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* u u Published Wednesday and Saturday. ?BY? OHTL'EN PUBLISHING COMPANY. ?UMTER, 8. C. Terms: ll.lt per annum?In advance. Ad vertlsemesits: Ons Square first lneertlon.$1.00 Ev*ry subsequent Insertion.50 Contracts for three months, or longer wtlt be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub? serve private Interests will bo charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect ? 111 be charged for. Tbe Sumter Watchman was found ad In 1850 snd the True Southron In r.ttf. The Watchman snd Southron now has the combined circulation and 'ufiuonce cf both of the old papers, ? od 1? manifestly ths beat advertising medium In Sumter. The administration tax commission bill will be passed, it is said, but the house, having already drawn it a teeth, the emasculated bill will be almost Impotent and worthless. Last night the house by a vote of 56 to 49 struck out section 10 of the bill, which reads as follows: The Stat* tax commission shall havw power to equalize the asscsment of all property in this State between persons, firms or corporations of the same assessment district, between eitles, towns and townships of the same county, and between different counties ??f the State, and the prop? erty assessed by said commission In the first Instance; such powers to be possessed by said commission regard? less of any limitation ." If the commission Is not to have power to equalize assessments, what Is the use of creating the commission? The whole purpose of the proposed tax commission law Is to equalize tax assessments throughout Its] state and make of the tax system a fair. Just and business-like process under the operation of which all property shall bear Its just share of the expenses of government fjy depriving the com? mission of the power to equalize as seeaments It will not be able ot do what It is called into being to ac? complish and will become just one snore useless appurtenance of the State government. It will afford roosting places for three additional office-holder* and rilury const* m-rs, ? who** functions will v- largely orna- j men'ttl. I ?t sine* tb- Stet,? has no j monuv to waste on ornamental hgure- j heads and Is already o\ -4--manned In this particular It is advisable that the whole project he laid on the table un? til there are enough men In the leg? islature with the backbone to enact a measure that will accomplish some good. ess A state tax commission without the power to equalize assessments would be a farce?as much so as a sheriff without the authority to make arrests. * e e If the majority of the legislature Is opposed to a system that will be rea? sonably certain to bring about uni? form assessments and a fair and hon? est distribution of the burdens of tax? ation why not come out In the open and say so. If they do not want a tax commission that will accomplish results, the thing to do is to kill the hill otit of hand and quit wasting t.m ? with long-winded and disingenuous protestations of belief in the principle of honest assessments and equal tax? ation. This sort of buncombe de? ceives nobody. ess The talk of the danger of central? izing the power to equalize assess? ments for the entire State In the hands of a commission is e man of straw set up by the opponents of honest assess? ments to hide behind Th? only dan? ger In the plan Is that tax dodgers Will be brought to light and made to pay their honest dues. see The railroads are to bo forbidden to operate trains of more than fifty cars, if the Oraydon bill, which has passed the house, nets through the senate and Is signed by the governor. This pro? posed law is analogous to a law that would forbid a farmer or drayman hauling more than lour t ales of cot-1 ton on a two-horse wagon in a county that had improved roads. What would the people of a county that, had levied a heavy tax to build good roads think of the enactment of a law that denied them the right to mate a t v\ o-horse wagon do the work that required two tuo-hor.se wagons before they bad spent manv thousands .,!' doll.trs to build roads that would make this saving In transportation SXpenss pos? sible" This is pr. e; ly 'di il the tJraydon bill proposes to do with tie railroads Some Sf them have Spent ini'lionr. of dollars in ISSproVlag Ihetl roadways, strengthening their bridges, bullding blgg? r engines and larger freight cars to the end that ills] SSS] operate bigger and longer trains car? rying loads at Mas SapsaSS than they hav* in th" gaset New comes the Oravdon bill that says to the railroads that thev shall not oper.it? bun; trains eat \ lot: 1 u loads at a minimum ex ptMM It tayt to them that they shall not realise the benefit from the mil Itonf that they have expended in mak? ing their roadways and equipment modern, up-to-date and efficient. The Qraydon bill li ? good hill to kill for it is nut just to the railroads nor the public and is contrary to good atnae and Rood bualnaca What Is the uat of having ? good road of ? pood rail" rond if they ar?