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TT 53 THE WATCHMAN AND SOUTHRON MAY 15 1929 PAGE SIX FfeOM OCT OF THE YEARS Quillen Paragraphs JULIA SISTER BEST NOVEL South Carolinian Wins Pulitzer Prize Elmer Best Play Bciiet Gets Verse Award Stimson Working On Reorganization State Department Washington May 11 C43) Secretary Stimson has begun an extensive reorganization of the state department with a view to coordinating the increasing activities of its various divisions But he is going slowly he explains because the state department the busiest office I ever got into in my The principal result of the reorganization thus far has been to make the under-secretary of state Reuben Clark Jr the nominal co-ordinating officer corresponding as Mr describes it to a second in command for a chief of staff Mr Stinison explained that in addition to bringing together the work of the various division chiefs the under-secretary would be in a position to take up the work of the secretary himself in an emergency or during his absence from the city Under the proposed system the heads of divisions will be free to consult the secretary although normally they will work through the under-secretary The system will provdie a method of sifting 'out for the attention of the secretary the more important matters passing through the department During the last few days Mr Stimson has set a precedent for secretaries of state by personally spending some time in the major divisions of the department talking to their chiefs and staffs to learn their problems and the type of work being done Horton Con Reiters Protest Against Troops Elizabethton Tenn May 11 (A) Protest against the use of state troops in the textile strike here today whs before Governor Henry Horton Forty representatives of textile unions in Johnson City Elizabethton and Erwin met in the -former city last night and sent a telegram to the governor demanding that the troops be withdrawn This action came after a day of Apprehension here resulting from the bombing of the home of Mack Elliott a member of the ti'nion at Hbnter 12 miles Ellzabethton The explosion which occurred shortly after midnight yesterday diverted attention generally from the recent labor dslputes among striking employes and officers of American Bemberg and American Glartzstoff rayon plants No connection between the explosion and the labor question had been established Elliott it was said formerly was employed at the Glanzstoff plant A union mass meeting was here this afternoon Quiet reigned here today with a report from the rayon companies more workers have applied than can be used at this time and that operations are increasing steadily National Guardsmen as state police remain-'ed on duty In their message to Governor last night the union rep-' resentatives said they demanded removal of the troops on the that use of militia In strike Situations is unconstitutional and needless and is an affront orderly taxpayers In these (Dedicated to everyone whose mother is dead) Years long years have passed since then But there comes trooping back again From out the years I've travelled through A memory Mother dear of you It takes me through the years onee more Back to those golden days of yore When as a lad I used to hear Your voice so sweet oh Mother dear And once again I seem to feel As by your knee once more I kneel Your hand upon my boyish head As my simple evening prayers I said I seem to feel oh Mother mine That about me once again you twine Those mother arms that held me tight And lulled me to my sleep each night And though 'tis just a memory Of dear sweet days that used to be Bomehow my heart is stirred with Joy Just like it did when but a boy Though years have passed across my1 brow And I have grown to manhood now Still in my heart I cherish true This memory Mother dear of you And on this Day I lift My heart beyond Where cloud banks drift And breath a prayer of gratitude To God that In His plentitude He gave to me in years gone by Though now gone to live on high A Mother Just like you were dear A Mother patient good sincere And some day by wondrous Grace see again your lovely face live through eternal days Our lips attuned to sing His praise then oh Mother dear of mine 'round my heart this memory twine And keep it fresh with full flow Through all the days that come and go Rev Reynolds May 10th 1929 LATE BLIGHT FUNGUS WORKS POTATO HAVOC work during the year the test being strict accuracy terseness the preference being given to articles that achieve the accomplishment of some public good commanding attention arid respect to Paul Anderson of The St Louis Post-Dispatch St Louis Mo for his highly effective work in bringing to light a situation which resulted in revealing the disposition of Liberty bonds purchased" and distributed by the Continental Trading company in connection with naval oil For the best cartoon published in any American newspaper during the year the determining qualities being that the cartoon shall embody an idea made clearly apparent shall show good drawing and striking pictorial effect and shall be intended to be helpful to some commendable cause of public importance due account being taken of the whole volume of the newspaper work during the year $500" to Rollin Kirby of The World New York for the cartoon entitled' published September the original American play performed In New York which shall best represent the educational value