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OUR 8TH CAR OF 26 MULES WILL ARRIVE SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 7 3rd, 1917 Come in and see them. You will find them the best Mules we have shipped this season. REMEMBER FEBRUARY 3RD. Just Received: A car of Hackney Steel Standard Wagons. None better at any price. Ask your neighbor who owns one. Complete Line of Hackney and Rowland-Sumter Buggies, Harness and Accessories. Booth-Boyle Live Stock Company Ji POUONAD MENTION. Mr. R. M. Aman, of Heriot, was a visitor to the city today. ^ Miss Mary Ummon has returned from Winthrop college, where she has, with other home demonstration agents of South Carolina, been tak? ing a course given for the agents. Mr. C. A. McFadden, district dem? onstration agent for eastern South Carolina, was In the city today. Mr. T. H. Dick of Columbia spent the day in the city. Mr. Eugene McCutchen of Mt. Zion was a visitor In SumUr today. Mosers. C. W. and T. O. Sanders of Hogood were In town today. ' Mr. Wilton Shaw of Let county spent Wodnosday In the city. Mra 1. R. Copaland has gone to Ttmmonsvllle to visit relative-?. Mtfonj*!?, rollOTos Bdltor Dally Item: Wo bos; to hand you herewith clip from a circular letter received from one of our New York cor respondents, which we feel will be road not only with Interest but with oeneiderable pride by your many romdera, ft shows that the outside world has Its tye on old South Carolina and rooetrnises the progressive spirit of Its people. Tours very truly, Harby A Co. Inc. A. C. Phelps. Vice Pres. & Mgr. "South Carolina?This State has enjoyed wonderful prosperity. It is Otto of the greatest mill centers in the world. Its cotton is in demand local? ly for consumptive purposes and the money obtained due to high prices this roar benefits tho State, and the counties in which it is produced. The intelligence of Its farmers, greater not of fertilizers, the good class of negro farmers who understand the higher forms of planting, therefore, enables South Carolina to diversify its farming with less expense than almost any other State. We therefore look for an Increase in the cotton acreage In South Carolina, an increase in the use of fertilisers and an Increase in the Intelligence of cultivation ami for these reasons great prosperity in the Palmetto State." your Cold or LaOrippe with a few doses of 60? - -Advt. SOY 11 KAN NKKD. good Will he Furo Mied by Cotton flood Crwshfes' Awoclaiion r<r This Year's Crop. The Cotton Heed Crushers' associa? tion offered at the recent meeting of the 8t*te Live Stock Association to furnish soy nenn s?ed to furmern for this year's crop for the considerate n of the return of an OfjNOj amount of seed this fall. This offer Is mado lor the purpose of Inducing as in: ny farmers as possible to grow this v till? able crop and to ntroduce It an a money crop throughout the State. Soy beans are a valuable food for live stock and are also extensively used HI a substitute for cotton seed as an oil producer Tho cotton seed oil mlllH are looking to pcauts and soy hoajM to take the plure of cotton seed when the production of cotton Is largely re? duced by the advs it of tho boll weevil In this section Fa'^$T>r* who are In? terested In the offer of the Cotton Crushers' Association to furnish bean seed can obtain full Informa? tion by applying to the mggjOjOjsjg of (ao nearest ell mill, A | ?1 URGES STARCH FACTORY W. W. LONG SAYS THAT FARM? ERS CAN MAKE MONEY RAIS? ING POTATOES FOIl MARKET. Establishment of Factory Will Cost $25,000 ami Profit of $254? a Day Can bo Made by Manufacture of Starch?Expert Clicmlst Tells of Cost of Factory and its Operation ?Committee Appointed to Investi? gate and Report Back. There was a representative body of the business men of Sumter in the Chamber of Commerce rooms last night to hear Dr. W. W. Long urge upon the business men of Sumter the erection of a starch factory here in preparation of the coming of the cot? ton boll weevil. Mr. B. Remmers, chemist, consulting engineer and in? ventor of Philadelphia, told of the cost of erecting a starch factory and its operation and how it was practical? ly certain to make a big profit for those who established It M?tlt iuwrttmnp werf *m*m try all present in the plan