The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 11, 1914, Image 4
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The Sumter Watchman was fouud
ei fca 1110 aad the True Southron In
IMC The Watchman aad Southron
aew has the combined circulation and
bateenee ef both of the old papers,
asm Is ssealfestljr the beet advertising
la Sumter.
It seems Impossible to make all our
readers understand tbat anonymous
communications are not printed In
this paper. For ?i communication to
receive attention It must be signed by
a person known to ua
The Boys* Corn Clubs have accom?
plished a great deal of good In Sumter
county since they were organised flvw
years sgo and the organization should
b? oontliiued and the scope of the
work broadened. Now is an oppor?
tune time to organise pig clubs to sup?
plement the corn club work. Boy
pig clubs have been remarkably suc?
cessful in Georgia and a few counties
la South Carolina.
Several million women, children
and old u n are starving In Belgium
and the people of the United States
havs been appealed to for succor. If
America does not respond to the call
for help these people will perish be?
fore the winter ends. If every sec?
tion of this great country will give a
little, sufficient money will be raised
to save the victims of the most unjust
war of modern timij. What are the
oharltabli? people of Sumter county
going to do about it?
The cotton acreage reduction law
passed by the special session of the
legislature is clear and definite in Its
terms. It forbids any farmer to plant
la cotton more than one-third of the
actual acreage planted nny year. If a
farmer cultivates seventy-five acres
nest year. Including his small grain
crop planted this fall, he cannot plant
more than twenty-five In cotton; a
thirty acre corps means not more than
ten acres in cotton; a fifteen acre crop
means not more than five acres in cot?
ton. It Is well for every farmer to
keep this law In mind, for those who
violate It are liable to prosecution and
punishment, and it is made the duty
of rural policeman and other officers
of the law to seek out and prosecute
those who plant too much cotton.
TO DECORATE FLORENCE.
Gate City to Put on Gain Attire for)
Shrlnem' Celebration, November 25
Flore??ce, Nov. 7.?The contract for
decorating the streets and headquar
ters for the big Shrlners' meet and
oelebratlon, which takes place in this
oity on Wednesday and Thursday, No?
vember 26 and 26, has been awarded
to Mr. Harry W. Lewis, who has
agreed to put up ono of the best dis?
plays ever put on in any city for a
like event.
Mr. Lewis did all the decorating in
Charleston during Fleet Week, last
November a year ago. and did a fine
Job. It is the wish and desire of the
Florence committee on decorations
that all merchants. business men.
owners of private buildings and resi?
dences who will decorate their build?
ings hsve Mr. Lewis, who hus been
chosen as "official decorator" do this
work, as it will be the means of hav?
ing a better and more regularly ar?
ranged display of bunting, flags and
the like, and give the city a more
beautiful appearunce by having one
man to do or superintend this work.
The Florence Hhrlne Club have
things well under w.iy for the com
ing meet, which will be by far the
best and largest affair of its kind ever
pulled off in Florence or in South
Carolina. The official programme will
be given to the press this week In or?
der that Hhriners throughout the globe
might know where to go and where
to "feed 'on Thanksgiving I>ay, UM I.
POLIXM'K RFC Fl V US TOKEN.
H?rem-e People l*rc*cnt Ulm With
Sliver Pitcher.
Cheraw, Nov. 7.-?Tho lion. W P.
Pollock received this week from the
people of Florence a \cr> handsome
solid sliver pitcher as an evidence of
esteem and appreciation of his ser
\|ces during the lust campaign In rid?
ding the State of lileaseism. 11?* Ih
proud of thl* token and of the Statt?
ment which prompted It. By g hSppl
coincidence It was received by him on
the nnnlversary of his weddine,. and s .
It his an added charm.
BELGIAN RELIEF QUESTION.
APPEAL IS MADE TO AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
Committee Makes Arrangements for
Transportation as Fast as Supplies
are Collected for Suffering.
New York, Nov. 8.?An appeal to
the American people for food and
money for Belgian relief was issued
tonight by the Belgian Relief com?
mittee In New York. In cooperation
with the Rockefeller foundation, the
committee has arranged to send food
to Belgium as rapidly as it can be
collected.
