Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Published Wednesday and Saturday. ?BY? OOTKEN PUBLISHING COMPANY. IUMTBR, 8. C I lama: 114? u?r annum?In advance. Adverilaenicata: Una ?quaxo drat Insertion.fl.OO Bvery suboequeat loaartlon.60 Contracts tor threw m out ha, or jo tiger win be mad* at reduced rates. Ail communications ahlch eub ear to private interacts will ba ehargad tor as edvertteemea' \ Obttuarlae and tributes of respect ertll ba ehargad for. Tea Sumter Watchman was fouud ad In 1110 and the True Southron in III?. Tba Watchman and Southron ?ow haa ths combined circulation and taaueace of both of the old papers, tad la manifestly tho b at advertising saedlum In Sumter. St NSI1INF, \ (.FHMICIDK. T?ms show that (-crnis or Disease Can Not Survive When Kxi>ohcx1 to the Sun. Sunshine Is an amazingly potent germicide for the farm housekeeper and the dairy and Mtables. The prac? tica of exposing cooking and other utensils used in connection with food to direct sunlight makes use of this fact, although comparatively few ap? preciate exactly the work done by the aun in this regard. Probably only thoee who are acquainted with tests which have actually been made real? ise how quickly sunshine kills disease germs exposed to It. Hence the fol? lowing teats may be generally instruc? tive and interesting. A pastry, creamy mass of tubercu? lous material, which waa proved to contain uncountable numbers of vlru Isnt tubercle bacilli, was obtained from a tuberculous cow and spread in thin smooth translucent layers on sheets of glass, pieces of wood, and strips of muslin. Some of the sheets of glass, pieces of wood, and strips of muslin were then placed outdoors on a mod? erately warm, clear, calm day where the sun could shino on them, and an equal number were placed In a dark room. After 15 minutes exposure to the sun. the tuberculous material on the giasa, wood, and muslin still con? tained largo numbers of living, viru? lent tubercle bacilli, which were prov? ed to be fu!ly capable of causing tu> berculoetS hot nftT "0 minut< <?{ r?< ? ? to the sue no ttvlni tubercle bacilli could be found: every U-x Mi it could be made proved that they wert all dead. Similar tests with quite large opaque maaaaa of tuberculous material, larger and denser than any tuberculous per? son is apt to expectorate, proved that the bacilli in such masses on glass are still alive after 4, but entirely dead in less than 8 hours, and still alive in the material on wood and muslin after S, but dead In leas than 16 hours. The tuberculous material in thin lay era on glass, wood, and muslin, kept In a dark room, wan proved to contain fully virulent, living tubercle bacilli after 30 days. The contrast is remarkable, tubercle bacilli of tho same kind, on tho same kind of ma? terial, dying in a smaller number of minutes In the sunshine than the number of days they remained alive in a dark room. As most varieties of disease germs are more easily destroyed by germi? cides than tubercle bacilli, and as tu? bercle bacilli. In tho thin layers in which they are likely to ndhere to clothing, blankets, rugs, draperies, fur? niture, walla floors, etc., are killed I y the rays of the nun In less than half an hour, though they remain alive ?n dark places a month and longer, It is reasonable to draw tho following con? clusions: (a) As a general sanitary principle It la desirable that all dwellings, Muhle*, eta*, should be so const [ i;. f I that an abundance of sunshine caa reach their interiors. (b) As a general protective meas? ure against disease germs, it is an ex? cellent practice to expose utensils for h Holling milk, and milk cans nft?\ they have been cb-aned. to direct sun? light, and to hang or spread wearing apparel, blankets, bedding, rugs, horso blankets, etc., periodically where the sun can shin* on all parts of them. It?'ul i stute Trunsftn. Mrs. M. C. Stubbs to Maitha Joyner and Kvangellne Joyner Kdwurds, lot on Manning Avenue. $100. W. W. Sumter to Mrs. Ju la V. Hees, lot in city, $326. A. Clarence Du Kant to Adelaide B. Kicker, lot on Hampton Avenue, $J. C00. Allee Alston to David Kagln. 7 acres In county. 170. Perry Moses and Kosille V. Moses to It. Virginia Phelps, lot on North Washington street. $12.'??)