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i|jt MlltrtjU H? ^oatbtc:;. *'u?twi?xt \teone?UM> a Saturday. ?BT? OSTKKM PUBLISHING COMPANY. u IUMTSK, & a ? , Terms: ll.lt per annum?In advance. is On* Square, first inner .on.fi.00 ??sit subsequ;nt Insertion.. .. .10 Contract* for three months, or 2ong?r will be made st reduced ratos. All communications which sub gsrrs private Intsrasts will be oh axgad for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect ?fill bo ohargsd for. Tha fiumter Watchman was found si to 1110 and the True Southron In tiff. Tha Wstchmon and Southron saw has lbs combined circulation and tsdruence of both of the old papers, and Is manifestly the bast advertising la Bum tar. The pirates who operate the New York cotton jxcharge are getting in their usual ?.urk and consequently the cotton market is in worse condition than while the exchange was closed. Many mills are now practically out of the spot market and thu narrow sup? port they were giving it heretofore baa bean withdrawn. As one cotton mill president wrote a local buyer, wh ? had been selling him cotton: 'The mills am too busy watching the New York exchange to think about spots." see Ths announcement of the withdraw? al of the American troops from Vera Crua has not been greeted with the furious outcry from the Jingoes and ye' journals that would have mark? ed the event had It occurred a few months ago. The var in Europe has had a sobering effect upon the Jingoes who were demanding that tho Cnlted States take possession of Mexico und pacify the warring factions by military I force regardless of cost or conse? quence. They failed to undermine rubllc confidence In the wisdom of President Wilson's Mexican policy, and recent developments In world politics have evidently corvlnced them that war la too serious a matter to bo en? tered upon even to save the dividends of ths expatriated Americans, WlM had money Invested in Mexican nr.in" and ranches. mau? SI MTI H tOl'NTY MO.M A IN M M 11 K COI NTY. One of the guk'ke*t Bonds to Perma? nent Prosperity. The Wuy to k-op Thousand* of Dollars at Home is to Purchase Monte Bulged Products Inno Samter County "runners? Ami to spend Sumter County Mon? ey with Sumter County Merchants. The Curb Market Will do This. Clip out the coupons appearing dally In this paper regarding tho pro? posed curb market for Sumter con si* me rs and growers of vegetables fresh beef, pork, chickens, duck:, fruits, etc. Sign one of the coupons?cither the consumer's or farmer's coupon?and mail it to the Seen tary Sj the Sum? ter Chamber of Commerce. The Sumter lletall Dealers' Associa? tion desires to establish this regular market place'by December 1. l'Jll. so that there will be a permanent market place for v.he thousands of turkeys sold on Sumter mar ;et f l Christmas. "Hog killing Time I- lllght Here." Thousands of pounds of delicious gauntry made sausages, hog head cheese, blood puddings, gad last hut not least, the ffgfM nnown-d but scarco "Crackling I'read" that will allow us to live nil. I days to the UM "war or no war'" \ 11 soon be on the market Learn how to murk, t ssjSJf SfOSlueta, am how to buy sjaisTfAOIM NVH irn how to select and buy your home food stuffs. Tk ll ( ?m mlttce awaits public decishm. load in your coupons Immediately. l*cnru thrift, economy, and learn how o rosstabiish "good Urtmg* ay easn ling Sumter county money with Sumt -r county farmer* a.ul Surnl : cour.ij merchants. The statt msrket will do a great deal to ??.i!