The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 21, 1917, Image 2
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!*?#<?** t?i ihm UnHcd Suite*
*? fcotisysosnbed with
and so are the cities of
Boele*. Philadelphia, Bal
efewiseh, Mew Oileeee, tlalves
* lrVepc4#oo end other seaports.
wj IVaahlnctoe Star.
aas been a rather complete
?a ei espionage in Waabiagwon
.the European war bajan. Here
tofefe intelligence officers of the va'ri
T$* ftVOPMA governments have been
f^jw eWwnled In ascertaining the
ssovce of ?acn ether than In ascertain
**% mores of the United States gov
it But It Is believed new that
this expert attention has been
Upon Washington activities, al?
ee {|n Intelligence officer of a
nation put It:
line use? Any possible op
of the United 8tatee knows all
?hie country's affairs that is de
fm known anyhow!"
remark recalls the fact that
has been very little secrecy about
States military affairs In years
by, owing to the system of pub
hca/lng* and the system of soaking
fbhe the Information. In regard to
en military affairs before
eswsjrsasinnal committees which has
eCj*m In vogue In the United, Slates.
Several years ago, when Major Qen
W. W. Wotherspoon, V. 8. A., re
^Bf Ob1?* of the war college, a
ftimee vhwted the United,
feegp and wss shewn through the war,
fllef*. Just before, hfs arrival Gen
HI Wotherspoon was showing a
>hro\tgh the building and point
some of the systems in use.
ho said, he proposed showing
ie. Qeneral Wotherspoon/s
ecp'reeeed surprise that snch
complete courtesies should
led at the disposal of the dis
vtaltor. Qeneral Wother
led:
*4m\j?m\l Ule prinoc wlU know all
?l? anyhow before he gets
Japanese have a pretty
:e system."
however, have been
Is) Washington the past few
ltd looking llmouslnos of
not used by ordinary aiea
tyee* seep standing in
before the doors of En re peon
as early at I o'clock in tho
when the ordinary worker In
has hardly turned over
reap. Queer things also
happening In connection
|fct sjsjf et the long distance tol?
led. Thess hare come under th s
9i eboervtng persons, who have
understood that the intelll
of vertone natipns could
explanation of them If they
te de so It |s proper to add,
that such explanation* might u
lag frees the department |
affon ef the department of
W the United ?Utes too.
British InUltigence system Is
to be the fjnest thing of Its
"ever pot into operation In the
U is known to be In charge of
?wy Oannt, R. N., the young
oafcUIn In the'British navy, an
lied, who is as much it home
the country houses of Long Island
jK is in Washington. Captain
It is described by those who know
him as the ideal of the romantic type
Of modem intelligence officer,'a ma a
Of indomitable energy, te whom could
possibly bo applied the old fashioned
detective phrase, "He never sleeps."
Great Hrltaln ie watching out for
tpe Intelligence system for the allies
en eastern coast" of the United
Mates, end Japan Is watching out os
the western coast.
There Is now a new officer In charge
of the German intelligence system la
the United SUtes. He makes his head*
<?uaf ters in the office of a big German
steamship company, s fact wel
known to the allied Intelligence offi?
cers The German system, however Is
said to have met with some reverses
recently. Cogs in the machinsty have!
slipped, and It is said that the Oer*
man system Is net accomplishing as
much as It did st the beginning ef!
the wer.
Whsn the epy Vpn der Goltz was
arrested in Qrsat BrlUln while trying
th make hU way beck to Germany
?Javier s false name and a false Amer?
ican passport he was confronted in
fJteat BrlUln with his real name,
which ie WatehUrraann, a name, It
wad mid. that has not up to this time
been known even to the department of
justice. He heard it pronounced for
the first time since he left Germany
yearp before. Von dar OolU, It will bs
recalled, was known as Bridgman
Taylor
"Listening In" on Ulsphones. on
wteelsse, the hunting for tips und
slews U codes. Is going on atl over
Washington and the big sesports of
the country.
Most people turn over a row leaf
Mast U sag what's op, the ether sjde
"You ean always know a bes-becn
by the way he keeps en talking when
neeedy pays atUertlen to him any
JSjtJSH
m
ON WAX TO MJ?X|CO.
Mpny C.eralan Reservists Arc Pass?
ing Through This Section.