- not to DC utilized to the utmost advantage? COTTOJI SEED FLOUR. Mr. I). fee, Wlnn Has I sed it Tor Years and rinds it The Most Xonr i>hlng Food a Person Can I'so Editor Of Item: I am lending ? leaflet from ?he oil mill In Texas where 1 get my cot? ton leed Hour. I also send a Clipping from the New York Tribune, which shows hOW 1 stand on cotton seed IfOad. I think it might he of service to some of your renders if you publish both of these. My bread is made up just as wheat biscuits are made, only it is made into a flat loaf. This is al? lowed to cool off and when wanted for a meal is warmed up*. This makes it crisp and aery nice. Eat with but? ler, syrup, jelly or cheese. It is said the Palm tree is the life of the Arab. It Kives him shade, shelter and food. Put the day is coming when the cotton plant will far excel the palm, in its benefit to the coming millions in our South land. I have demonstrated the fact that it is the most nourishing; food any one can eat. D. James Winn. * - What Whole W heat Pit ad Can Do. To UM Editor of The Tribune sir: I notice an item in your paper by T. S. Inspector" headed "Whole Wheat Flour." I can fully indorse what he Baid, and add that a bread made of two parts whole wheat flour and one part cottonseed Hour makes tin- moat nourishing food a person can eat. This has been my bread once and most of the time twice a day for more than four years, and this food has carried me back at least thirty years. I am near sixty-five years old. and have the strength and energy* of a man in the prime of life. My sight has come back; I am writ? ing this without glasses, and can read the smallest print. I ride my bicycle over country roads eighteen to thirty miles without undue fatigue, and do hard work on building and fencing . id hard)) ':>?r get tired. D, MttE? WINN, I inter, S. C . fan. 2S. JI 15. Acnena Uuctasj Band flour. Cotton Seed Flour (now called Al? lison Flour) is a commercial fact. It has arrived and come to stay. Thus the blooms of cotton upon millions J of acres in the South are destined to blossom into flour?Allison Flour. Allison Flour is a new product of the new South. It is richer than any "ther known bread making naterial, as sweet as a nut and as pure as the red and white blossoms from which it takes it birth. The purity of Cotton Seed Flour was Vouched, for by Dame Nature w hen she wrapped up the rich kernel In a water proof coat of four thick? nesses, which we call 'hull" and combined and kneaded it with the most valueable oil known to com? merce to preserve its sweetness. Let the thrifty house wives in all parts of the world welcome Allison Flour for its purity, richness ami nomy. I*et the scientists he glad I spanne of the discovery of this rich? est of all human bread stuffs which j is distinguished by its golden brown' starch and starch-like stuffs makes it color and indescribable rich, nutty fla? vor. Its practical freedom from ot grant value as i diabetic rood, Unlike the general run of health foods this product of the Sunny South as now produced under Improved proCOCnoa, is actually cheap???? than the Older kinds of bread as it contains more nutrition and is more easily digested. Quite a number of testimonials base been received from hading phy? sicians as to the curative and recon? structive benefits derived in severe eis. -; ut dlabetls, diabetic melletls and Brlght'a disease, It Is also recom? mended in the wasting dlscaees, euch ?is Tuberculosis, Anemia, chlorosis, Typhoid, etc.. on account of easy assimilation, ami reconstructive ele? ments. Dr. (I. s. Prspps, state Chemist, College Station. Texas, states that SO per cent of Allison Flour added to M> per cut of wheat Hour contains as much nourishment as eggs or meat, but -1 times cheaper than eggl ami 16 times c heaper than meat and claims 1' Is a meat substitute. p S. Tilsoii of the Houston Laboiutorles analyzed a Simple of the flour ami stated it con? tained <it.r>3 protein and fat ?patent wheat ftonr contains 11.73, fresh e^rgs I 23.9 and mestS from 17 to It will be seen from this that Cotton Heed Flour Is a nutritive value more than live linos that Of wheat llour. three times that of |cnn round of heel ami from three to thirty times that of many of the !