and power of the to by Elmer Rice produced at the Playhouse in New York during season 1928-1929 published by Samuel French New the best book of the year the history of the United to Organization and Administration of the Union Army by Fred Albert Shannon published by the Arthur Clark company Cleveland the best American biography teaching patriotic and unselfish services to the people illustrated by an eminent example excluding as too obvious the names of Washington arid Abraham Lincoln to Training of an American The Earlier Life and Letters of Walter by Burton Hendrick published by Houghteon Mifflin company Boston and New York the best volume of verse published during the year by an American author to by Stephen Vincent Renet published by Doubleday Doran Co Inc Garden City The announcement concludes with specifications for the three $1800 traveling scholarships awarded to three graduates of the Columbia School of Journalism and the music and art $1500 scholarships to enable the winners to complete their education in Europe Miss Fairbariks Mr Bennett and Mr Weng were nominated by the teaching staff of the school of journalism for the- first three awards with the following alternates: Wayne William Parrish of Decatur 111 Herbert Anderson Yocum of Acata Cal and Miss Josephine Russell of New York city jVW? I A 7MM pfyJwi mcui ife old fahiemLMfeAs Oteaoeflt of tto fWi- "mewttit iJ 4 BARN OF NON-UNION MAN IS DESTROYED AT ELIZABETHTON 'How simple flood control will seem to Mr Hoover after trying his hand on congress despise this little unusually means: now have money enough to make a show in a big Another good way to acquire control of your temper is to associate with big fellows who have tempers Still let's be careful not to build more battleships than we have harbor space to hide them in How wonderful to be the boss and see a ball game without thinking up' a good lie It takes a lot of faith to believe civilization is advanced by means of hick-town amateur theatricals Three habitations of a sardine: In the ocean in a can in the husband of a bridge addict Love is the quality that makes you wonder how such a bum family produced such a wonderful girl Such vanity! Some towns boast of their when they haven't an emergency ward within five miles But when a man thinks he is longing for the good old days usually he is hankering for the bad old nights Mabel suggests using discretion in applying the Jones law You see a law sacred if its application makes juries revolt Planes in the air are like nations Mutual destruction is threatened not by their evil intentions but by their proximity Perhaps it is all right for dry agents to drink The highest authority says you muzzle the ox that treads out the corn Why be surprised at the wonderful things done by your dog when his infant son comes across with and distinctly says Correct this sentence: said the new millionaire to his wife keep on living in the simple obscure way we always Demosthenes held pebbles in his mouth to improve his oratory Luckies not being available at that time Well if he that exalteth not himself shall be exalted the future is rosy for Mr Gann 1 I You can't destroy a class system in a land where everybody hopes to belong to the upper class next year 1 Mexico will find prohibition an economy It should take only four officers to arrest a sober can 1 Every town has at least one prominent eitizen who learned to clean his nails after the town grew up around him and made him rich And yet any other town would seem just as narrow-minded If it caught you doing the same thing Why pity the farmer? There are appropriations to fight th'e pests that trouble him but the city must fight its own DEATH OF HARVARD STUDENT UNEXPLAINED MOLE CRICKET ON RAMPAGE FIGHT WITH POISON BAIT- New York May 12 Sister the novel by Julia Peterkin of Fort Motte was tonight announced as the best 1-928 American work by the trustees of Columbia university in awarding the annuual Pulitzer prizes The award for the best American play goes to Elmer for reporting to Paul Anderson of the St Louis Post-Dispatch and for the best volume of verse to Stephen Vincent Other awards got to The Evening World to Paul Scott Mowrer of The Chicago Daily News to Louis Isaac Jaffie of The Norfolk Virginian-Pilot to Rollin Kirby of The World to Fred Albert Shannon for historical writing and to Burton Hendrick for American biography The three traveling scholarships for honor graduates of the Columbia school of journalism go to Helen Fairbanks of Great Neck I Prescott Freese Dennett of Bangor Me and Will Cramer Weng of Terre Haute Ind The $1500 scholarship for the most talented music student is awarded to Carl Brieken a student of the piano until last year at the Marines school of music Herbert Sanborn a student at the National Academy of Design receives the $1500 scholarship bestowed upon the promising art in America The awards with a total annual value of $17400 as established under the will of Joseph Pulitzer were announced at Columbia university as follows: the American novel published during the year preferably one which shall best present the whole atmosphere of American life to Sister by Julia Peterkin published by the Bobbs-Merrill company Indianapolis the most disinterested and meritorious public service rendered by an American newspaper during the -a gold medal costing $500 to The Evening World for its effective campaign to correct evilsin the