proposed by Dr. Long, who. as head mt the farm dem? onstration work in South Carolina, stated that he came chiefly in the in-1 terest of the farmer, but that he was not opposed to showing the business men a good thing, if it would aid the farmers, and he would not advise any-1 body going istu this industry, if he did not belisTe it a profitable invest merit. At the conclusion of the talks by Dr. Long and Mr. Hemmers, a com- I mlttee consisting of Messrs. U. B. I Reiser, L. D. Jennings, Nelll O'Don nell, A. C. Phelps, and J. Frank Wll- I liams, w as appointed to investigate I more fully coat and operation of the factory, to report back to the Cham? ber of Commerce at another meeting Upon motion of Mayor Jennings, a j vote of thanks was tendered Dr. Loiv: and Mr. Remmers for giving this body I an opportunity to consider the matter, j This meeting was one of several to I be held in different parts of the StateI upon call of Dr. Long to consider the question of the erection of a starch I factory. One has been held in Co- I lunihia, and others will be hold In I Greenwood, Darlington, Georgetown I and other places. The meeting Waal presided over by President R. I?. j Reiser of the Chamber of Commerce! and Mr, J. Frank Williams ucted as I set tary. Mr. Long, in stating the objeetof his I visit, said that he came in the Inter? est of the farmers, but he would not J advise anything he did not think was I a good plan. He brought with him J be stated, the best authority on the I subject, and the business men might] make up their minds, alter hearing! what he bad to say. Dr. Long then j reminded bis audience that a radical revolution was going to take place in tbo Mar future, und he asked the j business men to render tbelr assist? ance in making the change as grad? ual as possible, as the farmer COUld not stand alone. He said that.all of the efforts of the farmers in the past to solve the marketing problems bad bean failures, exeept in a few i ted cases. The Hoiving of marketing prob? lerne was \ proposition which the bun IneSS man should deal with. He stat? ed that *>??c basis of prosperity, the farms, had been overlooked In the past by commercial organization which had been chiefly Interested in bringing In now industries, and gov? ernment had not progressed, as it should, because production hud been stressed ami no provision made for marketing. All of the old farm SO cleties bad urjved diversification Of farm products, but this had not been done, because there were no markets. He then told of the importance of the sweet potato as a crop, but said very little was gotten out of It In the way of money, because it was only raised for table consumption, lie told of what Clemson College had dane In showing that starch, which would be acceptable to the mills, could bo manufactured from sweH potatoes. He said that Col. Harding j hid spent the latter years of his life working on the problem. In telling of the cost of establishing a starch factory, he said the machin? ery would cost $18,000 and the build? ing would cost $3,000 or $4,000 more, without the cost ?f the site. A plant of this size will manufacture 4,000 bushels of potatoes in twenty-four hours, producing 48,000 pounds of starch at 3 cents per pound, a very conservative estimate. This starch could easily be disposed of to the cot? ton factories in this and adjacent States. He estimated the cost of an aero of potatoes at'$20 to $25 and the production at 200 bushels. These could be sold to the factory at forty cents a bushel, which would give a gain of %'oi an acre for the crop. All of Dr. Eong's estimates were very con? servative. It is probable that the per centage of yield would bo larger and the profit on the crop theieforc larger than he stated. ^ JfeJ^P*"era In hjs_rftniaj** stat? ed that potato starch was worth one to one and a-half cents a pound moro than corn starch. Ho said that Clem? son College had merely put up a small plant to seo if the mills wanted to use the starch, and it was found that they preferred the potato starch, because it penetrates the warp of the cloth better and gives more weight. However Mr. Hemmers said that he did not think that it would pay unless a larger factory than that at Clem ton was established to manufacture the starch