The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 27, 1916, Image 3
made, to rnduoe the number of thor.c }
which go Into hibernation with the
corning of cold weather. It is the
number o:' adult weevils alive when
the time for hibernation comes thut
count" It is. therefore, best to de?
stroy the green cotton stalks just r.s
soon as the cotton Im harvested. This
can be accomplished by ploughing up
the stalk* and burning them or by
ploughing them under. Either of these
processes if done In ti ne will destroy
a large number of adv. Its and weevils
In UTOceso of development, and will
also, through lack of food, cause many
rernalntng adults to migrate or per?
ish^ The affectivemse of stalk de?
struction depends on the length of
tinjf before frost that it is accom?
plished.
sieving followed all of the above
directions there will still remain these
factor* over which the farmer has
no control. A rainy June may make
It Impossible for him to do his full
part, snd be will ha /e to suffer in
consequence. Under boll weevil con?
ditions cotton is no longer the certain
crop that It once was, t.nd no farmer
Is any longer safe In making It his
sola reliance. Only by raising his
foo<| supply for man and beast and
making other crops for sale can be
secured against disaster.
The ? Club Meets.
The ? Club met at Blanche Spann's
end. all Its members had quite an en?
joyable time. The elections were made
as follows: President, Maria Nash;
secretary, Eleanor Wallace, treasur?
er and Marlon Jackson, correspond
Ing secretary. Alter the election nil
were taken Into a room beautifully
decorated and furnished with i big
Nmas tree laden with gifts for every
one. Delightful refreshments were
served.
Those present were Mis*> ? Margaret
Beapmont, Annie Laurie Booth. Eva
Chapdler, Marie Nash. Katie Reardon,
Blanche Spann. Reha Spann, Eleanor
Wallace and Marian Jackson.
Bible Class Elects Officers.
The Harare Claas of the First Bap?
tist church held their annual meet?
ing last (Sunday and elected officers
for the enuuing year, which wore as
follows
M. L. Brown, president.
P. B. Creech, vice president,
lt. N. Crlbb, secretary and treasur?
er.
R. L. Scsffe, assistant secretary and
treasurer,
ft. H. BJtajan, teacher.
Mf IN GOVERNMENT "EMPLOY.
Washington. Dec. 23.?*? and O.
liner Arabia, torpedoed In the Medi?
terranean atveral weeks ago, was not
In the admiralty service and never
had been, Britain notified State de?
partment today. The ship carried
some government em ploy eg as pas?
sengers, hit no soldiers. Several
Americana were aboard, but all were
saved. Germany bad claimed the ves?
sel carried "soldier laborers."
JAPAN TO BUILD SHIPS.
'''oklc. Dec. 22.?A great program
for nav.ftl expansion waa officially an?
nounced today. The Japanene govern?
ment plans to build three dread
naughts two battle cruisers and fifty
two otbor war vessels during the next
seven years.
Cermany Well Pleased.
Berlin. I?ec. 23? President Wil?
son'! note guvs the peace movement a
strong impe'.u*. The newspapers call
It "A Joyous gleam In what otherwise
W0UI4 have I >?en a gloomy Christmas."
CITY OFFICIAL OF DEMOPOLIS,
ALA., SPEAKS IX PRAISE.
felis of Remarkable Beuel Us from
Wonderful Mineral Acid.
"To say that a solution extracted
from mineral gave me more help
than all the other remedies I could
find, sounds a little odd, but It Is a
fact," writes Mr. John Buckus, the
progressive Superintendent of City
Water Works. DemopolU, Ala.
"I had pellagra nearly two years
and was un*ter treatment of a phvsl
clan but did not improve. Then 1
commenced tuklng Hulferr j-Nol In
July 1P15 and commenced to Im?
prove at one*.
"I have taken Sulferro-Sol regular?
ly since that time and am now almost
well. Pellagra is not only a terrible
affliction but It Is very obstinate and
I am highly gratified In the result.,
so far and consider it the most won?
derful remedy I ever beard or.
