The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 28, 1917, Image 5
Fe rata* Ma tone to Ma
Mf a stay of seventl weeks
I. A. Ayttenbert loft yeeter
1o vent ratattves for
Itottaaay aas return -
at Worasaan, after a
aa at the Tuomey
Graham has re
j +*+ Home at Meaning, sf
1 w fhe city.
T. Ctft??. of Washington,
UM etty visiting his niece,
frsftlldm on Barttette St
4fc. McXagsn and Mrs. Sei
Of mmm city worn called to
ey because of the
of ttielr steter, Mrs
Scarborough, who was tak
tleJre eems time agv,
new many friends
regret to hear of her
of Tlmmons
m she federal revenue
a visitor to the city to
Lrrott Is at horns
'? Beeinsse CoHege at
>^shrl tVe week-end.
H. U Timmons, mis
are visiting Mr.
t. *L tMBMgfct on Bread
Mr. Ttmmone Wsh a foreier
and wee one of
tfte movement
la rtU betiding of the
*. >lh?si thsy made dwr
?%ifJseY rossdonee here have
tor. add Mrs. Trm
1^ae? ''9. K yeer,
former pastor of
church, brought j
I here Saturday
Ihr
f*c*eOie?tKg from an
bet?re re
and Loo Unl?
it Mr. H.
et tHe Southern
st this place, are
wt pis presaotioa to the po?
et division sgent of ties South
9, although they
he wHl hare to move from
Msgosjls. on tho fist of April,
sssumss the duties of his
Mr. Stephtnson hss
rdMmter about one year, having
i ho Manser as a promotion from
ossoe. Mo succeeds Mr.
JU msjU'eison. who has accepted s
Jenkins Vulcan
who ram atuaesssd a po
wlth the Jenkins Vulcan com
J. Walton of Florence will
?unter April 1st to eooeeed
n. Mr. "Walton has
eaeagor between Flor
Jtieh MOW York for several years
with the company for
He la changed from
pr u agent
air* ?
II.?Dr. B. W.
of Maantn*. who to famed as
hoeomnsn, was successfully
rtalasT a very high-spirited horse a
?Taw (kefe'da* whan his attention was
ay the rapid approach of
>De. Taking advantage of
asm ehe horse made a dasn
Ike doctor violently to
Ko bo nee were broken
ion produced, but Dr.
a severe concussion
cheat and right arm and
boon confined to his room
He left last night for Co
Oo take epeclel electrical treat
Wfth the hope of eecurlng an
reeevery.
aaa ? ? .
Man* of Infam.
Manning Herald
Mfc* Infant son of Mr. and Mra. J.
WX ?arruwn died Sunday at the home
?f Mr. O. 8 Hi?by The community
gjpgsfwthinea especially with the grief
jfMteUMi mother, known to all ae MiaH
Bunts Marvin, daughter of the late W
nfeoitt Hnrvtn. Mrs. Harrison had beer
ajaee wet a short Urns visiting her
ngatftnur and sister when the baby hoy
contract?d pneuasenia. The body was
anlM* to Iheir home up-State.
Ma, 9mwm9 ?mm Mr. Business Man.
nutoWftd you wish to becorae thor
wawJvy ewMahtened on the present cot
4M sstnntlon asd the prospects of
?waiter becoming a greater cotton
aasndsat. haar Mew. Jno. I* McLaurtn
?w MMnwanr. April 21st, at the Court
ei flttw mit w
JK ftKLD Iff fTLMT^R OK
AMKli 14 AT COtttrT H<R tfl
Big Pamde of All School Children in
Che C-oJtnty Will he Fret tare of
E?en? OefauheHinip tn City echoois
~Tt'a*?iUia Asked to send Iii Nemee
Of Conteetenu m Various Compe?
titions.
The following is the official sched?
ule of Field Day events, which will be
held In Sumter, April 14, as announc?
ed officially by the committee from the
Sumter County Teachers' Association,
who have in charge the arrangements.
To the Teachers of Sumter County:
Greeting: The committee in
charge of the conduct of the County
Field Day for 1917 take pleasure
in making the following announce?
ments:
The date fixed for the meeting: is
April 14th, the hour to begin is 10
o'clock sharp; the place to assemble
oh the CMourt House square.
The scholarship contests will be
held as usual in the different city
school buildings, conducted by the
teachers of the city schools.
