The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 28, 1915, Image 4
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bmneeaoe of both of the old papers,
and Is saaaifettly the bast advertising
snodJem In Sumter.
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Weekly WcaAhcr Forecast.
Issued by the V. 8. Weather Bureau,
Washington. D. C. for the week be?
ginning Wednesday, August 25.
For South Atlantic and East Oulf
States: Generally fair weather, with
seasonable temperatures. Is Indicated
fur the week, although occasional lo?
cal thundershowers may occur over
the southern portion of tho district.
Weekly Weather and Crop Summary.
For the week ending at 12 Noon,
Wednesday. August 26, 1915.
Abundant rains during the week
were generally beneficial for growth,
but the wet weather Interfered local?
ly with the hay and fodder harvest.
A good late corn crop Is now assured.
Cotton Is fruiting well; there Is still
some shedding reported, and some
complaint of rust; picking has begun
In portion* of the southern and wes?
tern counties. Field truck, gardens
is I pastures are much Improved. To
bacco is nearlng an end. Fall truck
plowing and seeding have become
quite general.
lioud Adtlcv to Furniers.
Tho following Is reproduced from
The Manufacturer's Record. It Is
pretty sound:
Don't be misled Into selling your
cotton at five or six cents u pound, as
you were last fall, by politicians and
pessimists.
DSSfl get frightened and rush your
cotton to market except to the extent
that yon have t*> ?s!l it to mre? yovr
niitiici i' oiigaUt'iis, for the undue
Sjvfreaaj of cotton on the market
pgftyi Into the hand* of tre specui-'.
tors, .sl 'i b. '. lie fiCtics r .w being
employed would break down the price
of your cotton, and enable them to
buy rt to their profit and to your
lose, as they did last year.
Don't expect either this govern?
ment or any other to buy your cot
ton% The government has no more
right to buy cotton than to buy grain
or hogs.
Don't look for any uneconomic and
Impossible legislation in behalf of cot?
ton, for most of the theories advanc?
ed have bordered on asininlty, and
some of them have quite reached that
stage.
Don't for a moment think you can
barter your honor und your soul and
shape your convictions as to right or
wrong in world affairs for the price
of a bale of cotton.
Don t senk to blackmail other
Countries by threatening retaliation
boc*Of their work may interfere
with tho temporary selling price of
your cotton.
i n't permit politicians or others
to hold you up befo.e the world as
willing to accept a bribe, and to
shape >our judgment of right ami
wrong in bum m affairs by the price
that this country or that might be
willing to pay for your cotton.
I'.nt t .ri;et that though you have
rained more cotton than the South
ourht to have produced, there Is an
Intrinsic value In cotton which cm
not '?e permanently destroyed.
i?on t forget that you Ml tarrj
your cotton for years without its de?
terioration, and that the time will
Come, unless the South continues to
mi 'A hi-i' cotton than the world de
mauds. when every bale of cotton
will be needed at a good price.
Don't defraud your creditors by re?
fusing to sell cotton to meet your ob?
ligations, but when you have sold
enough to pay your debts, don't for?
get that the balance is yours to hold
until doomsday if you please, and
await the time when tie- world will
pay your price for It
I'on't, above all else, permit your
eelf to b. i- . ntO believing that
your cotton is worth more than your
honor; that your cotton must set
your standard of morals in studying
world affairs.
Don't forget that he wgjS poses
tho cotton growers of the South be?
fore the world as beggars asking
alms, or as regarding a bale
of cotton of more value than
a human life, or the price pet
pound of cotton more to be consid?
ered than Individual nnd national
honor, Is tb..t *t enemy the South
has ever hud or can ever have.
SODA KIM.S AUMA' WORM.
Ho|M>rt on Interesting Exi>crlmciit
From Kershaw County?Instructive
letter.
To the Editor of The State:
For several days I have been trying
to destroy the army worm which 1
discovered infesting my farm. Pois?
oning by dusting or spraying with
Paris green I found very slow and
expensive. 1 then tried heavy ap?
plications of salt and found this would
kill many of the young ones but not
the old ones.
It occurring to me that nitrate of
soda would kill cattle, poultry, etc.,
when eaten by them, I decided to ex?
periment with it, so I selected
a dozen worms of various ages and
put them in a basin with small bits
of tender grass, sprinkled this grass
with water and then with soda. The
worms were very active for a short
time, but soon became helpless. The
young ones died in ten minutes and
at the expiration fo 30 minutes all
were dead. I then selected a small
bunch of grass in tho garden, cleaned
the ground all around it, dissolved a
heaping teaspoonful of nitrate of soda
in a pint of water and sprinkled this
grass which had a large number of
worms on it and watched for results;
tho worms stopped eating and crawl?
ing immediately and In two hours all
were dead. 1 am satisfied that a
dressing of 100 pounds of nitrate of
soda per acre applied when the grass
is damp from dew or otherwise will
exterminate the worms.