>? ? f known and most fraquently used articles of food. He |every day USC by many of our home people and Iti rapidly Increasing pop? ularity every where, fully establishes Its delicious davor, case of digestion and entire health fulness. Cotton Seed [flour should be mixed with wheat dour or corn meal. Com? paratively speaking wheat flour Is nearly starch, and Cotton Seed Flour Is over BO per cent protein. To get the best results therefore, a mix? ture of these Hours should be made. Some are using as much jus 30 per cent of this Hour to 70 per cent wheat flour for bread, fruit and ginger cakes and rolls, hut 2<? per cent is deemed sufficient for every day use. For bread the Hours may be mixed dry. but a lighter bread is made by mixing up the yeast sponge entirely with the wheat. Hour and after this rises, kneading in the Cotton Seed Flour. Thisinethod allows the yeast cells to multiply and feed on the wheat flour just as In other breads, but it should be put into the over just a little before it has finished rising for the hot oven will finish same and bake the bread at its lightest point. All kinds of ginger and fruit cakes arc greatly improved by the nutty flavor the cotton seed flour imparts and 20 to 30 per cent may be used, j For biscuits do n< * use quite as large a per cent as for bread or rolls. Corn bread is greatly improved by using 20 per cent of this flour. For hot cakes equal parts of corn meal, Allison flour and wheat flour made into a batter is far better than buckwheat cakes. In using the Allison Flour for bread the result should be a rich golden brown loaf similar in appear? ance to Boston brown bread, but as light and fully as large a loaf as with ordinary wheat Hour, ft the first batch does not turn out such a loaf, it is well to remember that your first batch of light gYsad was not perfect. I have been making this flour for the past nine yean and improving it each year and am now installing a large plant to meet the rapidly grow? ing demand. I have used this flour In my own home for the past nine years and our biscuits and bread are made daily with It, also all fruit, ginger and coffee cakes, sponge cake, corn bread, rolls and hot cakes. It is impossible to treat the subject of Allison Cotton Seed Flour fully in a small pamphlet, nor is this intended to do more than call your attention to this improved health flour. The State of Texas has issued two pamphlets, \*o. 128 and No. thtirel) ?evoted to their experiments, .arid chemical testi and ii further technical and,] scientific information in desired a cop] ? an I)- obtained '?. writing the Texas Experiment Station, College Station, Texas. Put up in 6 lb. bags 30c; 12 lbs. r,0C; 24 lbs. $1.00; 48 lbs. $1.75 100 lbs. $3. CITY COUNCIL MEETING. City Clerk to Move His Oflicc into Now Quarters in City Hall Building? PgW Matters Acted on. City Council held a meeting on Wednesday morning instead of on Tuesday night, at the regular time. The chief matter decided upon at the morning session of council was to al? low the city clerk's office to be moved from its present location at the rear of the city hall to the front of the city hall building in the quarters recently occupied by the First National Bank and more recently by the National Hank of South Carolina. This move will be a great convenience to the peo? ple who hav i to visit the city clerk and water works superintendent on business. I It. W. Bradham was given permis? sion to make repairs on the roof of his residence on Harvin street, where damages were recently caused by fire. E. S. DssChampS and others pre? sented a petition for a fifty foot street from Broad to Haynsworth street, the right of way to be given the city by property owners. Councilman Booth reported that he had received only one application for the rent of the front of the city hall and be and this applicant could not come to terms on the rent. Council therefore instructed the city clerk to move his offices into these quarters. Repairs on the walls are being made and tin* vault is being replaced at pres? ent. As soon as these repairs are com? pleted the city clerk will move his of? fice Into these more commodious quar? ters. Superintendent of streets, I* E. White was authorized to close any street where he was making repairs, so that the street could not be cad up by vehicles before it was again ready for traffic, .Mr. .1. C. CroSswell of the Southern Express company requested that the license ,d the Southern Kxpress com? pany .at this point he lowered, as the business did not warrant the payment of a license as large as that assessed upon the company. Council decided to low. i- tin license from $150 to $100, Councilman Booth Noting against this reduction of license. 