"My wife took Sulferro-Sol for
chronic Indigestion with most excel?
lent results. If any one shuJld tell
her that Sulferro-Sol wasn't the best
medicine In the world they would
have a ftffht on their hands.
"We have been Instrumental in self
Ing a great inuny bottles of Sulfero
Sol m Demopolls because we feel that
we can recommend It straight fron?
our hearts."
Sulferro-Sol Is sold and recommend
ed by every Druggist In Sum.cr ai i
vicinity. Murray Dritt? Co., Stnto P 1
tri hu tors.
INSERTS PUERILE AMENDMENT.
Attaches Unusual Sort of "Kicker" to
diplomatic and Consular Hill.
Washington, Deo. 22.?The diplo?
matic and consular appropriation
hill, carrying a total of $5,1*5,746
for tho foreign service and including
provision for Increased allowances for
consular officers at foreign posts, on
account of the high cost of living,
was passed today by the house.
Just before the vote Representative
lienuett of New York (Republican*
succeeded in attaching an amendment
designed to withhold the salary of
Robert W. Rliss, counsellor of the
American embassy at Paris, because
he declined to give a letter of intro?
duction to the Belgian legation to
Charles Edward Russell, the Social?
ist editor, who had criticised President
Wilson.
Hardly more than a score of mem?
bers were on the floor at the time and
the amendment went through vir?
tually without opposition.
Administration leaders expect it to
be eliminated in the senate/
(HENRY FORD SCORES.
Wins Two Points In Dodge Litigation.
Lansing, Mich., Dec. 22.?Henry
Ford scored two points in the State
supreme court this afternoon in the
litigation begun against him by John
F. Dodge and Horace E. Dodge, mi?
nority stockholders of the Ford Motor
company.
The court denied the petition of the
Dodge brothers asking that the scope
of their Injunction restraining Mr.
Ford from using the cash surplus of
the Ford Motor company for expan?
sion purposes be broadened and
granted an alternative order on Mr.
Ford's petition to have the injunction
dissolved. By the terms of the latter
order the circuit court which granted
the temporary restraining order, is
directed to modify it and let Mr. Ford
proceed with contracts he has made
providing he files a bond acceptable to
the lower court, or, If the circuit court
refuses this, it is ordered to show
cause why the entire Injunction mould
not be dissolved.
The Dodge brothers want the Ford
profits disbursed as dividends. The
decision on Mr. Ford's petition will
permit him to proceed with the exe?
cution of contracts for the construc?
tion of a large smelter furnace near
Detroit and the bond will protect the
Dodge brothers from any loss In stha*
connection.
'? The jUtstnattYfL .order, ia.jna ie re
turnable jgjaaarjr.l. ^ %
NONSVIT |S CfRANTED.
Judge Sulpt> Decides Exposition Ctoej
Columbia, Dec. 22.?Judge Shlpp
granted a nonsuit as regarded F. W.
Wagener in the three actions against
the South Carolina exposition com?
mission, and directed a verdict against
the commission, declaring E. W.
Robertson and B. F. Taylor
of Columbia, members of the
Joint stock association. The three
actions were tried jointly, the
question in the present trial be?
ing whether these men were members
of the association, which the plain?
tiffs alleged to be an unincorporated
association organized for the purpose
of building a South Carolina building
at the San Francisco fair. Some time
ago judgment by default was gotten
in Richland county court against the
commission as a commission, but the
commission as a commission had no
funds.
T- =r-rr ??
Free, But In Prison.
"? . ?
Clemsoa College, Dec. 13.?If you
are a chronic stayer-at-home you are
Iii a prison. You are enslaved. Peo?
ple who thus keep, themselves chain?
ed become narrow, lose interest and
enthusiasm, and'get nowhere. They
get so me where who go som where.
