The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 29, 1911, Image 4
PmbliAbcd Wedneeda*; and Saturday.
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? 1.50 par annum?In advance.
Ad ver Ueeaneuta:
One Square first insertion.S 1.0*
MrtiTjf subssaweni Inaertlen.60
Contract* for three meats**, or
kjhgir will be made at reduced antes.
/ AH ossnm aiileetlsns a hieb sub
Mm prtemte interest a will be c hers; ad
ft* aa advertisement*
ObitoarTas and tributes of respect
will be charged far.
The ftumter Watchman was found?
ed la 1110 and the Trus Southron In
left The Watchman ana Southron
now has the combined circulation and
leace cf both of the old papers,
Is manifestly the best advertising
Hum In Sumtsr.
The New York plan to finance the
cotton crop to the extent of $60.000.
000 and to thereby gain practical
control of two million bales calls for
sasapnl consideration and the most
thorough Investigation before It Is ac?
cepted by ths farmers or Indorsed by
basin ess men of the South. There
features of ths plan that are
epen to serious objections, some of
which objections are forcibly pointed
ewt by Mr. H. C. Haynaworth In a
isaasauntr atlnn printed today. if
the New York bankers had offered to
lend fifty minion dollars on cotton,
etored la warehouses at a reason?
able rate of Interest, so that owners
of the cotton could retain control of
H there would be little doubt of ths
fas mediate acceptance of the offer,
bet the proposition that has been
sr?ade puts too much power In ths
hands of ths syndicate and we are
auspicious of it. It looks more like
a achrawd scheme to counteract and
etrcusavsnt the plans of the farmers
gad business men to hold as much of
ths eetton aa possible and withdraw
It from the channels of trade until
there shall be a demand for it at
a fair price. fc
see
9 Ths committee appointed to evolve
a plan for a commission form of gov?
ern me at adaptsd to ths nseds of Sum?
tsr has aa Important and arduous
teak to pertorm and a i I res pen
sjMh:\ iaa been la d \hvu\
U't. feel (onf)dent that they will
Sure up Vj the opportur'V. and wttk
the pte*v er werk of othsf cities as
a getde then they will be able to
frame a law that will give this city a
simple, efficient and bualneas admin?
istration. The future of Sumter ia In
a large measure wrapped up in the
movement that has been inaugurat?
ed to mod er a hie our municipal gov?
ernment, divorce it from politics and
make It over into a business organ?
isation. The committee has the op?
portunity to do 8umtcr a service of
Inestimable velus.
TO, HONOR MrMORY OF hit.
KNAPP.
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Bon the rn Commercial Congress to
Devote Time to Honor Memory of
Friend of the South.
Washington D. C. Nov. 24.?The
?rat anniversary of the death of Dr.
Sesunitn. A. Knapp is in April, 1912.
The investigations and endless se?
ries) of demonstrations which this
man carried on relative to means of
resisting the boll weevil, his contri?
butions to the subject of rice growing
along the Oulf. the tremendous forces
that he released In the South through
demonstration farms, the inspiration
which he gave to boys of the South
through Hoys' Corn Chi?* and the
work that be initiated for ti e girls In
domestic science made thh ajsjgejrej
man. if not the greatest, one of the
greatest benefactors that the agri?
cultural South has in Its records.
The next annual convention of tho
Southern Commercial t'ongrese will
ha held in Nashville. Tennessee. April
ft, a*. 10, and will 4eal with the sub?
ject of "The Souths Agricultural
Recovery ' It Is proposed that a
conetdrrable portion of one day be
devoted to honoring the memory of
Dr. Seaman A. Knapp, who Inspired
by |ov?- of the South snd working to
sstreme ng? In Its service, has eet In
motion (< rces that will remake the
South In the matter of corn raising
and diversification. The most influ?
ential man In aw h State of the South
who has received benefit from the
work of t>r. Knapp will he invited to
speak regarding his work and thus
make part of the Imperishable history
of th? I'nlted States the devotion ftfjf
vision of this man.
At the time of the burial of I ?r.
Knapp no report was preserved of
any of the testimonials delivered re?
garding bis work, and the psjfpoeo
sf the Southern Commercial Congr
Is to issue g volume of |t*< gfgBS> <1
tnss that shall define clearly the tm
pcrtant place that I>r. Knapp gggej
Sled.
O. (IHOSVKNOU DAWE,
Managing Director. Southern Com
menial Congress.
CIVIC IMPROVEMENT NOTES.
The ln?|H>rtuiir?' of Appearances ami
Hygienic Condition* Favorably Iiu
preying Sumter'* Many Visitors.
"Health 1? the essential factor In
productiveness, prosperity, and hap?
piness, and hence in the advancement
of i ivlllaatlon."
"A State, county, or city which will
not prevent what can he foreseen, is
open to indictment."
So sayeth, and truly, two of the
world'* greatest reformers and sani?
tarians?Sir Frederick Treves, and
M unsterberg.
