The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 02, 1915, Image 4
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prtvate latsrssts will bo charged
v oo advertisements.
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Bs ho charged for.
Bumter Watchman was found
lilt and ths Tros Southron In
Watchman and Southron
tho combined circulation and
Of both of ths old papers,
la sagadfesftty tho boot advertising
hi Sumter.
Isooed by tho ?. 0. Weather Bo rear.
Wasadagtosw D. 0? for th* week be?
ginning Wednesday. September 29.
1111.
For Booth Atlantio and Boot flulf
Ststea: Haina and blab winds are
probable In the East Gulf States and
local ralna In the South Atlantic States
the Hrat half of the week; the latter
half will be fair and cooler.
It Is suggeated that by adopting the
plan followed In other South Carolina
towns now carrying on street paving
under ths abutting property asacas
ment law Sumter will have $675,000 to
expend In atreet Improvements Instead
of $215.000. This plan is for the city
to uss the proceeds of the bond Is?
sue for paying the city's one-third of
the cost of paving and then to sell
paving certificates Issued against the
two-thirds ssssssed on abutting prop?
erty owners. Theae paving certificates
are as easily aold as regular twenty
year onds snd do not in anywlae in
crsass the amount that thu property
owners have to pay, as the assessment
is the same in either case. The sale
of paving certificates supplement the
regular bond Issue and enables the
city to do three times as much paving
without increasing the bonded in
debtcdneas of the municipality. Sev
efal towns In this State have already
Issued paving certificates and have
ogld them if h premium ?hr eortfH
eates.bearing b per cent. Interest anil
payable in nnuai lust lliments. The]
Tact *t hat there w a demand from proj -
arty owners f >r * great .leal mcae pav?
ing than the proceeds oi ||m oo....
sue will pay for, suggests the idea
that It will be advisable for city coun?
cil to look Into the plan followed by
Greenwood. Anderaon, Greenville and
perhaps other towna.
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The Rerlln report that the French
snd English have massed four million
men on the battle front In France and
Belgium Is important, if true. This
fprce Is greater numerically than the
Herman armies on the western front,
and If It Is adequately supplied with
heavy artillery and ammunition should
prove Itself stronger. Thut the Ger?
mans are alarmed at the new offen?
sive movement or the allies la Indicat?
ed by the reporta from Herlin and by
the fact that they are transferring
troops from the Russian battle front
to France. The allies may at last be
ready to take the offensive; they may
have succeeded, after a year of prepar?
ation. In assembling and equipping a
trained srmy that they believe to be
equal or auperlor In numbers and ef?
ficiency to that of their enemlea. and
sre undertaking to drive the German*
out of France before winter sets in.
If thla t>e the ease the bloodiest and
most terrible phase of the great war
Is now afrout to begin.
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The South Is feeling prosperous
again, since cotton Is selling freely
f..r ite.re than t'n cents and the de?
mand appears strong. It la to be
hoped that we shall not feel so pros?
perous snd ao Independent of every?
thing, save cotton, that the planting
of wheat, oats, rye and winter cover
crops will be neglected thla fall In an?
ticipation of planting everything In
cat-oi next nprlng ' October la the
month for planting small grain to
make a profitable Yield Those whose
memories run bacW a twelve month
ahould not need to be reminded that a
big cotton crop la not a guarantee of
prosperity.
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A S|m<Hal filiform.
There la a private of the S??u?h Caro?
lina National Guard Who weighs IM
pounds, according to a requisition re?
ceived for clothing at the adiutunt
general's office. His waist line
mssaure la 70 Inches. The depart?
ment eras asked to supply a number
L'O collar The private Is said to he
one of the most etil? n ut men in his
company.
Would fa' Plenecd
To show you our boys' school suits
with pair pants at $"?.00 and $7..'.?>.
All wool bin serges with 1 pair
pan tu. sll sixes. 4 to 1?. going at
$1 no. Joseph M Chandler Advt.
New Shoes for Fall & Winter
We have just opened up one of the largest and most complete lines of
Shoes for Men, Women and Children that we have had in several years.