Experiment.
Camden, August 21.
VACANCY AT ANNAPOLIS.
Congressman Ix'vcr Announces Exam?
ination at Columbia on October Oth.
I will hold an examination of appli?
cants for appointment to the United
States Naval Academy at Columbia,
South Carolina on October 9th, 1915.
Applicants must be between the ages
of sixteen and twenty years, in good
physical condition and of good moral
character" and residents of the Seventh
Congressional District. The mental
examination will include punctuation,
spelling. English -grammar, geography,
United States history, arithmetic, alge?
bra and plane geometry. Those desir?
ing further information about tho
examination and ulso permission to
take the same should write me at
once at Lexington, South Carolina.
A. F. Lever,
Member of 'Congress.
iu;vi n i i i w i ist.
Only Hi Have Paid in < baiie tun
Thi- Bear, Asjedsss] r??~ Imrt Ycenr.I
Columbia, Aug. 25.?Indications of
the results which it is believed are
due to the raiding by constables sent
to Charleston by Gov. Manning to en?
force the liquor laws are shown *ig
niticantly by the great falling off in
tbe number of persons and firms pay?
ing tho revenue liquor tax to the
United States government for this
year as compared with last year. Fig?
ures obtained from the records in the
office of United States Kevenue Col?
lector lleyward, by this correspondent,
show that 507 paid the revenue tax in
Charleston last year, while so fur
only 216 have paid the tax for this
year, a falling off of 291, or about Co
per cent.
The number of persons and firms in
Charleston county which paid the
United States revenue liquor license
tax for the year ending July, 1915,
was Gu7. Those who have paid this
i i\ for the ensuing year, that is, up
to August 11, number III III Charles?
ton, a falling off of 291. Tbe year
runs from July to July and the reve?
nue liquor tax must be paid in ad
\ a nee.
The tOtfJ number in the whole
s tate foff the year ending July, .1911,
that paid the liquor license tax to the
federal government was 1,137, divided
as follows: Detail liquor dealers,
III; wholesale liquor dealers, 18; re?
lall malt liquor dealers, III; whole*
sale malt liquor dealers, 11. Included
in wholesale liquor dealers were the
wholesale county dispensaries.
Prom this it win i?e evident that
one-ha If of those paying the tax re?
quired i-y the United states govern*
meni for wholesale and retail liquor
dealers for the past year lived in
Charleston. With a falling off of this
number Of ab >ut ?;<? pgr cent alone in
ICharleston, and With the same per?
centage in decrease shown through?
out the state, the figures tell eloquent?
ly the results of law enforcement, as
It was put lu re today by one high in
authority In state official life.
Had Hoth Amis Hroken.
While climbing a tree near bis
home yesterda) noon, William Banka
Jr., the 7-year-old son of William
p inks, editor of Tbe Record, fell end
bad botb arms broken. Tbe accident
occurred across the street from bis
bome The plucky little fellow Walked
home without making a whimperovei
in predicament. There were no in?
ternal injuries. The bom s were rOSOl
by Dr. T. If. DuBose, Hr., and the
boy Was resting easily last night.?
Tbe State.
WHAT THE HORSE snow la POM,
Prosperity of Country Depends Upon
success of Live Stock industry.
The working committee of the Sum?
ter Horse Show Association in charge
of arrangements for the IUI5 fall
show in this city beginning October
ISth are planning to have the cattle
and swine show feature of the exhibi?
tion a particularly interesting addition
to the regular horse show. This years
show is going to be a big affair If
the directors and committeemon re?
ceive the cooperation of the livestock
raisers and the business men, and
they will.
The working committee is compos?
ed of the directors chosen for the en?
suing year: Messrs. D, C. Shaw, Wm,
M. Graham, C. P. Exum, J. 1'.
Oiooth. A. D. Harby, George D.
Shore, and Wesley D. Ulanding, with
Mr. Walter C. Boyle and several oth?
er gentlemen, who will be added to
the committee later on pushing the
arrangements.
The committee earnestly desires
that every owner of improved stock,
horses, mares, colts, mules, cattle,
and swine who contemplate partici?
pating will give in their names and
description of animals to any mem?
ber of the committee, or to Secretary
George D. Shore, as early as possible
so that the entries can be listed and
clasilled. This will greatly facilitate
the work of the committee.