The first feature of the day will
he the parade of all the school chil?
dren of the county, arranged accord?
ing to school .each school hearing a
pennant with the name of the school
A prise will be given for the most
artistic pennant. The parade wHl
form In front of the Court House on
Main street. The schools will be
placed alphabetically, according to
name, beginning with the last letter
of the alphabet. (This arrangement
fa made In order to give the rear
schools the opportunity to march at
the front this year.)
The children will march to the
city school buildings by way of Main
and Liberty streets, where those
who are to take part in the scholar?
ship contests Will begin work. The
declalmers* contests will be held in
the auditoriums of the city school
building*. (the exact arrangement
to be given later.) These contests
will be open to boys and girls, with
one prise given to each In primary,
grammar school and high school,
making In all six prises. No pupil
Who has won a first prise In the de- ,
claimer's contest in either primary,
grammar school or hfgh school, and
who Is still in the same department,
will be permitted to declaim this year.
It may he Impossible to arrange i
schedule In the scholarship contests
so that each pupil can enter every
contest he or she desires, so that It
in suggested that pupils take note of
this fact, and be prepared to enter
contests of their particular choice.
A complete schedule of the time
of each contest, and also the place
of the contest will be furnished each
teacher, so that she may assist her
pupils in every way possible to be
on hand when the contest begins.
The committee would be greatly
pleased to have all names of contest?
ants In by April 1st.
{Scholarship Contests.
Elementary Grades, 1st, through
7th._J.
1. Best Declamation?Boys and
Qlrls. Selection from any standard
author. One prise for one boy and
girl In each of the two departments.
Four prises for elementary grades.
I. Reading?Selections by the
committee from adopted readers.
One prise each for seven grades.
I. Spelling?One prise each for
first seven grades.
4. English?ith and 6th grades
composing one group. Subject mat?
ter extends not farther than page
ISt. Wlthers-Klnard Book 1.
Ons pupil from each of the grades
composing above group may enter.
English?6th and 7 th grades
composing one group. Subject mat?
ter extending not farther than page
M. Wlthers-Klnard Book II. One
pupil from each grade may enter.
One prise for each of above groups.
5. Hygiene?4th grade. One
prise.
?. Sanitation?bth grade. One
prise.
".Arithmetic?One prize each
for 4th through 7th grade.
Elementary Grades.
?. History?White's U. S. Bth
Krade. One prize.
10. History?S. C. 6th grnde. One
prise.
8. History. Thompson's U. S.
One prize. Open to 7th grade.
High School Department?8th
through 10th grades.
1. Declamation?One prize for
boys and one for girls.
2. Rending?One prize open to any
pupil in high school.
3. English Grammar?One prize
open to pupils of 8th or 9th grades.
(Buehler's Book II complete.)
4. English?Brook's Composition
?One prize to pupils of tth or 10th
grades. In either of the above groups,
pupils may enter from both grades.
6. Physical Geography. Open to
any pupil In high school.
6. History?One prize. Examina?
tion taken from Montgomery's Eng
lish Hlatory. Open to any pupil in
high school.
7. Geometry?One prize. First
three books. Open to llth grade.
8. Algebra. 8th grade. Through
division. One prize.
9. Algebra. 9th and 10th grades.
One prize. Through Simultaneous
Linear Equations.
10. Speltng?8th through 10th
grades. One prize for each grade.
11. Arithmetic?8th and 9th
grades. To percentage?One prize
only.
Note?Primary grades include first
four grades. Grammar school, grades
Include 5th through 7th. High school
grades include 8th through 10th.
Athletic Contests.
Group 1?Any pupil not over 4 feet
tall.
Group 2?Pupils between 4 and 5
feet. tall.
Group 3?All over 5 feet.
Boys.
Group 1?50 .yard dash.
Group 2?75 yard dash.
Group 3?Tug of War, Team of 4.
Group 3?100 yard dash.
Group 3?Running high jump.
Group 3?Standing broad Jump.
Group 3?Relay race, team of 4.
Girls.
Group 1?50 yard dash.
Group 2?75 yard dash.
Only one representative from each
school can take part in any athletic
contest, except in the relay race and
the tug of war.
Time and place of athletic contests
will be sent out on official entry blank.