\e the SSJSSiaggtt PfOhtSgSJ ol today, und many da>s to conu\ Tile DoiimiI Bnllnotd. if the Consul system ol railroads continue their op< i itloM on lo Bavan? nab as Is repoi ? d ley Intend doing, we hope it will not RsWt im effect of "?lU"-rln< ' the ent'tpti ?? Unit Man? ning Is cor ? med lt. Tb i - ,. system If It gsjre on t< lavannah wir, lie u continuation of that n il :?l ready built tht^'igh Andrews on i . I'harleston. We do not kicw wh? . the pr??po,f,| road ft mi IvtlM lhr??u b gaSMHBSarlOa aS>d Manning has any connection with the pr??jc tors <.,' ihe I SJgtsi system, but M ii Si It t^art ol the fame fSSMOfU linn our locul U'l thorltleo should gat busy to Und ?..here we are at" with a vl \\ o! atoaaa ? saotbei sourea far addHl n nl nilroid fa'HUbs.? Manning Time* Th?? prop, r st n !\ of in , i ? msn. h'lt the none saeHta Is wornx.i.?Anderson Mall. STKPS TO SAtPOCAIlD SHIPS. Legislation and Money Is Needed to A\oid Nccd'os Dextrin lion or Ye ?eis. Washington, Nov. 22.?Characteris? ing thi> pact attitude of the federal government as "that of a wealthy and pi -oMpeiaills man refusing to g.* - hi; I? ?> a I Children tin* necessaries of life," So ivtary of I'ommcrec Red Held, In a part of his annual report nuule public tonight, emphasized the need of legislation ami money for safe? guarding vessels against needless de structlon. "?Hir CittMUl have heen drowned (31 in one cuse) and hoth privat? and puhlic property repeatedly |o a beeauso the United States government has not m.>re rupidly provided the force and apparatus with which to survey and chart Ihe dangerous waters of our Pncltic, and particular? ly of our Alaskan coa?t," the secre? tary said. Immediate need for three new ves? sels for survey work along the Alas? kan coast was pointed out. "It is a shameful thing to semi olilccrs of the United States to sea in such ships as the Endeavjr, the Gedncy and the McArthur. respectively, 52, 39 and 33 years old." wild the report. Referring to the necessity for Alaska surveys, th?j secretary said the plan oi discovering rocks by run? ning vessels on them had become so common thnt rocks generally were named after the steamer which hit Credit Hating* Wanted Immediately by Retail Dealers' Association of Sniater. .New Ratings to be Made Out by Credit Unnau. Tho officers and directors of the Retail Dealers' Asoclatlon have in? structed Chairman J. H. Levy, of the committee on credit ratings, and also the president ami secretary of the as i soclation, to urge the merchants and other business and professional men who are. members of the association to get In th.'lr credit rating lists as rapidly as possible, so that the nam vs of those doing buslnes on credit may bo listed for future reference Mid information of the business men of SumtT. Credit standings for 1915 must be made out Immediately. It has been some time since any credit, ratings have been handed in by the merehants and professional men. Thcreforo it is of great im portanee thc.t the card Index system bo revised nnd new ratings made of the credit customers of the business men. The ere Jit bureau system of the RS? tall Dealers' Association has been ex-1 tended to emhrace within 111 COOpC of usefulness every member of tue Chamber of Commerce who does any credit business. Profesional men. manuiacturcrs, banks, and all mem t rs. In good standing in the Cham? ber of Commerce, may also use the ?rodH burea.i system for securing in? formation as. to who Is safe to credit, and for collecting debts. At no tim? within the history of Its existence has the Retail Dealers1 As? sociation been of as much value to the business men as It is now ami CAM l>e made, provided the members v. Ill lake thai Interest In the associa? tion they should take. The associa? tion is worth to every member jus' Wht ?ach msmbef makes it and the different departments. Valuable Infor? mation, C/Ortll thousand.: of dollars can be furnished and received by the members. The seeretary will furni d. Credit rating blanks to those n^t having any. Also the "key" or "code" of eredlt rating to those new members not in pOCCCCOlon Of the same. How the Red I roxs Was formed. The tirst ses.Jon of the (Jenova Co a - rentton, cal cd t" disc use means of relief for ti wounded In warfare, * ;i> opened* In Geneva, Afty*one years ago, on October, 2?'