon, died at
5 o'clock this morning at a Green
vile hospital from his injuries. His
skull WAS fractured. >.
The inquest has been set for
Tuesday morning and Browning
Marshall Of this city, driver Of the
automobile. has been released on
$4,000 bond by Judge T. p. Cethran,
pending the inquest. Funeral SER
vices OF Mr.. Bstsop will be held to-
:morrow. So.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-29

Postal G. HI @. Expects Increased
christmas business.

Washington, Nov. Post of
ice officials are expecting a heavy
business at the Christmas period
this year. possibly heavier than
I ever before Mail was flowing
heavily as early as November 1. 4
was poiInfed out and when the
rush starts 50 early it IS taken as
a Sign of a big rush of holiday mall
the department began in octo-
Der the usual preparations for the
holiday increase and by December
81 Ii1e entire service viii be ready.
Gmciafs see that mail early, cam
paiGns are haEing. their eject on
the mailing public, resulting in the
unprecedented early start Of
Christmas business.
It is estimated that the increase
in postal receipts during December
over normal month is s8.0oG, % 90.
About s5,ea8,800 is spent for ex-
ira space on trains to transport
-ti1e mails, the motor vehicle ser
sice spends approximately $780,
100 above its regular service and
another .e9e zoe goes for addi-
tionai clerk hire in the various
possofices to sort mail.
Another item IS s350. coo for ad-
dtspuai carriers. added to these
items are the millions OF money
order blanks. more millions Of
stamps, miles of sssines to rezbundie
poorly tied packages, and thousands
CT square feet Of emergency ware
house space. &
Uncle Sam.s total bill for Christ
mas is about as aiscoufagins as
dad. the Department declares.
Deliver an Christmas mail by
noon Decenber 25, IS the watch
word Of the service as the dag
drawns near. and it is very seldom
mat the goal is missed.
lIowever. a bad storm may de-
lay desneries. and adds terrihcally
10 ths blu. "a storm IN New York
last Ehristmas cost the Post Oh
ice Department s31o;8D8 extra for
motor vehicle transport alone. The
posfai service does not wish for
white CTrsstTnas..
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-29
Cotton. Mill Strike Ended.

Manchester, \. II, Nov. 20
The strike in the Amoskeag mills,
whose units comprise the largest
textile plants in the world, was de-
clared off tonight. The action was
taken following the .tabulatien OF
the votes of % local unions OF the
United Textile Workers of America
on the Recommendations Of the
international organizations repre-
sentatives that the operatives return
to the mills under protest. Seven
ty-fve per cent of the voters fa-
vorcd the recommendation. union
leaders announced tonight.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-29
EDUCATION ~ ).
WEEK PLANS

in many parts of the state in the
plans for observing Education
Week. is reported by the COM
Inittee in charge, and a great irn-
|petl,s for the Strengthening Of the
school system of the, state is e1-
|pected TO result. according to
Powers. W. Bethea. Of Columbia,
secretary of the organization Re-
ports from Spartanburg county.
Greenxille county. Calhoun, VIII
Flamsburg. Dorchester, Newberry,
and Horny counties are especially
|ereouraging. Mr.. Bethea sayE.
The committee is Saturday. is-
suing from the press a bulletin ex,
planning the plans of education
week. and making suggestions fee
its observance in the various COM
Imunities Of the state. This is to be
sent to business men. school trus-
tees and educational leaders of the
state, with "a view to aiding in the
local plans being made for the ed
iucation week. The bulletin was
prepared by Mrs. B. L. Parkinson.
DR.. Wilson Gee and Mr.. Bethea.
In most: of the schools of the
state Education Week will be OBJ
served with special exercises. The
committee has asked that ministers
touch on education in their SER
mons on December 5. In most OF
the school districts of the state an
educational rally is to be hold, and
in each county seat on. December
8 q county mass meeting is planned,
with special. speakers. Rural
schools will be the chief subject for
all Of the rallies The American
Legion is cooperating heartily in
the. program, Of Education Week
t in South, Carolina.
Since the legislature of 1922
made certain reductions in appro-
Ipriations for education, a loud pro-
test has gone. up all over the state,
resulting in state conference here
recently. which launched the gen.
eral movement for the statewide
observance Of Education Week. .
IT is the hope of the education
leaders of the state that the i'm
iporeance of education. especially in
| the rural sections, may be SO stress
ed by the special meetings. that
public sentiment may develop TO
such an extent us to make limita-
ition of education appropriations
again impossible.
State Superintendent of Educa-
/; ton j. E. .Swearingen today is
sued a statement in which he APP
pealed to the public to stand by
j the schools of the state Il hope
j to see the exercises and discussions
of Education Week crystalize
the educationai sentiment Of our
people by insisting upon efficient
schools. with adequate support,
ihe says, The compulsory at
! tendance law should pc more uni
form,y and carefully enforced; the
! physical welfare of pupils and
teachers should be better safe
guarded: careful. competent. con-
iscientious Christian tea c Il 7 S
should be put in every class room
and should be paid q living wage
! The course of study should be ell
riched and varied. so as better to
meet the manifold needs of child
/ hood A minimum term of sever
months for the country schools
should he provided The campaign
4against illteracy should proceed
Vigorously
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-29
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-29
Train Kills Infant
Crushed by Passenger Loco.
motive and Cars

