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Wednesday and Saturday. ?BY? PUBLISHING COMPANY. SUMTER, B. C |l,lt par annum?In advance. aU Oae Square flret Insertion.$1.00 subsequent Insertion.60 Contracts for three months, or Kf will be saade at reduced rates. Ail communications a hieb sub private interests will be charged ter as advertise isnts. Obituaries and tributes of respect brill bs charged for. The Sumter Watch ma a was fouud s4 la H50 and the True Southron in Alia. The Watchman and Southron ?ew has the combined circulation and taflaencs sf both of the old papers, Is manifestly th? best advertising In Sumter. RlyOW TO Ott? TRVST. Biseoverles of The First Importance. ? A young chemical engineer o: the Bureau of Mine*. Dr. Walter F. Rltt man. has Just performed a service for bis country which will entitle him to bs regarded aa a national benefactor, and to take high rank among the scientific discoveries of the day. While it may bs some time before his dis? covery can be utilised commercially, formal announcement made by Lane of the Department of the Interior makes it certain that Dr. Ulttman'a experiments have gone be? yond the stage of experiment and have reached the status of absolute demonstration. What th's young ?mlcel engineer has done Is a much t thing than tho invention of a new type of cannon or a new type of j submarine, though in a way it is re? lated to both. Singularly enourh, the results of his work will minister both to peace and war. Gasoline of late years has become the great motive power not merely for automobiles and motorboats. but for many types of engines, and would doubtless have played an even more Important part In the production of Industrial energy then it has, but for the fear that the aupply might bo Inadequate for the demand. Dr. Rlttman'a discovery premises to increase the output of gasoline from petroleum 20" per cent. ^PspV.ijre. a?? t that I* eqnlvnlee? tr> tb* * 4tteeevery of dew oil wells capable of' nud'rg that much to the present gas hue product on. Hut it means m ich inora irutu loaning uua large aUdiUuu to the supply. It means putting tho additional aupply at the aervice of tbs country hy making the process free from the control of monooly. Tbs Standard Oil Company has had a patented process of its own which has enabled It to obtain three times as much gssolino from a given quantity of pertoleum as the processes used by Independent refiners. This has given it an Immense advantage over its competitors, but Dr. Rittman's dis? covery will put the latter on equal terms with the Standard Oil in this respect, at least, and will help to re dues the price of gasoline as well as provide for its enlarged use. Gaso? line has been littlo less essential to the success of military operations in Europe than gunpowder, and it has served the death riders of war as faithfully as the Joy riders of peace. But this is only part of the won? der which this magician of the Bu? reau of Mlnea is working out from petroleum. He finds he can make from petroleum toluol and benzol, which are necessary ingredients of high explosives and also the basis of many of the Important dye stuffs In which Germany has held tho su? premacy ami that an- used in silk, and woolen Industries. Thai dd make us Independent of for? eign Importations and would tend t ? stimulate greatly American industry The same ingredients that m.ik. beauty and penceful production la dyes make also for war and death In their contribution to high explosiv *. And yet, Inasmuch as life und happi? ness may depend upon our means of defense, it la not to l#e regretted that a dlaeovery that promotes our produc? tive capacity alao arms us with the means for defending it. Dr. Rlttman'a discovery Is an Illus? tration of the practical service which the government can render the coun? try without departure from legiti? mate lines of activity.. And It Is an Illustration of th?- value of patient scientific r.in h. I' ilnnmre Sun. COAX MINI lloltltolt. of lUwuhig Hundred Miner*. \bandoncd. Layland. W. Vs.. March I.?Sixteen dead have been taken from the N. v. River Coal mine up to noon. There Is no hope for nearlv ? hundred neore miners who arc i.eliewd to be still in the mine. President Wilson has nominal 1 ?gCJetSa B. Teeb.e. of IMgCJgftfcl Okla.. to Iw register of the treasury. He is a Cherokee and tormerly u member ef lib Oklahoma legislature. Liquor und Lookers. One of the most Important features of the so-ralleil "gallon-a-monlh" law which passed the legislature at its re? fill session, making the Webb law effective in South Carolina, has come in for very little discussion. We re fOf tu the section which is aimed espe? cially at clubs and which, if enforced, 070*14 break up all locker clubs in this State. This section reads as fol? lows: "Section ;,. It shall be unlawful for any intoxicating liquors or beverages to be stored or kept in any place of business or club room or house in this State whether for personal use or otherwise, and the liquor or beverages herein allowed to be imported, if stored, must be stored in the home 01; private room of the person or per? sons so ordering." This section is of special interest in Charleston for the reason that practi? cally all of the social clubs of this city are now engaged in the installation of lockers. If it is going to be illegal to keep liquors of any kind at a club the work now under way would seem to be utterlv useie** It is a question, however, whether the section quoted