Every teacher in every school Is ex?
pected to at least do her part in en?
couraging her pupils to enter the
School Day contests, and to enter
only In a spirit of honest rivalry. It
is desired that these contests show
the result of thorough preparation,
rather than to be the cause of hasty
preparation, from which little good
can come.
The industrial feature of the
School Day will be left for the County
Fair, next fall.
The Woman's Christian Temper?
ance Union offers a medal for the
best essay on alcohol and its effect
upon the human body. Open only to
boys of any school doing work in high
school department. Medal will be
awarded at the Field Day.
Play at Concord School House.
The young people of Concord will
give a play at Concord school house
next Friday evening, March 30th, be?
ginning at 8.30 o'clock. Admission
26c. Proceeds will go to school im?
provement.
The public is cordially Invited.
PRESIDENT PREPARING AD?
DRESS.
He Will Day Before Congress All
Facts Relative to German Aggres?
sion.
Washington, March 23.?President
Wilson's address to congress was
taken up In tentative form at today's
cabinet meeting. Practically all the
secretaries were asked to bring ma?
terial for points dn which it should
touch. It is understood that the ad?
dress will outline comprehensively the
steps President Wilson believes con?
gress should take to meet the warlike
operations of German submarines.
The president plans to keep in touch
with the army and navy preparations
He has cancelled practically all en?
gagements for today except one with
Gov. McCall, of Massachusetts, who
wanted to confer on ways in which
his state can cooperate with the fed?
eral government.
Olli FIX>W CONTINUES.
Interest in Blenheim at Five Forks
Discovery.
Blenheim, March 24.?Much inter?
est continues regarding the oil well
reported to have been discovered at
Five Forks near hero last week. The
flow of crude oil continues. When a
lighted match is applied to it it burns
freely. The hole in which the oil Was
discovered is being deepened. The oil
exudes from the earth in small black
globules. It has the odor of kero?
sene oil and the earth is saturated
with it.
It Is reported that representatives
of the Standard Oil company are to
visit the site of the supposed oil well.
Numbers of strangers and visitors
crowd the spot each day and whethe!
oil is "struck" or not, a great deal of
curiosity has certainly been excited.
Samples of the oil have been sent off
for analysis.
?I
Geo. H. Hurst,
OndirUker and Enhlmer.
Prompt Attention to Day and
Night Calls.
At 0. J. CRA<e Old Staad. N. Ma n.
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SUMTER COTTON MARKK7T.
Corrected Dolly by
ERNEST FIELD, Cotton Buyer.
Good Middling 19.
Strict Middling 18 7-8.
Middling 18 3-4.
Strict Low Middling 18 1-2.
Low Middling 17.
Staple cotton 2{j to 24c.
Corrected Dally by
RARBT ds CO.. Cotton Buyern,
Good Middling 19 1-8.
Strict Middling 19.
Middling 18 7-8.
Strict Low Middling 18 5-8.
Low Middling 18 1-8.
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.
Yes'dys
Open High Low Close Close
May, . .19.02 .10 18.85 .85 .97
July . . 18.89 .96 .72 .72 .80
Oct . .18.50 .51 .22 .22 .42
Dec . .18.58 .58 .32 .32 .49
New York spots, 19.20.
A Unique Record.
Home testimony for Doan's Kidney
Pills, published in every locality, is of
itself convincing evidence of merit.
Confirmed testimony forms still
stronger evidence. Years ago, a citi?
zen of Sumter gratefully acknowl?
edged the benefit derived from Doan's
Kidney Pills. The statement is now
confirmed?the proof more convinc?
ing. Cases of fhis kind are plentiful
in the work of Doan's Kidney Pills?
the record is unique.
W. Yeadon, 27 Haynsworth St.,
Sumter, says: "1 suffered . from dull,
nagging backaches, and my kidneys
acted too freely. I used Doan's Kid?
ney Pills for thcae ailments, and they
relieved me and toned up my whole
system." (Statement given January
9, 1911.)
Over four years later Mr. Yeadon
said: "The benefit Doan's Kidney
Pills gave me has been permanent."
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy?get
Doan's kidney Pills?the same that
Mr. Yeadon has twice publicly rec
ommended. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Props., Buffalo, N. Y.?Advt.
Secretary E. I. Reardon has one
hundred bulletins on home garden?
ing to be given out to the members
of the Civic League, for their school,
which Is to be established to study
gardening.