To avoid competition in purchase
of supplies, and the consequent in?
crease in prices, the committee urges
that money contributions or non
perishable foods be sent to the com?
mittees here.
The Rockefeller foundation will
take charge of the ocean transporta?
tion. In addition to relief initiated
by itself, the foundation has arranged
to provide a steamship pier, charter
ships and convey free of charge to
Belgium all supplies contributed by
the American public. The foundation
is now negotiating for ano .her large
neutral ship to follow the Massapequa,
which sailed for Rotterdam last Tues?
day with a 300-ton cargo of food.
Wheat, flour, rice, peas, beans, canned
goods, cured or salted meats and cof?
fee are the supplies most desired.
A commission engaged by the
Rockefeller foundation to determine
the best methods, will sail for Europe
next Wednesday on the steamship
Lapland. It will be composed of
Wickllffe Rose, chairman, director
general of the International Health
ccmmisslon and Ernest P. Bicknell,
national director of the American Red
Cross. The Lapland will be convoyed
by the British navy, according to a
cnble message from Ambassador Page,
In reply to Inquiries an to whether
mines In the North sea would make
its voyage precarious.
FOOD IS DELIVERED.
London, Nov. 8.?The American
commission for relief in Belgium re?
ported today it had delivered to Bel?
gian relief stations in the last fort?
night 2,283 tons of cereal foodstuffs.
Supplies 'in hand " are:
In Holland being forwarded 2,030
tons; en route from Englanl 3,472; en
route on the Amerlcaic 111] loading
In various ports 10,000. Also the
commission has in course of collec?
tion eight cargoes estimated at 32,000
tons.
By November 13 the commission
will have delivered lntc Belgium
about 17,000 tons of foodstuffs.
Requirements from the llrst of De?
cember will be 30,000 tons monthly.
The commission has assurances of
32,000 tons for delivery during De?
cember and January.
THE TILL MAN CIFLDREN,
Senator Makes Statement Concerning
Coming Hearing.
The News and Courier last night re?
ceived the following from Trenton, S.
C, dated November 6:
Senator B. R. Tillman gave out the
following statement:
"I desire to make a correction about
the hearing to be held before the
Mouth Carolina Supreme Court, con?
cerning the Tillman children, on the
23d of November. News items in The
News and Courier of November 6, and
perhaps other papers, speak of this
hearing as a 'contest between Mrs.
Lucy Dugas and Senator Tillman for
the possession of the Tillman children.'
This is erroneous. I have not had:
anything to do with this lawsuit. The
Supreme Court itself initiated the
proceedings.
"The facts are as follows: The Su-'
preme Court issued an order directing
that the children spend the months
of July und August with their grand?
parents, as their father was in Alaska.
On the llrst of July the tu o little girls
came to Trenton on the train, but did
not get off the truln at all, although
they were met by Mrs. Tillman, who
asked them to go home With her. They
were sent by their mother on the train
a second time a few days later and
my secretary, Mr. Knight, met them
and tried to get them to get off the
cars, but they refused. Some days af?
terwards they were sent to Trenton,
accompanied by their negro nurse,
who returned to Kdgefleld. My daugh?
ter, Sallle May, met them and they
came home with her and spent the
night. They seemed excited, but did
not show any temper. Neither of the
children ate tapper. The oldest OllS
did eat after the other had gone to
sleep. Next morning they ran away to
Trenton before breakfast ami took the
early train for Bd gene Id,
"These facts were brought to the
attention of the Chief Justbe and In
initiated the present proceedings of
his own volition.
"l am deeply concerned about th?
future and education of these iwo u*j
tie girls, and that Is all there Is to U
My son's lawyers will present his si?r?
of the case on tin' lSd( ami be him
! ?elf w ill be in court."
DISPENSARY GASE IN COURT.
supreme cor kt considers
south carolina case.
Carolina Glass Company Appears
Heforo Highest Tribunal in the
United States to Attack Legality of
Action.
