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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-04
Michael Angelo Worked
For $500 "a Month

Rome. Sept. Modern artists
who are inclined to complain Of
the lack OF appreciation of the
public. expressed in dollars and
cents, OF their work. may be inter
ested in. the money made by some
of their famous predecessors.
The ancient masters of painting
labored for small pay. Cimabae.
the first of the great masters and
the discoverer OF Giotto. was raid
about one dollar a day, hut lie
had TO share this income with an
assistant. Giotto himself, called
the father Of painting and the pro-
ducer Of many fine masterpieces,
got from $500 to S1l.G0 To-. each
of his figures. Michaelangeie,
Leonardo da Ninci and Raphael
lived in what may he called the
golden, age of art, yet the first two
received salaries of $4,000 a month,
and the last named got s250.a0 for
a portrait.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-04
Sweden Expendins 100000
to Relieve Unemployment

Stockholm, Sept. THE work of
installing an American patent
heating system on the Swedish
State Railways has JUST hessn as
one Of the constructive result: y.
the governments .receat measures
to relieve what remains .: uneE-
ployment. and industrial depres-
sion. More than s7.0o0.a30 nave
been appropriated for new con-
strnction, purchases OF supplies,
and similar. expenditures
The State Railways nave, crdeI-
ed 10 new locomotives, and ahcut
goo new cars. of whian lut Will
be equipped with the American
heating system. 1t will. however,
be manufactured in Sweden. Large
amounts will also be spent by the
railroads for improved safety sig
nails. The Water Pow Depart
ment will invest upwards CT 81.
100000 in. new hydraulic plants
and especially in the e.ecrciicauen
Ok: thS. COdSI Ill 4SoI oItAASisA - W ~
thus further liberating the ceantrs'
from dependence, on foreiga coa..
The Department of Te.egraphs nas
decided. to. spend abour s1ae e608
on new gables through the cnun-
try and special telephone equip
ment. The state organization OF
Pilotage and Lightho viii mod
ernie lighthouses and s:s..t sev-
era1 snew ones, as well az u ann1-
bers OF beacons and light buoys.
The Royal Hydrographlc Depart
ment Will construct two vessels es-
.pecially designed for making hy5fo-
graphic surveys
The number of nne1aploysd hiss
been reduced by about . per-
cent, during, the current year.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-04
Shirt Factory Likely for State
Penitentiary.

Columbia. Sept. 2S:-The estab-
lishment of a shirt factory in the
state penitentiary or possibly some
other industry, ~ TO augment the
work opportunity afforded by the
present chair factory. vii! likely be
recommended by Governor Harvey
10 the 1928 legislature. the chief
executive. made it known Thursday
afternoon. following a visit he
paid to the state penitentiary. in
company with officers OF the board
of public welfare. With the state
officials was William Taradash, of
Chicago. an officer Of the Sterling
Company. large manufacturers of
shirts. Mr.. Taradash and the gov
=ctnor are TO study the situation
further and attempt to get at some
as to the Chicago COM
pany's opening a plant in the state
prison.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-04
World War Hero Made
Governor of South Australia

London, Sept. S.-Major-General
Sir George MoIesworth Bridges
has been appointed Governor OF
South Australia, succeeding Lieu
tenant-C.olonel sr William Weigeil.
The latter resigned the position
because he said he could not live
on his salary and had not sufficient
prirate means to afford the luxury
OF. maintaining such a pesitien.
His successor, Sir George, is
Maown in the; British army as tie
s-Tny. Drum Hero. That term has
not been applied TO him in de-
riaon, but in recognition Of a me-
morahie incident OF the war in
waieh he displayed great galiantry.
After action at Le Chateau. in
1914, the British army stared on
It's great fighting retreat, and men
were dropping CUT from: sheer ex-
taaustion. Major Bridges, as he
then vas. went back to ST. Quentin
TO round ap $50 straggleEs.
He sound them in a state OF coli
lapse. At little village shop he
bought a toy drum. and falling
the men into iine with the toy
drum and penny whistle TO serve
as band; sshe marched them off.
laughing in spite of their Weafi-
ness. They Kept on marching for
% miles. 81.
Sir George was the military
member OF the Balfour mission
to the United States ia 19177. ana
head OF the British War Mission
to the United States in the sue
eeeaing year. 81
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-04
The Right STUFF.
News and Courier.