for commercial purposes, carrying out the idea advanced by Clemson College, which had been tfhown to be profitable, He referred to a previous visit through this coun? try, when he had endeavored to have a starch factory established, but un? successfully. He said he had made cassava starch in Florida but because the plant could not be grown successful? ly, the plant could not succeed. He knew that potatoes could be grown here in sulncient quantities to support the starch factory and he thought that the sweet potato starch would soon command a higher price. He stated that a certain kind of sweet po? tato, the name had escaped his mem? ory, was the best, as it contained more starch than any other kind and was more productive. He said the average per cent, of starch In sweet potatoes was about 22 per cent., but went as high as 27 per cent, some? times, in his estimates he had tak> en 20 as an average per cent. He i He said that In making starch the in? dustry should be developed as the beet sugar Industry had heen. lie said that the factory should have forty-horse power engine ami a large quantity of water was necessary, about 160,000 gallons daily. From the 4,000 bushels of potatoes manu? factured eight tons of refuse could be converted Into and sold as cattle feed. These hy-products would bo valued at $ir> to $2fl n ton and oould he placed In silos. When the farm erg brought their potatoes, they could haul off th ? -products. He advis? ed against no installation of smaller machinery than he had stated, as it would cost practically as mtiih arid the consumption would no, be nearly In showing that tills is a good time t.> establish such octory, Mr. Rommers stated that much starch had been Imported into this country from Germany before the war. Now and after the war Germany Would largely ?online its efforts to raising rye and it would consume practical? ly all of the starch Itself which it ma nufactured, matter, in which many questions were OSked I>r. Kong and Dr. Hemmers, it was decided to investigate the mat so great. After j t3r further before decision was taken! i as to the establishment of the starch J factory. FIRK VISITS WARBHOUSF? luildlng and Goods of Ceo. I). Shore & Bro. Badly Damaged Mouday Nlgnt. A fire which for a while bid fair to do a great deal of damage visited the Geo. D. Shore & Bro. warehouse Man day night, damaging the building and a large part of the stock of goods In the building. The loss entailed by lire and water was estimated today by Mr. W. G. Moses, president and manager of the company, at between $7,000 and $8,000, with the building and stock insured for $15,000. The fire caught seemingly some? where near the office, as this was the place most damage was done. The cause of tho fire has not been ascer? tained. The office was practically gut? ted by the fire of all of its contents which could be burned. It is thought that the fire must have caught some? where near 8 o'clock, although it was discov&ed some?time latex^?ThexiL was considerable delay in getting the alarm sent in and the fire had a good start by the time the fire department arrived. At this time a large part of the interior woodwork of the building was ablaze, the breaking of the sky? light having provided air vents, and the heat was intense. Fortunately one of the firemen was employed by the company and was among the first to reach the scene. He had a key und opened the door to the building with? out delay, thus expediting the work of the department. After a long and hard fight, the fire was extinguished. Nearly all of the woodwork in the front part of the building was charred and the goods were all smoked to a more or less extent, besides being wet. Today the office of the company had been moved to another part of the building and business was going on as well as pos sibe under the circumstances. VITAL STATISTICS FOB COUNTY. Proportionate Number of Heaths Greater in Town Than in County. The vital statistics tor 191?; show that in the city of Sumter the propor? tion of deaths to births is greater than' In the county outside of the town. The report shows: Sumter, city, births 256: deaths 254; Sumter township, outside of Incorpor? ate limits, births 19", deaths 119; Concord, bfrths 127, deaths 09; Shl loh, births 132, deaths 31; Btateburg, births 128, deaths 04; Privateer, births ISO, deaths 72; Kafting Creek, births 142, deaths 64; Mtddleton, births 91, deaths 50; Mnycsville, births 14 0, deaths B3. Manchester township ha:? not been reported. In the city of Sumter the repo t shows: Births, white, 1:59; colored, 117; deaths, white, sr.; colored, l<"><?; still births, white. 