?, is>;:;. Four* loon nations. Including Greet Britain. Prance, Russlad Austria, Prussia ami Italy a i re rej i ? ented by deleg it The pro pas] lont then drawn up wer ceepted as as International code a congress w' Ich met in Qeneva in August of the following year. Po r loon nations agr< *d to the convention .it orivftnal meeting, and other* ?oon followed, but Ihe I nlted Btat ?* did not booome a party lo the treat) until litt? The Insignia shoosn a*w ? red er on i white ha Aground, in compliment to Hwtticrlnnd, whose na? (tonal emblem is a while cross on a red grot nd? The society, by the adop i: u of thia symbol, became known as ihe Red Crocs. The eredlt for ?? - n ? ng belongs lc Henri Dunsnt, ? m Isc < Itlsen, Marriage License R.rd< Licenses lo marry has been granted 10 Mr. A. A. T? no an I MlM I ? ' 1 1 t an . ? ! Mumterj Mr.. i\ B. Plummer of KtltOtl, and M: | JuanltS 1**01 worth, ?>f Hummer, l.i msos have nHn heen granted t< Cllenn Han i nn?l Willie Moore, Hum ten Henry llulllll ind I lose do .1 it ornery, Privateers ll*?nrj Monis ?? lery, ??.'??.?? gs?i mal Rosa Hro> a. Hum i lor, LAUGEST TUIIACCO CHOP. bus to Peprc ?latlon of More Thun lour Cents found on Account of V. ur, Kccvlpt* arc Los Columbia, Nov, 19.?While South Carolina this year marketed the larg? est crop ol tobacco In the htatory of the Industry In ikis state, yet the tig urea show that the receipts fell away considerably, one to a depreciation oi more than i nta per pound on ac count oi the European war. The to? tal receipta this year were $3,379,U03, US., a CalllUg off ot* $?0?,0o?.?i*. The value of the tobacco crop in the United States la l year was $104,0 " - 900; therefore, South Carolina's i ereasod yield this year can have noth? ing to do With the price in this State. Tne reports made under oath ana. Hied in the office of the state depart-! ment of agriculture Show that there U/ere i.\ new markets in the Stale this year, and that one of the former mar? kets was Closed?that at Mayesvillc, w hich last year handled 73,0001 pounds of tobacco and received there? for, $3,035.76. Sumter sstabllahed a market this year and the Sumter! Chamber of Commerce encouraged the growing of tobacco with the result that liiere were marketed at Sumter 491,101 pounds, bringing $64,974.40. \ The annual ivports compiled show. ! that Lake City jumped ahead of Mul? lina and led the Mate this year in the amount of tobacco sold. Lost \ oar i the hau res were: Mullins, 4,078,686 pounds, and Lake City, 4,'<iiu,221. This year Lake City takes the lead With 10,111,600 pounds, with Mullins but $,? 70I.9S4, On the oilier hand Latta ad? vanced from 194,919 to 1,121,736 pounds. The amounts handled at the new markets were as follows: Pounds, Value. Aynor.? IJ.S&u $32,08U.u? Cheraw. 1,315 41 ".17 HartavtUo .. ..150,000 31,437.67 Paces gflll . . . .391,649 68,417.33 Pampllco.331,450 58, l so.s 5 Sumter.493.303 64,1174.40 i Total.J.U 15.44S ^05,D55.Sb While tho price fell off this year,1 i yd it was nearly as high as it was in 1 tl 1L', showing that last year there: was a kind of spurt in price, and the most Interesting fact in connection with the itatementa la the ohowing that all but $435(003 of tho money, received In the state for tobacco came In the months cd' August and Septem? ber, when the war scare was at its height and trade generally was moat greatly demoralised and perplexed., The tobacco industry, or the bulk of' it, is confined to half a oo*en coun? ties, and tl>c cash money turned loose in those counties during August and September amounted to over three million dollars. Which is quite a tidy sum in the Season when there is no cotton money. The department of agriculture for ten years has been urging the people to diversify their crops nnd this is a concrete Illustra? tion of the effect of having more than one crop. The tobacco farmer gets his money In the