The Calhoun Times. which is all
out OF patience with the begging
nuisance, which it says is get
ting TOO common and too fash
ionable.' tells an interesting story
by way of contrast. 1t says:
IA young man was sent from
ST Matthews TO the recent war
and in siS weeks he was shot in
the thigh and the bone shattered.
Several operations were perform
ed. but with poor results. He still
walks with the aid Of erutches.
Many young and strong men would
have sat DOWN and been satisfied
with the government allowance
Not SO. in this case. He secured. a
position with a local firm and went
to selling Ford cars. Nobody
thought there was enough money
affoat in this stricken boil Meevil
county TO buy a Tin Lizzie Bot
flivvers have taken the place of
booze and the auto topers buy them
il it puts the family in rage. The
disabled veteran sold come fifteen
or twenty during the summer and
picked up enough cash TO enter coli
Iege this fall
1t would be shame to spoil d
story like this by trying to add any
thing to it in the way of a moral or
otherwise. The Times does not give
this young mans name, but W" are
much mistaken if he himself in his
subsequent career does not make
il known in due time. He has the
right stuff in him and deserves to
go far.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-04
New Type AIR Map.

Washington, Sept 91.-A new
type of map 10 guide aviators who
declare the present system Of maps
for air work. is not complete. is
being prepared by the National
Advisory Committee for !Aeronatics.
The new type is characterized for
its extreme simplicity. only fea-
lures Of the Terrain being includ-
ed. together with better indica-
ton of landing fields with sucn
Information as a pilot especially
needs when forced to land. The
first of these maps. tha, of the air
route between Langley Field. Nir-
ginia, to Washington, has Just been
made public. 1t is based upon a
simple photographic map of the
territory between the two. points.
Only those landmarks which are
visible TO fliers. at some height and
easily recognized. are. shown These
include. islands. towns. lighthouses.
rivers and easily distinguished in
lets. A compass course is laid
out on the chart in a,-direet line
between the two points, which, in
this instance is feasible. although
ii. is recognized that such a course
is not always practica ble- Along
with that course is laid gout a sup
Elementary course which deyiates
from the compass course only a
few miles and which follows the
better terrain
Landing fields sufficient to pro-.
vide safe descent are shown. No
attempt is made to picture features
OF the fields but towards the mar
gins the fields are delineated in
larger scale. The nature Of the
ground is shown, together with the;
structures nearby, points Of danger,
and general;wind direction. On the
reverse side information such as
aviator would need who was forced
down. is written out.ei
The main purpose of the sRew.
style char, is to providesa 4unaber-
of secondary landing fields at dis,
;tances of about 25 miles, an end
less lire of ground markers, to. be.
supplemented at night by light
houses and the more ambitious
program of wireless direction and
meteorological information.
Another feature is the scale Of
distances along each side OF the
chart, which Will give the ater his
mileage and distance to go. In
sruments do not always show this
data.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-04
Russia Seems Land OF Quiet
Compared To- Outside World

Moscow. Sept. IL 4merican and
western European newspaper cor
irespondents who have been in
MOSCOW: during the period OF the.
railway ard GOAL mine strikes IN
the United States: the renewed
fighting in Ireland; the political
crisis in Italy, and the. troubles in
Germany incidental to the fall in
the value OF the mark, reached
the conclusion. that Soviet Russia
was the most tranquil country in
the world
Under the iron hand of the pro-.
letarian dictatorship, strikes and
disturbances such as the. cables
reported daily from abroad aresim-
possible in Russia. So, while their
colleagues in, ether countries were
actively engaged in reporting
wars, strikes and near revolution
ary demonstrations, the Moscow
CORRESPONDENTS found little or
nothing to do. The court trials
and death sentences on the coun-5
ter-revolutionists seemed mild in
comparison with the news coming
into Russia.
This tranquility was particularly
surprising to the first French news
paper correspondents visiting Rus
sia since, the early days OF the
revolution american newspapers
for more than a year have had di-
rect relations with Russia, but the
French press has obtained its
news Of Russia by way OF the
'..gra pevine" route. printing obvious
fabrications indicating that blood
shed and horrors were continuous
performances in every Russian city.
even up to this day
One French correspondent was
so surprised 10 find Moscow calm
and even attaining the gaiety of
metropolis-with brilliant cafes,
crowded race courses and flower
bedecked parks and piazas full Of
smiling and well dressed prone
he feared his Paris
ian readers. accustomed to diff
ierent brand of Russian news.
would not believe what he wrote.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-04
Feature Pure:gred Cattle Display.