Ladies, if you want to have your footwear look smart and attractive
this winter Dame Fashion says you must wear high top shoes. We have
them in both the Button and Lace. We invite your inspection of these.
Shaw & McCollum Mer. Co.
FILLING SILOS.
Keeping of Silage Depends largely
l Pom Thoroughness with Which
Fodder is Pucbed In the Silo.
The Ideal time to cut corn or silage
is when the kernels have passed the
milk stage and are beginning to dent.
At this period the greatest umount of
food material can be obtained and the
I best quality of silage made.
The cutter should be adjusted to
'cut the corn In short lengths, with
three-fourths of an Inch n* the lim?
it In general the finer the fodder is
cut the more easily and more com?
pactly it can be packed and In conse?
quence the better the quality of the
silage.
Influence of Thorough Packing.
Too much stress can not be laid up?
on the necessity of thoroughly pack?
ing the fodder in the silo so as to ex?
clude the air as much as possible. It
is upon this one thing that the keep?
ing of silage largely depends. A de?
vice consisting of a Jointed pipe, or
some variation of it, attached to the
top of the blower pipe is at present in
use for distributing the cut corn fod?
der In the silo. By the use of this dis?
tributor it Im possible for one man to
scatter the cut corn evenly and at the
same time to tramp It. Without the
use of this device it is necessary to
have at least one man in the silo to
fork the material o\er so that it is
evenly packed. Besides the saving of
one man's labor, the distributor does
away with the nuisance of having the
loose material flying around, thus an?
noying the men In the etlo? and nine
lessens the danger of Ms being btruck
by some foreign phjast that may save
passed thr< ngh the blower. |
i Iftentti iss the com foddei is so dry |
when ii m i in mat .t la neesi nu
add water to make up for the de?
ficiency in moisture and provide for
the proper packing of the silo. This
water is most easily added to the
blower when the corn Is being cut,
and it is also more thoroughly mixed
with the cut material in this way.
The Top Layer.
For the top layer of the silo a good
practice Is to use heavy green stalks
from w hich the ears have been remov?
ed. This forms a heavy layer that
packs well and at the same time con?
tains a smaller amount of food ma-1
terlal so that the minimum loss is sus?
tained if it spoils. Various methods
and materials have been used for cov?
ering the top of the silage to prevent
Its spoiling. None have given com?
plete satisfaction, but the one men?
tioned above has given as good results
as any, especially when the top layer
was thoroughly wet down and packed
firmly by tramping. The best practice
Is to commence feeding as soon as the
silo Is tilled. In which case there will
OS no loss of silage through decay.
HF.coilD FOR ENROLLMENT.
Best First Day In History of Turbo
vllle School.
Turbeville, Sept. 29.?The Turbe
ville graded school began the 1915-16
session Monday morning with an en?
rollment of 91, the largest enrollment
for the opening day In the history of
lag school. The Kev. P. K. Rhoad
read a passage of scripture and of?
fered an eloquent prayer, after which
America 1 was sung by the school.
Quite a number of the patrons were
present, short talks were made by
the Rev, P, K. Rhoad, J. L. Green,
r C Dennta, J. at Turbeville and
the principal.
The principal, 0. w. Qreen of Tur?
beville. and the primary teacher, Miss
Sallle I). Jones of LongtOWn, are be?
ginning their fourth year's work here.
MISS Jennie Steedman Culg <?f lioeW
Hill, assistant In the intermediate oe
partment. is beginning her second
term. The other Intermediate teach?
er. Miss Ernestine Dolneau of orange
burg, is a Winthrop graduate and
Comes highly recommended. The
music department Will be in charge of
Miss Nina Durden of Summit, Qa,
We Invite Vou
To inspect our line of men's and
hoys' shoes. Priese 91.lt, |l.oe,
ll.lt, tl.tt, IS.lt, M.lt, M.tt. Ud?
er In Ctapp and you all know the
ciapp. Ht lf.lt, Joseph M. Chan?
dler?Advt.
CLEMSON TRUSTEES AT FLOR?
ENCE.
Agricultural Committee Inspects Crops
and Work at l'ce l>ee Experiment
Station.