?? und other considerations. Ill y Ard. BaWOalS Kelly, H. B, Ib'dge and Kllsha B. Hodge, to M.i? ejg W !?i\K their right Ir 72 acres in eoiinty. $'? and other considerations. TKACII FAILMJN'G IN SCHOOLS. Extension Department of Clcnison College Will Cooperate With Hurul Schools of Suite. Clemson College, Nov. 22.?The extension division of Clemson col? lege, at the request of the State su? perintendent of education and the county superintendents' State asso? ciation, has entered into an agree? ment to cooperate with the educa? tional forces of South Carolina in teaching agriculture in the public schools of the State. The division has issued bulletin No. 11, "School Room Work for Club Members and others," outlining the character of work to be done and naming the bul? letins and texts necessary to the execution of this cooperative agree? ment. The extension division has also prepared a supplementary text book in agriculture, with special reference to South Carolina conditions, and the State superintendent of education has agreed to have this text publish? ed and sold at actual cost by the va? rious county school book deposi? tories. This text book, "Agriculture for School and Farm,'* has received hearty indorsement from educators and others in this and other South? ern States as an appropriate book for study by pupils, teachers and farmers. The book is in catechism form, appropriate for use in the sixth and seventh grades, and any ed or not, can teach it and learn something of the subject at the same time. In addition to class room work, a miniature farm Is to bo conducted on or near the school grounds for teaching the arts as well as the sclcnej of agriculture. The essentials alone will be taught and only a short period each day will be required to teach, even In the sixth and seventh grades, principles whi. b, if put into practice judicious? ly, will revolutionize the agriculture of the State within five years, double yields, and cut fertilizer expenses at least in two. Clemson college will provide a su? pervisor of agricultural instruction In the public schools. He will work In closo cooperation with the public educational forces of the State in in? troducing and developing this work In the schools. It Is realized that only a small percentage of the public school pop? ulation would or could ever receive such training otherwise, 1 from lack of opportunity or desire or both to attend college. It Is proposed, there? fore, to digest the subject of scien tttie agriculture and to give It to all the children in a sort of emulsion form ready for assimilation, and for practical application. In this way it is hoped to prepare them for their life work directly, or for higher edu? cation, should such bo desired or u\ a liable. Thanksgiving Holidays. The City Schools have just ilnished the examination*, for the first quar? ter. These were so scheduled as to be completed Just before the Thanksgiv? ing holidays, in order that the little break in the work would come just at this time. The holidays Will last until Monday. The reports will be issued on that day and by then the teachers will have ascertained the points that need t<> !>?> particularly stressed, as revealed by thu examination papers. It has been a custom for many years, as it Is In most of the schools, to give both Friday and Thursday for holidays at Thanksgiving, and the custom has proved to be a wise one. James B, Holhiday died at his home at Summerton on Monday after? noon after an Illness of about live d.iys. although ||S had been in bad health for about two years, aged about TO years, The funeral services wore h< Id at the Bummerton cemetery on Tuesday afternoon, whero interment took place. Mr. Holladay Is survived by Mrs. Pannie Holladay, bis second wife, two sons, Messrs, William -f.. of Brun s m. S. <*., and 1*. J. Holladay of Sum in i: ?M. two daughters, Mrs. Essie B. Davis of Brogdon, and Mrs. a. k. Bemshouse, Bumtor, HI MTI U COTTON MARKF/r. Correct**! l>ntlj by cVncst Field, Cot Qoed Middling 11 7-8. Strict Middling It Middling 10 7-8. Strict Lew Middling io 3-8. Low Middling 9 7-x. Staple cotton 14 to 17c. NtW YORK COTTON MARK KT. Yest'dys OpSW High f/ow Close itimm Ian. . . i I.I? l LSI i LI i 11.82 11.1 v Mi h . . 