Hamline, MINI, Sept 233.-The
largest group OF pure-bred dairy
cattle ever gathered Will be dis
played at7 the National Dairy Ex-
position TO be held here October
{ tos IA, when s35,I30 in prizes
will be offered, according. to of
ficials.
Cattle from the prize herds of
large Wisconsin farms and other
parts of Americas, dairy section viii
be exhibited at the exposition
which sponsors, declare will be the
largest of its kind.
The United States Department
OF agriculture will cooperate with
the exposition officials in turning
Dairy Hall into huge educational
exhibit OF dairy products ana m
their uses. Z.
Included in the hairs features will
be the government exhibit, a model
dairy: kitchen directed by Mrs.
Paul Hemming in which the uses
OF milk in the home Kitchen Will
be demonstrates
Demonstration also will be made
of the departments market report
service, by radio, telegraph and
mail, which is. available to farm
ers, manufacturers. distributors and
consumers.
The various cattle associations
have assisted in raising the total OF
of the prizes offered. In each OF
the five breed divisions $3.50: will
be offered to the regular classes.
In addition To this special prizes
offered by indf:auals and organi-
cations raises. the total to much
larger figures.
Boys and Girls calf clubs have
been offered prizes amounting TO
$4,000 by the National Dairy Asso-
citation, $440 being given to exhib-
itors in each class. In addition
each of the breed associations IS
giving prizes in recognition OF the
work done by the clubs.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-04
Moving Pictures First Pre-
= senred 2. 22.s08 Years Ago

London, Sept. s.-Tl1e earliest
idea OF a. moving picture was re-
corded in the time OF Confucius.
the Chinese philosopher who lived
800 years before Christ. At least
this is the deduction drawn from,
his studies into the question by
Will Day, wel1-known figure in
the English film world, who has
exhibited in London a collection
of relics and machines tracing the
growth Of the moving picture from
the. first primitive idea to it's pres
ent form.
The shadow shows of the time
Of Confucius are the first of all
known endeayors. to present AMI
mated pictures. From this carly
time, however, there was a long
period of inactivity in development,
for the next record Of progressive
achievement is found in 1915, when
4Athanasius Kircher published a
book in Latin entitled ATs
Nagnalycus ct Umbrae" in which
"a description and illustration is
given of moving picture which
the writer had evolved: with rllr-
rors and "a tallow candle fer il
fuminant.
Included in the collection IS the
original disc which Eadweard My
bridge used to settle the eontro-
vcrsy between two American mil
lionaires on the .Alo Patio race
course a. TO whether the fonr feet
of a trottings horse were eli el1e
ground at the same. time 80,
The experiments which Muy-
bridge carried out is SAID 20 have
cost the University of PenGsylganis
10000 pounds. but the fact was
proved that horse did actually
lift all four feet simultaneously:
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-04
American Traffic Regulations
Praised In ENGLAND.

Lordon, Sept. 8.-American
visitors to London, especially prom
ineHt ones. are inclined to say
pleasant things to their hosts, and
Englishmen are not disinclined 10
listen. The latest example Of this
was given by Governor Cox. OF
Ohio, who is quoted by the Daily
Mail as saying some Very pleasing
things about London as a city.
! Bur would it not be better all
around, asks the Daily Chronicle. if
they would give as some construc-
TIVE criticism? Lamenting the
frequency, Of accidents ON London
streets this paper SAYS: why
doesn't London initiate New York,
which now leads the world in traf-
&c regulations? 1t is perhaps too
much TO hope for the system OF
signal-boxes, semaphores and col
ered lights that make Fifth Avenue
a model of safety and efficient traf-
fie regulation. But at least we
could follow New FORKS examples
In forbidding pedestrians 10 cross
the roadway at dangerous cross
ings until the. point policeman has
arranged a fairway and given per-
mission to cross. This rule is so
strictly carried out that even, the
New York messenger boy does not
infringe it.
another rule hat is universal
in America and Canada compels
all motor traffic to stop dead until
q tranlear has discharged and taken
up its passengers and started off
again. Why this rule is not adopt
ed in England it is impossible to
imagine,
IT is nice TO have Americans
come here and throw lovely bou-
4uets at us, said an English writer,
but think they would do us more
good if they occasionally told us
point blank of some Of the things
they find wrong with u.s. This mu-
tual admiration business that goes
on now is not good for either of
u.s."
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-04
Group Of German Artists Will
Sail Around the World