The business men of Sumter city
and the farmers interested in better
breeds of live stock are manifesting
gratifying interest in the approaching
fall show, and the committee has ev?
ery reason to believe that the exhibi?
tion will show a great increase in im?
proved live stock for Sumter county
since the 1013 spring show of this as
sociation.
The lirst horse show held in Sum
ter, in April, 1913, under the auspices
of the Sumter Horse Show Association
was a splendid exhibition in every re?
spect, and a succes from every point
of view.
While the horse show feature this
fall will equal, if not surpass, the first
show, the extension of the scope of
tho exhibits to include cattle and
swine will make this fall's show larg?
er in usefulness and interest to hun?
dreds of farmers and others who
would not otherwise participate.
There is nothing better that can
possibly be done towards building up
the agricultural districts than in?
creasing the number of horses, mules,
cattle and swine, because the most
prosperous end fertile agricultural]
section! of tho world have live stock!
raising as the most Important adjunct
or perhaps b< tter said, as a back
gr ?und to farming and improved
breeds of poultry.
The business interests of the cities,
the merchants, bankers, manufactur?
ers, professional men, real estate deal?
ers, wage earners, and all others of
the incorporated communities are de?
pendent largely upon the prosperity of
the agricultural districts. Therefore
anything of a cooperative nature
which tends towards developing the
prosperity and productiveness of the
farming sections adds greatly to the
general prosperity of the entire State
and nation.
The horse, cattle, and swine shows
have for their main objects increas?
ing the prosperity of the country dis?
tricts by developing the diversifica?
tion and live at home methods on the
farm.
Therefore the 1918 fall horse show
of the local association and every suc
ceediug show lor years to come, will
be cooperative and mutually beneficial
to every class of citizenship, repre?
senting every profession, trade, and
occupation of this city and county.
The organised business interests of
Sumter, represented by the sumter
Retail Dealer*' Association, and
Chamber of Commerce, and many
more business and professional men
will show their appreciation of the
efforts of the Sumter Horse Show As?
sociation to increase the number and
value of improved stock by heartily
and actively cooperating in every way
with tbe association and the farm?
ers. Building up the agricultural
lletrlcts means prosperity to the en
tire nation.
Marriage 1.house Record.
A license to marry has been grant?
ed to Charlie Stol.es and Julia New
i k pry, I iswego, I
FOR SALE oil EXCHANGE ? Full
blood Jersey bull calf, live months
Old, dam twenty quart registered
cow. Will sell, or exchange for
Well grown heifer or young cow.
Apply Dr. C. P, Osteen, Sumter,
s. c.
WF ARE permanently located at
Baker's Old Infirmary, prepared to
examine eyes, lit and furnish glass?
es. Lensef duplicated and frames
repaired. Hlghsmlth optical Co.
PIANO SACRIFICE
V> (? fi ivo flnr? piano In ftttSSM nor\r 8nnrt>r To
nvi ? na nf rehtrntnif wo oiFur Irvmandotu discount
?nil nii?>i liberal terms to nratwlra ?ppltoa. Sliirhtly
used 1ml lnp?rf?ctraniUtiun;mMHJ sissw, BlgMvlsg
?ad ?plandld quuUt). AddrtM
J. A. STEtAAT, lu 1007, ATLANTA, GA.
STEAMER KI NS ON REEF.
cutter Miami (iocs to Rescue of Un?
known Vessel.
Washington, Aug. 25.?The coast
guard cutter Miami is rushing to the
relief of an unknown steamer ashore
on Ajax reef, off the Florida coast.
Help was asked for.
Street Cars Resume at GalvostOlL
Galveston, Aug. 25.?Limited street
car service was resumed today and
conditions are nearly normal.
Notice of Election.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
County of Sumter.
Notice is hereby given that an elec?
tion will be held on the 14th day of
September, A. D., 1915, at the voting
precincts Axed by law in said county,
upon the question as to whether the
manufacture and sale of alcoholic li?
quors and beverages shall be prohi?
bited or continued in this State, as
provided by Act No. 76, to submit
to the qualified electors the question
of the prohibition of the manufacture
and sale of alcoholic liquors and bev?
erages in the State and to provide for (
the carrying of these provisions into
effect, approved the 16th day of Feb?
ruary, A. D., 1915.
The qualifications for suffrage are
as follows:
Residence in State for two years, in
the county one yea/, in the polling
precinct in which the elector offers to
vote, four months, and the payment
six months before any election of any
poll tax then due and payable. Pro?
vided, That ministers in charge of an
organized church and teachers of
public schools shall be entitled to vote
after six months' residence in the
State, otherwise qualified.