Farmers and stockmen who travel
some, und keep In touch with what
is going on in the big field of agri?
culture and animal husbandry, live
in better homes, have better, fa rips,
better buildings, more friends, nrc
more interesting to meet, and get
more out of life than thoso who shut
themselves in, and rofus? o extend
their sympathies and presence intu
the life of their time.
.Men owe It to themselves aurt
the' families occasionally to break
out of the little world In which they
live, and establish contact with the
deeper and broader currents of lift
thit How in big events and big ( en?
ters.
Marriage*.
Two marriage ceremonies were per?
formed by Clerk of Court H, L
Heir borough in his office. Mr. Ton*
Brewer ami Miss Kllen Itrynnt o
Ml nning secured a license and were
united in the bonds of matrimony a
nhotli o'clock in the afternoon.
in the day III. ILawrence I'd
wards of Patrick and Miss Miblrc*
HUgins of Camden presented th mi
selves to the (Ink us in search ol
matrimonial blessedness and th
e?iemony making them man and ?"lf
was perfornved by the nccominod uiiv
clerk.
ptJE WEST RAILROAD UNIQUE.
Engine? Never Turns Around Rut Is
Alna: Faced Toward Due West.
For uniqueness in appearance and
informality in service the Due West
railroad is perhaps without an equal
in the entire 8outh. Although the
engines, Nos. 2 and 3 are very small
and out of date compared with mod?
ern locomotives, they have a record
that is enviable, writes a staff corre?
spondent of the Greenville Newa.
On Christmas eve, In 1907, nearly
nine years ago, the same little engine
that now does the major duty pulled
the first train over the new railroad.
The first trip was made without a,ny
demonstration or show of any kind
apd since that time it has continued
to perform its duty, never missing a
day or a trip, except on the Sabbath,
when np train is run.
The rolling stock of the Due West
railrcad consists of. two engines, t?yo
combination baggage and nassenger
coaches and one flat car. Contrary
to a report that has been widely cir?
culated, the engine is not put undev
a shelter at night, neither is it chain?
ed to the track as others have stated.
'i he engine and coach not in gas arc
kept in the shed, but the other engine
and coach are not so treated. The
?igines are small, as has been stated,
but ore not narrow gauge. A com?
parison of the amount of coal con?
sumed by .one of these engines with
that used by a large n\odern locomo?
tive Is Interesting. Sixteen hundred
pounds,of coal are used each day on
this road, while from 18 to 20 tons is
the amount ordinarily consumed by
a large locomotive in a day's time.
WThcn either, engine (Nos. 2 and 3
are practically the same in every way),
couples up to a box car It suggests an
ant tackling a mole hill?but like the
ant the engine "gets off* with the
load.
, Three or four things stand out as
worthy of notice. First, the train has
never been operated on Sundays.;
(One trip was made about two years
ago to the town of Donalds in order
to catoh a train that a patient might
be rushed..to. the hospital.) Second*
in that nine years of service not one
pr rson has been injured, either em*
ploye, passenger .or tramp, nor ha/
the engine ever been turned since be?
ing placed on the tracks of the Due.
West railroad. The fact that the en?
gine is always headed towards Due,
West may be due to the fact that it
was Just placed that, way in the be
ward? ,tti? place thet-In ''tinrrin ay net,
home.1'
. Anyway, the engine has never turn?
ed its baok on the town and the
Chances are that the town1 will never
turn a cold shoulder to the railroad.
Lastly, although perhaps this should
bave been stated first the railroad
owes nothing and yet it pays no div?
idends, It is self-sustaining and, in
the language of the president of the
ro id. that Is all that Is desired. It
trag established not only to prove but
to accommodate the public and It is
doing that daily, despite the derislor
of a great many.
The distance from Due West to
Donalds is 4 7-8 miles or a fractlor
of a mile longer than the dirt road.