Hamburg. Sent two German
saiIboats of small dimensions are
due to brave the <furies of the At
iantic. on experimental .trans-oce-
anic. voyage within the coming
year.
On one of them a party of .1S
German artists and professional
men. plan to circumnayigate the
globe. They have recently tested
their craft in a trip to copentla-
gen. and are now trying to COM
Iplete arrangements for leaving
before the end of the year. The
vessel is 58 feet long and VIII ear
ry three writer's, three artists, and
number of movie" actors from
Berlin. accompanied: by a Munich
doctor. This tour is: to he made
by way. of Holland, Spain the
Canary Islands, Cuba. Mexico.
both coasts of South America. the
South Sea islands, China, Japan,
India and the Suez Canal: II is
expected that three weeks viii be
required in crossing the Atlantic,
and the party plans TO return
home in about two years. ...,s.,s-
The other enterprise IS to be
conducted BY three German Sailors
in a 4s=foot saflboat of 70 tons.
which they themselves intend to
build. They win attempt to make
the trip from Hamqburg to New s
York. and are planning TO sail un-
der the auspices OF the imperial
Yacht Club. OF Wuertteniberg 2
has been reported that american
interests agreed TO Bear the cost
of the experiment. if the boat car
ried the American flag, hat that
the offer was rejected. These
seamens do not expect to take to
the wafer before next spring.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-04
Antelope Threatened With Exfinc-
ton

/ Yellowstone Park. Wyo.. Sept. 2
The American antelope is threat
ened with extinction ACCORDING TO
officials here OF the department of
!! the interior. Unless extensive pro-
tectiye; measures are taken. 0Aicta1s
declared, an. animal widely admired
for its coloring. deHcate -propor-
tions and zephyrzIike movements,
soon Will be seen only, in museums q.
There are probably not more than
!, 600 antelope remaining in the
United States, ;aeeording to a srate-
smenf, and the total number IN the
park IS about 35A. = In 1908 the
| number was estimated as 1900.
f.s4 The cause OF The antelope has
sbeen taken up by the American BIZ
/ SON Society of New Yerk "A NUM-
ber OF secieties Interested in game
preservations WIZ NEE .in
the east soon TO consider a pro-
FgraIas ia pfo1sea antelope. Pro-
posed measures include. provision
for. an. adequate winter. range
/ EfforS .ffs,r Yeiiowsfone herds. s and for
herds remaining n oregon: Nevada,
Idaho, Wyoming. Utah and Cali
fernia. s -, = ..'s..,,..
Last winter nearly a third Of the
Yellowstone Park herds. were lost
al. a. result of heavy SHOWS and the
depredations OF coyotes. wolves
and mountain lions. A part Of this
loss was made. up by birth OF the
young this spring.
The most serious menace to
their, preservation. here is the alb
lsence of suitable winter range, ac-
cording to these officials. Besides
running the risk OF starvation,
owing to scant forage il the SHOWS
are deep. they are easy prey for
predatory animals.
The possible winter range for
antelope here atfpresent is about
zoe acres, which must he shared
with the deer, elk and other graz
|ing animals. The summer range
covers about 100000 acres
Park authorities will withdraw
part OF the summer range from
tourist use next season, as the
presence of tourists is said to keep
the nervous animals on the flli
yiye ana TO interfere with breed
ing -.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-04
Historic Bell IN Germany
ss5s' Successfully Repaired