CIVIL COURT CONVENES.
Court of Common Pleas convened
this morning with Judge R. W. Mem
minger of Charleston presiding.
Stenographer L. E. Wood and Clerk
of Court H. U Scarborough were also
on hand. There are quite a large
number of cases on the docket for
trial, and it is probable that court will
he busy during the entire three weeks.
This morning the case of Flora and
Rosa Smith, colored, against R. C.
Burress was commenced. The case is
for the ownei^hip of a lot of land at
Wedgefield, both parties claiming title
to the land.
One of the chief cases to be tried
is that of Bowman against Harby.
This will probably begin in the next
day or two and is one of great inter?
est. There are also quite a number
of other important cases to he tried.
The Chautauqua tent will be locat?
ed on the Crosswell lot, corner of
Church and Calhoun streets, the same
location as last year. This location
is the l>est and most convenient for
the Chautauqua that can be obtained
and the thousands of patrons of the
entertainment will be glad to know
that the Crosswell lot has been secur?
ed. The Chautauqua will open on
April 19th.
H. V. Hultquist of Pittsburg, Pa.f
was a visitor to the city during the
past week in the interest of the City
Hall at Baden, N. C, for which he
made a large; order of Dixie Texture
brick for the facing of the building.
His visit to Sumter was for the pur?
pose of inspecting buildings in which
the Dixie texture brick was used and
he was quite pleased with the show?
ing made by the local product.
BANKS ARE NECESSARY
to a business community, but depositors and
friends are more necessary to a bank. We
need you and you need us. Let us work to?
gether. Commercial accounts solicited. We
pay four per cent on savings deposits.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
The Oldest Banking Institution in the County
- ^gggg^^ A Problem For The School Boy.
^^^^^y Who Can Solve It ?
-^^^^^SrafiHKil A twelve-year-old boy not far from you, ?ys
?^S4PWin^Ml3 tematically saveB $5.00 a month and deposits
il m tue living* department of a bank ut 4 per
"^^gJBrf^rSl cent interest compounded <),iarterly. How
5cnr ?aaamiiXfi muc h will lie be worth when lie i^ twenty-one?
^mjw1 JB WH' Ninety-live per cent of the successful busi
LJ||Jr^S|nenfli^^^2 neag men of today solved this problem. They
TT^^'?5|j^*^bm|di?^ learned from boyhood to nuvp Bystematically.
X^j^jj^il ? l^wfll We take Bpecial interest in accounna of l>oys
fi^Si i ^rSj and gir's, und have a book for you. Briun
fm\ 3|I vx>ur dollar and get it, and let us help you op
itlllllffi The National Bank Oi Soutb Carolina
*^^^~U53^3??3P C. G. ROWLAND. Pres. H. L. McCQY. At&t Csahtcr.
F. E. HIKNAKT. Cashier. EARLE ROWLAND, Asst. Ca&b'r
Nitrate o! Soda as a Top Dresser
Many farmers tell us they cannot aftord to buy Nitrate of Soda at the
prevailing prices, still they are willing to admit thit under favorable
conditions 100 pounds of Nitrate per acre will produce at least 10
more bushels of corn and 50 lbs. additional lint cotton. Corn is worth
now $1.50 per bushel, and advancing almost daily. Admitting for
the sake of argument, that 100 lbs, of Nitrate cost $4.00 and it will
produce $15.00 wonh more corn, what better investment could a
fanner wish than a return of $15 00 for $4.00.
The same holds good as to Cotton, but we wish to impress on our
farming friends the advisability of
Planting All The Corn They Can
There is going to be an enormous demand for it and we oOMtdtr it a
more profitable crop in the present condition of things than cotton.
We own some Nitrate which we are offering delivered in the interior
at practically the prices exporters are asking for it ex vessel.
There ht,s been a further advance in all Ammoniatcd gooks, the total
amounting to an increase of from $2.50 to $8.00 per ton according
to the grade. We still hive a portion of our original contract un?
disposed of which we are sailing at Old Prices. It wili pay you to
see us before buying.
We also own large provision contracts which wo are Helling very
much under value. If you need Bacon, Flo..r, altnl, Grits ImA or
anything in the grocery line, we are in a position to take care of you.
O'DONNELL e COMPANY