administration of justice including the flght to curb sup-I port of the bill and meas-j ures to simplify procedure prevent perjury and eliminate politics 1 from municipal courts a campaign which has been instrumental in securing remedial action mention is given to The Brooklyn Dally Eagle for its fcampaign against which supplemented the work of The New York Evening Worlds to The Chicago Tribune for its work ili the connection with the primary election and to The St Paul Dispatch and Pioneer Press Minn for its campaign for conservation of forests the best example of correspondence during the year the test being clearness and terseness of style preference being given to fair judicious well- balanced and well-informed interpretive ing -which shall make clear the significance of the subject covered in the correspondence or which shall promote international understanding and appreciation to Paul Scott Mowrer of the Chicago Daily the best editorial article written during the year the test of excellence being clearness of style moral purpose sound reasoning and power to influence public opinion in what the writer conceives to be right direction due account being taken of the whole volume of the year to Louis Isaac Jaffe of The Norfolk Virginian-Pilot Norfolk Va for his editorial entitled Unspeakable Act of published June 22 I 1928 which is typical of a series I of articles written on the lynching evil and in successful advocacy of legislation to prevent the best example of a re Elizabethton Tenn May 11 OW On the heels of the bombing Thursday night of the home of Mack Elliott striking textile worker the barn of John Arwood a non-union man was burned today and a note left near the site of the burned harn warning that John Arwood and Nat Simmerly enter Benjbnrg to work they had better bid their children goodbye They will not get back The note was found on a forked stick' Simmeply is a neighbor of Ar-wood at Valley Forge a settlement near here Bloodhounds followed a trail from the ruins of the barn to a about half a mile away where the trail was lost at a croSs- lnK- Mill officials said today that the plants- are being operated with non-union labor Union officials declare however that operatives 'are unavailable to the plants Gastonia Strikers Cause Disturbance In Washington Washington May 11 (A) The National Trade Union annual convention adjourned in pandemonium today after eleven North Carolina textile mill strikers carrying a banner and led by an organizer for the National Textlie Union attempted to gain a hearing before them The leader Carl Marx Reeve led the strikers unannounced into the hall in which the women were considering resolutions He asked I permission to speak but was refused for the moment and suddenly the chairman announced that the meeting stood adjourned As this was done Reeve stood forth from the group of strikers and declared you adjourn before hearing the strikers then you have proved that you have no interest in working General confusion followed with the delegates to the convention mingling with the strikers and a series of denunciations being hurled by both workers and delegates Some of the delegates sided with the strikers anti declared they should be heard For about twenty minutes the tumult continued the strikers later grouping themselves about their banner I which urged the union National Textile Later the convention issued to the press a statement of its national legislative program in which it compared the new industrial crisis to conditions brought about by first machines long ago a vast new potential supply of workers new workers for fewer Clemson College May 11 Field truck and garden crops in sections of the eastern half of the state have been seriously damaged dur- 1 Ing the past month by the Porto Rican mole cricket says Brunson Extension entomologist who has received numerous in-ouiries recently regarding the control of this destructive insect pest To control the mole cricket Mr Brunson advises a poison bait made of: Cottonseed meal 100 pounds rice flour 100 pounds calcium arsenate 10 pounds blackstrap molasses 1 gallon water 9 gallons To prepare this poison mix thoroughly the cottonseed meal rice flour and calcium arsenate then add the mixed molasses and water a small quantity at a time stirring the entire mixture to form a crumbly mass It is best' to apply this poison bait by broadcasting 150 pounds per acre (weight before moistening) over the area affected late in the afternoon as the insect feeds above the surface of the soil only at night Usually one application is sufficiently but a second may be necessary 10 days after the first The mole cricket which burrows under the young plants breaking and feeding on the roots and often consuming many freshly planted seed can be easily recognized by its burrowing habit its strong shovel-like front feet its light brown cokr its size and its otherwise general resemblance to the common field cricket Woodrow Wilson Memorial Windsor Conn May (A3) Reaffirming his declaration that Walter Huntington Harvard student killed himself while home on a week-end visit County Detective Edward Hickey today wasj concentrating on what he termed new evidence which would substantiate bis belief The defective found an adherent in Gertrude Schultz childhood friend of the dead student who declares Huntington was able to use either hand almost equally welt The body had a bullet mark in 'the left side of