Florence, Sept. 29.?A meeting of
the agricultural committee of Clem
son college trustees was held here to?
day. The members spent the fore?
noon In an inspection of the crops
and experiments at the Pee Dee ex?
periment station, and in the afternoon
held a very interesting and protracted
meeting in the parlors of the Hotel
Florence. This committee is com?
posed of Senator B. It. Tillman,
c tairman; J. B. Wannamaker, Col.
Alan Johnstone, Gov. Richard I. Man?
ning, Congressman Frank Lever, B.
H. Rawl, chairman of the dairy di?
vision; President Rlgge of Clemson,
the director of the station, Prof.
Harper; R. E. Currin, superintendent.
Mr. Lever was the only absentee.
The members of the committee ex?
pressed great pleasure and satisfac?
tion with the work that was being
done at the station, and with the
crops and the progress of the experi?
ments. Their business today was
largely In the discussion of the boll
weevil and its menace to this country,
and means of avoiding the troubles
that are due to the farmers if they
have no other resources than cotton,
so that they determined to make this
station the centre of the boll wevil
tight, especially the teaching of hog
culture and crops for hogs.
After the meeting the members of
the committee were taken by citizens
of Florence to ride over the city and
to the industrial school, with which
they were all very much pleased. They
ire all deeply interested In the work
Of the school.
STORM TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN.
Cyclone Along Gulf Is Advancing
Northward, Says Government Bul?
letin.
Washington, Sept. 29.?A special
bulletin issued tonight by the weather
bureau said the great storm raging on
the Gulf coast would advance north?
ward, but would rapidly lose its in?
tensity after leaving the coast. Since
2 o'clock this afternoon the bureau has
been unable to communicate wph
New Orleans. The bulletin reads:
"The tropical cyclone tirst observed
on the 22d over the Eastern Carrib
bean Sea, whence it traveled westward,
passing near and south of Jamaica,
to the Yucatan Channel, where it
changed Its course and moved north?
ward, reached the Gulf coast near the
mouth of the Mississippi Wednesday
morning. During Wednesday its cen?
tre advanced northward and at 2 p.
m. it was near and south of New Or?
leans, at which point the barometer
read 29.10 inches. The wind was east
and blowing sixty-four miles an hour.
No report since that hour has been
received from New Orleans.
"It is probable that this storm will
advance northward, but will rapidly
lose Intensity after leaving the Gulf
coast. Extraordinary measures for
the dissemination of hurricane war
ings issued by the weather bureau
were taken on Tuesday, and It Is prob
able as a result that the loss of life
ami property was reduced to a min?
imum."
PRAISE FOR NATIONAL GUARD,
Department Finds Marked Improve?
ment in All Department*.
Columbia, Sept. 10,?There has been
a marked Improvement of the condi?
tion of the South Carolin? National
Guard (luring the past year, accord?
ing to reports tiled by United States
army Officers on the held Inspections
at Charleston and Greenville,
The inspections were made by ('apt.
j. M. Graham. U, S. a., instructor-in?
spector; Lieut. j. M. Cummlngs, U,
s. a.; Capt. W it. Kendrlek, LT. s. a.
and First Lieut. Allen B, Kempfcl.
The reports on the inspections were
received by the adjutant general from
the war department. There was great
Improvement In equipment.
"This is a line showing considering
the tact that the National Guard has
just been reorganised," said W. W.
Moore, adjutant general.
WOULD RECALL COLUMBIA MAY?
OR.
Richard J. Person Signs Placard
Calling; for Meeting to Discuss Mat?
ter.
Columbia, Sept. 30.?A placard
calling the "qualilled electors of Co?
lumbia" to meet in the Richland coun?
ty court house tomorrow night at 8.30
o'clock "to consider charges against
the official conduct of the mayor of
Columbia," was posted at several
places In the city last night. The card
was signed by Richard J. Person. The
question of a recall election will bo
discussed at the meeting.
"I have no statement to make. I
may have something to say later,"
said Mayor Lewis A. Griffith at his
home on Senate street last night.
