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CfotMatcjjman airt ^Dutjjron. Psbltsfrrd Wc*lncsdsy and Saiurdaj. ?BY? O&TKKS PUBLISHING COMPANY. ?umtku, a. a Terms: ? Lit per annum?la advance. ? - Advert team iiats: Owe Squsrs first Insertion.$1.00 _N?rr subsequent Insertion.10 Contract* for three mo:; the, or fcngsr will be made at reduced rates. All commu, dcatkoj whbh sub? serve private Interests will be charged (or aa advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect wUI be charg>_ for. Taw Sumter Watchman was found? ed ta 1100 and the True Southron lu 1000. Ths Watchmin and Southron now has ths combtnel clrcula Ion and 'nfluonc* of both of ths old papers, tad Is manifestly the best advertising sssdlmsa In Sumter. Gov. Manning's Inaugural address like the man who made it, was prac? tical, straightforward and sincere. It was so clear snd concise that it could aot be misunderstood or mlsln erpret ed by those who did not want to ac? cept at face value the declaration of the new chief executUe. The message speaks for Itself and we trus: every citreen of South Carolina will read It with care and understanding Gov. Msnnlng's dearest ambition Is to serve South Carolina truly and well and to be. not only the governor of all the people, but to be the friend cf each individual. He will enforce the laws fairly snd Impsrtially. in the f.-ar of Ood snd with chsrlty toward ill. If the people of South Carolina and the reprssentstlves In the legislature will give Oov. Manning their loyal support and cooperation his administration will make an era of efficiency, de? velopment, snd betterment of living conditions, snd good will amcng all ths people. see The suddea spurt in the price of cotton while a good thing for those who are forced to sell cotton, is not an unmixed blearing to the Sou.h and United States. There still remains a large surplus of cotton, ov . and above ths possible needs of the world, under present conditions, and the only hope of ultimately marketing this cotton lies In ths drastic curtailment of ths screage and the reduction of ths crop of 1915. As long as the sur? plus remslns undisposed of It will re? main a drag on the market and the price of cotton cannot advance to and continue stable at a price that will yield a fair profit above the cost of production. If the future markets continue to evince a tendency to ad? vance the Idea becomes generally dis? seminated that there is a possibility of higher prices next fall, the result will be lsrger cotton acreage than condi? tions really Justify. A fairly lan;e crop this year will add to the surplus, and markets of the world will be swamp? ed. It Is to be hoped that eight, nine or even ten cent cotton will nor. cause the farmers, and the merchan s who supply the farmers and OP ise a Urge voice in fixing the acreage, t<? loss sight of the unsold und unsala? ble surplus. The reduction of the cot? ton acreage at least one-third is the only remedy that promises any relief, ess The man who would not cheerfully pay sn shutting property tax. spread over twenty or more years, to obtain ; paved streets is hard to convince that better streets are a necessity in Sumter. The condition of the streets for the past few weeks ought to have proved the case to the most ubdurate. e e s Clarendon snd Lee counties were second only to Sumter In the number of repr?sentatives attending the i mu gurstlon of Gov. Manning. ummm??i?mm Hupt. IUImunits Prutscd. The meeting proper was opened with a scrlpturo reading and prayer by the Bev. J. A. Ansley. This was followed by the leading feature of the day. an addreea by Hupt. S. 11. Kd munds of th* Sumter city MfceosO. lb UStd aa a basts of his discourse Van- ' dike's prayer. "Help us |g deal hon-' estly with our gjgfgg as with men. they sre both alive." it was a most eat.test snd eloquent plea to the teachers to bo careful and exact in the choice of their \\??rds. an It" honestly with themselves, their p?-M t on snd their pupils. It was en .1 the best addresses ever delivered be*I fore a teachers' meeting lo re. It 1 l replete with all that |i" okes deep a id careful thought. Any attempt la sjlvs even a slmrt syi oplsl* of It would fall so far short of d?dn.* rlth er the speaker oi his theme )u1 ? t ist your correspondcr t will n?>t at? tempt the task. Those Who me-. I li missed s treat.?Manniuw Tine ;. The six little negroes who WOft tried and found guilty l>> Ihe rerofdei yesterda\ on ih? < I, .?.??? \-> I n - ( ?n . were each given I gOOO* B*l Ipplhg In the police court room bv th Ir re spsctiN" parents rteiie^u snd allowed to go under gUWponded sentence during g"..d behavior. CATTLE TICK ERADICATION. Big Kating to Eanncr* of tlio State by Work of l*?