9; colored, 19; deaths, non-resideuts, 22. 11' the non? resident deaths are subtracted from the total number of deaths, it shows 2:!2 deaths for the eity. It is also j noticeable that while the pro? portions of deaths and births among the whites is just about proportion? ate with reports from outside of Hie city, the great majority of deaths over births, among the negroes of the eity is the cause for the disproportion ate record of the town and township. Heath. Mrs. J. C. Scott, formerly of Wl sacky, died ;?t Mt. Pleasant, yesterday. The ft' ?oral services will be held nl [ Mt. Zlon church, i?ee county, ;it 11 o'clock tomorrow, Thursday morning Licenses to marry have been issued to two colored couples; .lames Brad le) and Bertha James, Sumter; anJ William Dobson and Louisa Capers. Sumter, J 1JLJm^m t. ,1 aji ATLANTIC TR?FFU5 BLOCKED. OFFICERS OF MERCHANT MA? RINE DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO. Allied Slipping Out of Now York Will Sail as I'sual?Some Neutral Lines Cancel Sailing of Ships?American Liner St. Louis Will Sail Saturday. New York, Feb. 1.?After being closed last night by fleet destroyers and coast guard cutters, the port of New York was opened today by the customs authorities. It was announc? ed that ships might sail at their own risk. While the offices of British and French lines said there would he no interruption in the sailing of allied shipping, some neutral lines seemed doubtful as to their future course. Officers of the Scandinavian-Amer- I lean line announced that the sailing of the liner Hclig- Olav, scheduled to leave this afternoon with three hun? dred passengers for Copenhagen, had been postponed indefinitely. P. A. S. Franklin, president of the lnternationaT~Mercantile^ Marine, said there was no danger for American vessels on their present voyages. It is understood, however, that the movement of allied ships, will be con? trolled to a greater extent than here toforc by British admiralty orders. Police guards on the German piers last night found no evidence of any German liner preparing to escape. It was announced that the Ameri? can steamer St. Louis would sail Sat? urday, as scheduled, and that the ship will not be painted in conformity with the regulations prescribed by Germany for the safety of American ships. , New York, Feb. 1.?Cotton futures; were utterly demoralize*! at the openj ing of the exchange this morning. March contracts broke more than twenty-five dollars a bale. May fell five hundred and sixteen points". It was the biggest break in cotton fu? tures in the history of cotton. The market later rallied to fourteen cents a pound. May cotton later rallied to 17 and fnally on strong trade interest buying The National Bank ol 1 South Carolina $1,13? 000.00 LEADERS Our steady growth tells the story ?Xew accounts each day?The largest bank in this section ol the State. Safet y first. Preparedness all the time. Your patronage we want. C. G. ROWLAND, Pres. H. L McCDY, Cashier. t i THIS BANK Gives a dollar's worth of real service for every ilar deposited here. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SUMTER. The Oldest Banking 1 nstitution in the County i i Gasparilla Carnival TAMPA. FLA. Round Trip Fare From SUMTER $17.40 For this occasion which will be filled with fun and frolic, and lasting: from February 2nd to 10th, tickets will be sold to Tam? pa and return as shown abo't by ! ATLANTIC COAST LINE The Standard Railroad of The South JANUARY 31st to FEBRUARY 5th Inclusive. Limited returning until midnight of February 20th, but may be extended t.. Maych 3rd by depositing with City Ticket A sent M Tampa, under prescribed rulcp and upon payment of II.OO, Proportionate fares from intermediate stations. Children ha'f fare. LIBERAL STOP-?VER PRIVILEGES |.nr further particulars, schedules, sleeping car reservation, etc.. ?,H on O. V. PLAYER, Ticket Agdrit, Rumter, s. <\ t t ? i t