1 LSI IS. 11 1 LSI 1 -M<? I I.S6 May. . . IS.ll IS.2S 12.11 12.20 12.12 agriculturally train Death. ton liujor. HAMMOND A GENIUS, The NiiMil Authorities Take up HI* Wireless Control for TorpodOM, (Charles W. Duke, in the Philadelphia Ledger.) John Hays Hammond, Jr., will live in history as the inventor of wireless control for torpedoes. Only last week he visited Secretary Daniels and con? ferred on the accomplishment of his invention. Army engineers nave rec? ommended purchase by the govern? ment Of his apparatus and ideas, after exhaustive tests conducted under the eye of experts. Japan got a line on the wonders of Hammond's "electric dogs" and made him a fabulous offer. Without telling Uncle Sam anything about it, Ham? mond turned down the offer. His ex? periments were then just on the turn? ing point to success and since the Japanese offer he has made still great? er advancements. Hammond's wirelessed-torpedocs will virtually make the second line of defense impregnable. That's what the young inventor modestly claimed for his work when United States ex? perts first began looking over the re? sults of his years of research. Germany has shown the world wonders in the line of submarines. But Germany had no way to guide a torpedo to its mark after it was launched. They depend entirely on the accuracy of their aim and their careful mathematical calculations. Hammond goes further. His torpedo set In motion can be controlled by the human voice. Simply in the prin? ciple of the control of mind over mat? ter. Hammond's torpedo on the crest of the wave can be turned right or left, forward or backward, by a wire? less impulse ashore, until crashing eventually end-on Into the target aim ed at. In the dirigible raids the Germans have let loose indiscriminate volleys of fire darts and explosive bombs. In the further elaboration of Hammond's apparatus a missile can be launched in midair and then, by the manipulation of wireless control, directed at any desired mark. It is entirely possible that in the very near future, under the direction of Hammond, a shell from a monster 16-inch coast defense gun can be similarly directed after leaving the muzzle of the weapon to hit any desired mark. From a pretty little rustic teahouse on the high cliff fronting bis home, whence he directed most of his ex periments, Hammond, Jr., told me of his years of endeavor. High above us sang the antennae stretching between two towering wireless masts. These masts rise 300 feet above their granite bases and are said to bo the highest wooden wireless masts in the world. They arc insured at Lloyds' for $10,000, rind are all part of the apparatus with which Hammond worked out his inventions. In another laboratory down near the water's edge Hammond showed me the uncanny little electric "dogs" from whence he lirst got his inspira? tion for the wireless-controlled wea? pon of war. , They are uncanny because they are inanimate, dumb-looking things which, once you point a Hash light at them, follow you about with dogged persistence. Turn your flashlight and walk in an opposite direction and. do electric "doj;s" follow you on. The "dog" has eyes of bulging ulass; his body is a long walnut box. Inside the box Is a storage battery, an electric motor, solenoid magnets, selenium discs and relays. The "dog" gets about on three wheel "legs," and his tail is an electric switch. Hammond first brought out a "wire? less boat." It was a 4 0-foot craft with a speed of 33 miles an hour and equipped with the latest In radio-dy? namic apparatus. The vessel was a ?topping stone from the "electric dog" of the laboratory. In a short time this small craft was making trips to sea under the power of her own engines, but without a single soul aboard. From a lookout station high Up on the cliff Hammond shot the tiny craft back and forth over a 10-mile course. At times the boat flew along at the high speed of a torpedo destroy? er. Hammond had all manner of dis? couragements. He first used a type of Marconi coherer, which proved unre? liable and not at all suited for his pur? pose, The coherer was used on the harbor boat to receive wireless im? pulses from the shore. For a time Hammond was In despair. He toured all the capitals of Ruropo and consult? ed with the world's most famous ra? il, t-tclegraphers. Returning home In despair, he set about the evolution of a coherer of his own make, it i.i hardly necessary to say that this littl* Instrument Is one of the keynotes of Hammond's success and Jealously guarded deep down in bis mind. Tin- boat Radio was equipped with the new instrument. And then began the series of experiments which have brought Hammond into his ow n. Prom his lookout on the hill Hammond would guide the boat out to sen be? tween the encircling rocks that mark the entrance to Gloucester harbor. By the touch of a key on shore he would release the power of a hundred horses. Flashing out over the dark waters that power was concentrated upon the radio-dynamic equipment of the boat. A fishing smack looms up in the dis? tance. It is an imaginary battleship. Searchlights from shore spot it out. Instantly the tiny wireless boat tacks in her course and shoots straight for the fishing vessel. Straight