above would stand were a test made of it in the courts. The Kentucky court of appeals passed j upon this point last Friday and held that a similar law which was enacted in Kentucky last year was unconstitu? tional because an unwarranted in? fringement of personal liberty. The Kentucky law made it illegal "for any person to keep, store or possess any liquor In any room, building or structure other than the private resi? dence iif such person, and which is not used as a place of public resort." The court of appeals, passing upon this provision said: "The power of the State to regulate and control the conduct of a Rrivate individual is confined to thoso cases where his conduct injuriously affects others. With his faults or weakness? es which tss keep? to himself and , which do not operate to the detriment of others, the State as such has no concern. The police power may be called Into play when it is reasonably necessary to protect the public health, the public morals or the public safety. The mere fact that the Legislature sees lit to enact a statute ostensibly for the purpose of promoting such ends Is not conclusive of the question. "Whe? . therefore, the stnttite ?>nr po?htg to hi ? v oog enacted to i ?? leet publ'c bvaltn, or public morals * pubhc a.*fr:v. urM no r."il or sub ? eantftnl relation t<> those * ?cte, or is a palpable invasion of rights secur-| ed by the fundamental law. it is the j duty of the court so to adjudge and thereby give effect to the Constitution. "We have in force a statute prohi? biting the possession of intoxicating liquors in prohibited territory for the purpose of sale. Under this statute very slight evidence is sufficient to se? cure a conviction. When, therefore, the purpose of the owner is unlawful the statute is effective. Hero it is sought to go a step further and make the possession for an innocent pur? pose, considered from the standpoint of police power, as much an offense as If the possession were for an un? lawful purpose. "If the Legislature has the power to prohibit such possession at places > other than one's private residence, it | has the like power to prohibit such j possession even at a private residence. There must be some limits beyond which the Legislature rightfully can? not go. We think that limit is reach? ed when it prohibits such possession for sale or other unlawful purposes. It cannot go further and prohibit stich possession where the liquor is Intended for one's own use, and, therefore, for a purpose with which the poltet POWOr is not concerned." Tho Kentucky law would seem in this matter to be on all fours with the South Carolina law. The decision of the Kentucky court of appeals is in line, moreover, with the decision of the Tennessee courts In which It was held that the Legislature could regu? late shipments of liquor into the s? it.- hot could not shut them off en? tirely. The reooonlng of the Tonnen? see courts as to that was. We believe, in line with the reasoning of the Ken tucks court of appeals as set forth 1 m course the courts in this Ktatfl would not he bound in tiny way v what iiis boon hole! by the courts of Kentucky; but the pooltton taken by the latter si oortoinly a otrong one md the arguments with which it is bUttreOOOd art- rin.st ImpffOflfllVO, \w do not believe that they can he upset. NeWl ami Courier. I'lan the Garden Now. If is time io begin thinking of the spung and summer garden and plan? ning lor il. The seed houses are getting bogy with ndvortloementi and catalogs. Select your Vorteilet care? fully and buy seed from reputable hous?s, disregard I n i thoes that make til-- most extravagant elalms and promisee* They may he all right, hut the other way Is safer. Any questions abOQt the garden will bo promptly answered by the horticul? tural division of Clemoon College, WILL PREACH AT St MMERTOX. Manning People Disappointed at fail? ure t<? Have Special Train to Greolcyvillo to Carry Crowd to Hear McLendon. a party of Sumterltes passed through Manning yesterday on their way t(? ' Ireeleyville to attend the McLendon meeting, Some of that party a few nn.nths ago would not have walked across the street to hear McLendon or anybody else Who will aay that Baxter MeLendon's work is not lasting? Is it any wonder that McLendon makes friends of ev? ery nation, creed and denomination? The secret is he is broad, sincere, and possessed of true religion. May the world produce more of his kind. There was a great disappointment in Ma..?.tng last Sunday because of the failure of those In charge in Sumter, to secure a train to attend the McLendon meeting at Greeley ville. Wo think there would have been not less than 100 from this town to board the train if it had come, and besides a large number intended going from Pinweood and Paxville. However, Mr. McLendon will soon hold forth at Summerton, and such a reception he will get that 1t will make the natives look wild with astonish? ment. No man has ever gone before the masses and won a more sincere love than this same Baxter McLendon and it is always a great pleasure for his host of friends to testify their love and affection for him.?Manning Times. THIRTY THOUSAND FRUIT TREES Horticulturist Reports Interest in Or? chards to Ik* (?reuter Thau in Previous Years. Clemson College, March 4.?Nearly thirty thousand young fruit trees have been placed with South Caro? lina farmers this season by C. F. Niven, assistant horticulturist in the extension work of Clemson College. Interest in home orchards is run? ning high and the growth in this line of work is greater than in any previous year. The Clemson dem? onstration orchards have now been placed In nil except six counties. This information is contained in a preliminary report made by Prof. Nivem He says: "People in tho State are taking treot Interest In ?botr home or? chards. The demand for the or* chard work ha< boon heavier this! ? ear ihan ever before, Decides e>i number of old trohards that have been worked over aim put, u*?.