>t Year. The Sumter Chamber of Com? merce through its mannging secre? tary, is interested intensely in a mat? ter of supreme importance to the en? tire agricultural and commercial In? terests of South Carolina in the re? newal of the appropriation for the completion of the eradication of the cattle tick in this Sta-.e. Sumter county having been released from the State and federal quaran? tine laws because of the eradication of the cattle tick last year desires to aee the good work carried on for an? other year to insure permanent eradi? cation. The federal government appropri? ates thirty thousand dollar* annually and the State of South Carolina thirty thousand dollars for this purpose, the Cnlted States Department of Agricul? ture working in cooperation with Clemson College. The entire sixty thousand dollars is spent in this State, South Carolina inspectors being em? ployed. Secretary Reardon, of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce went after Dr. W. K. Lewis, inspector in charge of the tick eradication, an inspector of the bureau of animal industry of the national department of agriculture, for information as to the results of the tick eradication work in this State last year. Dr. Lewis was somewhat reluctant In giving out information as he fear? ed that people might think he is try? ing to influence legislation. As he has no personal interest In the appropria- ! tlon, however, his Job not depending) on the appropriation he can not ho ac- i cusod of being partisan. Pie gave to the Sumter secretary the follow? ing facts: "I submit a brief summary of the tick eradication work as it was con- | ducted in South Carolina, during the' lost year, between the United States; Bureau of Animal Industry and Clem- | son Agricultural College. The erad? ication work began April, 1914, and was conducted in twenty-two coun? ties embracing an area of 13,268 square miles, approximately one-half tbe area of the State with the follow? ing results: "On September 1st, 1914, the coun? ties of Dillon, Lee, Newberry and Sumter were released from federal and State quarantine. The counties of Florence (north of Lynch's River) and Chesterfield are in condition for release early next spring. Also Marlon county. These counties embracing an area of 4,026 square miles were freed from cattle ick. In addition to this territory, released work has been car? ried on in and half finished in nine other counties, and completed in six counties In which work has been startod prior to 1914, and in each of which a few premises remained under local quarantine. "The last general assembly appro? priated $30,000, which Ml supple? mented by with an equal amount by the United States Bureau of Animal Industry. As a result of this aspen* diture the benefits already derived are j as follows: "There are 35,32" head of cattle in the area released last >ear. They have increased in value 13.38 a head1 or a total of SI 19.3S 1. < "Then? has also been a 1"? psjf cent. Increase In milk production, a 13 per cent, saving from loss by death due to I cttle tl^k fever and an Increase in va'ue of hides, these amounting to at lea.rt oti'i hundred thousand dollars. This makes a total of I219.3S1.00 in? crease i;i vjtlues derived from one >ear's work alone with an expendi? ture of $60.000.00. "The rattle owners in the released i area are now shipping their stock to the open competitive markets and are also Importing safely pure bred sires to improve the quality of the present d rains. In this way they are fsiahlishlnK a prolltahle live stock in dusUy. Therefore the I?O.OOO for a couple of years will prove a splendid in vest m? nt. At th?? present rate of progress it \ ill take about three more years to complete ti 1 eradication work in South t iroiina. provided the general assembly appropriates as much ai ' io.ouo annually f??r that length of time. It is desired that this work be completed as rapidly as possible thai ill may receive the Rival benefits. With a thirty thousand dollar appro? priation for l'Jir. the work can be conducted in ever) county under quarantine, if it is 1 ol appropriated the erorb must be ssupended nnd s grent part already accomplished will be less* "With 111, tee hand nl cattle in s..nth Carolins Increase J in mine of ii per head, or 1 total of more I ban three ?nnnrteri of a million dol? Ian In value the Increase In las valuer stone tit six mills will more than pfl for the t ?tai cost to ikiutb Carolina of tick eradication*" Secretary Reardon has requested the Sumier eounty delegation to back up the ISV.ttt appropria; ion t'i.r 111 ami Isli, and has written Oov, Man? nlns rssjusotlng his further coopera I tlon it is to be honed Ihn! evei y commercial organization in Bouth Carolina will write their county dele? gations requeetlni cooperation for this appropriation* The Sumter and Columbia Cham? bers of Commerce lead in the initial (Of fight (or thirty thousand dollars' appropriation In ion. Xews From linker School. We have preaching every third Sun day by Rev, J. P, .Marion of Sumter. His sermons are greatly appreciated in this community, Some of our neighbors have moved out and some have moved In, Mr. R. M. Moni has moved away and he will be missed. Mr. Joe Boykin has moved in this neighborhood. I have seen farmers selling their milk cows when they had better beet, keeping them for harder times. Some of the farmers don't hardly know how to start a crop this year because the times are so hard Some I say they are going to plant :ust a.