the head a fact which was instrumental in influencing the formal finding of two medical examiners that the youth was killed by some one else At that time it was not known Huntington was ambidexterous Miss Schultz said the student was particular in keeping Ills fingers and nails cared for and said that she noticed when she saw his body that the nails were chewed down to the quick Hickey professed 6 see in this an indication of nervous worry compatible with his theory of suicide The finding of half a dozen blood stained handkerchiefs one a in the pocket has led to differences of opinion by the officials as to how they were used Medical examiner Henry Costello of Hartford and Aaron Pratt of Windsor each declared that the discovery gave reason to believe Huntington was not alone when shot Hickey on the other hand asserted that the stained handkerchiefs his CHARTERS GRANTED Columbia May 11 (A) Charters were issued today to the following business firms: New Rrookland Chevrolet Co New Brookland capital stock $12-500 Officers are: A Scarborough President and Treasurer Irene A Scarborough Secretary Five Points Pharmacy Greenville capital stock $5000 Officers are Mulllnix President Mullinix Vice President Mulllnix Secretary What Happens When Advertising Stops TWO DfcQWNED IN FLOODS IN KANSAS Acquittal A New York of showing disapproval of Clemson College May 1 That late blight is the most spectacular and destructive disease of Irish potatoes has been clearly demonstrated during the past few weeks in some fields of the trucking region along the coast where magnificent fields on Friday of one week with 100 barrels per acre in prospect werp browned and seared by the following Wednesday morning until perhaps not oyer 60 barrels could be expected even if the disease were checked by spraying Such instances says Dr Armstrong chief botanist and plant pathologist may be expected during a cool late springtime and serve to emphasize that punpe of prevention is worth a pound of in protecting our crops from serious losses by plant diseases Lgte-blfght Dr Armstrong ex-plains' is a fungus disease usually first appearing on the lower leaves which show a water-soaked indefii-nite spot along the margin The spot enlarges rapidly until the whole leaf is included when it may 'dry blacken and shrivel up or rot away if there isplenty of moisture in the air As the spot enlarges recurring wefts of white mold appear adjacent to the healthy tissue on the under side of the leaflet No other potato disease organism produces a similar white mold on the under side of the leaf Wherever late blight occurs spraying with 4-4-50 or 5-5-50 Bordeaux mixture has proved very profitable hut a thorough job of spraying covering both the under and upper leaf surfaces is neces-sayy for complete control Starting When the vines are six inches tall four to seven or eight applications may be necessary depending upon weather conditions Ordinarily spraying at 10 day intervals frill be sufficient Copper-lime dust may be used instead of the Bordeaux mixture If the amount of metallic copper used is the same as is recommended for spraying and if the dusting ls done when there is no Wind and the vines are wet with dew or rain A good job of dusting is preferable to a poor job of spraying though a thorough spray is the best control Fine New York Cast Present Carolina Drama at Chautauqua Topeka Kas May 11 G43) Two persons were drowned and several were missing in floods that invaded four towns in Kansas today as the result of torrential rains At Herington two unidentified Mexicans were drowned three more were reported missing and at least ten persons were in hospitals suffering from injuries and exposure Lime Creek swept through the town early today after an 8-inch downpour i (St Louis Times) A generation ago was one of the most widely advertised products in America It was a patent medicine enjoying enormous sales When Charles Vogeler the head of this business died an went over the balance sheets and saw the enormous advertising appropriation This the advertising expenditure to little or nothing reasoning that St Oil was so well known that it was unnecessary to spend money any longer to advertise it Orders dwindled as advertising contracts ran out business departed never to return and it is safe to speculate that hardly one in fifty who read this article remembers or even heard of St Oil one of the best known products on the continent 50 years ago A similar thing happened to Jas company which used a $500000 advertising fund as far back as 1904 and was one of the best known products' in the entire world The ad fund was "lopped the business went dead It tried unsuccessfully to make a comeback in 1914 end sold its plant for junk to a large soap manufacturer Killing off the ad appropriation wrecked both of these prosperous businesses and it would do the same thing to almost any great advertising concern todpy TheJotloWing letter addressed to me from governor explains Itself Some days ago at a Joint meeting of th? executive commit -sat: the Auxiliary of American Legion and of Sum-Ipst No 15 of the American Legion it was decided to ask all members who were interest-1 io contribute the sum of $100 id alt school children ten cents Mhts fund Several have apnt in Iheir contributions We will be Vlad to have others contribute as as ppdsflbfe Please send (four contributions to me Due redit will be given through the bolumns of the