The general southward movement
of Oerman reservists has been noted
on trains passing through Orenville,
and local railway conductors report
that there have been large numbers
of Oerman men on nearly every train
that has passed here recently. In no
eases have those men been accompa?
nied by women, according to reports,
and almost Invariably they have been
reticent, talking with no one except
their companions and then always in
the German tongue.
While going; to Easley one day last
week a prominent physician 0/ the
city said he noticed about forty Ger?
mans on the train, all of them grim
faced and sullen, tajktng among them?
selves In German. At the tlxrie, stated
the physician, he Aid apt pay any at?
tention to them nor think the fact of
their being on the train was in any
way unusual, but upon making the
same trip the next day he ajpin no?
ticed a number of German' men. Thi
coincidence nude its impression upon
his mind, and he asked the tongue to 1
what was the meaning of it: He we*
told that this was on everyday occur?
rence now, that practically every
southbound train wee loaded With
these lie) mans who were on their way
to.Mexico.
The conductor also stated that these
German passenger* refused, as a rule,
to talk, merely answering Questions
put to them In monosyUuhlea One
however, stated the conductor, was
drawn into conversation and talked
freely. Re stated that It was much
against bis wishes thai he was on his
way te Mexico, thai he didnr want to
,10 there at ail. hut he said he had
been ordered by the Ger*W*l author?
ities to report there and he had to do
It. When asked what If he disregard
ed the erder. he said that he would
be considered a deserter by Germany
and would never bo able to return, to
the Fatherland.
It wae also stated by the conductor
that this reservist told him that they
were anticipating some trouble in set
tins; into Mexico from the United
States, and they were anxious to learn
whether thle government was taking
any stops to preVent them from leav?
ing the United State*.
Rumore arf ahm current that tt?e
main railway bridges in this section
mo betof guarded by tov^rpment at'
cret service men and many otjler pre?
cautions have been taken' by the gov?
ernment to prevent any damage to
ruch Structures that would prevent or
delay mobilisation of troops or pro?
vision* Reports 1*^1 of the presence
ej several suspicious characters in
Greenville during the poet ten days
tad many believe that spies have been
active la this section, gathering such
data as may be ef use in the event
thai war is declared between the
United States and Germany.
Reports have been circulating about
the city of instances where it la
thought that spies have been at work.
In one instance It is said that a man
called at one of the loeal cotton mills,
and asked to bs allowed to inspect the
wiring of the mill. This was done,
and he made a carefnl inspection in
all parts of the mill building. UiU r
it waa learaed that no wire inspector
had been sent to the mill by the con?
cern with whom the self-affirmed in?
spector stated he was connected.
Other stories have also been heard
on the streets of "spy plots." Many
axe quite skeptical ef these stories,
contending that there hi absolutely
nothing In the way of military infor?
mation of use to Germany, in this
section. A joker, however * in reply to
such an argument, suggested that
Germany was selecting the mills that
would be converted into munition fac?
tories nhon the German army reach?
ed Greenville.?Greenville News.
Syrian* Rioted at British Success,
Mr. Thomas Nlmmcr of Manning
and Mr. George Joseph of Summerton
were greatly elated when they read
of the capture of Hagdad by the Brlt
l*h. Doth of these gentlemen carne
from Syria and quite heartily hate the
Turks. Mr. Joseph, who 1 was tor
many years a sailor and* deep-sea
s)'*er, declared that he would volun?
teer er a seamen if the president
should issue the call ?-Manning Her?
ald.
I V
The bes has two distinct stomachs.
In the first It stores away the honey It
so industriously gathers from the Mow?
ers until such time aa It la ready to
yield It up, while the other stomach
Is used Ismply and solely for diges?
tion purposes. Thus the food and the
honey are never mixed. When the
bee returns to the hive and is ready
to deposit ths honey It has gathered
It contracts t*e muscles of the, stom?
ach, In which act the honey Is ejected
through the mouth. As to bee food, It
Is various In kind, consisting largely
ef the honey it so patiently makes for
>thers.
A smile may hide a man's thoughts.
Just ss paint occasionally conceals a
women's complexion.
COTTON ?OLL WEEVIL CONFER.
f, ENGE.
To Be Held on Wednesday, March
?lei, at Noon?Experts to Speak,
On Wednesday, March 21st, at 12
O'clock, noon tn the county court
room, In this elty, there will be held
an Important conference on the Cot?
ton Bon Weevil between the farmers
and buf.lneaa men of Sumter, Lee,
and Clarendon counties, under the
auspices pf the Sumte* Chamber of
Commerce, J. ?ran? WflM*ms, Coun?
ty Demonstration Agent, chairman of
the commUtee of arrangements.