In that distance there are several
grade road crossings and although
they may not be termed regular stops
It Is a rule of the road that anywhere |
a person desires to board the train
is a stopping place. All that Is nec?
essary is to make the engineer under?
stand that a pasenger desires to get
on and the train comes to a stand?
still. This is also in accordance with
the policy of service, and no person
is denied the pr'vllege of riding just
because that person failed to reach
the depot in time?the simple process
Is to cut across the fields to the track
and beckon to the engineer to stop.
After the passenger or passengers are
taken on the train proceeds without
any undue excitement.
The employes of the road, number
?hree. J. T. Koland Is the engineer,
having made the first trip over the
road in 1907. John McDill is conduc?
tor. .Mr. McDill also runs,the auto?
mobile which is operated by the rail?
road company and which makes con?
nections with the interurban cars.
Tim Gilbaugh is tho colored fireman,
flo also serves as Switchman and
irakeman, when ono is necessary. Mr.
It. S. Galoway is president and chief
oWner of the railroad. Mr. Galloway
was the founder of the road and he
has the satisfaction of having estab
'ished a road that has meant more
than words can expres, to the sec
ion traversed by it.
Paris, Dec. 2.?,.?The allies* answer
to Germany is almost finished, accord?
ing to the Petit Parislenne. The pa?
per states that tho document will be
a long one and sets forth Germany's
responsibilities.
Washington. Per. 22.?The federal
'arm loan hoard ias decided on eight
>f the twelve cities where branch
tanks will be Iocs tod. Though no an
louncement has been made it was
1 'earned that the (ities decided c^are:
ITuteheson, Kansas; New ,?rlcans.
louston, Charlotte, Billings, and Sac?
ramento.
Albert gives
smokers such
delight, because
? i1:s flavor is so different and so
delightfully good;
? it can't bite your tongue;
? it: can't parch your throat;
?-you can smoke it as long and
as hard as you like without any
comeback but real tobacco hap?
piness !
Prince
On the reverse side of every
Albert package you will read:
" PROCESS PATENTED
JULY GOth, 1907"
That:, means to you a lot of tobacco en?
joyment. Prince Albert has always been
sold without coupons or premiums. We
prefer to give quality!
Copyright ?II
by R J. Reynold*
Tob?coo Co.
the national joy smoke
y'OU'LL, find a cheery howdy-do on imp no
matter how much of a atraoger yow arm in torn
nock of the^woo/da you drop into. For, Prince
Albert ia right theim ? mt the iirat place you
peas that aella tobacco 1 Tho toppy rod
bat mmllm for a nickel and the tidy red
tin for a dime; then thore'e the hand'
aome pound and half-pound tin
homidora arut the pound
crjr*tal't{f*ai humidor with
?porige moiatener top
that koepa the to?
bacco in
bang-up trim
ell-the
MMBl
in goodness and
in pipe satisfaction
is all we or its enthusi?
astic friends evfer claimed
for it!
It answers every smoke desire you
of ^ny other man ever had! It is
cool and fragrant and appealing
smokeappetite that yoti will get chummy with
it in a mighty short time!
Will you invest 5c or 10c to prove out our say
so on the national joy smoke?
fi:^ f:il!Hm***:;iIUIt::ir :fmi!!ilM!ifttliSiftliiiliM^
\
your
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ft. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO., Winston-Salem, N. C
Tkfc is fhm rarer? ?de mi tfce
Prince Albert tidy red tia. Ren*
this " Patentm6 Pro*?'
to-you and realize wWt il
in making Prince Alb art me
to your likins. , ?
EN CHOOSE OFFICERS.
Wood Camp, No. 1?, I leaded by
y v C. C. Beek.
.At the regular meeting last night
Hojly Wood Camp, Nu. 19, Woodmen
*t$fc* World elected officers for tue
eneufhff year. Those officers will be
Ijnsjrslled on the night of the- third
Jhnjaanadssyi In Tnnnnry, whe^f^sVatt
nufti banquet will be given. The en?
tertainment for the occasion is now
in the hands of a committee on ar?
rangements. '?'