One of the placards was placed on
the bulletin board of The State just
before 11 o clock by an unknown per?
son.
"I issued one. If my name is
signed to It, it Is mine," said Mr. Per?
son when asked over the telephone
last night if he had signed the pla?
card. "That is all I have to say until
the mass meeting Friday night. I did
not know that one of the cards had
been placed on The State's bulletin
board," he added.
The placard contains the following:
" 'A City No Retter Than Its Offi?
cers.'
"The qualified electors of Columbia
are invited to meet at 8.30 o'clock
p. m., Friday, October 1, at the coun?
ty court house. .
"To consider charges against the
official conduct of the mayor of Co?
lumbia.
"If in your opinion the charges are
of sufficient gravity to warrant such
action you will be asked to Indorse
a petition for the recall of Columbia's
mayor.
"Yours very truly,
"Richard J. Person.
"Columbia, S. C, September 29,
1915."
See Our Window
Display of suits, hats and caps for
the little fellows. Yours to please, Jo?
seph M. Chandler.?Advt.
SUMTER COTTON MARKET.
Corrected Daily by Ernest Field* Cot?
ton Buyer.
Good Middling 11 3-4.
Strict Middling 11 5-8.
Middling 11 1-2.
Strict Low Middling 11.
Low Middling 10 1-2.
Staple cotton 12 to 15.
New York Cotton Market,
Opened. Close.
October.11.70 11.81
December.12.14 12.15
January.12.31 12.31
March.12.57 12.59
May.12.75
Talking About
Suits, just make it a Styleplus.
Same price the world over, only
$17.00. Joseph M. Chandler.?Advt.
Marriage License Record.
A license to marry has been issued
to Mr. T. H. Newman and Miss Lu
cile IfoLood, Mayesvllle.
"iVc Can Giro You
Extra good knee pants at 50c in
blue or mixed effects. All sizes, 4 to
18. Joseph M. Chandler.?Advt.
PIANO SACRIFICE
i
We have fine piano in a home near flnmtar. to
aave coat of returning wo offer tremendoua discount
and moet liberal t.-rms to first who appllea Hllthtly
uavd but In perfect ronritt Ion; rood M new. big saving
and aplendtd quality. Address
j. I. STEWilT. lu 1007, sTUITi 6JL
Geo He Hurst,
Undertaker tnd Ewbilmer.
Prompt Attention to Day or
Night Cilia;
AT J. 0. Cralg Old Stand. N. Main
Phones QSm toi
To the Man Who Vays
$20 or More
And Who Hasn't Learned to Come Here
$20 has been a popular clothing
price for years. Unconsciously mer?
chants plan to mark a big line at $20.
Unconsciously men everywhere have
formed the $20-clothes habit.
We have a revelation for you men <
with $20 or more to spend.
We will keep you from buying a
suit made and sold with the object of
catching "the popular price trade."
We will sell you
Styleplus # 17
Clothes
T??rf MAM
"The same price the world over."
which have a definite conception
behind them?style plus guaranteed
quality at a medium price. Guaran?
teed all-wool fabrics skilfully made?
and styled by a designer whose work
is nationally approved.
The new STYLE
PLUS models an4
fabrics tempt men no
'matter what they can
afford to pay.
* We can fit your age
as well as your shape.
Special style concep?
tions for young men.
Lots of men simply
want to see a STYLE- *?*7
PLUSJ after hearing
?oYmuch about the
quality. Glad to show
you even if you don't
want to buy.
J. ML Chandler
16 SOUTH MAIN STREET
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YOU CAN'T FORGET
"Sweet Sixteen"
The smooth, velvety drink?resulting from the per?
fect blending of sixteen ingredients. Always good
no w better, as the syrup has aged and ripened. Drink
"Sweet Sixteen" and wear the smile that won't come
off.
ALL SMILES AND ONLY 5c A BOTTLE.
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Lumber, Lime, Cement,
BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY
AND FEED OF ALL KINDS.
Booth-Shuler Lumber & Supply Co.
Successors to Booth-tUrby Live Stock Co. and CentmllLumber Co.
Geo. Eppererm'a Old Stand Opp. Court House