^ bearing condition, I have placed among the farmers about 20,000 peach trees, 7,000 grapes, 1,000 ap? ples and some plums. Several farm? ers in the upper part of the State have also added cherries to their orchards. ? "These orahrds arc being devel? oped with the idea principally of supplying fruit for home consump? tion. A few farmers, in the Sand Hill region, have planted for local markets and for canning purposes. "At the present time, demonstra? tion orchards are being worked in every county in the State except six." Bulletins on pruning and other orchard operations may be obtained by writing to the horticultural di? vision of Clemson College. SO THE WORLD GOES. (This poem was written In Decem? ber, 1S6 2. by Col. John A. Joyce, at the Gait House, Louisville, Ky., at the request of George D. Prentice. Col. Joyce dfed on January 18.) I Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone; For this brave old earth must bor? row its mirth, It has troubles enough of Its own. Sing: and the hills will answer; Sigh! It is lost on the air; The eclioes bound to a joyful sound, But shrink from voicing care. Rtjoloti and men will seek you; Grieve and they turn and go; They want full measure of all your pleasure, Bill they do not want your woe. He glad and your friends are many; lie sad. and you lose them all; There are none Im decline your nec tared wine, But alone you must drink life's fall r-YasI, and your halls are crowded; Patt, and the world goes by; Succeed and give, and it helps' you live, 1 $ tit no man can help you die, There is room in the hails of pleasure For a long and lordly train, But one by one we must all die on Through the narrow aisles of pain. ?New Haven Register. 1 TJio lawyers of tin- upper section of the state, Included In the new fed? eral district, are up In arms against the decision of the South Caroline delegation In congress to recommend the appointment of Congressman Jo? seph T. Johnson, of Bpartanburg, as . Judge, We Invite You ? ' 17^ To 0ur ?PemnS Display of 8 ==THE SMART STYLES IN Hr New Spring illinery Tuesday and Wednesday, March 9th and 10th, featuring "the latest"?the Barnyard Sailors and Tipperary Tur n i bans and Veils. 33 W. LIBERTY ST. Wilkes, SUMTER, S. C. f t Who Are We? We are we, The Battery, Sumter S. ! C-?Advt. TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Office of Comptroller of the Currency. NO. 10670. Washington, D. C, Vac. 23, 1014. W'hereas, by satisfactory evidence presented to the undersigned, it has been made to appear that "The Nat? ional Bank of Sumter" in the City of vimt?*>?*, in the eonntv of Burster end Stele of S< utb Carolina, h c; o with ah the provisions of th< ItatuU o* thu United BU lee, required to b Complied with bet' is an association' siiaii be authorised to uoniinenoe tho business of banking; Now Therefore, I, John Skeltor. Williams, Comptroller of the Cur ency, do hereby certify that "The sational Bank of Sumter" 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 one Hundred and Sixty-nine of the Reviseu Statutes of the United States. Conversion of The Bank of Sumter, South 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. (Seal) NO. 10600. 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 ce nplied with before an association shall be authorized to commence the busi? ness of bankint: Now Therefore I, John Skelton Wil? liams, Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify that "The National Lank of South Carolina of Sumter," in the city of Sumter, in the County of ?Sumter and State of South Carolina is authorized to commence the business of banking as provided in Section Fifty-One hundred and sixty-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.) Geo H. Hurst, Undertaker and Embalmer. Prompt Attention to Day or Night Calls; AT J. H. Cralg Old Stand. N. Main Phones nSSmmi From Feb. lsl: to March 1st. we trill sell the following goods at prices shown f. o. b. Columbia, provided money is sent with order :? IRON-all sizes?2c per lb. base. GENUINE STILLSON WRENCHES as follows:?6 in. 50c; 8 in. 50c; 10 in. 60c; 14 in. 75c; 18 in. $1.00; 24 in. $1.50. COLUMBIA SUPPLY CO.. ia^oLulwA?^M8ir Tohacro Barn Flues % Now Is the time to plactftmlers to insure delivery j when iicedeu. I bought iron before the advance in price and my prices are right. Don't place orders for Flues until you get my prices. AI ADH Office 12 East Liberty Street ? Je l\i\U. SUMTER, - S.C. ? FLUE FACTORY NEAR TOBACCO WAREHOUSE WO mlmr is money/ only when) converted nto dollars) 'I by useful) effort and part of the money put\ sn the Bank? H We extend a welcome to'every man who works hard for his money to come in and learn the many advant? ages ohind a banking connection. U We want such men to make this Bank their Bank and you can easily do it if you will save just a little of what you earn. Don't be backward about coming in with a small begin? ning. $1.00 starts you. ''4 PER CENT INTEREST ON SAVINGS' Th ^ Na tional Bank of Sumter ESTABLISHED 1889