? Prof. H. ,E. ?avely, Field Agent of
the United States Department of Ag?
riculture, boll wevil expert, has ac?
cepted an Invitatio tp address the
conference.
Mr. Sayeiy has been with Pr. Knapp
quite a while lighting the boll weevil.
Prof. A, R\ Chapman, county dem?
onstration agent ef Qreepyilfe, for?
merly with the experiment station of.
the State of Mississippi, and for sev?
eral years district agent pf the crop
improvement department pf th*
Sou thorn Railway, Profw W. W. Lppg,
State agent In charge of the demon*,
stration work, and director of exten?
sion division of Clem son College, have
been Invited also to* address the con?
ference.
A few five minute talks will also be
made by farmers and, bua|nes men.
The Sumter Chamber of Commerce
expects a large gathering of farmers
and business men pf the thrne coun?
ties tn attend.
Pr C O. Brown nt Florence.
SSJSS mmm
Florence, March lS.~r-Dr. C- M
Brown, of Columbia treasurer pf the
afed ministers' relief fund of the
South Carolina Baptist Convention,
wus In Florence Sunday, and preach?
ed in thf? morning at the First Bap?
tist church. At 2:30 o'clock. Dr. Brown
spoke to men at the Y. M. C. A.,
ah4. hs was overcame by the large and
Attentive audiences that greeted hin)
at bfth tho morning ssrylps a,t 0>c
First church and the afternoon men's
meet'ng at the "Y,'' Dr. Brown is a *
fctoetul speaker and always brings a
message hill of love and God's power i
to fete fearers.
? I !WS I I mm m..1
America's Greats** Foe.
A saloon less nation by 19 JO is to
day mors than a slogan?It 1? ana- '
tiorial imperative. *The necessities
of war banished vodka from Russia
and absinthe from France. {The j!
immediate requirements of a. eon* }
stwiotlVe peace demand the removal
of John Barleycorn from the clvill
satlon of the United States.
Ars We concerned te see this' re?
public prepares* against the possible
aggressions ef a foreign foe? Then
we must not forget that In a vary 1
vital way P-r-e-tul-b-t-t-l-o-.n spells
preparedness. Before the recent '
disturbance which called large num?
bers of our young men to the bor?
d#r recruiting stations were turning
back S*5 per cent, of all applicants as
physically unfit, the vast majority
of them as the result Of diseases for
which alc?hol Is directly or indi?
rectly responsible because it breaks
down the will that controls pas?
sion.
Safety and efficiency have com?
bined to force prohlbtlon upon an
ever increasing number of indus?
tries, great and small. Drink-Be?
fogged brains are no longer intrust?
ed with complicated maohlnery
??Rule G" has driven the casual
drinker as well as the "boozez" out
ef the engine cab and sway from
the switches. Even the saloon ad?
vertises for bartenders who are to?
tal abstainers. And it is a stupen?
dous tolly to intrust the priceless
ship of State to less than steady
hands and unclouded minds.
America trembles today with the
Impact of world forces from with?
out, with the convulsions of socL
unrest within. We are at peace,
but It Is a momentous peace-?a
peace for which we must pay the
price. God Is teaching lessons to
the races, lessons that no people
may escape. Let us pray that we
sn?ll learn this lesson without
passing under the rod of war. But
learn them w? must. And learn
them we cannot until we purge bur
salves of this drunkenness. ,
t do not greatly fear an enemy
that,may embark from some distant
shore to do us hurt. I do fear this
liquor foe that burrows his insidious
way deep Into the very vitals of our
power, that not only smites the liv?
ing but drives his poisons Into the
loins of potential fathers and into
wombs of potential mothers to pre
damn the race with the e?genlc taint
of alcohol. Give America clear
minds, clean bodies, and unspoiled
souls, and she will prove sufficient
for her momentous present even es
she has nhswercd every question
that challenged her glorious past,
and the conclusion Is Inevitable that
any institution that robs the state of
these?clear minds, cfSan bodies
and unspoiled souls?is an unmiti?
gated evil and must he destroyed.
Daniel A. Poling?W. C. T. U.
mmm pp. i ? "mrn'iir-i .11. i.ipimugg
SNEW UNITED STATES LAW.