up un? der the lea of the boat drives the im? aginary torpedo. Just when it seems a crash is inevitable the torpedo craft turns off gracefully and the fishermen blink their relief in the glow of the searchlight. Fi-Fi of The Toy Shop to lie Biff At? traction. Next week the affair of importance theatrically in Sumter is the big home talent play "Fi-Fi of the Toy Shop" which will be given December 2 (next Wednesday) lor the benefit of Dick Anderson chapter, U. D. C. George E. Shaw, a professional di? rector, has been in town ten days re? hearsing this play, which has been given over a thousand times in every part of the United States and In Canada, and which promises to be the best homo talent show ever staged here. One hundred and fifty people, little felloWs and grown-ups, compose the cast featuring the best talent In Sumter. The play has just been staged in Darll gton for the public schools and brought out one of the largest aud? iences that ever made its way into the Darlington Theatre. Great interest is already beginning to manifest Itself in Sumter and the ladies plan to make the play one long to be remem? bered In Sumter. Mr. Shaw has stated that he is pleased with the tal? ent submitted and says that Sumter is fortunate in having such a good calmre of amateurs. Marriage License Record. Licenses to marry have been grant? ed the following colored couples: Samuel Mitchell and Camilla L. Sim? mons, Daltell; Fi?><i Rose and Lillian White, Sumter; Lucius Smith and An? nie James, Aleolu; Carl Haynsworth and Mary Dowling, Dalzell; Willie Johnson and Rachel Jones; Tominie Wilso nand Emma Brooks, Mayes Wile; Charlie Haynsworth and Almeta Ballard, Sumter. Goomecry Required. Plato is said to have written over his door: "Let no one ignorant ol geometry enter here." Today such a restriction would reduce his visit- , Ing list. Perhaps outside the profes? sional mathematicians he would have no one at all. All the artists, the philanthropists, the historians, to say nothing of those ladles and gentlemen of leisure whose critical faculties are bo importantly developed nowadays, would certainly be absent, and, worso still, would suffer very little at their exclusion. Yet going back into the centuries for guests, a distinguished company might havo been assembled of those who, without being famous i merely for mathematical studies, were known to have understood and loved the subject. The Greek philosophers would havo been there in a body, AI? phouse X, Omar Khayyam, Albert Durer, Leonardo da Vinci, Descartes, pascal, Napoleon and Lewis Carroll, Notice, Notice* Notice. For the benefit of the Dalzell Meth? odist church, big barbecue and oyster supper combined at the residence of Mr. T. M. CrOBBWell, Dalzell, S. C, on Tuesday evening, November 30th, 8.30 P, M. Everybody invited to come. Committee. Notice. My farm northwest of Sumtor, on Stateburg-Providence road, adjoining lands of Holman and Folsom, and my land east of Sumter on the Mayesville road, adjoining lands of Shaw and Reams, are posted and all persons are warned not to trespass on same by hunting or otherwise. C. P. OST FEN. WANTED?My friends to know that I have installed a modern gasoline filling station at my store and will be pleased to furnish gasoline at Sumter prices. J. H. Myers. FOR SALE?Fulcaster Wheat; Ap? pier oats; Appier oats with vetch, mixed; Bancroft oats; Fulghum oats (more prolific and matures three weeks earlier.) All recleaned and faulty grains and grass seed remov? ed. C. 1'. Osteen, Sumter, S. C. I Geo H. Hurst? Undertaker and Embalmer. Prompt Attention to Da) er Night Calls; AT J. 0. Cralg Old Itand, N. Main Phones STfttt boi (?> New Fa.ll Derbys * i Here's the Newest Style of j all Stiff Hats for Fall wear. i i * Price $3 1 Other Styles $1.50 to $5. I Soft Hats in a variety of blocks?p 1 a i n and fancy bands. $1.50 to $5.00. I 6'he D. J. Chandler Clothing Co. \ 14 N. Main Street Sumter, South Carolina ?? GREAT PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE In business methods, and this bank has kept pace with them. ?While conservative in the in interest of SAFETY, our equip? ment and business methods are modern?let us do business to? gether to our mutual advantage. Capital - - $200,000 Surplus 50,000 The National Bank of Sumter, ESTABLISHED 1889 "SAFEST FOR YOUR SAVINGS" Lumber, Lime, Cement, BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY AND FEED OF ALL KINDS. Booth-Shuler Lumber & Supply Co. Successors to Booth-IIarby l ive Stock Co. and C. nn-Rl T nmher Co. Geo. Epp+roort*? Old St a rvd Opp. Court Houts