> much cotton as they planted In 1914, and some say they are not going to plant any. Some say they are not g > ing to use any guano. 1 think the best that the men can do is to make a crop as cheap as possible, an 1 raise | a lot of hogs and grain. They ought to take some of thai land that makes a bale of cotton to the acre and plant a grazing crop on it for their hogs and milk cows to graze on. Don't soil your cow if she goes dry now. Keep her until she does start to milk again. And raise all the chickens you can. And if you nave a hole in your hat, pan s or shoes don't I be ashamed of them because you arc not the only one that way. Why und What should We l ight? Editor Daily Item. There seems to be considerable ac? tivity in army recruiting and Warship building, Like the fads and tavh'ons of foreigners we are just naturally falling in with their ways. The business depression caused by scarce money is prompting muay of .uiir young men to enlist for military service. Several from this place undertook .o qualify for enlistment and succeed? ed so well that soon they found i.hemselves in Columbus, Ohio, busily engaged in muscle development. They vent out to serve in the cavalry branch but when oath taking da: came they were given the choice of service in the coast artillery or walk? ing home and all of them without ex? ception elected to return. So after stx days of hoboing, i. e. riding on top of cars, under cars, on platforms and walking, they arrived safely at home, happy and dirty. This writer would like to know whom we are fixing to fight. Surely it is not England. To her we are as i subservient as need be; we have adopt? ed her monetary system, our people are getting rich like hers and getting poor like her3. All of our foreign business comes back to us through her banks. We pay her a million I dollars a day interest on money we i have borrowed from her, and on the I .lightest intimation We changed our maratlme laws concerning coastwise shipping and imposed a fee or. our own vessels for passing through our own canal. And while we stood supinely by and allowed a billion dollars of our people's motley in Mexico go up in flames we quickly Threatened Carranza with serious con? sequences if he meddled with the oil wells of England. And it cannot be supposed that it is Japan that we are thinking of, lighting, for England controls that na? tion and consequently we are safe from that clirectioa. So far as the other nations arc Concerned, they hardly deserve men t onlng, for England has twice as many war craft as Germany, and as for Busala, Austria, France and Italy their sea power Is too low to consider, hi again WO wonder Who is it WO are fixing to light. And besides what would the South light (orl We derive no benefit by being tied up With the north and west. They have always zealously tarnst back our prosperity waves. We derive all of our help abroad, and conditions arc bad by a subtle financial policy. Our export articles are forced on the market. In short the South is the cat in the hands of the monkey, so if we nght a war it will bring greater destruction Upon us of the South than the present war among our friends abroad has ca tsed, therefore Ibis writer thinks it is best to call off the dogs of war and pray for peace among our e,.1 t'r ends across the ocean a id lei the north and west go to mass. B. P, IJ. Btahopvllle, s. <\, Jan. 19, Heal Kstatr Transfers, ll. l>. Tlndnl to Sum (Irltfln and Angellne Qrlhin, 120 acres in county, 1725 and otlur considerations. Master f., ii. i ? Tlndal, i 20 tier b in county, MOO, Wlllln m W. Wht eler, Mnrj Wheel er. et nl, In Itulh n nd ? >ll> in Sharp their Interest in tr.ot ?" CO acre I 11,20?, Just the Thing For Iiis Outdoor Giri The New Tamo Shanter Hat, ?9 We have them in the six most popular shades BLACK, 3 Blues?"ALICE" ffo <s F-^k BROWN, "NAVY" *k g t31?l GREEN, LIGHT *T * All Other Hats at Reduced Prices. We Announce the Continuance of our business at the same stand and will, as usual, be able to show for the Spring the new? est shapes and shades in women's headgear, in a varied assortment. The Misses WiSkes 33 W. Liberty