Conway, Nov. An infant son
of Kelly Jones, of the Adrian Sec
ton Of Horny county, was fatally
crushed under a passenger. train
yesterday. Engineman o,Neill ,fe-
ported: that he noticed what ap-
peared to be a large piece of pa
per between the tracks and that he
watched it intently. AS his loco
motive was almost on it, the child
moved. and Mr. o'Neill brought his
train to, a stop The infant was
picked up under the mail coach
and rushed to Loris for treatment,
but died in few minutes. At the
time of the tragedy, the infants
father was working in a nearby
field.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-29
BREEDING
BETTER COTTON
Results Of Some Plant TO Row
Cotton Breeding Work

/ stN. r.. tray, SIdEeuN0i -'ootiss
$ Demonstration AGENT
Mr.. E. E. Han. extension plant
breeding specialist, and I. in CO
foperation with Mr. D. L. Tindal. .aof
near Pinewood this year carried
lon plant-to-row cotton breedins
test. It is generally recognized
that on wilt free lands of this sec
stion that Cleveland. Big Boil is the
best short staple cotton we have
The test was therefore made With
this variety Of cotton.
The purpose of the test was to de-
|tern,ine the highest yielding strain
FOR strains OF Cleveland under our
conditions The test consisted
|of twenty rows. an grown under
the same conditions as nearly as
possible. 4 may say here that this
test patch was planted rather late
fand in a comparatively low place:
the Yields are therefore lower
than woGld have been the case il
Ethe conditions had notstieen SO ad-
verse. However, we were chiefly
interested in the comparative Yields
Fos. the different strains, as already
stated
The results of this work are very
Interesting and clearly demonstrate
the value of careful seed selection
and breeding. I VII not attempt, TO
give the Yields of every row. but
only enough to show the variation
that there is IN seed Of the same
variety grown under the same con-
Editfens. Tie cotton from these
rows was ali picked at one time
and carefully weighed by Mr. Hail
and myself. and from this the yield
per acre was: calculated. Notes
were kept on earliness, type OF
plant. length ofsstapIe. etc.
b The highest Yielding row in the
plot produced at the rate of S92
pounds per acre. The lowest yield
ing row produced at the rate OF
454 pounds per acre making a diff
ference IN money value Of ss43.74
.RSLrSSSS4 go hoSSN ssSS4S SdSGu 3A1O1pl
the five highest yielding rows and
the balance discarded. The aver
age yield of these five highest
rows was 856 pounds. The aver
age Of the rows not saved was $40
pounds: Lint easton from rows
saved for. seed averages $20.70
more per acre than that from those
rows which were not saved.
This werk viii be carried on
from year to year. We viii have
Ssufieient seed from the five highest
yielding rows: to plant good sized
increased plots on Mr.. Tindars
farm next year. Seed from certain
of the highest yielding plants OF
most desirable type viii be plant
ed in another plant-to-rolv, test in
1923 In this way NE; can in a
short time: develop high yielding
strains of cotton.
These high yielding seed will
then be sold TO other farmers in
the community at mod crate
price. with a view to getting a, SUI
pericr strain Of one variety gen.
:eraiiy used in a community. This
viii make it easier TO keep the
seed pure and UP to standard, .
failed TO state that this cotton
was an busted with calcium arse
maize and the entire plot average
700 pounds per acre.
These rows were checked and
the seed planted by hand, in order
TO get the same number of plants
per row and the same distance be
tween plants.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-29

Los Angeles, Nov. 25.-The Los
Angeles Times today publishes a
story stating that reports are cur
rent in motion picture circles
there that Charles Chaplin. the
comedian. and Pola Negri. the
tragedienne. were engaged to be
married. Chaplin declined either
to deny or affirm the report
Madame Ncgri refused TO talk.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-29

Washington. Nov. oo.-Represcn-
tative Rainey, Democrat, of Hi
nois. who yesterday introduced a
resolution for an investigation OF
reports that the ku kluX klan held
an initiation ceremony under the
capitol. announced today that he
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-29

Columbia, Now 24.-The ,Co1onia
Hotel, a tourist hotel OF this city,
was sold at. auction yesterday and
brought SIS, ,0o6 It was bought in
by the. mortgages. Itwas sold
under order of bankruptcy against;
ED.C Shaw, former owner. Mr.
Shaw is a prominent Sumter man.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-29

The report that Mr.. Jack Demp-
sey offers to play the All-American
football team is untrue.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-29

ST Joseph, Michigan, Nov. 27.-
Twenty alleged Communists party
leaders. including ". q. Foster.
leader Of the 1915 steel strike, will
Igo:on trial here today charged with
violating. the Michigan -anti-Syndi-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-29

Illinois congrcsswonan has four
children so should pick up things
quickly in the House.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-29

York. Nov. 25.-Arguments have
been started in the case of William
c. FAIRIES, charged with the muir
der at Glover last September OF
Newton Taylor. and was expected
to go to the jury late today. The
case closed this morning after Mrs.
Fannie Bracket told Of a quarrel
between the mother of the dead DO"
and Mrs. FAIRIES. in which she
said both made threats.