1 Councilman Itowland reported that the city hail always been in the habit of allow ine, "Old floss" sales in the |tit> without ;i license and council lie elded to continue this practice. Tin- City Clerk was Instructed to get up an ordinance with th?' aid of Coun? cilman Booth and Mayor Jennings to prohibit traffic within a block of a lire, shutting off the inclosed space to ve? hicles. The hills for January were auditeil , and the clerk was instructed to pay them. Marriage license Record. A license to marry has been issued to Thomas Singleton and Maggie Mitchell of Bumter. FIRE IX RICHMOND. Automobile supply Company Destroy? ed With 1a>ss of $r>0,0()0. Richmond, Feb. 11.?The Chemi Automobile Supply store and adja? cent buildings were burned early this j morning. Several persons living on the upper floors were rescued iincon- ; scions. The loss is estimated at $50,- | 000. Montgomery, Feb. 9,?The anti ?hipping liquor bill which becomes a law today prevents the shipping into Alabama cd' more than one quart of liquor a month to each person. Spar tan burg, Feb. 8.?In a fall at his home on north Dean street Fri? day night Capt. Charles Petty, the veteran newspaper man, suffered a severe bruise to his hip. Though con? fined to his bed from the accident, the attending physician expects an early recovery. - Who Are We? We are we, The Battery, Sumter S. C?-Advt. TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Office of Comptroller of the Currency. NO. 10C70. Washington, D. C, Dec. 23, 1914. Whereas, by satisfactory evidence 1 presented to tho undersigned, it has been made to appear that "The Nat lional Bank of Sumter" in the City of j '.Sumter, In the county of Sumter and j 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 business of banking; Now Therefore, I, John Skelton ; Williams. Comptroller of the Cur- ! \. do hereby certify that "The < Bank of Sumter" in the City ;r, in the County of Sumter e of South Carolina, is au ,ti wA?^c^ to commence business of iDinking as provided in Section Fifty one Hundred and Sixty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States, j Conversion of The Bank of Sumter, jfr'outh Carolina. In Testimony Whereof witness my hand and seal of office this twenty third day of December, 1914. (Signed) Jno. Skelton Williams, Comptroller of the Currency. I (Seal) XO. 10G60. TREASURY DEPARTMENT. OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY. Washington, D. C, Dec. 5, 1914. Whereas, by satisfactory evidence presented to the undersigned, it has been made to appear that "The Na? tional Bank 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 1, John Skelton Wil? liams, Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify that "The National | Bank of South Carolina of Sumter," in j the city of Sumter, in the County of Sumter and State of South Carolina is I authorized to commence the business of banking as provided in Section Fifty-one hundred and dixty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States. Conversion of The Bank of South Carolina, Sumter, S. C. In testimony whereof witness my hand and seal of office this fifth day of December, 1914. JOHN SKELTON WILLIAMS, Comptroller of the Curency. (Seal.) c Id. pair Pillow* to match for $ 1 .co All new, sanitary feathers. Famous Amoskcaii tiekin :. '.?1-1 yards to lick, positively biggest ?and best l?e<l on market selllnvi i?>r less ihuu 112. 'Sut" delivery and satisfaction guaranteed or ii nnty back. Order today er wr Ito for ratolos and |. t special offer. Kir.^t ordor counts on premium. ItftUll BEDDING COMPANY, Dept. 5:0. Charlotte, H. C. Geo H. Hurst, Undertaker and Enbalmer. Prompt Attention to Pay or Night Calls. AT J. D. Cralg Old Stand, N. Wain Phones aicMtoi 1 Tobacco Flues. ? ? Mr. Tobacco Farmer, it is time you were I getting busy and getting your orders in for ? what Flues you will need. I have a large stock of Flues on hand at the following prices: 16 Foot Sets Gomplets - - - - ?12.50 I 18 Foot Sets Complete - - - - $13.50 I 20 Foot Sets Complete - ? - - $14.00 x % I will not open my shop until the first of ? April, but you can wiite me at Sumter and t I leave your orders. t ? My shop is at the same old place as last * I year, at the Seaboard Depot. I R. H. King, ST?' The Unitel States if DEPOSITS WITH THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK of Sumter. ! DO YOU? CAPITAL .... $100,000,000 PROFITS - $125,000,000 Lumber, Lime, Cement, BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY AND FEED OF ALL KINDS. Booth-Shuler Lumber & Supply Co. Successors to Booth-Harby Live Stock Co. and Central Lumber Co. Goo. Epperson's Old 5ta.r\d Opp. Court House LIVE AT HOME! It seems now as everything in the provis? ion line is going to be high this Spring. We are in hearty sympathy with the "Live at Home" movement that is sweeping the country. We believe a good garden will very materially re? duce your living expenses. Irish Potatoes On your table three times a day will save you many barrels of flour. To have enough to eat and some to sei) depends on the seed you se? lect. To plant our carefully selected Irish Cobbler and Red Bliss Will help you forget the war. You can't plant too many. O'Donnell & Co.