Punishnient * for Persons Makaig
Threats Against the President,
To the Editor of The News and
Courier: I enclose copy of a hill re?
cently passed, which has come to me
with a request that W he noted in
the Charleston newspapers.
Respectfully, Jas Ja. Sims,
U. S. Marshal.
An act to punish persons who make
threats against the president of the
United, States. ' .
Be It enacted by the senate and
house of' representatives of the Unit?
ed States in congress assembled, that
apy person, who knowingly and wil?
fully deposits or causes to be deposit?
ed for conveyance In the mall pr for
delivery from any postomce or by any
letter carrier any letter, paper, writ?
ing, print, missive, or document con?
taining any threat to take the life of
or to ipflict bodily harm upon the
president of the Unjted States, or who
knowingly and wilfully etjierwl^
makes any such threat against the
president, shall upon, convict jo p be
fined not exceeding f 1,000 or impris?
oned not exceeding five years, pr both.
Approved February 14, 1917.?
Newa and Courier?
St Patricks Pay.
From The Doily Item, March X7.
,1 Today is observed an the feast day
Of St. Patrick, wherever you And a
hatlye or descendant of Ireland- To
every quarter of the earth, wherever
the Irishman hag gone in search of
liberty and happineee, he has car?
ried the legends of St. Patrick,
Ireland's debt to this holy map IS
an enormous one. He found her, iii
the year 432, a land pf barbarians and
pagans. Patrick, ae a youthful cap?
tive in slavery in Ireland, had learned
the language and manners of the
Boots, ae the Irish were then callo<f,
and after escaping he received his
preliminary education at the schools
pf St. Martin at Tours and of berins
In Gaul, after which he was sept to
Rome for his higher studies in prep?
aration far his ministry. He was
consecrated Bishop at Romp and sent
tyy Pope Ceiestlne |, to Ireland to
gather the Irish race into the Chris?
tian faith from Druldism. His suc?
cess is unparalleled tn histO'T?4Pr.|?
about fifty years the whole nation was
won over to Christianity wltfcoyt the;
shedding of a drop of biood. For
sixty yea re he labored with'th>m, es?
tablishing churches and schools, root?
ing' out paganism and leading the peo?
ple into the paths of civilisation un?
til, at his death, on March 17. 493. he
left Ireland the schoolroom of Eu
h>pe. For three centuries' thereafter
Ireland led the world in learning, the
school at Armagh, which st, Patrick
had established, alone having 7,000
Students.
A popular legend has It that St.
Patrick drove the venomous snakes
from Ireland. Another is to the ef?
fect that when preaching the doctrine
of the Trinity to the pagans of Ire?
land he use} the shamrock bearing
three leaves upon one stem, as a
symbol of the great mystery of three
Divine Persons (Father, Son and Holy
Ghost) in the one true God.
"The wearing of the green," will be
in evidence today wherever you find
a true Irishman.
' 1 "i Hi "iii a^raSww*
A Marriage Proposal. *
One of our giddy youngsters of the
male persuasion recently decided to
make a formal offer of his heart an I
hand to one of our representative
ladles tq whom he had been pay in?
some attention for a time. He cau?
tiously prefaced his celebrations with
a few questions: "Did she Jove him
well enough to live in a cottage with
him? Was she a good cook? Did she
think it h wife's duty to make homo
happy? Would she consult his tastes
id wishes concerning her associates
and pursuits of life? Could she make
her own clothes?" The young lady
said that before she answered his
questions she would tell him of some
negative virtues she possesed. She
never drank, smoked or chewed; nev?
er staid out all night playing bil?
liards; never lounged on street cor?
ners and ogled giddy girls; never
/'stood in" with the boys for cigars
and wine suppers. "Now,"* said ?*he,
rising indignantly, "I am assured you
do all these things, and yet expect *H
The virtues In me, while you do not
possess any yourself. I can never be
your wife," and she bowed him out
and left him on the door steps to
silently meditate over his venture, a
wiser man.?Ex.
Real Estate Trans fore.
Sareh G. Cummings to Mamie A.
Drown, 80 acres in county, $.t,500.
l<eroy Wells to H. D. Tindal, 10?
1-2 acres in county, $2,G?2.*0.
Rosine M. Chandler, James J. Chan?
dler. Teresa Chandler and W. Norman
Chandler to A. S. Merrimon, lot on
Church street, 11,160.