St. Sumter, - S. C. TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Oflice of Comptroller of the Currency. NO. 10670. Washington, D. C, Dec. 23, 1914. Whereas, by satisfactory evidence presented to the undersigned, it has been made to appear that "The Nat- ! ional Hank of Sumter" in the City of j Sumter, in the county of Sumter and State of South Carolina, has complied with all the provisions of the Statutes of the United States, required to be complied with before an association shrdl be authorized to commence the I business of banking; Now Therefore, I, John Skelton William*, Comptroller of the Cur? rency, do hereby certify that "The Rational Pank of Bumter" in the City cf Sumter, in the County of Sumter and State of South Carolina, is au? thorized to commence business of "banking as provided in Section Fifty- '. cue Hundred and Sixty-nine of the ' Revised Statutes of the United States. Conversion of The Bank of Sumter, South Carolina. In Testimony Whereof witness my hand and seal of olllce this twenty third day of December, Is 14. (Signed) Jno. Skelton Williams, Comptroller of the Currency. . (Seal) ! no. moon. TREASURY DEPARTMENT. OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY. Washington, D. C, Dec. 5, 1(j14. Whereas, by satisfactory evidence presented to the undersigned, it has been made to appear that "The Na-! tional Pank of South Carolina, of Sumter" In the city of Sumter in the County of Sumter and State of South Carolina has complied With all the provisions of the Statutes of the \ United states, required to be complied with before an association shall be authorized to commence the busi? ness of banking; Now Therefore I, John Skelton Wil? liams, Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify that "The National Bank of South Carolina of Sumter," in the city of Sumter, in the County of Bumter and State of South Carolina is authorised to commence the business I of banking as provided in Section Fifty-one hundred and sixty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States. Conversion of The Hank of South Carolina, Sumter, S. C. In testimony whereof witness my hand and seal of office this fifth day of December, 111. JOHN SKELTON WILLIAMS, Comptroller of the Cureney.' (Seal.) j THRONGS LACK WORK. Hundred Thousand Unemployed in Chicago, Chicago, Jan. 20. One hundred thousand Chlcngonns arc out of work this winter, according t<? u report to? day of the public welfare committee. That is exclusive of the drifting popu? lation of Idle. Statements to the commission fro n 848 firms for the most part gave busi? ness depression as the reason. Bnjrlnnd Asked to Explain. Washington, Jnn. 20.?The United PtatcH has asked Great Britain to ex? plain the Interference with the Ameri? can steamer Greenbrler, Geo H. Hurst, Undertaker and Ertateff. Prorrpt Attention *.o 0a> or Night Calls: AT J. ?. Craiq CM Stand. N Main Phones Niisttoi educe Your 4> Cost _ of Living ?Raise your vegetables yourself. Get goud fresh vegetables every day out of your own garden. ?Spend a while each day in the sun? shine and fresh air, and gain in health and happiaoss. Get acquainted with nature and forget: your little troubles. ?We have the Seeds?good and fresh. Landreth's Seeds = Which Succeed ===== In 5c papers and in bulk. Inoculate your Peas and Beans with Nitra Germ and Increase your yield and at the same time enrich your soii. Now is the time to get started. Phone or call. ? ..,.? .????.,? I HEARON'S PHARMACY, O 1 \ PHONE 36 "GET IT QUICK" *0<t^ ????? 0 ^-t 5r $C^*<E<t^?0*0*0<>Oo? Lumber, Lime, Cement, BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY AND FEED OF AI I. KINDS. Booth- Shuler Lumber & Supply Co. SrcciT.sors to Booth*! l:<rny blvt? Stock Co. jp.iJ Central Lumber Co. Gco. F-ppor-jorv'e Cid Sta.no! Opr*. Court House New Corn Mill $ 1 have installed an electrically driven corn f mill of the most improved pattern, and am X prepared to do grinding for the public. Z This mill turns out meal and ;:rits of the t best quality. N. G. (Meen, Jr. ^Ti: f f ? i ATLANTIC COAST PLANT CO., Wholesale Cabbage, Beets and Lettuce Plants MAINE GROWN SEED POTATOES, WEM COBBLERS, HOULTON ROSE VARIETIES A SPECIALTY St Liiert I) BY AN tXPfcRI SWEE1 POlAiO PLANTS, ALL VARI'TIl*. SOMFTI^NG FOIL NOTHING. Voiuifs Utand. s. c Not. SS, ism4. Toisel started with yon we msko you tin following offer: s. ml us ?1.14 for I.COO Kroal I'fiM t nbh-tio'I'Lint*. xrow.i in ihe >*|mmi utr and will stnni fi*vr.lnjr: irrown from tin* tVlehruled -eed of Itoliriua ?V Son and Tht?rIniiii & Co., ami I will Ksnd you i.it iH'ulibaw Plant* additional KIJKK, and iron ;?, repeal iheorder a* nisi v llnseses ymi like. I will >rlve y??uapeeial |nt?e??oti I*??tnto Seed and poiat;i Plant? Ister. We want the seeotiuis d !o>e buyers, e ane" small We ??an supply all.