"Our wide-awake and progressive
cities are beginning to learn the les?
sons that the Insurance companies
are learning, and Just as the Insur?
ance men have realized that it is bet?
ter to keep their policy holders alive
to pay the premiums, than it is to
let them die and have the companies
pay the death claims, so our cities,
governed upon modern sanitary
principles, are learning that to grow
in population and in importance, that
It is not only necessary to attract new
citizens, but that it is also r.ecessary
to take care of the health and lives
of those they have."
Individual effort and co-operation
must be had however in securing
those Ideal conditions of living
whereby our city is to be made at?
tractive.
We may be satisfied with some con?
ditions which do not satisfy those
visitors who contemplate locating In
Sumter. With commendable polite
ness, visitors to Sumter, like the
well bred visitors to our homes, are
often considerate to point to to us
any defects which they may s?e, com?
pared to what the visitors are ac?
customed to In their home cities or
towns, but nevertheless It not In?
frequently occurs that appearances
have worked against the progress of
the Individual and the community or
Stats.
Clean streets, drains, alleys, open
courts, and open lots, make favor?
able impressions while rotten, tum?
ble down, unwhltewashed or unpalnt
ed fences present appearances savor?
ing of decay and degeneration of
civic pride and public, spirit.
Vacant lots with piles of rubbish,
snd useless articles or grown up In
weeds. Indicate that real estate is
over plentiful, unprofitable and not in
demand, that realty prices are below
per,
I Vnkep' fr <nt gardens and IftWM
| !o..lv 1. ,<] < n.r r, . .4
j pieces of w ? >:?? p' i'er . u - ' v t
nar-a i -vis no thei r ruse r< it ? a I
unfavorable Impression on visl*ors.
Foul smelling stables, or other ob?
jectionable odors disgust visitors as
well as home people.
Any city, which from an economic
standpoint, realizes the value of sani?
tation snd cleanliness to that extent
which serves to attract attention to
I the city as a city of the well, and the
' advantages of a city where health is
high and deaths relatively or even
! comparatively infrequent, will surely
J in time to come, if nut now, reap
advertising results greater than all of
the advertising of hill hoards, news?
papers, or commercial organizations
combined.
In these days of "education of the
masses" along hygienic and civic
improvement linen, the department of
i health and civic league are most im
i I
P?>rtant In the city or town govern?
ment for cities which seek to keep
abreast of the times. The olden
time methods of drainage, arresting,
imprisoning, fining. nagging, and
threatening people Into higher Ideals
of morality, cleanliness and social
intercourse have, like the days of the
divine rights of Kings, passed, never
to return, that is in all modern cities
where common sense, conservative
ideas, and brain predomiate. You
may educate or train, but you can not
legislate morality, self-respect, and
decency into any individual makeup.
Millions of dollars are being ex?
pended every year throughout the
United States In educating the masses
how to best preserve their individual
and the public health. We can re?
place our burned buildings, purchase
more cows, hogs, and mules, but we
can not replace those loved ones
whom grim d?ath has prematurely,
and not unavoidably taken away had
precautionary methods been adhered
to.
But as a matter of fact, much as
it Is to be regretted, the average man
or woman worries more about the
health of his or her horse, cow, or
poodle dog, than they do about the
health of their children or their own
health, or the salvation of their souls.
An epidemic of cholera or other
death-dealing disease among the live?
stock of any portion of State or coun?
try gives the legislator and his con?
stituents more cor^ern than thous
I ands of deaths fron, epidemics among
human beings. Politics produce a
stagnation in sanit?r/ affairs, when
' ever politics are permitted therein.
An abnormal death, rate in any
community worries few people. The
, Irteresi of the citizens in sanitary
| coalitions is deplorably deficient.
Vppearances too frequently count for
nothing. Shabbiness. filth, and foul
odors dp not "Jar" the finer sensi?
bilities of many as they ought to.
The requirements of the health de
I .
? nnrtni' ar<.ften i. ?t lived up
to ;!< should t o. Th? h< alth offfcer
t Is too often n< r listen? I w he
gives udvUs ? This; health o ncer, on
who sUU and judgment you rely
for action in times of stress or epi?
demic, Is the man who is usually the
poorest paid, and the most frequently
damned citizen of your community.
The worker In other lines has his
compensation measured by the result
he is able to accomplish, but it is not
so with the health officer.
This ihealth officer, aside from the
special training; in sanitary science
and social service necessary to ilt
him for the performance of this ar?
duous branch of scientific work, must
be possessed of executive ability and
judgment, education, and enthusiasm
that shall enable aim to conduct suc
Oeaafully an office so pregnant with
possibilities for the good of the
municipality. He should therefore
be given your cheerful co-operation !
at all times.
To successfully do these things this
health officer must do a large amount j
of research work himself directly,
and through the labor of those in the j
laboratory! Unequipped departments
of health must expect their health j
officers to attend conventions of san- j
itary and social workers, and muni?
cipalities should equip health depart?
ments and officers for the quickest
and most efficient service.
Every taxpayer or other citizen of
a community should insist upon the
health officer being properly equipped I
and supported, respected, and obey?
ed at all times in his efforts for the
solution and interpretations of ques?
tions relating to the public health.