Registration.?Payment of all taxes,
including poll tax, assessed and col?
lectible during the previous year. The 1
production of a certificate or the re?
ceipt of the officer authorized to col?
lect such taxes shall be conclusive
proof of tht payment thereof.
Before the hour fixed for opening '
the polls Managers and Clerks must
take and subscribe to the Constitu- .
tional oath. The chairman of the j
Board of Managers can administer the
oath to the other Managers and to
the Clerk; a Notary Public must ad- J
minister the oath to Chairman. The j
Managers elect their Chairman and ]
?
Pull;-, a. each voting place must hcH
opened at 7 o'clock a. in., ind closed H
at i o'clock p. m., except In the city <
Charleston, where the) shall be
opened at 7 a. m., and closed at 6 p.
m.
The Managers have the power to
fill a vacancy; and if none of the '
Managers attend, the citizens can ap?
point, from among the qualified voters,
the Managers, who, after being sworn,
can conduct the election.
At the close of the election, the
Managers and Clerk must proceed
publicly to open the ballot boxes and
count the ballots therein, and con?
tinue will.out adjournment until the
same is completed, and make a state?
ment of the result, and sign the same.
Within three days thereafter, the
Chairman of the Board, or some one
designated by the Board must deliv?
er to the Commissioners of Election
the poll list, the boxes containing the
ballots and written statements of the
result of the election.
Managers of Election.?The follow?
ing Managers of Election have been
appointed to hold the election at the
various precincts in the said County:
Ward 1?W. A. Weathers, W. M.
Butler, Ben. Mitchell.
Ward 2?E. L. Ducomb, J. A. Mid
dleton, Sr., C. W. Smith.
Ward 8? J. W. Qriffll , J. B. Rich?
ardson, T. A. Nettles.
Ward 4?W. Percy Smith, H. J.
Lawrence, W. O. Price.
Bloom Hill?W. J. Ardis, S. M.
Coulter, Qeo. T. Geddings.
Shiloh?J. H. Truluck, J. K. McEl
veen, S. B. McElveen.
Wedgefield?J. B. Crouch, J. J.
Geddings, ES. E. Aycock.
Providence?J. C. Dunbar, J. H.
Jones, W. S. Boykin.
Privateer?Marion Rivers, L. T.
Seymour, Allen Cubbage.
Oswego?Marion Dorn, T. C. Cauth
en. W. D. McLeod.
Stateburg?T. S. Stuckcy, W. M.
Sanders, Leon Stuckey.
Mayesvllle?W. S. Chandler, W. B.
Cooper, C. Taylor.
Rembert?C. W. Chandler, S. L.
Young. James lieames.
Concord?W. S. White, L. J. Sey?
mour, L. D. Smith.
Tbe Managers at each precinct
named above are requested to dele?
gate one oi their number to secure
the boxes and blanks for the election
un Friday, September 10th, or Satur?
day, the i ith, from B, r. Miller.
Clerk, at Item Cilice.
.1. E. DUPRE,
W. W. GREEK,
M. 11. WHITE,
Commissioners of state and County
for Sumter County, S. C.
I B, F, MILLER, Clerk.
Fertilizers for Fall Grain. I
ACID PHOSPHATE
f ACID AND POTASH
AMMONIATED FERTILIZERS
AGRICULTURAL LIME
World Conditions Demand that Your Grain Crops
Should be Largely Increased Another Year,
Now is the time to make your prepa?
ration. Crops cannot be grown with?
out plant food any more than farm
animals can be expected to work with?
out food.
We have the plant food for your crops and are pre*
pared to make prices for any quantity wanted. .
$ If you are not a customer of ours become one now.
HARBY & COMPANY,
SUMTER, S. C. Cotton and Fertilize)?.
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GRAPE SODA
Made from GRAPES?A Food as well as an
Antidote for the hot weather.
Last swallow in the bottle is the best?Don't
drink imitation Grape?Get the Genuine, bottled
by
Sumter Bottling Works.
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vice?courteous treatment? sympathetic attention to your hank
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THE PEOPLES BANK
If you are going to need any Cotton
Sheets this season now is a good
time to malie your purchases. We
have new, full size Burlap Sheets at
The dozen - $3.75
Single Sheet - - . .35
COFFEE, COFFEE!
We have some remarkable values in
both parched and raw Coffees. We
offer you a pretty fair grade of
Parched Coffee, free from chicory at
15c. Raw Coffee at 10c,
CLEMSON BUTTER.
Owing to a very unusual demand for
this product we have been obliged to
increase our order for this butter.
We now receive fresh shipments
twice a week.
O'DONNELL 6 COMPANY
PHONE 337