summer time when there is no cotton to sell. What hau been done with tobacco in a certain Section of the State. Itself rather small in area, can be done with other crops, and must be next year, is the advice Of the department While the margin of profits on tobacco wai reduced by tho war, yet it is g fact that the mon? ey was pui Into circulation, and thai means a w hole lot. The figures for each of the markets of the state as compiled In the office Of the Slate department of agricul? ture, will be of k?"nt Interest through lout the tobacco belt, as well as else? where In the state. There is no to? bacco grown for aale in the Piedmont counties, although as far up as the mountains of Oconce county man: farmers produce tobacco for use on their own place, nnd it is tobacco o! c good grade. The Industry has nev rr boon encouraged there by the starting of markets, Might Bodies round. flrand Rapids, Mich., Nov. 21.? ;: .;t bodies, those of two women among them, were brought In today by llfesavera. it is believed that the steamer Curtis, towing the barges Pntcrson and .M ir , in. has been sunk. The lukeahore was sin wn with wroi k age and it la feared that many others wore lost, tmm tv?-"?"??-.'-?rrvrrrrvTu^rgfc WSW 'iujnyi?w? I Cabbage Plants rOHVV MILLIONS Or CF.HUIME FROfcT PROG? PLANTS Gi '?? m In ?' ? i p? n i ? ill <>i\ ??in- uirms at Albany, Oh ..?.. i Oiwnvlii??, B.C., fr;>in ?irid? is high <<i 11.ii, nnd will nml.e ?.|| gh? M l'.ili n i hsi ? i. W, rtiiiitff? curl?i lenrta y< I-,IIimh RVuiuIng llco a il diimu??, Wot hip IT" umly, v.iuu !?ni ii (nil count, kUo <! Hvi ry, oj:'I f.i ?trong pUrtt, Vni mi I 'll- ji i ? Wnkp<lr>hl, ?" ?rt<??? ton Wi \i????' I, puccti iLtirly Urui MdKint r>.it< h I'ri- >: MjU) rtl.fi y-i pi-M. |iy i vnr ? u , t< >| pi ,i ...i. bCt I Of 7.'i . 1 w. :?t - - t ?? .? at 11.3 11T lU'l| |M4rt<i<MVSn($t.OOpi*i'lJO0;to,(.f>0 I >i ,,wo ul Kti p> ?? l""0. S i ? ?'? i 'i!, i -M ?>u I,.i,t pr< in nna lJwrniuda ont'>n isanii r-.i *i.?.?><?? ICU ; i.< In, ? j,:t , Bis r. m |l rti i i ... Bim? lurry v- >**t Issuing varlt??!?'? M f:.< ptf teWl SlSS I llofto lUH' ?I frn'l lr. P1SDMON t PLAN i ArVn>, GL-.. J.icl P.ri?n?IMo, C. M n v " " u ] - ? ? - P..rt.. K*M !?<? :.. r>'?:iti io*'lt April Wille lor Mil III ?,<?;? ? MtalMIM \. I , m K'v.' . II I'ltll grin Iptla i of our ?la mJ fialt lift saunte ' '^>?ia^ :> The Greatest Grass Grower in America. if GOOD FOR HAY, GRAIN, FORAGE, SILAGE GROW SUDAN GRASS. Till) most wonderful grass of the age introduced ami endorsed by tho U. S. Agricultural I'ept. Tested severely by the fanners in all parts of Texas and strongly recommended by the K?rrners' Congress. Will grow wherever sorghain does from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Makes mom and better hay than any other plant known. Under ordi? nary conditio!: 8 produces <>Ut? to ODO lbs. of grain and H to <> tons of choice hay per acre the same season. Adapted to all sorts of soil ami resists drought and stands rain well. Takes 2 to I lbs. of seed to BOW an acre ia chills and 16 to 24 lbs. broadcast. Quality of hay equals Timothy, ami all kinds of live slock prefer it to Alfalfa. Cattle tight for the hay and poultry fatten on the grain. Last sprintr the seed sold for $2 to .'4 per lb., and all who grew it then expect to plant more next year. It is now selling for $1 per lb. ami will go higher before Spring as the supply is limited We w ill send prepaid by parcel post pure Sudan seed for si per lb. in lots of 50 lbs. and tinder?not less than one lb. considered. Larger lots by freight cheaper. Better order now and be sine of getting the seed and save money and then make more money another year. Everyone who can, should grow Sudan grass. Address ELLAGZNE FA^M BOX 15, ALDINE, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS to MAKES MONEY WHERE OTHER CROPS FAIL M t t Laughs at Drought! Smiles at Rain! Wi t************************ ?