Berlin. Sept. The huge bell
IN the cathedral tower on the form
er imperial palace grounds, which
cracked while tolling out the death
of the former empress. will ring
again after a year Of silence. Like
Americas Liberty Bell it went
mute because OF a rent sustained
while cenmemorating an historial
event.
The great mass Of metal has just
undergone a welding which mark
ed the first attempt Of its kind in
German science. The crack meas
ured, $50 milimeters in length and
: ..asairea as kilograms, Of metal TO
I'LL
1t was estimated that to remove
the bell and transport it to Aipona
or, Lubeck. where Germanys only
1eeasting works are located would
cost cc5 more IA than SEQ, ,eoe marks.
Further, sentiment preelnded IN
SAILING ID new bell for one which
lrads deae sertdGe siipce 47l.aWhe1
it originally graeed the Wilsnack
monastery Consequently. a firH1
undertook to repair it within it
own tower.
The he'll was lowered from ats
support 70 the floor OF the tow u
room and there subjected to a
welding process of aeetylic oxidiz-
ing under q, heat OF l,4a0 degrees
Experts hold that, its voice. vii
recover AL. of the eld-sime clear
ness when ,the necessary opera.
tons OF repp plishing and rechasins
the. metal have been completed
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-04
{. Thomas Apprelaensaye Over
i Restrictions on shipping

s Charlotte AInalia, St. Thomas,
~. i, Sept l.-st. Thomas mer-
|chants whose prosperity depends
chiefly on the amount of shipping
that comes into the harbor. are
hopeful that Pzesiden Hardieg
takes prompt and favera bic action
on the Inenorandnm recently
handed him by a commission from
fSt. Thomas urging that the Vol
stead act be not enforced in the
Virgin Islands; chat the coastwise
shipping Law be suspended. ana
that the quarantine regulations be
abatad IS: 80 ;-f5
Snip figures compiled from the
custom house records show that
for the year ended June go 1922.
e,I56 vessels OF all types entered
this port, as compared with 2s552
for the previous year. For the ~
months ended June 80; 1926. q g.
245 ships came into port.
It is pointed out here that the
year ended June 80 Fl 921. was alb
normal. and that there has. IN faat.
been only slight decline onthe ac-
tual number oG Vessels ;enferine
port dyer the fiscal year 1920. Bal
81 appears that the port is not ss,f-
fering so much from the decline
jin the number OF vessels coming
Here. as tfom the faet that, FEVER
OF these vessels take i0ns coil or
ether supplies --,-7-as Z.
The United States Shipping Beard
built three large OH tanks here
with a capacity Of IS5, e0s barrels
to supply fuel oil ito: Shipping
Beard vessels. They were flied
last January. and since thensthe
total withdsawals have been sonly
about 10000 barrels. sls:.s 81
SO FAR this year, isis said. ships
coming into port to take on coal
have averaged less than one a
week, and the -coaling of vessels is
the chief source OF income for
many men and. women who earn
from three TO FIVE cents for each
basket of coal carried aboard. For
the first three months this year
the irnpofsstions OF coal were 2,-
ls5 tons as compared with imper-
iaaions OF approximately 5000 tons
for like period last year.
There has. been more cargo left
in port this year for transhipment
20 other ports than in several years,
but despite this fact, the amount
OF employment furnished has been
inadequate.
The island lives on the ships
which come into the port Of Char
totte An1alia, and restrictions on
sla:pping which we're not known in
Danish DAYS are causing uneasi-
ness, among the people.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-04
Slams King Evidences Thrift
In Taking Wife

London. Sept, s.-The King of
Islam is thrifty. Hence, when it
came to the question Of taking
wife and he contemplated the
great cost of the elaborate cere-
monies the people would expect,
the married his Wife by royal proc
lanation, says the Daily. Mail, thus
saving lot Of money. There is an
old Sian1ese custom which makes
such action proper and binding.
He is Just as much married by this
method, according TO Siamese law.
as by any other.
Last year. the king was engaged
to his new queens half sister.
Princess Vallatha, but that be-
fro1hal was declared annulled by
royal decree. That, was a queer
document.
His Iajesty's noble desire. - it
stated, firmly and definitely toSen-
sure the succession to the throne
cannot satisfactorily be met owing
to the incompatibility Of temper
ament between his Majesty and
Princess Saliatha, which may he
accounted for by the chronic dis
position of the Princess. whose
nervous system leaves much to: Re
desired" Shortly afterward the
King became engaged to Princess
Lakshmi.
His Majesty is AZ years old and
an honorary general Of the British
army. He came 10 England when
+ he was l3 and was educated at
Oxford and Sandhurst Afterwards
he w2s attached to the Durham
Light Infantry He speaks Eng
1ish well and is conversant with
Western manners and customs. ~
Guiding its various methods of tying
and umtying the nuptial knos.