C. R. McMillan to W. J. Boyle Co.,
let south of city of Sumter, $29.
Mary J. Bailey to M. N. Baker, 7C
1-2 acres in county, $2,050.
LINER ESCAPED SUBMARINE*
Two Attempt* Made to Sink Lapland
on Voyage to Liverpool.
New York, March 17.?-Two at?
tempts were made to sink the White
Star liner Lapland on the voyage from
New York to Liverpool, according to
officers of the Vessel, which arrived
today on the return trip. The first
attempt was made off the Irish coast.
Where the submarine was sunk by a
patrol boat, the second when a tor?
pedo was seen to pass the ship's bow
at the mouth of the Mersey river.
.Conflicting dispatches have been
received ffrom Petrograd. Those of
March 16th say both the emperor and
regent have abdicated. Those today
say thgt Grand puke Michael will ac?
cept the regency, if the people will
consent.
"Hoid tjto line a Minute."
We have been young, and now we
are eld, yet never have we been call?
ed to the telephone except to ait and
wait for some gentleman or lady to
come and notice us.
When we use the telephone we call
a hurnber. and sit like gray-haired
Saturn, silent as a stone, waiting for
the individual to come to the wire.
But when we are called, . It does
not work in that way. The individual
who ?11110 us |s always in the hext
room, or on the next bock?apparent
This is how it works with us:
The telephone belk rings, ami, like
a startled fawn, we dash to it and
he^r th|s:
"Is this air. So and So? Well, hold
the telephone."
We hold the telephone, sometimes
only two or three minutes, sometimes
longer. Then the voice says again:
"Is this Mr. So and So Well, hold
the telephone, Mr. - will be
here right away."
Gradually Mr. -?- comes, and says
what he hag te say, (fever has ho
explained why, In the name of com?
mon sense and Impertinence, he makes
us Walt While his bulky form moves
through Space.
Sometimes there is an Improvement
on the above program.
We hear one voice, rather feeble,
perhaps that of a female stenograph?
er, saying, "IS this Mr. So and So "
We say, "Yes," and lean on our el?
bow. *
Then she says: "I will call the pri?
vate secretary/'
The private secretary is called, and!
after a reasonable time he asks If we
are Mr. So and So. We say "Yes,"
lean on our other elbow, and he says,,
"Hold the telephone/*
Then he calls the real effulgent be
1 ing that has deigned to call us up.
Little by 1 ittle it might be possible
to teach the other man to use his tel?
ephone the way you use yours, e*4
avoid the modern, up-to-date lm*> -
tlnence which takes it for granted
that your time is worth nothing, that
all you have to do is wait while hie
office boy,1 his secretary and assistants
move him gradually to the telephone.
?Atlanta, Ga., Georgian.
Respectable Vultures.
We w?ht to pay our respects to
that class of social vampires which
infest every city we have ever known,
Who ply their trade without compro?
mising their respectability in the eyes
oi the community and of which vile
pests Greenville has her full share.
We refer to the man who Is always
seeking to entice some more ,or less
Innocent youth to a drinking feast or
a gambling party or a combination of
the two. The ; ruining of the man?
hood of young men seems te be a
monomania with them; it'Is certain?
ly an art. If the truth were known,
an appalling list of failures in busi?
ness and social life would be laid at
the "doers of these character pirates,
some as the Immediate results of
[ thetr influence, some ss the more re?
mote result.
I They usually have prominent social
position which they use ss a bait to
lure their Victims; they are ordinarily
ht that flashy type which daMles the
eyes'of the'youth who has but recent?
ly been released from the Spron
?ring*. We have known men whose
greatest dettght it was to Sir around
their rltih and see hew many men,
young and old. they cckild make drunk
tn the course of an evening. It is a
hobby with others te give "parties" in
their homes. Young men consider an
invitation to such events an honor:
they dare hot offend* by refusing to go,
and thus the seed Is sown.
In bur humble opinion, such men
are as much murderers as the m?st
red-handed villain ever caught in the
art. Any punishment we can think
of is too good for them. If we had a
eon and these harpies get thetr hands
on him wo would go before the judge
with a perfectly clear conscience with
a plea of justifiable homicide.?Green?
ville News.
Aim high?unless you are aiming
at a cuspidor.
It's no credit to a mm to keep his
work because no one will take It.