The officers for 1917 are: Consul
Commander, C. C. Bec'f, Advisor
Lieutenant, B. H. Sing; Banker, F. A.
Buitman; Clerk, R. S. Hood; Escort,
W. T. Carr; Watchman, W. C. Mel
lette; Sentry, E. W. Lewis; Auditors,
C. ti. Beck. H, L, Scarborough and C.
M. Hurst.
Death.
Mr. John F. McLeod died last j
night at his home on Salem Avenue,
where he has been ill for some time.
Mr. McLeod was 65 years of age and
had resided in Sumter for a number
of years.
The funeral services were held from
the residence on Salem Avenue this
afternoon at 4 o'clock, with interment
at the Sumter cemetery.
The deceased is survived by his
wife and several sons and daughters.
A lot of liquor has been received
during the holiday season by the pa?
trons' of the gallon-a-month system,
but the total amount of drinkables
brought into this community during
the whole holiday season by the ex?
press company does not begin to equal
the amount that was sold during the
same period by the old dispensary. A
few hundred gallons of liquor bulks
big on the express wagon, but the old
dispensary sold more liquor in gallons,
quarts, pints and half-pints in a day
than the express company delivers
now In a week.
? "! -1
New York, Dec. 23.?The German
sea raider, which destroyed several
allied vessels, has been captured by
the British cruiser Tcutantic and tak?
en to Liverpool, according to passeng?
ers arriving on the American liner
Philadelphia. The raider was captur?
ed near where the Lusita^jla sank.
Paris, Dec. 23.?Attempts by the
Germans to break the French lines In
the Champagne district were easily re-,
pulsed today. The French lines at
Chambrette farm were .shelled by the
Germans.
Geq H. Htirst,
UgdirWrn and EjHMjjfr
Prompt Atteflile* U vst ?r
Might {'all?
?1 J. 0 Crsfioif fa**. H. Utln
Hi on et N?Jhn?oi
New York, Dec. 23.?All railroad,
water, telephone and telegraph traf?
fic along the eastern seaboard was
crippled by an 80-mile gale, accojfi- i
par.ied by sleet and snow. Th wind
velocity was 84 miles an hour in New
York during the night.
London, Doc. 23.?An exchange of
views regarding President Wilson's
note is already under wray between
the allies. The reply te be identical.
The king's speech to parliament is re?
garded as forecasting the answer to
the. note.
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LumoervLime^ Cement,
BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY
AND FEED OF ALL KINDS.
BOOTH & McLEOD,
.? * .? i ?? ? * ? ? ?<??;.
Successor* to BoothjShuler Lumber & Supply Co.
Goo. Epperson.Old Sta-nd , Opp. Court House
EVERYTHING AT ONE PLACE. * " ' ^
Your Boy's Xmas Gift.
mm ^
Last Christmas his father ?ave him a Bank Book with a de?
posit in it of $10. Joday he has in his account $178.50?every
dollar besides the interest he earned himself. He is 14 years old.
Before last Christmas he had never put by a dollar. Let's start
your boys with Christmas Accounts this year. $1?$5?$10 does
It. May we malte them out for you? .
THE PEOPLES BANK.
We pay 4 per cent, interest in our Savings Department
Atlantic Coast Line
Tbe Standard Railroad cf the South Ramifies the "Nation's Garden
Spot" Through the States of
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama and Florida
FOUR FAMOUS TRAINS *
"NEW YORK AND FLORIDA SPECIAL" (January
to April); "FLORIDA AND WEST INDIAN LIMITED,"
"PALMETTO LIMITED" AND 'COAST LINE FLOR?
IDA MAIL.'
Dining Cars?a la carte set vice.
All year rsund through car service from New York to
both Port Tampa and Knight'* Key connecting with steam?
ships to and from Havana.
For beautifully illustrated booklets and copy of the
"Purple Folder," address,
T. C. WHITE, tf. J. CRAIG,
Gen. Pass. Agent, Pass. Trait Mgr.
WILMINGTON, N. C.
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