Item and the dSwill be forwarded to Columbia as directed by the governor! Respectfully SHAW Spr Shaw Sumter Defer Dr Shaw: The fate of Ahe -boyhood home of Woodrow jpYtlson is hanging in the balance 5ro save it from destruction must be raised by the people rf the state before June 7th At a meeting In my office this lorning of the executive com-littee in charge I was requested lo ask you to act as chairman for (four county and to raise at least In your county A Remember this is a state proposition The home is to be bought gn the name of the State of South (Carolina and is to be preserved as Sa Memorial to Woodrow Wilsons jRerpemfier it Ls the only home of jfe President of the United States Sn South Carolina The preservation of this home ias already aroused some world-ride interest and the eyes of the latlon are upon South Carolina to i she will raise this small I feel sure that 1 can depend wpon you to organize your county Jind to raise' its quota imniedlatey nd send it to Mr Henry Johnson treasurer 801 Carolina Life Columbia Willie this is a state proposition Columbia has set for herself goal 10000 of which she has already 1 Sfalsed about one-half i J- As governor of your state I feel that the honor of South Carolina requires that each one of us must ido our best to save this boyhood of this great president and gouthern man and I feel confluent of the result Very sincerely JQHN RICHARDS Columbia May 7 Governor You can take lessons by mail to increase your will power or you can practice getting up at night for another blanket 1 Eviri now there are communities where it is wicked to do anything on Sunday afternoon except long for Monday One reason why criminals defy Governmnet successfully is because they do their utmost Americanism: A frenzied af fection for the player who is lucky a- bitter scorn for him when he misses a hard chance He a true radical unless he thinks you an enemy when you suggest being reasonable If only tlie dry agent had a sense of duty 1h his head instead of his trigger finger Einstein the first Many an ancient prophet got by because nobody could prove he was wrong Radio: A racket in the corner while the family reads or plays cards in complete detachment Still the Leviathan is dry half of the time and pretty good considering the length of time she's away from homo English voters think Lloyd George will provide a job for everybody A similar faith has elected Presidents in this country An English woman paid $10000 to silence a witness If the accused over here has that much money the witnesses don't matter Day will soon le hero and tlie old dear should be given thanks and affection and or a subscription to this publication Correct this sentence: town isn't said the fan: just enjoy supporting a losing' team" (Copyright 1929 About the Question of A HEALTH? Hear Frederick Great Lecture Keeping Ahead of the GOODYEAR BUYS GEORGIA PROPERTY HARVARD STUDENT KILLED IN CONNECTICUT Cartersville Ga May It (A5) John A Miller president of the American Textile Company today announced the sale of the huge plant to the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Mr Miller said the Goodyear interests would immediately begin an expansion program involving expenditures of approximately $1000000 Presented by the Redpath Chautauquas as part of nation-wide health campaign and sponsored by the American Public Health Association and the Mil bank Memorial Fund to promote public and individual health One of tli Many Big l9z9 Redpatb eatnrea oA Season Ticrt for o4ll the aAttraSions of REDPATH WEEK 7 Big Days $300 Windsor Conn May 11 (A3) Several circumstances of the death of Walter Treadway Huntington junior at Harvard College who came home for a week-end visit only to he found dead from a bullet wound in a field today to mystify officials who were at odds on the case Coroner Gilbert Calhoun said the determination of a reason for Huntington's death was the most baffling problem of its nature he had ever encountered Two medical examiners have decided the casj a hdVnicide A theory of suicide has been advanced by County Detective Edward Hickey 5k THE WIDOW CAGLE IN POWERFUL DRAMA TO BE PRESENTED AT CHAUTAUQUA vivid drama of the mountain people of North Carolina will be one of the big attractions of the coming Redpath Chautauqua here It will be presented by an unusually fine New York cast featuring Marie Pavey Here is a poignant drama of the simple primitive people of the Carolina mountains living a life untouched by the great world the How the World War shatters this isolated existence and plunges the Widow Cagle her family and neighbors into a vortex of emotional conflict is powerfully enacted in this great play has scored tremendous successes in New York London gnd other metropolitan centers REDPATH CHAUTAUQUA HERE BEGINS MAY 22N HOOVER RECOMMENDS MILLIONS FOR RAILROADS President Hoover today recommended that congress make available a supplemental appropriation of $39000000 for additional compensation to railroads for transportation of mails in accordance with the recent decision of the Interstate Commerce Commission making increases in rates retroactive A barber in Havana shaves his customers in slightly more than one minute lie uses two razors -no in each hand and finishes tlio job in four strokes Redpath Chautauqua Here Begins May 22nd Above Season Ticket Price Does Not Include State Tax Which is Extra She an old maid until she gets mad about it.