* * * * ? * * ??'I 'I * * ***' t Order Your Seed Wheat Now Our stock is large and is entirely Southern Grown, and therefore acclima? tized. It is extra well cleaned, also. We have the following well known varieties. Blue, Stem Purple Straw and Red May. Write us for our price, stating how many bushels you want. We also have full stock of ail other Grains and Grasses for Fall and Winter Sowing. Write us your wants. I W. H. Mixon Seed Co. :: Charleston, S. C. I FIGHT HARD TO TIE. Darlington and Rock mil Draw at Football. Darlington, Nov. 2iK?Uock Iliii and Darlington fought to a tie this afternoon here for the championship among high school football teams of | their territory. The score way 0 to and the game from start to finish was hard fought. It has already been suggested and probably another game will he arranged between these teams. The weather was very incle? ment, but in spite of this a large crowd saw the contest. KEEPS DEATH PENALTY. Arizona Vote Sounds Doom of Twelve. Phoenix, Ariz., Nov. ii<>.?Official*re? turn! from the recent election show that Arizona defeated an initiative measure abolishing the death penalty. Twelve men under sentence or death reprieved by Qov. Hunt so the people mij-'ht decide their fates, must hana. The vote was: Yes, lS.is:',; no, 19,329. Qov. Hunt, it is understood, will reprive the convicted men until after Christmas and then scatter the date of execution. ???IUI ??????CT???! Mil I m ?III??? " ? " 1- - SEED OATS?One thousand bushels: seelct Bancroft oats for sale at 701 cents ji bushel, f. o. b. Remberts. Beat variety for tins country. D. v. Ki (is, Rembert, S. C. LADIES Loam how much mare vthiable your own eomoimct are wh n mndu up into Switches. Transformation*, I'uffa and Danas tha.i the low grade i hhicse hnlr en the lit ark et. I'rlce for ruaklnii any stylo ! hair goods furnished on application, jj C K. BADOUX. J I 220 N. Fifth f-vo. Ntthvllla, Tantum? \ j Vulcanizing Our Tire Repair Service embodies Everything from a simple puncture to perfectly remedying the mod serious cut or blowout in easing 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 equip] cd U'lth < very Modern Steam Vulcanizing apparatus. Columbia Vulcanizing Work? 1123 Lady st. Phone 1711 J. Sumter Moore, COTTON LONG STAPLE EXCLUSIVELY, 1218 Washington St. Phone 585 COLUMBIA, S C. Send samples fron? both :>ides of bale und 1 will name you best price for cotton landed in ?Columbia. S. CARS Wo bog to announce that, .while the narrow gunge con arc now ready for shipment, wo have dcomod it advisable to wait for se? curing a shipment until January 1st., when the standard gauge cars (60 in. tread) will he ready. Meantime, \vc Invite you to call and look at photos am: -j cations of America's newest and greatest car?the most lul-i the least expenditure. :->ce ad In this week's Saturday Post. V f o m Sumter Motor Company I J. H. McCOLLUM, Manager 116 S. MAIN STREET ? . .... Our Monuments Arc permanently beautiful because? Wo uro expertn in . tone selection; We have skilled, experienced workmen, ?.u*\ modern machinery lor artistic work; Wo hau'lie every piece of v< r!;; even iho small? est, ivi if our reputation and financial standing de? pend upon hot it \& dote. Let tic tubmit you designs aud c ttmatds. No? body is bettei prepared to give you full value for vom- money than wc are. i OWEN BROS. MARBLE & GRANITS CO., { -?? -?^w^ft * Greenwood, S. C. The Bank of South Carolina SUCCESSOR. TO THE FARMERS' BANK <& TR.UST CO. CAPITAL - - - $200,000.00 SURPLUS - - - $150,000.00 Interest at 4 per cent compounded quarterly in Sav? ings Dept. 5 per cent on time certificates of deposit. r I ?r. Com Mill c t J i have installed an electrically driven corn * mill <?f the most improved pattern, and am 2 pre wed to do grinding for the public. $ l his mill turns out meal and grits of the ?> best quality. N. G. OSiecn, Jr. SSUTS I