His labor is of inestimable value to
the life and health of a community,
but more than that, it is of enormous
economic value by lessening the
burden of caring for the sick, sup?
porting the widowed, and best of all
preserving the lives and usefulness
of the well producer and decreasing
the unfortunate consumers and non
producers, the Invalids.
To make our city more attractive
each and every citizen should study
the best methods for preservation of
Individual and public health, the
best ways to keep attractive premises,
do away with flies and mosquitoes,
foul odora, plant beautiful flowers
and shrubs, whitewash your fences,
paint your residences, whitewash
your barns, and other outhouses.
You can do more to assist the
Chamber of Commerce In building
up a "Greater Sumter" by co-oper?
ating with the sanitary forces and
Civic league of your city than In
any other way. Try it for awhile.
See how easy it is when you make up
your mind to make Sumter progres?
sive, attractive and more healthful.
"Observer."
The contractors grading the site for
the new freight yard are hard at
e/ork this week after he ing been
stopped on part of their s/ork i&*i
week by \t\ city which objected to a
ditch being placed In Mary street.
with the city by Chief Engineer of
Roadways E. P. Laird and the work
is being continued. It will not be
many weeks now before the laying of
the tracks in the new yard will be
commenced. The railroad people are
trying to get the new yard in service
before the fertilizer season opens up.
Royal
BAKING POWDER
Absolutely Pure
Used and praised by the most
competent and careful pas?
try cooks the world over
The only Baking Powder made
from Royal Grape Cream of
Tartar ? made from grapes
The cotton receipts for last week
were 2,120 bales, 513 bales being re?
ceived Saturday. Considerable cot?
ton is coming In all of the time and
some cotton is being stored under
the shed every day, there being no
further room in the warehouse for
more cotton.
I FOR RENT?Six-horse farm as a
I whole or subdivided, one mile of
Wedgefield. Good land. Apply to
Dr. F. M. Dwight, Wedgefield. S.
C. 11-28-lt.
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THE FAMOUS?Old Beech Grane
plantation, 5,500 acres for sale,
$12.50 per acre. It's a bargain.
I Pierce Crockett, Elmwood, Ga,
FOR SALE?Or will exchange for
country property, neat five-room
t cottage two blocks from passenger
I station. Modern conveniences; lot
I 75x158 feet. See me for a bargain.
I L. J. Leonhlrth, Witherspoon's
Coffin Factory. 11-2 l-tf
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WANTED?To buy at once several
I carloads 4-foot pine, oak and slabs.
Apply Commander's Wood Yard,
Sumter, S. C. 10-24-tf.
!.?>;: ? af.F. on 1 'vr? rhs Eluesey
;.; > . or.o r 0. i ::i'f mile* froni
town, on Btshopv'i? road, contain-1
121 acres, nbov< 75 In CUltlva-1
tlon iew room house, uo.UJ,
stables, etc. Beautiful oak gr*>ve
and nice lot of fruit trees. One of
moee desirable places, where you
can live in the country and still be
In town, and just the kind -?f place
that is seldom on the market. Ap?
ply to Dr. C. P. Osteen, Samter,
1 3. C. 11-21-trop
Marriage License Record.
The following marriage licenses have
besn issued during the past ten days
by Clerk of Court L. L Parrott.
Mr. Julius Benenhaley and Miss
Julia Buckner, Dalzell.
Harry Wilson and Louisanna Wil?
lie, Sumter; Mason Nelson and Ada
Fullard, Shiloh; Isaiah Carroll and
Josephine English, Catchall; Jack
Jackson and Hattie Carolina, Mayes
ville; Lucius Spann and Leonora
Scriven, Providence; Lee Conyers and
Hannah Ballard, Sumter.
A Georgia Man Tills His Experience.
I was afflicted with a very bad case
of Eczema for twenty-five years
which was in my feet, legs and hips.
Through all this time I tried different
remedies and Doctor's prescriptions,
obtaining no relief until I used your
HUNTS CURE.
0"o box (I4h?) cured me entirely,
and though tv.'t jrean have elapsjed I
hate had no return of the trouble.
Naturally f regsurd it hs the greatest
? tnedjf tn tbe world.
Manufacture! and Guaranteed by
A. B. Richards Medicine Co., Sher?
man, Texas.
Sold by Sibert's Drug Store
lours.
J. P. Perkins,
Atlanta, Ga.
EVERY WOMAN WHO BUYS HER THANKSGIVING CLOTHES
HERE WILL SAVE A LOT OF MONEY
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values for your money that you'll be a constant cus?
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Sooner or lat?
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that it's decid?
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Our $5.00 Silk Petticoats $3.89
Our $4 00 Silk Petticoats $3.29
Our $2.75 Silk Petticoats $2.48
All Sweaters 10< Off.
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On all Coat Suits,
Coats and Skirts
from $18.00 down
at.
our reqular
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goods.
In this Sale All Men's Clothing at 10 per Gent off
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