Washington, Nov. 8.?Constitution?
ality of four States' laws and the
qutstion of whether i\ person may
be compelled to pay a debt to a
"trust" will be considered this week
by the supreme court of the United
States. Arguments arc to bo heard
on the validity of the South Carolina
dispensary legislation, the Maryland
automobile license law, the Missis?
sippi ten-hour labor law and the Iowa
liquor injunction law. In the South
Carolina case the Carolina Olass
company, which was held by a dis?
pensary commission to have con?
spired with members of the State dis?
pensary board to overcharge the State
for bottles, is attacking the law which
authorized the State to take posses?
sion of money owed the company by
county dispensaries.
The trust problem arises out of the
suit of the Corn Products Refining
company to collect $1,247 from the
Dr. It. Wilde Manufacturing com?
pany of Atlanta, Ga., as the purchase
price of goods sold and delivered to
the latter. The defense was that the
Corn Products company was an unlaw?
ful combination under the Sherman
law. The Georgia court held this was
no defense. The court also will hear
arguments on the leased oil lands
"surrender" claims in favor of the
leasing company, and on the question
of how far railroads in making dis?
tribution of cars among shippers are
subject to State law.
CHICKEN THIEVES AT WORK.
Raid Yard of W. II. Rrown and Secure
About Forty Hens.
Chicken thieves seem to he at work
in the county, as well as in the city,
for on Sunday night the fowl yard of
Mr. W. H. Brown, who lives on the
Plowden Mill road about ten miles
southeast of Sumter, suffered the loss
of about forty hens, when two depre?
dators visited his chicken roost and
took the chickens away with them to?
gether with a set of harness.
M. Brown was in town Monday to
secure the aid of the sheriff and the
rural policemen in searching for the
stolen hens and visited the Item of?
fice, where he related his misfortune.
He stated that there were two of the
thieves. One of them was barefooted
and he tracked them for some dis?
tance in the direction of Sumter, be?
fore he lost the track. The chickens
were mixed breed, but they were pret?
ty well all that Mr. Brown had and
he was much worried at his loss.
LITTLE COTTON SOLD.
Manning, Nov. 8.?The cotton sit?
uation in this section has continued
practically unchanged for some time.
Very little is being sold and that little
at very unsatisfactory prices. The
gins have been kept busy all the
season, but after being ginned and
packed the cotton in most instances
has been hauled back home. However,
quite a lot of cotton has been stored
in warehouses and insured to await
better market conditions. Something
over 3,000 bales are stored in ware?
houses here in Manning, besides the
amount kept off the market elsewhere
in the county. While greatly disap?
pointed and to a large extent discour?
aged, the cotton producers are yet
hoping for a change for the better
and many are going ahead putting in
an increased acreage in oats and
other winter crops, including more
wheat than has been raised in Clar?
endon in a generation.
FIRM FOUNDATION.
.Nothing Can Unlcrmlne It in Sumter.
People are sometimes slow to rec?
ognize true merit, und they cannot be
blamed, for so many have been hum?
bugged in the past. The experience
Of hundreds of Sumter residents, ex?
pressed publicly through newspapers
and other sources, places Doan's Kid?
ney Pills on a firm foundation here.
J. II. Grady, 211 N. Washington St.,|
Sumter, S. C, says: "M back ached i
nearly all the time and I had acute
pains through my kidneys. I was of?
ten lame and stiff and I noticed that
the kidney secretions contained sedi?
ment. Doan's Kidney Pills, which I
got at China's Drug Store, removed
these symptoms of kidney complaint
and helped me In every way. I will?
ingly confirm my former endorsement
Of Doan's Kidney Pills. They made
a permanent cure in my case."
Mr. Grady is only one of many
Sumter people who have gratefully
endorse*] Doan's Kidney Pills. If your
back nolies?if your kidneys bother
you, don't simply ask for a kidney
remedy?ask distinctly for Doan's
Kidney Pills, the same that Mr. Grady
had?ths remedy backed by home
testimony, r?0?'. all stores. Foster
Mlhurn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
"When Your Hack Is Lame?llemem
ber tin* Name." 43
How the Woman of Today
Keeps Her Figure
THERE is a saying, "We have no more grandmothers."
Have you thought of the reason? The woman of to?
day makes her corset her pride?the right model will not
permit her to grow old.