Vast Extent of Our Cool Resources.
H is not generally known, but it ifl
none the lees true, that coal is our
most abundant natural resource. Our
supply will outlive even the ntftUrpl
fertility of the soil. (1 distinguish
here between natural fertility and a
fertilised soil.) Our forests even now.
are vanishing. Our Iron ore is ap
proaching the exhaustion peiat. We
have gone through the rich lenses and
are beginning on the complex ores in
the precious metal mines. But tn coal
we have, since 184?, worked ppt only
one-fourth of one per sent. That
part of coal which is gone is nothing
when compared wiiji that which re?
mains. That is, this is true if you as?
sume that all our coal reserve, regard
less of where It lies, pan be made
available by some scheme of trans
portation to all the people, no matte?
where they live.
The United States Geological Sur?
vey has measured our reserve at some?
thing like 4188 billion tons in the
United States and Alaska. This figure,
of course, conveys no impression to
anyone except of his inability to ooh
ceive of It. TO speak of even a then
sand million of anything is to get be?
yond human comprehension. To speak
of four thousand thousand million Is
merely to multiply an inconceivable
numeral by 4000. Perhaps it is more
nearly understandable to sky that
more than 4 5 per cent, of all the coal
Upon which the world must depend
forever?so far as is know* newels,
piled up in the United States and
Alaska.
To bring these titanic figures to j a
piano whore wo can begin to com?
prehend thom. I divide * our territory
Into two coal zones?one east of and
the other including and wast of the
Rocky Mountains. The area princi?
pally under development is the east?
ern one and contains about half of
this coal reeervs. This, we will say.
contains 200 billion tons. From this-,
area we produced in 1916 about 600,
000,000 tons of oca). If production
should bo held steadily at that point
in future, it would take 33 25 years to
exhaust our eastern deposit alone, if
we should get all coal or 2000 years
If wS should Continus tp reclaim but
B0 per cent, of it. And when that
was gone we would still have an equal
amount in and west of the Rockies,
Therein lies the coal-mine owner s
problem. AH of that coal is potential*
ly available for production within si
few months. With pew and vigorous
competition likely to spring from the
ground anywhere at any time, how
Is he ever tp proceed In a business
sense with any assurance?
The American nation might do well
to realize that If it does not adopt
this change voluntarily, it will bo
forced to do so, and that before 'a
long while. This' is so for the reason
that while we are only beginning to
"scratch the surface" of our national
coal deposit, we are exhausting some
"elds rapidly. It requires 100,We
acres of coal land every year to keep
America In fuel. The eastern coal
fields, which yield ?0 per cent, of ?fts
coal, cannot continue to endure this
drain without showing exhaustion, ft
deed, the east Is beginning to take
alarm, and the owners of some of
the Tieheet areas are already talking
of: husbanding their supplies that
their own future needs may be cared
for. * \ r
And such careful husbanding of
coal will alone postpone the inevitable
day when the east must haul its coal
from west of the Mississippi.* The
mere suggestion' of such a probability,
at onee rivets attention upon the rh
tu re coal transportation problem. "Tlfcat
is to say, m me, the thimy popu lift?
ed West, with coal under Its back?
yard, felt the pinch of a real shortage
because it was depending on long
haul coal and the transportation lines
ware broken. What must happen to
the dsnssly populated Bast when Its
coal measures ars exhausted and
when Its sources of coal supply are
more than two thousand mHeS away?
?From "The Coal Problem Empha?
sised." by George H. Gushing, In the
American Review of Reviews for Feb?
ruary, 1917.
Death.
Mis. Beulah Irene Shorter, wife of
J. H. Shorter, died at her home near
Manning last Wednesday mornlpgat
10"a. m. anH was buried at Oak Grove
church Thursday. Mrs. Shorter la
survived by her husband, father and
several brothers and sisters. She
also leaves one little baby girl.-r-Man
ning Herald.
All that now stands in the way of
the sanitary survey of Sumter county
under the direction of the State Board
of Health and the International
Health Service is the action of the
legislative delegation guaranteeing to
the County Board of Commissioners
that the appropriation of $2,000 by
the board for this purpose will be
validated at the next session of the
legislature. The matter Is now up to
the legislative delegation?and to the
County Board of Commissioners. Four
thousand dollars assured for ttttg
work if the county will appropriate
the additional two thousand to make
up the six thousand that the survey
will cost.