?Women of vigorous, active minds and bodies; women who think, who
"keep themselves up;M women vitally young in figure and feeling?these
are the women who insist on
WARNER'S RUST-PROOF CORSETS
?Particularly those who incline to stoutness?those who have tried so
called reducing corsets that have not reduced. These women find in time
that the saving of their size and figure is solved by wearing a simple corset
accurately designed and properly boned.
?If you are in this class, why not let us supply you with one of the War?
ner styles designed for you? Then you will easily see why the sale of
Warner Corsets increases each season.
Save the Nickles, With
Ever) $1 in Trade You
Get One as a Premium.
$1.00, $1.50, $2,00, $3.00 Up.
McCOLLUM BROS.
We Sell For CASH
and Give Gash as Prem?
iums.
?
TO SELL COTTON AT 9 CENTS.
Judge Signs Order for Sale of 80,(100
Bales for Pell & Co.
New York, Nov. 7.?Federal Judge
Mayer signed an order today permit?
ting the sale at nine cents a pound of
80,000 bales of cotton owned by the
suspended iirm of S. H. P. Pell & Co.,
to a cotton corporation syndicate.
This decision left the New York Cot?
ton Exchange free to decide upon an
early date of reopening.
LAMAR HOUSE BURNS.
Lamar, Nov. 6.?At 2 o'clock this
morning the alarm of fire was sound?
ed and in less than an hour the pretty
home of D. C. Watford, Jr., was In
ashes. Mr. Watford did not discover
the fire until ^he entire roof was
ablaze. The night was still and a
crowd was slow in gathering and as a
consequence very few articles of fur?
niture were saved from the house.
Mrs. Watford lost her trunk with all
of her clothes.
The house was valued at about $2,
000 and was partly covered by insur?
ance.
LADIES
Learn how much more valuable your
own cum )1iiks are when made up into
Switches, Transformations, Puffs nnd
Bangs tha.i the low Krude Chinese hair on
the market. Price for m?kln? any style
luilr goods furnished on application.
C. R. BADOUX,
220 N. Fifth Ave. Nashville. Tennessee
Vulcanizing
Our lire Repair Service embodies
Everything from a simple puncture to
perfectly remedying the most serious
cut or blowout in casing or tube.
A-l equipment plus A-- materials
with exacting, expert care in every de?
tail insure you Promptness, Service
and Satisfaction.
Here you will find a Tire Repair
Plant equipped with every Modern
Steam Vulcanising apparatus.
Colum bia Vulcanizing Works
1122 Lady St. Photic 1711
Geo Ha Hurst,
Undertaker and Embalmer.
Prompt Attention to Day or
Night Calls!
AT J. 0. Craig Old Stand. IN. Main
Phones nKmmi
Here's A Monument We Built
A generation hence- it will still be the same beauti?
ful tribute of love and remembrance that it is today.
We are experts in selecting lirst-elass, tiroeendur
lngstone; we have skilled, experienced workmen and
modern, improved machinery for faultless, artistic
work; honesty and conscientiousness are the founda?
tions of our business. That is why our monumenta
please and satisfy, not only for the present, but for all
time.
Write to us. We are prepared to help you with de?
signs, estimates and suggestions to get the greatest
value for your money.
OWEN BROS. MARBLE & GRANITE CO.,
Greenwood, S. C.
Our Lady Patrons
Will And that in the arrangement of our NEW HOME we have \ \
made special provisions for their comfort. In addition to a cosy ] [
corner of the lobby, provided with writing tables and comfortable < ?
scats, we have a special rest room for the ladles, and we cordially < i
Invite them to make use of it. !
The First National Bank
OF SUMTER
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"Banking Service"
We are young, energetic and progressive,
with a strong desire to serve, You will
find us polite and accommodating. At?
tentive, prompt and careful in looking af?
ter your business, and never tiring in serv?
ing our depositors and patrons. Try us.
The Commercial & Savings Bank
"WE DESIRE TO SERVE YOU"
IF YOl ARE RUPTURED x~ffSr
fore any pay. If satisfactory remit 75c. Otherwise return and you owe nothing.
We want no pay unless we tgive satisfsction. Our appliance ih a "pain killer."
Soft, c?.ol. comfortable. HoM* rupture in place. Instant relief. Cures large per
cent of cases. When in use the nearer forgets he is ntptured.
JOS. TINDALL, MACON, GEORGIA.